Did you know over 90% of successful cyber-attacks begin with an email? Privatizing email reduces cyber risk more than any other measure. And it protects across all life's activities; privately, personally, and professionally.
This is a practical guide for individuals, families, small businesses, professional practitioners, and others that are seeking an alternative to the risk and abuse of personal information on AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, and other"free" account providers.
First, to be clear, we create private email accounts for customers around the world. And we advocate private email for use personally, and professionally. Links are at the end if you're interested in learning more.
In the meantime, here is a basic primer on the ins and outs of private email and the elements of service that are important today.
A private email is the opposite of "free" email like AOL, Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, AT&T, etc. You pay a nominal fee for the service, but your information is yours to keep.
Email systems offered as "free" are primarily built for information mining and scaling. User experience and especially security are secondary considerations. Yahoo Mail is an example of how wrong this can go.
Think about "the benefits of ownership" and the legal rights "equity" provides, including control. Apply this thinking to email and everything it holds. With a "free" email account, these benefits and rights of ownership are not yours.
With a private system, the rights of ownership are yours, and you are in control.
And before moving on, a reminder of the scale of the Yahoo breach, and that we have yet to see the full repercussions from the massive losses of personal information from such attacks over the last several years.
"Yahoo today announced that the huge data breach in August 2013 affected every user on its service — that’s all three billion user accounts.
The hack exposed user account information, which includes name, email address, hashed passwords, birthdays, phone numbers, and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers."
The Verge - October 3rd, 2017 - Read more.
Do you remember your first email account?
For me, it was AOL back in the '90's. I chose the service because they kept offering it to me, made it look so easy, and it was "free."
I didn't consider the matter much then. I didn't know how to. I didn't even know how to think about naming my first email address. Should I use my full name? Or my initials and birthdate? Should it be something cryptic? That's probably why so many long-time AOL users have the wackiest names for their emails. We didn't have the perspective we needed for making good decisions about our email account - decisions that would pass the test of time.
We didn't know it then, but our email box would end up being a long-term and intricate part of our lives for everything from RSVP's to resumes, to receipts and long-term records about family, friends, and work.
Email is now a primary communication channel for billions around the world. It's woven into every aspect of daily life. Our inbox has become a time-lined trove of our personal experiences and archives.
A private, or "not-free" service provides these benefits:
"Free" email has been around for so long it seems like a God-given right. Why would anyone want a private account, much less pay for one?
The bottom-line?
Anyone that is creating value for themselves or someone else can benefit from a private email system.
A private email service is built with just two factors in mind; the user's experience and the security of their information.
At Total Digital Security, we provide enterprise-grade email systems that are built exclusively for the end-user's experience, and the highest state of physical and virtual security as possible.
Even the best private email accounts can be created affordably with as little as one user, and it includes all the elements we advocate for ownership, control, functionality, and autonomy.
Features are too many to list here but can be found by clicking below. They include an SSL webmail portal, a Help Portal for every user that is specific to their account and it's service, and security is best-in-class with multiple filters and screens for viruses and spam.
More recently, security and spam controls have been further enhanced with machine learning and artificial intelligence.
We help you every step of the way. From naming your domain to setting up new boxes on your devices, to migrating your emails and folders from an existing account. Then, we hand you the keys for a lifetime of convenience and privacy.
You can learn more, here.
You can started now and have yours in 24-hours or less.
"Electronic mail as we know it is drowning in spam, forged phishing mails, and other scams and hacks. It’s going to get worse before it gets better."
The Atlantic Magazine - May 21st, 2018. Read more.