# Remove Canary Mail

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/remove-canary-mail/26644
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** 2025-04-12T16:25:17Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @redoomed1 — 2025-04-12T16:25:17Z

### Why should this tool be removed?

From @jonah’s comment on the [related PR](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/2999):

> Canary Mail has become a very different app since their pivot to AI and rebranding […] Most resources on their [website](https://canarymail.io/) no longer reference privacy & security like they [used to](https://web.archive.org/web/20210417013750/https://canarymail.io/), indicating it is no longer a primary focus for them. I do not think we would list Canary Mail if we were evaluating it from scratch today. In particular I think our [criteria](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/email-clients/#minimum-qualifications) regarding telemetry is incompatible with the current app, which is highly integrated with commercial cloud AI providers including Google and OpenAI.

Related Topics:

> [@Canary Mail has "read reciepts"](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/canary-mail-has-read-reciepts/26629):
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> The proprietary email client listed under Privacy Guides’s recommendations for email client called Canary Mail emailed me some spam about them having “read reciepts” I’m fairly sure that this is not part of the email protocol and that they might be using tracking pixels. Thoughts?

> [@Canary Mail still recommended?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/canary-mail-still-recommended/20999):
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> Canary mail using AI to summarize and compose emails. They work with companies like OpenAI and others. Is Canary Mail still recommended as a secure mail client?

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## Post 2 by @jonah — 2025-04-15T03:15:54Z



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## Post 3 by @jonah — 2025-04-15T03:15:59Z

#completed in:

> **[update!: Remove Canary Mail (#2999) · privacyguides/privacyguides.org@7276848](https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/commit/7276848802c32da4f30090b24b43f01beafe80bf)**
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> Protect your data against global mass surveillance programs. - update!: Remove Canary Mail (#2999) · privacyguides/privacyguides.org@7276848