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(2) Hmmm..well Google Calendar just had an outage.

I'll stick with Fastmail is very reliable and independent. They can't really be blamed for a DOS attack.

Yes, I dig Gray Code. It's not at all related to my site http://GreyCoder.Com

The Blackphone is built for privacy and Linux is pretty at not leaking private info, although you have to configure Ubuntu a bit I hear.

You can use Disconnect Search that make your google searches anonymous: https://search.disconnect.me/

There are better VPNs for China: http://www.greycoder.com/openvpn-china/

I agree the app is good - but the user interface has always needed simplifying.

I keep an updated list of reliable VPNs with good support: http://www.greycoder.com/best-vpns-2014/

Yep, check out my full review here: http://www.greycoder.com/the-best-usenet-providers-of-2012/

Good introductions for beginners. This overview was useful: http://www.greycoder.com/recommended-products-and-services/

You can also use Countermail which provides end-to-end PGP security (unlike Hushmail). Here's my article with more info: http://www.greycoder.com/how-to-stop-the-nsa-from-spying-on-...

If you don't trust your VPN providers, see my suggestions in this article, you can run a VPN inside another VPN (http://greycoder.com/using-a-vpn-inside-a-virtual-machine-fo...)

Thanks, I did a fair amount of research for this review.

It depends on the type of privacy you need. If you are torrenting or posting to a forum anonymously, using a VPN provider is fine.

If you don't trust any VPN provider, you can host your own VPN, or you can run a second VPN inside of virtual machine.