More than 70 organizations, including the @aclu.org
and @fightfortheftr.bsky.social have sent an open letter to Meta warning that their current plans to add facial recognition to their smart glasses will endanger millions of users worldwide. www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
Citizen Lab has released a report on Webloc, a little known surveillance system that uses data from mobile apps and ad auctions to track the detailed movements of millions of users: citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-pen...
A graphic features a quote about StartMail, that reads "They have an actually super transparent privacy policy, which I’m a big fan of. StartMail also has a very reasonable pricing structure...and best of all, they have really great support!" The text is attributed to the "Reject Convenience" YouTube channel's "Privacy: For Sale" review video. The background is orange and navy blue with an envelope icon.
We're always proud whenever happy users talk about why they like being StartMail subscribers. But when one of those users also happens to be a YouTube channel that teaches users how to protect their digital privacy, we truly could not be happier to do what we do!
Hackers are using fake job postings on GitHub to steal credentials and spread malware: www.techspot.com/news/111870-hackers-usin...
American telehealth company Hims and Hers has suffered a data breach via Zendesk that has exposed the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hims-and-h...
You may know that our company started as a private search engine. But why did we choose to do email from there? Simple, your email address is the nexus of how you communicate with people on the internet, and we're still leading the charge today with features like unlimited aliases!
As more and more companies, agencies, and entities make use of facial recognition tech, its errors have vast reaching and severe consequences...and there are a lot more errors than you might think: https://spectrum.ieee.org/facial-recognition-gone-wrong
A recent leak of Claude Code's source has experts warning that it can "exercise far more control" and gather more data than previously thought: www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_s...
Apple has revealed to authorities the identity of a user who utilized their "Hide My Email" feature to generate disposable aliases. cyberinsider.com/apple-revealed-hide-my-e...
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: www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/n...
Developers have found that the White House's newly launched app is allegedly tracking users' exact location every 4.5 minutes: www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-gps-trac...
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
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a sheep and an eyeroll emoji on either side of it, and reads "Do you really want to live a life of mindless repetition, obeying everything?" The quote is attributed to Jia Hengjian speaking to Amnesty International in 2015.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a credit card and a piggy bank on either side of it, and reads "So post photos of your credit card (both sides)... and password of your bank account on your social media." The quote is attributed to Jia Hengjian speaking to X user jasperxpl5.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a confidential folder and a hush emoji on either side of it, and reads "What it means to be a free and fulfilled human being is to have a place we can go and be free of the judgmental eyes of other people. There are things we are willing to tell our physician or our lawyer or our psychologist or our spouse or our best friend that we would be mortified for the rest of the world to learn." The quote is attributed to Glenn Greenwald speaking at the TED conference in 2014.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a toilet and a webcam on either side of it, and reads "So no problem with a webcam in your bathroom or your bedroom either?" The quote is attributed to Ulf Carson speaking to Amesty International in 2015.
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": www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/business/ai-b...
The UK government is spending millions on VPN services while weighing the decision to potentially ban them for citizens under the age of 18: www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security...
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!
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of house keys and a house on either side of it, and reads "Great, gimme your house key..." The quote is from user Feral BaT on X.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of an ear and an eye roll emoji on either side of it, and reads "In that case, I'm not telling you anything private. You're not worth my trust if you can't keep a secret." The quote is from Mastodon user Saaste.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a GPS device and an X eyes emoji on either side of it, and reads "You may consider yourself law-abidingly white as snow, and it won’t matter a bit… When you frequently stop at a certain bar on your way driving home from work, the Department of Driving Licenses will draw certain conclusions as to your eligibility for future driving licenses – regardless of the fact that you think they serve the world’s best reindeer meatballs in that bar, and never had had a single beer there. People will stop thinking in terms of what is legal, and start acting in self-censorship to avoid being red-flagged, out of pure self-preservation." The quote is from Rick Falkvinge of the Swedish Pirate Party in 2012.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a bank and a piggy bank on either side of it, and reads "Let me see your bank account."
"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: gizmodo.com/kash-patel-admits-the-fb...
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!
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A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of an unlocked lock and a smart phone on either side of it, and reads "So unlock your phone and hand it to me..."
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a typing speech bubble and a thinking emoji on either side of it, and reads "That is no different than saying I don’t care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say or freedom of the press because I have nothing to write." The quote is attributed to Edward Snowden speaking to The Guardian in 2015.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of the scales of justice and a gavel on either side of it, and reads "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. " The quote is from Article 12 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
A graphic has two speech bubbles on it. A small one at the top reads "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide!" A larger one at the bottom has icons of a hand emoji and a woman making an X with her arms on either side of it, and reads "It’s not that I have something to hide. I have nothing I want you to see. " The quote is from Amanda Seyfreid's character fro the 2018 film Anon.
"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: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway...
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: www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addict...
A Reddit user has exposed a $2 billion dollar lobbying effort by Meta to support the proliferation of invasive "age verification": www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-use...
"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: www.startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-...
In a safety study of large language models, all but one encouraged "teens" to plan shootings and other "violent attacks": www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligen...
It's amazing how much less spam you get when companies don't know your real email address 😎
