In terms of escaping targeted government surveillance, Australia is not the country to be in. If the Australian government is targeting you, there’s no escape.
In terms of escaping mass surveillance and of keeping your personal information private, Australia isn’t that bad. Simply by the fact gmail is allowed to operate in the country it isn’t great either though.
Strengthening privacy laws around rental property applications is currently the main privacy concern for me, and recent state law changes have marginally improved that.
Same. I moved from FM to Posteo (which is very cheap) AND Tuta. I use both email services for different uses. Tuta for more personal stuff like banking, medical, official gvt stuff like tax, vehicle registration etc. anything that requires my full identity. Then Posteo and Addy.io together for everything else. I never use my main posteo email address, I create aliases for everything. Am three services is only slightly more expensive than FM in total, but I feel it’s a much more secure setup
Fastmail is hosted in Australia which has some iffy privacy laws thst may affect fadtmail (although fastmail won’t sell your data at least) https://www.e4237161d240bc6333d6834ce-19834.sites.k-hosting.co.uk/showthread.php?s=23fc90acb4f52ac90ee43d800bb66a77&t=74082
I have moved to mailbox.org which has been great too. Just offering an alternative in case you are interested in a European host
In terms of escaping targeted government surveillance, Australia is not the country to be in. If the Australian government is targeting you, there’s no escape.
In terms of escaping mass surveillance and of keeping your personal information private, Australia isn’t that bad. Simply by the fact gmail is allowed to operate in the country it isn’t great either though.
Strengthening privacy laws around rental property applications is currently the main privacy concern for me, and recent state law changes have marginally improved that.
Same. I moved from FM to Posteo (which is very cheap) AND Tuta. I use both email services for different uses. Tuta for more personal stuff like banking, medical, official gvt stuff like tax, vehicle registration etc. anything that requires my full identity. Then Posteo and Addy.io together for everything else. I never use my main posteo email address, I create aliases for everything. Am three services is only slightly more expensive than FM in total, but I feel it’s a much more secure setup