Email clients
Spike privacy rating
Closed-source email app that shows messages as chat conversations and adds team chat, notes and video meetings, available for web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Summary
Spike scores 17 out of 100 (grade F) on the email clients criteria. It meets 1 of 8 criteria: works with any provider. It partly meets no ads or data sales and independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, OpenPGP support, connects directly and blocks remote content. It is based in Israel: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes.
Score 17 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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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 AppsFlyer, Appcelerator Analytics and Firebase Analytics in the Android app, and the website loads Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and TikTok trackers.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans with no ads in the app, but the website shares visitor data with ad networks to promote Spike.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Bishop Fox audited Spike, but no report is published and the audit is more than three years old.
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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?
PGP is not supported.
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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?
Spike servers access and store account credentials, emails and contacts to provide the service.
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No
Blocks remote content Weight 2 of 3
Are remote images and tracking pixels blocked by default?
No documented option to block remote images or tracking pixels.
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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 Gmail, Office 365, Exchange, iCloud, Yahoo and any IMAP account.