With more and more tech companies promising privacy, how can you determine who to trust? As our CTO explains, it comes down to infrastructure. You can't promise privacy if you don't own your own servers and infrastructure. And even then, WHERE a company is based can make a huge

Google's Privacy Sandbox, which was meant to be the company's replacement for third-party cookies, is officially dead...although they claim that they are keeping some limited privacy tools that have "have achieved significant adoption": adweek.com/media/googles-…

Open AI just struck a deal for additional power and chips that will use as much electricity as 8 million households...more people than the population of the US's largest city. wxow.com/news/national/…

Who in their right mind would pay for email when there are a bunch of free email providers out there? Someone who understands that your inbox is where spammers and data brokers get all of your information. You'll notice a difference when you get fewer scam and spam

Big Tech is suing the state of Texas, claiming that its new age verification law violates their First Amendment rights by creating “a sweeping age-verification, parental consent, and compelled speech regime." Read more: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Hackers claim that they have compiled the personal data of thousands of U.S. government officials, including from the NSA. Journalists were even able to verify samples of the data...read more here: 404media.co/hackers-say-th…

It's Halloween week...and we're going to be sharing some stories about something that's genuinely scaring us: AI. Think we're being hysterical? Take a look at this story and several others on our blog: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

There's a reason we hype up our alias feature a lot. Not only is it unlike any other email provider out there, you can use it for WAY more than just privacy reasons...it's useful for shopping and signing up for newsletters too!

AI bots are not only writing faulty code, they're helping hackers break that code and terrorize the victims who's data they steal. It's all part of today's AI Horror Story...read more stories and tips to protect yourself on our blog: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

Amazon Ring has announced a partnership with controversial surveillance company Flock that would allow users to more easily share their footage with law enforcement. Read more: cnbc.com/2025/10/16/ama…

Thanks to AI, spear phishing has become easier and more efficient than ever before. Bots can now scrape for personal data that they then use to craft more convincing messages. So what do you do? Read more about how to protect yourself on our blog: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

Thanks to AI-generated deepfakes, it's now possible to digitally impersonate someone in real time. Just ask one CFO who was tricked into approving a transaction that cost his company $25 MILLION. Read the full story (and others) on our blog... startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

What's so scary about AI writing its own code? It's conducting its own hacks. Companies like Anthropic are already learning this the hard way after being attacked by their own assistants. Learn more about it and how to protect yourself and your data: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

Cybercriminals are using TikTok videos disguised as free activation guides for popular software like Windows, Spotify, and Netflix to spread information-stealing malware. Read more: bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

This story truly shocked us. Tech giants are building chat bots to quite literally flirt with children. And while Meta has since updated their policy after this backlash...it makes you wonder what else they're telling it to do behind the scenes. Read more: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

AI horror stories highlight grave risks: mass scraping of personal data, hacked apps exposing identities and locations, deepfake scams, AI-driven phishing, and unsafe chatbot behavior -all threatening privacy, safety, and security on a global scale. Dystopian.

When we say that using AI drains your brain, we're speaking literally. Every time you use a chat bot to research, summarize, or write for you, you're diminishing your own cognitive capacity. Don't believe us? Learn more on our blog: startmail.com/ai-horror-stor…

Despite its hype, studies show that AI related browsing makes up less than 1% of a typical users online activity. Users who used AI more were more likely to exhibit traits of narcissism and psychopathy... psypost.org/most-people-ra…

Delivering world-class private email isn't just about keeping your personal data safe. It's also about letting you create your own personal spam filter, while keeping all of that training data secure inside your personal vault.

According to OpenAI's own estimates, over half a million of ChatGPT's weekly users show signs of "mania or psychosis", while over two million weekly users show signs of suicidal ideation or "prioritizing talking to ChatGPT over their loved ones, school, or work." Read more: