Is it safe to use 3rd party mail apps?

[chanawar]

I switched default mail app to Cloudmagic and Mailbox app to use my Gmail account with push. Normally, I use 2-step verification on my google account but in these apps they are not accepting the passwords that is given by 2-step security. They ask for my main password.

When I activate these apps, I saw gmail logs have 2 new strange IP adresses. Checked them and see they are not from my network provider. They are from Cloudmagic and Dropbox (Mailbox app).

I think they receiving my mail data to their servers and sending it to me.

So, isnt it safe to use?

 

[C DM]

Well, for CloudMagic, for example, there's http://help.cloudmagic.com/article/is-cloudmagic-secure/ and http://help.cloudmagic.com/article/why-do-you-need-to-use-the-cloud/.

For Mailbox there's http://www.mailboxapp.com/help/#/4217 and http://www.mailboxapp.com/help/#/4388 and http://www.mailboxapp.com/help/#/4373.

 

[JuryDuty]

Kudos to you for being diligent with this. I think most of us have just gotten used to giving everything our gmail info. That said, it should use Google's dialog to authenticate, I'd think.