Titan privacy rating

Summary

Titan scores 31 out of 100 (grade F) on the email providers criteria. It meets 5 of 19 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, open protocols, custom domains and POP3 support. It partly meets transparency report, security headers, IMAP support and SMTP submission. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, tells users about requests, end-to-end encryption, encrypted mailbox storage, sign up without personal data, mail transport security, Sender Rewriting Scheme and ARC sealing. It is based in the Cayman Islands: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.

Score 31 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

• ✖No

  Open source ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

  Closed source.

• ✖No

  No trackers or telemetry ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

  The website loads Google Tag Manager, and the privacy policy allows third-party cookies to track visitor behavior.

  support.titan.email

• ✔Yes

  No ads or data sales ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

  Funded by paid plans sold through partners. The privacy policy states cookie data is not sold or shared with third parties.

  support.titan.email

• ✖No

  Independent audit ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

  No independent audit is published.

• ◐Partial

  Transparency report ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?

  Publishes a policy for legal requests, but no request counts.

  support.titan.email

• ✖No

  Tells users about requests ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?

  No published policy on notifying users about data requests.

• ✖No

  End-to-end encryption ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Can mail be end-to-end encrypted so that the provider cannot read message contents?

  Not supported.

• ✖No

  Encrypted mailbox storage ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Is stored mail encrypted with a key the provider does not hold?

  Encryption at rest for stored mail is not documented beyond a general claim that messages are encrypted.

• ✔Yes

  Open protocols ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Can any standard app connect over IMAP, POP3, SMTP, CalDAV or CardDAV, without extra software?

  IMAP, POP3 and SMTP work with other apps once third-party access is turned on in settings.

  support.titan.email

• ✔Yes

  Custom domains ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Can mail be sent and received with your own domain?

  The service is built for custom domains and is sold through domain and hosting partners.

  support.titan.email

• ✖No

  Sign up without personal data ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Can an account be created without a phone number or another email address?

  Titan is only sold through partner providers, which require an account with personal contact details.

  support.titan.email

• ✖No

  Sender Rewriting Scheme ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Is the envelope sender rewritten with SRS when mail is forwarded, so forwarded mail keeps passing SPF?

  No published documentation on SRS for forwarded mail.

• ✖No

  ARC sealing ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Does the provider validate and add ARC (RFC 8617) signatures, so authentication results survive forwarding?

  No published documentation on ARC signing or validation.

Automated tests

• ✔Yes

  TLS configuration ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?

  Grade A+

  ssllabs.com

• ◐Partial

  Security headers ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?

  Grade B (75/100+)

  developer.mozilla.org

• …Not tested yet

  Modern web standards ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?

  Not tested yet.

• …Not tested yet

  Email security standards ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Does the mail domain score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl email test?

  Not tested yet.

• ◐Partial

  IMAP support ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Does the IMAP server accept connections over implicit TLS on port 993 and advertise IMAP4rev1 or IMAP4rev2 with IDLE push?

  imap.titan.email:993 (implicit TLS). IMAP4rev1 advertised, no IDLE before login.

• ✔Yes

  POP3 support ×1Weight 1 of 3

  Does the POP3 server accept connections over implicit TLS on port 995 and answer CAPA with UIDL?

  pop.titan.email:995 (implicit TLS). CAPA: CAPA, USER, UIDL, TOP, RESP-CODES, LOGIN-DELAY, EXPIRE, SASL.

• ◐Partial

  SMTP submission ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Does mail submission work over implicit TLS on port 465 with SMTPUTF8, 8BITMIME, PIPELINING and AUTH?

  smtp.titan.email:465 (implicit TLS). Missing: SMTPUTF8.

• ✖No

  Mail transport security ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Does the mail domain enforce encrypted, authenticated delivery with MTA-STS, DANE, DNSSEC, TLS-RPT and an enforced DMARC policy?

  Passes: SPF, DMARC reject. Missing: MTA-STS missing, TLS-RPT, DNSSEC, DANE none.

Email standards

• ✔Yes: Mail serversMXmx1.titan.email, mx2.titan.email
• ✔Yes: RFC 7208 sender policySPFpublished
• ✔Yes: RFC 7489. Quarantine or reject counts as enforcedDMARCp=reject
• ✖No: RFC 8461 strict transport securityMTA-STSmissing
• ✖No: RFC 8460 TLS failure reportsTLS-RPTmissing
• ✖No: RFC 4033 signed DNSDNSSECnot validated
• ✖No: RFC 7672 TLSA records on MX hostsDANEnone
• ✖No: Brand logo record (not scored)BIMInone
• ✖No: RFC 6186 and RFC 8314 service records (not scored)SRVnone

Capabilities are what each server advertises before login. How these tests work