Which email site to use - esp when travelling?
Sep 30, 2016, 3:15 am
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You could also do the same with a separate cloud service.
Sep 30, 2016, 5:16 pm
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So the answers are:
a) archiving service - so if hacking deletes all of 10 years of emails - it would not be a big loss
b) 2 step verification with google to minimizing hacking- I do not know what other email services give similar security
c) customer service phone access - need paid email service like google for business
d) I do not know what to do to minimize security threats when using public computers like in a 5 star hotel business centre (center) or in an airline lounge or at a medical conference (I am a medical oncologist) - short of not using them.My issue is that I do not own or carry a cell/mobile phone or ipad or tablet or equivalent - I rely on such hotel/airline lounge computers when travelling to keep up with email.
a) archiving service - so if hacking deletes all of 10 years of emails - it would not be a big loss
b) 2 step verification with google to minimizing hacking- I do not know what other email services give similar security
c) customer service phone access - need paid email service like google for business
d) I do not know what to do to minimize security threats when using public computers like in a 5 star hotel business centre (center) or in an airline lounge or at a medical conference (I am a medical oncologist) - short of not using them.My issue is that I do not own or carry a cell/mobile phone or ipad or tablet or equivalent - I rely on such hotel/airline lounge computers when travelling to keep up with email.
Sep 30, 2016, 5:37 pm
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c) customer service phone access - need paid email service like google for business
d) I do not know what to do to minimize security threats when using public computers like in a 5 star hotel business centre (center) or in an airline lounge or at a medical conference (I am a medical oncologist) - short of not using them.
At least from my perspective (and with, frankly, less professional reason to be concerned about security), there is no option besides my own equipment which reduces risk to be acceptable at this point.
My issue is that I do not own or carry a cell/mobile phone or ipad or tablet or equivalent - I rely on such hotel/airline lounge computers when travelling to keep up with email.
Oct 2, 2016, 7:35 am
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Microsoft does, both for the free Outlook.com and paid Office365 services.
That will definitely require paying for it; both Google's and Microsoft's paid services are OK, although I would not expect too much out of the basic tiers of service.
Using 2-factor authentication can reduce it, but it's still riskier than I'd find acceptable. Rebooting that hardware with your own OS (e.g. a liveCD) is sometimes possible, but usually isn't; that would further reduce the risk.
At least from my perspective (and with, frankly, less professional reason to be concerned about security), there is no option besides my own equipment which reduces risk to be acceptable at this point.
There's a VERY easy solution to that one, and buying your own equipment can be as cheap and/or compact as you want it to be.
That will definitely require paying for it; both Google's and Microsoft's paid services are OK, although I would not expect too much out of the basic tiers of service.
Using 2-factor authentication can reduce it, but it's still riskier than I'd find acceptable. Rebooting that hardware with your own OS (e.g. a liveCD) is sometimes possible, but usually isn't; that would further reduce the risk.
At least from my perspective (and with, frankly, less professional reason to be concerned about security), there is no option besides my own equipment which reduces risk to be acceptable at this point.
There's a VERY easy solution to that one, and buying your own equipment can be as cheap and/or compact as you want it to be.
Oct 2, 2016, 9:21 am
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In terms of logging in on other people's machines, I don't do it; haven't in something like a decade. For travel inside the US, I've had a smartphone longer than that, and I go very few places without a laptop as well. International use of a usable smartphone has been much more recent, but my laptop + a VPN + public hotspots (or hotel wired/wireless access) has suited me just fine.
Oct 3, 2016, 10:57 am
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Setup GMail with 2 Factor Authentication. The 2FA application does run on your phone (or mobile device) but does not require a connection. In other words you can put your phone in Airplane mode and the app still works fine.
I have used Gmail with 2FA as long as it has been available and suggest if your account has any meaningful emails you do so whether traveling or not.
I have used Gmail with 2FA as long as it has been available and suggest if your account has any meaningful emails you do so whether traveling or not.
Oct 3, 2016, 1:00 pm
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With 2 Factor Authentication from Google you can print a list of backup codes which you can carry with you or otherwise store securely - there are no problems accessing your account without your phone. Perhaps if you don't understand the implementation of 2FA then you're not in an especially good place to discredit the keylogger suggestion...?
Oct 4, 2016, 1:35 pm
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I have never been in China.
I have been in Hong Kong - presumably Hong Kong does not have the blockage of Google Services.
In China, can one access yahoo emails? Is hotmail a microsoft account?
I was not aware one can get apple email accounts - do they have personalized customer service?
I have been in Hong Kong - presumably Hong Kong does not have the blockage of Google Services.
In China, can one access yahoo emails? Is hotmail a microsoft account?
I was not aware one can get apple email accounts - do they have personalized customer service?
Oct 4, 2016, 1:35 pm
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Yeah, I pretty much toss the USB key after putting it in any public computer.