Jeff Moss

thedarktangent.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy

28 June 2026 13:25

Back during COVID I looked into starting either a #DEFCON #VPN service, or a private email service. Both VPN and email are well understood services, there is no shortage of people with expertise, it is not a big technical challenge to set up and operate... Each became impossible or […]

Ben 🎮

ben.goes.social

28 June 2026 09:48

Here are some tips for better privacy & security: - Download @signal.org - Use an encrypted email provider like @tuta.com or @proton.me - Use email aliases - Use @Firefox.com (& enable their free VPN) Consider setting @Duckduckgo.com or Ecosia.org as your search engine

Kenn White

kennwhite.bsky.social

28 June 2026 09:31

No email is private. If you need privacy, a well researched E2E messenger is the only option. Best you can do in consumer mail is a hyperscaler w/ world-class security to defend attacks & armies of lawyers to fight frivolous subpoenas/DCMA claims; small guys don't have the resources, on either front

JoinTheATeam

kindlesnclowders.bsky.social

26 June 2026 18:11

1. Disable the AI automatic control of your email. 2. Find an alternative, PRIVATE email server. 3. Dump everything Google. @psychopete.bsky.social has some good alternative recommendations in his guide.

LazyCat4Coffee

social.lazycat4.coffee

26 June 2026 13:48

Browser: Waterfox for desktop, DuckDuckGo for mobile Search: DuckDuckGo, StartPage as fallback Password: Bitwarden VPN: Mullvad Email: Experimented with ProtonMail, may change Maps: Apple Maps or OpenStreetMap, though I probably should just get a physical map atlas again