CTemplar shutting down ... :-(

[timconsidine]

Sad to see this posted : https://ctemplar.com/ctemplar-is-shutting-down/

No reasons given. OSINT blog suggests :

• money (running out) ?
• legal suit ?
• avoiding compliance with government court order ?

Refunds for paid subscription being provided.

Sad to see this development. Not a heavy user but support the principle of their work.

And (as OSINT blog points out) even more reason to have your email on your own domain, whether you self-host it or send it to CTemplar, Protonmail, Tutanota etc.

[girish]

@timconsidine CTemplar was a mail service?

[timconsidine]

@girish yes
Much like Protonmail or Tutanota but based in Iceland and hot on privacy.
I used it more before I found SimpleLogin, in order to keep signups out of my primary mail.

[necrevistonnezr]

@timconsidine rather sketchy company, it seems: https://old.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/ucfan5/with_ctemplar_shutting_down_how_likely_is/i6a5vyu/

[girish]

They also had a complete data loss - https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/critical-incident-at-ctemplar-who-lost-all-its-clientsemails/