Runbox: The Sustainable Choice for Secure Email Services

November 27, 2024 Leave a comment

At Runbox, we believe in a world where our digital communications can have a positive impact on the environment. Our mission is to reduce energy consumption and minimize our ecological footprint, both as an organization and as individuals. We believe that every action, including sending an email, should contribute to a sustainable future. By choosing Runbox, you’re not just using a secure email service – you’re making a conscious choice to support sustainable practices and contribute to the protection of the planet.

Why Choose Runbox?

The current state of climate change is alarming, with rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and rapidly diminishing ecosystems. There is urgent need for collective action to mitigate the impact on the planet. Technology companies contribute significantly to global energy consumption and carbon emissions, and therefore have a unique responsibility to lead the way in environmental sustainability. At Runbox, we take this extremely seriously, and our entire service is based on the principle of sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint. Our Company Values and our Environmental Policy reflect our commitment to acting in an environmentally conscious and sustainable manner at all levels of our organization, and guide our operations as an email service provider.

A Commitment to Renewable Energy

Runbox sources 100% of our energy from renewable sources. Our servers run on hydropower from Norway’s waterfalls, with additional energy sourced from wind and solar power. Every email you send and receive with us contributes to reducing the global carbon footprint compared to services that consume energy generated from fossil fuels. With an eco-friendly data center at the core of our operations, we are dedicated to ensuring that your digital communications are powered by sustainable practices

Energy-Efficient Infrastructure

Our data centers are designed with sustainability at their core. We employ cutting-edge cooling techniques and smart power management systems to keep energy consumption to a minimum. We are dedicated to delivering optimal performance while upholding a strong commitment to environmental responsibility.

Transparency and Ethical Practices

Trust is fundamental, and we take pride in maintaining transparency by providing users with clear access to our goals and practices. We believe that open communication is essential to building a strong relationship with our community. When you choose us, you’re not just selecting a service; you’re partnering with an organization dedicated to sustainability.

Ethical Best Buy

Ethical Consumer, a non-profit organization, help people find ethical, sustainable and eco-friendly companies. Our company has undergone a comprehensive evaluation of both our privacy policy and environmental practices, and we are proud to have been recognized as an Ethical Best Buy since 2020.

Compensation Initiatives

Runbox actively invests in carbon offset projects to tackle the emissions we can’t avoid. To ensure that we have a positive impact, we as a company compensate doubly for any operational emissions that are not from renewable energy sources. Furthermore, we partner with and support organizations dedicated to protecting the health of our planet’s biosphere.

Privacy and Security

While we’re passionate about sustainability, we’re equally committed to your privacy and security. Our data protection policies are designed to meet the highest privacy standards, including Norway’s stringent privacy laws and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), both of which provide some of the strongest protections globally. With Runbox, you can confidently enjoy secure, private communication while supporting eco-friendly practices.

Choose Runbox for a Sustainable Tomorrow

In today’s digital age, our online activities have a significant environmental footprint. Choosing Runbox is about more than just selecting an email provider; it’s a conscious decision to support sustainable practices. We’re more than just an email service; we’re a committed partner in the global effort to combat climate change. With our commitment to 100% renewable energy, energy-efficient infrastructure, and robust privacy protections, we’re leading the way in responsible digital communication. In a world where every action counts, your choice matters. Together, we can create a lasting impact – one email at a time.

Ready to make a difference? Find out more about who we are. Join the Runbox community today and be part of a sustainable digital future.

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The FTC’s Report on Big Tech’s Personal Data Overreach: What You Need to Know

November 20, 2024 Leave a comment

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report exposing how Big Tech companies are overstepping privacy boundaries in their quest for user data. The report reveals the massive amount of personal information these companies collect, store, and profit from. Often, this is done without clear user consent or transparency. As concerns over data privacy grow, the report highlights the urgent need for stronger regulation and more responsible data practices.

In this blog post, we’ll break down the key findings of the FTC’s report and discuss how this overreach affects your privacy, along with what actions you can take to protect your data.

Key Findings of the FTC’s Report on Big Tech’s Data Practices

The FTC’s report, titled “A Look Behind the Screens: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services” offers an in-depth look at how major technology companies, including Facebook (Meta), Google, Amazon, and others, are handling your personal data. Below are some of the major findings:

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Runbox is not on Meta or X (Twitter) – Because Privacy Matters

November 18, 2024 Leave a comment

Social media platforms like Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and X (Twitter) are huge parts of our online lives. They’re where we catch up with friends, get our news, and share ideas. But while these platforms bring us together in a lot of ways, they also come with big problems—especially when it comes to privacy and misinformation. For a company like Runbox, being part of these platforms just doesn’t make sense. Here’s why.

1. Privacy Comes First

Runbox has built its reputation on privacy. It’s not just a feature—it’s the whole point. We don’t collect or sell your data to third-party advertisers. In fact, privacy is baked into everything we do.

Meta and X (Twitter) on the other hand make a lot of their money by gathering tons of data about their users—everything from your location to your browsing history. They use that data to target ads and sell you things, often without your full understanding of how much info they’re collecting. For Runbox, which is all about user privacy, being associated with platforms that profit off personal data just doesn’t align with our values.

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Malware and Your Privacy: How to Defend Against Digital Threats

November 12, 2024 Leave a comment

Malware poses a significant threat to our personal information and security. From ransomware to keyloggers, malicious software programs can infiltrate our devices and compromise our most sensitive data, including contact lists. In this post, we’ll explore how malware works, the risks it presents, and the potential consequences of a breach.

What is Malware?

Malware, short for malicious software, is any software designed to harm, exploit, or compromise the functionality of a computer or network. One of the primary goals of many malware types is to steal sensitive information. Here’s how it works:

Malware often enters a device through infected downloads, email attachments, or compromised websites. Users may inadvertently install it by clicking on malicious links or accepting untrustworthy downloads.

Once installed, the malware can access various parts of the system. Spyware, for instance, can monitor keystrokes and capture personal information, while other types may directly search for files containing sensitive data.

Many malware types can scan for contact lists stored on devices, and extract names, phone numbers, and email addresses. This information can then be used for spam, phishing attacks, or sold on the dark web.

Types of Malware

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Protect Your Data with Runbox: Secure, Private, and Based in Norway

November 8, 2024 Leave a comment

We live in an era of constant digital surveillance, where governments and corporations collect vast amounts of personal data. Privacy has become one of the most pressing issues for people around the world. From targeted ads to government surveillance programs, personal information is constantly at risk. Protecting that privacy is not just a matter of convenience — it’s essential to safeguarding our freedoms, security, and autonomy. Runbox’s base in Norway plays a pivotal role in safeguarding your personal information.

Privacy is a Fundamental Right

At its core, privacy is about freedom. In the U.S, it is enshrined in the Constitution, particularly the Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Although the right to privacy isn’t explicitly stated in the Constitution, it’s been interpreted by courts to protect citizens from government intrusion into personal matters.

The idea that individuals have the right to keep their lives private — free from government or corporate interference — is a cornerstone of American democracy. Without privacy, individuals lose the ability to express themselves freely, to think and act without fear of surveillance or judgment. Privacy is integral to a free society, where people can associate with others, speak their minds, and live without being monitored at all times.

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Runbox Introduces New Affordable 3-Year Price Plans

October 10, 2024 Leave a comment

Runbox is dedicated to providing sustainable email services from the heart of Norway, where strict privacy regulations safeguard your data. We’re excited to introduce 3-year plans that offer a 20% discount. By choosing Runbox, you support sustainable practices that make a positive impact on the environment while enjoying fast, secure, and privacy protected email services from Norway.

We pride ourselves on delivering premium email services at an affordable price. In fact, we have not increased our prices since our company’s inception, and at the same time we have added substantial storage to all our plans. In a time when price hikes on essential services have become the norm, we believe in offering you predictability and stability for a service as vital as email.

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Encrypting Your Email Keeps Your Messages Safe

September 25, 2024 Leave a comment

In today’s digital world, privacy and security are more important than ever. As we navigate online communications, it’s important to understand how encryption can safeguard our emails. Let’s explore what encryption is, how it works, and why you want to consider using it.

What is Encryption?

When you send an email without encryption, it’s like sending a private message on a postcard – anyone who handles it can read its contents. At its core, encryption works by converting the readable data of an email into a scrambled format. Basically, the contents of that email turns into gibberish so that nobody can read it. The point is to keep the email private while it’s in transit from you to the recipient.

Even though most email services use some form of encryption for data in transit, this is not the same as end-to-end encryption. With end-to-end encryption, only the sender and the recipient can read the message. This method effectively prevents anyone else, including email providers, from accessing the content of your messages.

While many of us might feel that we have little to hide and aren’t overly concerned about others reading our communications, it’s important to understand how our information could be accessed. Encryption helps to safeguard our personal information, which may contain sensitive details about our personal finances, family matters, or other private information.

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There’s No Such Thing as Free Email.  

September 19, 2024 Leave a comment

The Real Cost of Our Digital Communications is Our Privacy. 

You’ve been happily using “free” email for years, and haven’t thought much about it. The problem is that it’s not really free. You become the product, and you pay with your privacy. Let’s dive into what it means.

1. Free is not free

With countless services offering “free” email accounts, it’s easy to assume that we can communicate without any cost. But companies that offer free email typically rely on advertising revenue, which means they collect vast amounts of data about our habits, interests, and communications. They use this information to tailor advertising, and that’s how they make money.

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Plus-addressing lets you create an alias on the fly

September 5, 2024 Leave a comment

Email aliases are great – they help organize emails, reduce spam and protect our identity. But sometimes we need a quick way to create an alias without having to log in to our account to set it up. That’s when we can use plus-addressing, or subaddressing.

You simply add a + to your email address followed by a tag.

For example, if your email address is bob@nullrunbox.com, you can create a tag bob+shopping@nullrunbox.com, or bob+news@nullrunbox.com. You can use any tag, and make up as many as you like. 

Any email sent to a plus-address is delivered to your account as usual. The message is still addressed to the plus-address, and you can use this in various ways to manage your email.

Plus-addressing benefits

  • Make up addresses on the fly without having to set anything up in your Runbox account.
  • Works with any email address, alias or domain.
  • Use a plus-address to identify sites where you used your email address.
  • Plus-addresses can help hide your main email address. 
  • Use a different tag for each site so that if one has a data leak you know which one it is.
  • Filter email to specific folders based on the plus-addressing.
  • Create a filter to delete email to that particular plus address if it starts receiving spam.

Plus-addressing and email aliases are great tools to manage your email. With a Runbox account you get unlimited plus-addressing and 100 email aliases. If you have your own domain name, you get unlimited aliases. Check out this post for more info about aliases.

You can get more details about plus-addressing here.

To learn about how to create email aliases, check out this blog post.

If you need help, contact Runbox Support.

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Using Email Aliases to Combat Spam and Protect Your Identity

August 29, 2024 Leave a comment

Do you use email aliases? Aliases are a great tool that can help protect your identity, reduce spam, and organize your inbox. 

Aliases are alternative email addresses that you can use to separate emails. Instead of using the same address for everything, you set up different aliases for online subscriptions, registrations, newsletters, social media, business contacts and so on. Any category that works for you. You can use your main address for friends and family, or create another alias. 

All your aliases are set up under your main email account, and is delivered to your primary inbox. You can even set up filters so that mail is separated into specific folders in your account. 

Not only will aliases give you another layer of anonymity, it also gives you control over your information and makes online tracking more difficult. Having aliases can help prevent someone hacking your main email account, and helps protect you from phishing attacks. If one of your aliases starts to receive lots of spam, you can easily delete the alias and set up a new one.

Benefits of using email aliases

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