Email clients
Edison Mail privacy rating
Closed-source email client for iOS, Android and macOS from Edison Software, an affiliate of YipitData, that sorts messages into categories such as packages, travel and receipts.
Summary
Edison Mail scores 11 out of 100 (grade F) on the email clients criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: works with any provider. It partly meets blocks remote content. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, OpenPGP support and connects directly. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 11 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Exodus finds 7 trackers in the Android app, including Google AdMob, Google Analytics, Firebase Analytics and Mixpanel, and the website loads Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and TikTok trackers.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
The privacy policy describes creating de-identified data from commercial emails and selling it to business subscribers, and using data to tailor ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
OpenPGP support Weight 2 of 3
Can the app encrypt and sign mail with OpenPGP, built in or through an official add-on?
No PGP or S/MIME support is documented.
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No
Connects directly Weight 3 of 3
Does the app connect directly to your mail server, without passing mail or passwords through the vendor's servers?
Commercial messages such as receipts, shipments and travel alerts are processed and stored on Edison servers.
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Partial
Blocks remote content Weight 2 of 3
Are remote images and tracking pixels blocked by default?
Read receipt tracking pixels are blocked, but other remote images still load.
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Yes
Works with any provider Weight 1 of 3
Does the app work with any standard IMAP and SMTP provider?
Works with any IMAP provider, plus Gmail, Outlook and Exchange accounts. POP3 is not supported.