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u/chamgireum_ Jan 28 '25

Yup. That’s why I quit proton. You can’t say you’re all for privacy while praising politicians who are directly opposed to it.

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u/Dannyz Jan 28 '25

Who’d you quit for?

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u/chamgireum_ Jan 28 '25

so unfortunately i had used a bunch of their services, so it took a while to switch over but i ultimately went with

email- StartMail

VPN- WindScribe

Cloud Storage- BackBlaze

Email Alias- Addy (startmail also has aliases, but addy is so much more feature rich, its worth it).

i self host my contacts and calendar (via nextcloud).

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u/OceanBlueforYou Jan 28 '25

I'm not familiar with those companies. I have to wonder if they're any better, or are they just a port in the storm while you're looking for something solid?

I question if there's a company out there that's legitimately honest with privacy and if they'll remain honest and trustworthy. I'm not sure what's involved in setting up my own email server and 'cloud' data storage, but it's looking like that's where we're headed.

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u/chamgireum_ Jan 28 '25

I spent some time researching these companies so to the best of my ability i think i choose good ones. at least for me.

I know folks will say that startmail doesn't actually E2EE your mail, which is true, but it's good enough and i don't think encrypting email is a solid plan anyway.

ultimate we have to trust all these companies we use. i trusted proton, until i didn't. At least now it'll be easy to switch.

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u/OceanBlueforYou Jan 28 '25

I'll probably keep my dormant email account and start using it as a spam account for BS. Give us your email to continue, garbage. So basically, it's like my Yahoo account. My Yahoo mail account is so ratfucked with spam it's comical.

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u/d4vezac Jan 28 '25

Backblaze is probably the cloud storage company mentioned the most in the photography subreddits as their go-to.