Apple has revealed to authorities the identity of a user who utilized their "Hide My Email" feature to generate disposable aliases. https://cyberinsider.com/apple-revealed-hide-my-email-user-identity-in-fbi-investigation/

Your email address is the nexus of how you communicate with people on the internet, whether directly or with the accounts it's attached to! That's why we pioneered private email and why we're still leading the charge today with features like unlimited aliases!

Studies have found that the number of AI chatbots that are ignoring human instructions, evading safeguards, and destroying emails without permission: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

Developers have found that the White House's newly launched app is allegedly tracking users' exact location every 4.5 minutes: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-gps-tracking-controversy-1788974

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube guilty of deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive in a landmark verdict: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o

Nowadays, we hear companies and governments use the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" argument all the time. But did you know that the phrase predates social media, the internet, or computers? Read all about this slogan's history and how to counter it: startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

Despite promises to empower workers and improve productivity, researchers are finding out that AI agents exhaust and overwhelm workers with a condition called "AI brain fry": https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/business/ai-brain-fry-nightcap

The UK government is spending millions on VPN services while weighing the decision to potentially ban them for citizens under the age of 18: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/investigation-uk-spends-millions-on-vpns-as-government-weighs-ban-for-children

It's hard to understand just how much data that non-private search engines and platforms gather on you. Listen to our founder describe the detailed information he found a search engine gathering OVER A DECADE AGO before he decided to champion privacy and start our company!

"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"... it's an argument that's even older than computers. That's why we want to bring you some more answers, and give you a detailed breakdown of its history and why it doesn't actually make sense: startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

The FBI's director has admitted publicly what digital privacy advocates have warned about for years: law enforcement agencies are buying your data from brokers to circumvent the need to obtain subpoenas: https://gizmodo.com/kash-patel-admits-the-fbi-is-buying-private-data-on-americans-2000735317

While we strive to make privacy simple for our users, it gets highly challenging and technical for us on the back end. Luckily, our talented and dedicated team of devs, designers, and support staff are world class experts at making our products intuitive and accessible for EVERY user!

"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"... it's a common slogan you hear repeated by Big Tech and Big Government. That's why we want to bring you some of our favorite answers. startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

It's not your imagination: digital products and platforms are getting worse, and it's happening by design. But the Norwegian Council thinks that it's time for users to fight back: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration

Today's smart devices have created an ecosystem of "sensorveillance", where every data point has the capacity to inform on you to authorities...as an NYU law professor explains: https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-surveillance

While our company is based in the Netherlands, our team is from all around the world! That's how we're able to provide world class service and support to users across the globe and in a variety of languages. Privacy shouldn't depend on where you live!

A viral "porn quitting app" called Quittr has exposed the private habits of its tens of thousands of users: https://www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addiction-app-exposed-the-masturbation-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/

A Reddit user has exposed a $2 billion dollar lobbying effort by Meta to support the proliferation of invasive "age verification": https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html

"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide." It's a favorite argument by Big Tech and Big Government...but it's a flawed one. So where does it come from and why do people keep using it? Let us explain: https://www.startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

In a safety study of large language models, all but one encouraged "teens" to plan shootings and other "violent attacks": https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/892978/ai-chatbots-investigation-help-teens-plan-violence

It's amazing how much less spam you get when companies don't know your real email address 😎

Pokémon Go players unknowingly helped train delivery robots when they were prompted to scan real-world statues and landmarks with their cameras in exchange for in-game rewards: https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/

Meta will stop supporting E2EE for it's direct messages starting in May: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html

There's a reason we get SO many loyal customers and glowing reviews. Our secure protocols, robust spam filters, and unlimited aliases can keep your inbox free of unwanted junk mail and redeeming discounts all year round! Come see what a difference world class privacy and design can make for you...

German mobile phone provider Deutche Telekom is developing an AI agent that can be activated during any in-network call with a single activation word: https://www.wired.com/story/deutsche-telekom-elevenlabs-ai-phone-calls-mwc-2026/

AI chatbots have shown that they are shockingly adept at unmasking anonymous social media accounts, raising even more concerns about how AI poses a threat to online privacy: https://itsfoss.com/news/ai-online-deanonymization/

You shouldn't have to pay EVEN MORE just to access the features that keep your email address hidden, and switching over to a private email should be seamless and easy! Luckily, you get all of these things and more with a single subscription, no excessive gatekeeping or tiers necessary!

Renowned computer scientists from around the globe are calling upon regulators to pause age verification laws for social media "until the scientific consensus settles on the benefits and harms": https://www.politico.eu/article/age-check-social-media-scientist-warning/

TikTok has said that they will not protect users' DM's with E2EE, stating that it would put users at risk: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2m5e5ke4o

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been using online ads to track people's movements and circumvent the need to obtain warrants: https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

We hear people say all the time "I don't need privacy because I'm not trying to hide myself!" Privacy is about getting to CHOOSE what information you share and what you don't. But when you use "free" email that lets tech giants scan your messages and profile you, that choice gets taken from you.

Teams' new Wi-Fi tracking feature is not landing well with users: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-new-wi-fi-tracking-tool-feels-way-too-invasive-and-people-are-right-to-be-uneasy-there-must-be-a-team-at-microsoft-tasked-with-making-teams-worse

Verifying yourself on LinkedIn connects your personal information to a third party company that shares it with a massive network of partners: https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/privacy-expert-reveals-the-shocking-truth-of-what-happens-to-your-personal-data-when-getting-verified-on-linkedin/91306400

Even the U.S. Army has seen some of its IT infrastructure infiltrated by corporate trackers, including ones linked to foreign entities: https://www.fastcompany.com/91497039/army-internet-surveillance-west-point-study

Why are we so proud of our Dutch heritage? Simple, the Netherlands have been leaders in privacy protection for decades! We've had to abide by some of the strictest privacy laws in the world from the very beginning, and have been offering this world class protection to all of our users ever since! 😎

OpenAI claims that they kept important safety promises intact in their deal with the US Department of War. Inside sources say otherwise: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/887309/openai-anthropic-dod-military-pentagon-contract-sam-altman-hegseth

AI powered apps ID verification and photo editing have exposed over 1 billion records, including "national IDs, full names, addresses, phone numbers, and email": https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2026/02/19/new-ai-data-leak-alert-1-billion-ids-emails-and-phone-numbers-exposed/

EVERYTHING about our platform and product is built with privacy and security at the forefront. This is why we do some things differently from others...certain products like apps carry a lot of hidden privacy and security risks, so we'd rather innovate slow and safely than put your data at risk!

A U.S. law firm has filed a lawsuit accusing Lenovo of "bulk transfer of data to foreign adversaries, namely China": https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/lenovo_privacy_lawsuit/

What's your best response for when someone say "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"?

Both @tuta.com and @startmail.bsky.social are far safer bets for good email services who respect privacy, than Proton ever was.

Proton Mail has helped the FBI an anonymous protestor after turning over payment data related to their email account: https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

To understand our commitment to privacy, you'll have to go back to our beginnings as a private search engine. Once we saw how much data was being gathered on our users, we knew something had to be done, and we've been leading the charge for user privacy every since!

The Trump administration is building a website to help citizens from the EU and elsewhere evade their local content bans: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-trump-administration-is-building-a-website-to-help-europeans-evade-content-bans

Police across the globe are using keywords in people's search histories to identify potential suspects, a method that has privacy advocates concerned: https://apnews.com/article/google-reverse-keyword-search-privacy-c5a0bc6f3790213f92e78aae720d2379

Tech billionaires and founders are shielding their children from the very platforms and products that made them rich: https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/peter-thiel-bill-gates-steve-jobs-steve-chen-tech-billionaires-publicly-shielding-their-children-from-tech-products-social-media/

There are certain things that any private email provider should offer: strong encryption by default, a robust infrastructure...but only one offers custom support and unlimited aliases to EVERY user, even free trial users. And you can probably guess which one that is... 😉

Meta is reportedly looking to roll out facial recognition capabilities to their smart glasses during this "dynamic political environment" when privacy groups might be "focused on other concerns,": https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-facial-recognition-glasses

What's your best response for when someone say "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"?

Experts warn that using ChatGPT's AI caricature feature, or any other similar one, could be "a gift to fraudsters" looking to steal from or impersonate you: https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/02/14/chatgpts-ai-caricature-social-media-trend-could-be-a-gift-to-fraudsters-experts-warn