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WhatsApp is one step closer to adding email address verification (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. With a service that uses standard IMAP/POP3 protocols you can always download your entire mailbox and upload it somewhere else. If it's dependent of their apps and they don't provide full download as a feature, you're stuck.

Of course if you're the type that doesn't keep much email on the server it wouldn't affect you that much but then the whole encryption thing makes even less sense.

[–] victorz 1 points 9 months ago

Gonna be honest, I don't use email in a way that I need my data locally. I always just use their respective web interfaces or apps. Maybe I should be worried, maybe I'm naive. 😅

But these are very good points of info, so appreciate your help here! Thank you, friend!