Subj : Re: encrypted email providers
To   : Ogg
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Jun 02 2021 08:14 pm

On 02 Jun 2021, Ogg said the following...
 
 Og> So.. you buy this box for 256GB/512GB/1TB for $199 (it looks  
 Og> like it's the same price for any capacity)  Is it a spinning  
 Og> HDD, or SDD?

On my browser the prices are:

256GB: $199
512GB: $249
  1TB: $349

On the specs page it notes:  NVMe SSD storage

 Og> Do they provision a way to do a backup/restore of what's on the  
 Og> box?

Yes, part of the yearly subscription includes 128GB offsite encrypted backups.

Encrypted to the same key as your own helm server, so they (Helm) cannot
access the contents.

 Og> I dunno, but it seems that any privacy that you might like to  
 Og> assume that you gain from their server, would be neutered  
 Og> unless everyone you are interested in maintaining privacy with  
 Og> has the same Helm service.

No different than emailing anyone else outside of your own domain.  This
solution seems to be marketed with the scare tactic that large email
providers are reading your messages and targeting you with ads.

 Og> Is the subscription cost worth it?

I guess that depends on what your priorities are.  If you want custom
domain email with Google it's a minimum if US$6 /mo per user.  With this
service you can have as many users & domains as you like.  Of course you
need to have your server online.  If your power goes out or your internet
goes down, you can't receive/check email.  (They say that the sending server
will try again later, so you "shouldn't" loose messages).


Jay

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