Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@ploum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ploum</span></a></span> instead of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> which also falls under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> and is also a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solution, consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> for real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfCustody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCustody</span></a> of all the keys!</p><ul><li><p>Fir <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chat</span></a>, I can recommend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> as a paid provider who doesn't run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> and doesn't fall under Cloud Act or similar laws. (Also they have excellent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> that work with basically all providers usibg standard-compliant servers &amp; APIs!)</p></li><li><p>You may want to consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Torifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torifying</span></a> everything by using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardianproject</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbot</span></a> and push everything on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> through <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>In fact, some providers like cock.li even have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnionServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnionServices</span></a> to directly connect to them.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftOutlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftOutlook</span></a> literally steals your Login <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/credentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>credentials</span></a>, so using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@thunderbird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thunderbird</span></a></span> is a necessity anyway. Don't forget to change your logins either way!</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> is okay, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> should be normalized as well.</p></li><li><p>Consider launching a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.earth/@cryptoparty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptoparty</span></a></span> to teach other the same.</p></li><li><p>Nirmalize using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> as your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DailyDriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyDriver</span></a>!</p></li></ul>