Post B31B3MiS0o6vROMJfM by phnt@fluffytail.org
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(DIR) Post #B31ARy8qPqJWVhs9Lc by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:21:00Z
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tutanota being a honeypot is not what I was expecting to hear today lmao
(DIR) Post #B31AfcBwp1TUUJpZdg by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:23:26Z
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https://social.treehouse.systems/users/ptrc/statuses/116017243050929425funniest shit ive ever seen
(DIR) Post #B31B3MiS0o6vROMJfM by phnt@fluffytail.org
2026-02-05T17:27:53.058116Z
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@rose Proton is probably the same. Just a different agency.
(DIR) Post #B31BOMb1eVnT9Otlr6 by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:31:37Z
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oh yeah definitely, wasnt there some leak that they gave data to swiss secret agencies?Seems like the best option is to just selfhost email nowadays
(DIR) Post #B31BjLYWiPpU0Oje5I by phnt@fluffytail.org
2026-02-05T17:35:28.810161Z
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@rose They gave the IP address of someone making bomb threats to some agency. A US one I think.They always felt off to me and got shilled hard by "privacy" and "security" advocates, so that immediately makes them less trustworthy to me. Besides that, the whole reason for using them, email encryption, only works when you send emails from Proton to Proton.Email transport can be unencrypted anyway between the various MTAs depending on the route, so pretending that email can be private is a half-truth at best.
(DIR) Post #B31BtrWyghzu4P1cBs by meso@new.asbestos.cafe
2026-02-05T17:37:23.441982Z
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@phnt @rose "your emails are encrypted" yeah but you just encrypt the database nigga you have the keys. and if they're encrypting with passwords, who says they are
(DIR) Post #B31C2YxX6eVH4qavui by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:38:51Z
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I don't trust any company that tries to advertise encrypted emailemail is just an unencrypted format, if someone wants to exchange encrypted data they should just use a direct messenger or exchange pgp encrypted data, anyone who tries to sell encrypted email is just a scammer
(DIR) Post #B31CcLVwZVvRnrkjU8 by bonkmaykr@canithesis.org
2026-02-05T17:40:39Z
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I trust Proton more than Nord etc. but yeah like any "privacy" provider that gets too big they eventually fall off. I wouldn't use them to do anything I don't want my local glowie looking at. You can't even register for an account through Tor. And idk if they let you pay with Monero.CC: @rose@snac.pinkro.se
(DIR) Post #B31D5QoNxGzKdBFQ36 by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:50:35Z
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i dont think any vpn provider is trustworthy tbh, maybe mullvad at best, vpns are mostly just a psyop thoCC: @phnt@fluffytail.org
(DIR) Post #B31DejbI5gBB2SxN32 by phnt@fluffytail.org
2026-02-05T17:57:03.787735Z
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@rose @bonkmaykr Don't worry, you need EXTREME VPNs to be trustworthy. According to "The Hated One". Funny thing is, he called Tutanota "MOST SECURE EMAIL" 3 months ago :Dimage.png
(DIR) Post #B31Dm1VDvfteaXauLQ by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T17:58:12Z
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they're just inventing new privacy larpers every day man who the fuck is thatdid you watch the video? how many times does he mention military grade encryption (also known as AES)CC: @bonkmaykr@canithesis.org
(DIR) Post #B31Dm8brVOMkd9koAC by meso@new.asbestos.cafe
2026-02-05T17:58:24.272945Z
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@phnt @bonkmaykr @rose You could say I'm... hated... and there's one of me... you could really say I'm The Hated One, heh....
(DIR) Post #B31DoVuNqtWhTAYAwS by meso@new.asbestos.cafe
2026-02-05T17:58:49.974429Z
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@phnt @bonkmaykr @rose "the hated one" irl:
(DIR) Post #B31E1mbj4oc91d9Oca by phnt@fluffytail.org
2026-02-05T18:01:13.985036Z
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@rose @bonkmaykr He's been activate for around 7 years now. His shtick used to be shilling DuckDuckGo as a good alternative to Google way back then. I didn't watch the video, because I can't stand people like this.I don't even understand the point of having an "extreme" VPN. Like my usecase for VPNs is open public WiFi, that's it. What even is the use case, when Tor works fine and you have to click on the boats all the time anyway now.
(DIR) Post #B31E4mTg12h3UWoatk by phnt@fluffytail.org
2026-02-05T18:01:38.101035Z
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@meso @bonkmaykr @roseanonymous-privacy-intersifies.jpg
(DIR) Post #B31EBTqjfmixkDnMxM by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
2026-02-05T18:02:59.243664Z
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@phnt @rose at least I'm not at the mercy of google going "oops our bot deleted your account for no reason whatsoever and we wont reinstate it".
(DIR) Post #B31EE7QVUvBp4MmjqK by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
2026-02-05T18:03:27.089968Z
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@phnt @rose why use privacy services when epstein used yahoo and gmail and nothing happened to him?
(DIR) Post #B31ELFNcKFVTlOpfhg by rose@snac.pinkro.se
2026-02-05T18:04:38Z
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yeah as I said, privacy VPNs are a psyopOnly reason I have a VPN is to get rid of the germans, which is like the same reason pretty much every average person has a VPN, to watch a netflix show from different countriesCC: @bonkmaykr@canithesis.org
(DIR) Post #B31HWi4oGw2ToRC1dw by rozenglass@fedi.dreamscape.link
2026-02-05T18:39:27Z
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@rose@snac.pinkro.se @phnt@fluffytail.org I recommend against Proton Mail because they try to lock you in into their email service with anti-user dark-patterns. It's not just that you have to pay to use your favorite mail client, but you also have to pay to forward mail from your address to another. In other words, you cannot slowly transition to another service without losing mail that still goes to Proton! If you want to use another service, you will have to pay Proton a subscription /forever/ to keep getting forwarded mail. You cannot even download your old mail using POP3 without paying. They have some random utility they tell you to download and run on your machine which would download an export of your data. Extremely anti-user behavior. Even Microsoft and Google have the decency to allow you to setup a forwarding address and download your data using POP3 or even just as a zip archive. Ridiculous.
(DIR) Post #B31JlvPpA0EnR0PBBI by bonkmaykr@canithesis.org
2026-02-05T19:05:23Z
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I use them more for email, VPNs are 100% overrated and impractical in most cases regardless of who's running them. I do have my own Maddy server and an Underworld mail inbox too to keep things compartmentalized.CC: @phnt@fluffytail.org