Alex EnkerliMay 30, 2017
Had a rather intense discussion with someone who wants to use G Suite to save children from regular #Google accounts and claims there isn't any alternative (for SSO, storage, email…). Will likely interact with the same person but, more importantly, a world in which the “only alternative” to Google is Google triggers quite a few alarms.
So, for the sake of a broader argument, what would you tell someone looking for options outside the control of Alphabet?
Show threadocdtrekkieMay 31, 2017
@Enkerli I'm a solo user of FastMail, but between the good custom domain setup and the multiple account management, it seems like it'd work great for a family, and it does include storage.
Show threadAlex EnkerliMay 31, 2017
@ocdtrekkie Thanks! Does it deal well with prevented unwanted mail? Sounds like this person’s nonprofit centres on protecting children from “bad stuff”.
Show threadocdtrekkie
@Enkerli Spam filtering is definitely weaker, since they are privacy-focused and don't mine your data to improve their filter. It uses public spam filtering services, first and foremost. After you've marked 200 messages as not spam, and 200 messages as spam, it activates a custom-trained spam filter just on your account as well.
May 31, 2017 at 3:12pmWeb
Show threadocdtrekkieMay 31, 2017
@Enkerli Of course, the aggressiveness of FastMail's spam filter is a bit more configurable than Gmail's since they don't assume they're smarter than you. I don't have mine set to be particularly aggressive.
Show threadAlex EnkerliMay 31, 2017
@ocdtrekkie That, in itself, is a valid lesson. Especially since the whole exercise is about risk mitigation, not plain and simple elimination.
Might be difficult to explain to parents. But enhancing children’s digital literacies is a tricky process.