that other project that I always forget the name of.

Does anyone know a good email provider that doesn't force me to use webmail, that has encryption and respects privacy? ..

Wow, some of you people suck big time.

I have a Facebook account. It knows my name and who's in my family. That's it. I don't tell it my plans or actions.

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I don't have any application whatsoever on my account. I just use the site for basic social networking.

Gee, thanks.

What's wrong with Facebook?

Sure, it's a retard infested dump, mostly. But that doesn't mean the actual site and its features are bad. If that's what you were referring to.

Google is the best compared to alternatives, mate.
Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are much way worse than Google.

Whenever I sign in to facebook, my home page presents me some pics of hot "girls i might want to add to my friends" hookers. That's pretty cool

Sure, you can block tracking or opt-out of it, but that's not how it should be.

And then there's data remanence. When you delete an e-mail or something in your Facebook, it actually remains there, invisible to you, but ready to be brought back to life by the powers that be, if necessary.

11. Content license from you

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11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.

I've replaced Google search with Scroogle, which has no cookies nor ads. When I use their translator, it's behind a proxy and on a private tab. YouTube must sadly be used with my real IP because streaming video using a proxy is impractical, although any of those video downloaders can be used to somewhat limit the amount of data they can record.

Diaspora, maybe?

It appears GMX has POP access with optional SSL. I don't know about the IP header, however. I personally use FastMail and a Hotmail account I've had for years. FM may not have cool perks like POP3 or aliases for their free service, but it does the job for me. Actually, I almost don't use e-mail, so anything that can send and receive messages and store a decent amount of them is probably OK.

Unfortunately, speaking of technical features, GMail is the best free mailing service.

Your IP is not in the header, you can receive and send email with your desktop client, encrypted if you like, and so on. All other services I've used either don't have much encryption, don't have POP3 or put your freaking IP in the header.

Does anyone know a good email provider that doesn't force me to use webmail, that has encryption and respects privacy? ..

In that case, "no u" sums up my reply to a hypothetical/expected reply of yours to this discussion quite nicely.

No, really, I can't believe how insecure some people are, always feeling used and developing hate over stuff that most people don't give a crap about.

Go to NAI, opt out. http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

Bawawawawa....
From GMail's TOS (you can be sure FB has similar policies or some, I haven't got it though, so I am not famliar with it's ToS):

PARANOIA.

Also, YouTube behind a proxy is perfectly fine as long as it's not a public proxy.

Unfortunately GMX tends to remind you that your personal data has to be accurate