Oh, it's much worse than "email is insecure". It's more like "somebody else controls your email, and they don't have your best interest in mind". What did you think Alphabet was, a charity?
Besides, there's more to it than (in)security. For instance, what happens to your various accounts tied to your email if your account gets terminated? You will not be able to redirect your incoming emails, and notifying your friends will be difficult if you relied on the web interface's address book.
Also, it's a hole ecosystem: if you use a big webmail, then you allow your provider to spy on everyone you exchange emails with. If you have the means to avoid those, it is your responsibility to do so. Surely you don't like inflicting this kind of spying on your friends, do you?
So far, the only reliable way to have proper control over our own email is to control our own domain name, and operate our own mail server. Or at least use small, trustworthy providers. In other words, "send our own email".
It's intellectual property/monopoly all over again. One will chose the terms that suits one's side of the debate. I side for privacy, security, and reliability; and argue that webmail providers do not provide any of them. This thread is the first time my "sending one's own email" wording hasn't been an unmitigated success.
Besides, there's more to it than (in)security. For instance, what happens to your various accounts tied to your email if your account gets terminated? You will not be able to redirect your incoming emails, and notifying your friends will be difficult if you relied on the web interface's address book.
Also, it's a hole ecosystem: if you use a big webmail, then you allow your provider to spy on everyone you exchange emails with. If you have the means to avoid those, it is your responsibility to do so. Surely you don't like inflicting this kind of spying on your friends, do you?
So far, the only reliable way to have proper control over our own email is to control our own domain name, and operate our own mail server. Or at least use small, trustworthy providers. In other words, "send our own email".
It's intellectual property/monopoly all over again. One will chose the terms that suits one's side of the debate. I side for privacy, security, and reliability; and argue that webmail providers do not provide any of them. This thread is the first time my "sending one's own email" wording hasn't been an unmitigated success.