security of gmail

[Zbigniew Koziol]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>>
>>
>> Now, I would have a good question for this list.
>>
>> As you know or not, I am now in Russia. I use normally my gmail.com 
>> account to send and receive emails.
>>
>> I know almost for sure that I am followed by Russian Secret 
>> Intelligence (heh, I am indeed somewhat oversensitive to these 
>> issues, but I have also good confirmation that that kind of activity 
>> if going on around). That by CIS is likely too. Not that I care much 
>> about that, but anyway one would like sometime to be more certain 
>> about privacy. In fact - never ever trust a government agency, and I 
>> believe that I am right in that.
>>
>> So, I just wonder, to what extent gmail.com can protect me from 
>> unwanted survillance by Russians when I actually send and receive 
>> emails from Russia? I use gmail secure pop and smtp, but how are they 
>> really secure? Anyone is able to comment on that?
>>
>> That gmail.com can be viewed with high likeness by CIS I assume as 
>> granted.
>>
>> Please.
>>
>> zb.
>
> Google has caved to the Chinese before, I don't see why they'd stand 
> up to the Russians. If you need secure communications, you are 
> probably best to invest in your own server, preferably outside Russia, 
> and use a secure connection to it.
>
Simple answers are often the best. Thanks Madi. I have access to a 
"secure" place. Though there is of course never an entirely "secure" one...

But how about all other folks who can not do what I could do?

zb.

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