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by sneak 1473 days ago
Thunderbird on desktop is unusable for me on privacy grounds; it phones home in the same manner as Firefox.

I hope this behavior does not infect K-9 Mail.

1 comments

What is your threat model?
I don't need a threat model to wish to preserve my privacy from second parties. What is the threat model for not putting public cameras in your shower?

I want a mail client that connects to my mail server and nothing else. Any functionality that involves connecting to anyone or anything beyond that is unwanted.

You'll note that client IP is coarse location. Any service that has persistent identifiers and is contacted daily gets your travel history.

Service exploits, MITM shenanigans, DB breaches, marketing assault...

Need I go on?