Thats just the main instance, there’s a list of public instances there too. I don’t think development is stopping, just hosting an instance

https://github.com/timvisee/send

In terms of code? No, I haven’t had a look at yours. But for Destiny its totally clear what it does - p2p encrypted device to device file transfer. I had a look at your website and - I should say I’m not trying to be rude - i’m not 100% sure what yours does…its called glitr cloud but also that its p2p? Further down the page there’s a series of screenshots that show…what?

I’ve also read the comments on here and it seems its not open source? And it won’t be available on f-droid? But you do have a git repo link, although there’s nothing called glitr on it.

Overall, I’m totally confused about what this is, who you are (as an org) and why it matters. With Destiny, I can download the app on all my devices and transfer instantly. I can ask friends to and give them a code to access what I share. Or I could use send.vis.ee if I didnt want to leave Destiny running for my friend.

Its great to have options but I don’t really know what yours does or why I should think its better.

IVPN don’t allow port forwarding either.

I realise port forwarding is something lots of people want but the reasons are nothing to do with privacy. Mullvad remains, in my opinion, the best solution for those whose priority is privacy.

I’ve yet to find something more straightforward to use than Destiny.

Makes sense, thanks.

I promise this is genuine curiosity, not snark, but what’s the benefit/point to tracking ones pet?

I’ll miss the ability to buy using cash-bought gift vouchers as that seems the only straightforward way to preserve privacy.

No, no, I’m saying it should have been reported there and I don’t get why they didn’t share it.

On the face of it, that is a massive own goal. TOR project surely has a fediverse account or a blog or something to announce these things. This should be common knowledge.

FairEmail has a good reputation.

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Depends on your threat model - mine is to make it as annoying and difficult for data sellers and advertisers to profile me as possible so in that scenario a reputable VPN service makes perfect sense.

There’s no such thing as total privacy and each service/software is simply a piece of the puzzle. If my government really wanted my data I’m sure they could find a way but making it as difficult as possible for techno-fascists is fine by me.

Thats a good point, I might set that up myself!

At the moment I do a once-a-week encrypted export from BitWarden and Aegis (authenticator) and put those exports onto an encrypted USB pen drive to avoid the issues you mention but I think your way is probably better.

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What assurances do you have they won’t go full proton in the future?

Absolutely none. That applies to all services that exist now or in the future. The only way around that is self-hosting but that path has its own issues including a very steep learning curve if you want to be secure as well as private. Maybe this could be a longer term project to work towards?

For services:

• Mail - Mailbox.org seems the best option right now
• Calendar - don’t know.
• Drive - either Cryptomator used with literally any service or a dedicated service like Filen
• VPN - Mullvad
• Password Manager - Bitwarden
• Documents - I just use LibreOffice offline or CryptPad occasionally if I’m collabing with someone.

In truth none of these are perfect. Privacy has got a lot harder recently as Proton and StartMail/StartPage have politically shit the bed and the UK seems determined to kill encryption which means I have to avoid really good services like IceDrive just because they’re in the UK.

EDIT: Calendars. Mailbox.org’s included one works fine. You can sync using CalDAV. The process for Thunderbird (desktop) is here.

The process for mobile is a little more complicated. First you need Davx5 to actually get the data, but thats all that app does. It’s not a Calendar app. It does work with the native Android Calendar but I used FossifyCalendar.

So install both of those then login to your Mailbox account in a browser and create a Calendar (or use an existing one). Get its unique URL by looking under the heading ‘My Calendars’, clicking the three bars icon, click ‘Properties’ and you can then copy your CalDAV URL.

On your Android device open Davx5, tap the plus icon then specify ‘login with URL and username’ tap ‘continue’ then paste in the URL you copied earlier, your email address and your email account password, tap ‘login’ and that should work.

Now, switch to your Calendar app. I used Fossify Calendar so if you are too, open that up, go to Settings, scroll down to the CALDAV section and turn on CalDAV sync. It might switch to your new Mailbox calendar now, but if it doesn’t, tap ‘Manage synced calendars’ and activate it there.

Such a weird thing for them to do - why would a Dutch company highlight a connection with a US Trump supporter? Is it a very recent thing? Like Proton’s CEO massaging Trump’s ego?

Not immediately or probably for some years. Facebook’s main problem is the fact its got an aging population and no young people joining. That’s why Meta bought Instagram and is desperate to get their grubby paws on TikTok or force it to close down in the West.

I think internally, over the next decade, FB will start to die off organically as Meta put ever increasing focus on retention and young people.

I’m not a fan of Apple at all but they could’ve done a lot worse. They’ve basically refused to backdoor encryption and instead announced (as opposed to silently doing it) its removal instead.

I think what we should be more concerned about here is the total silence from other companies who offer encrypted cloud services. Might that imply they’ve already (as per the terms of the UK’s edict) silently complied?

1. Do I actually need it? For example, I like the gnome ArcMenu extension but I don’t really need it, so no to that one.
2. Read the reviews and/or ask in the relevant community, or a Privacy community like this one.
3. If the code’s up to date in a repo see where (if anywhere) its phoning home to.
4. If its not but I still really need it, install it, then run Wireshark and see what its up to, if anything.