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		daxorid on Aug 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server... DigitalOcean is just as susceptible to surveillance as Google or Microsoft.

blktiger on Aug 14, 2016 | [–]

If you aren't sending encrypted email, it makes no difference where your email is hosted.

gentoo on Aug 16, 2016 | [–]

I don't think the point is to avoid surveillance (although self-hosting may make it slightly more inconvenient to snoop). The point is to own your own data, not depend on Microsoft/Google's benevolence.

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