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Providers whose signup does not require phone, recovery email, or government ID, and whose terms of service and operator history support resistance to compelled disclosure.
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Use the table below as a starting point. The same rules apply across the site: every claim is dated, sources are linked from each service page, and a service with tiered KYC is no-KYC only up to a threshold that the operator can change at any time. See methodology for how we evaluate entries.
Services (11)
| Name | KYC | Status | Jurisdiction | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| addy.io | optional KYC | active | United Kingdom (operator-disclosed) | |
| cock.li | no KYC | active | Romania (operator-disclosed) | |
| Disroot | no KYC | active | Netherlands (operator-disclosed) | |
| mailbox.org | optional KYC | active | Germany (operator-disclosed) | |
| Mailfence | optional KYC | active | Belgium (operator-disclosed) | |
| Posteo | optional KYC | active | Germany (operator-disclosed) | |
| Proton Mail | optional KYC | active | Switzerland (operator-disclosed) | |
| Riseup | optional KYC | active | United States (operator-disclosed) | |
| SimpleLogin | optional KYC | active | France (operator) / Switzerland (Proton parent) | |
| StartMail | optional KYC | active | Netherlands (operator-disclosed) | |
| Tuta (Tutanota) | optional KYC | active | Germany (operator-disclosed) |