I’ve used both and have had good experiences with both. One benefit of Proton is that emails sent to other Proton users are encrypted, but if you mostly just email people who have @gmail.com addresses, then Gmail’s going to store a copy of your emails to that person on their servers anyway.

Both Proton and Fastmail allow you to have a custom domain with a wildcard catch-all address, but the process for replying from that random wildcard address is much more seamless on Fastmail. Proton requires some extra setup and workarounds. But then again Proton is more secure.

It really depends how you use email and what’s important to you (security, convenience, features). I mainly just get junk mail and newsletters. For more private communication I use Signal.

It’s an issue that affects those in the privacy community.

The privacy community is a place to find support with issues pertaining to the privacy journey, such as using special browsers.

Glad I’m not the only one who uses Droid-ify for browsing only. I kinda felt bad like I hurt its feelings.

All of that info is already available for anyone who has a government ID or census record

Yes, I do exactly that. I have a Boox and removed all google services using ADB. Then I use Obtainium for apps.

I do like the little chat bubbles in the letters d

I use this one: https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard

I’ve listened to every single episode of his podcast for years, bought his books, and honestly his material was kinda life changing for me. Went from using Facebook and Apple ID everything to using Graphene OS, Linux, got friends and family using Signal, masked cards, VOIP numbers, etc. I’m sad to see it go but I understand sometimes it’s time for new chapters in life and wish him well. Maybe one day someone else on staff can create some new episodes.

The openboard fork with the swipe function is amazing.

Wow. I’ve been self hosting wallabag for articles and Nextcloud News for RSS. But I see Omnivore does both in one app and looks more polished! I’m going to try it.

I don’t do anything special, as far as they know. I give them my phone number - but it is a VOIP number I use for family and friends only. I don’t use it with any accounts or sign-ups anywhere so I don’t care that the number gets out. I also mostly just text to plan a meet up in person. I don’t text juicy conversations. For closer friends, I got lucky and we’ve migrated to Signal.

I use Vanadium with a custom DNS in system settings - NextDNS. It doesn’t get rid of every ad but it’s pretty good and blocks nearly all of them. You can choose adblock filter lists as well with NextDNS.

There is an ebook which walks through this setup with specific steps: Extreme Privacy: Mobile Devices by Michael Bazzell (not affiliated)

What if you have to go to the bathroom or step in the kitchen for a snack? You shut down your computer every time?

I like learning about this stuff too. I’m curious what is the point of encrypting a hard drive if it just automatically decrypts on boot? If someone stole your computer couldn’t they could just boot it up and have an unencrypted drive?

You could occasionally post or comment with innacurate personal details such as living in a different city or having a pet or interest you don’t actually have. In addition to the other advice in these comments.

That’s insane. I only got 62% on Vanadium + Proton VPN + nextdns.

Wow I only get 62%. Using Vanadium on GrapheneOS over a network with DNS blocking.

Still doesn’t work for app updates. I can’t even connect to Aurora most of the time. Maybe it is a ProtonVPN issue.