@Em0nM4stodon except #Protin got caught snitching!

• Consider @monocles / #monoclesMail with @thunderbird on @tails_live @tails / #Tails over @torproject / #Tor and do #PGP/MIME for maximum #ComSec!

@Lioh +9001%

The only secure solution is to exercise #SelfCustody of all the keys!

• Which is why I hint at @monocles #monoclesMail & #monoclesChat as using #PGP/MIME & #XMPP+#OMEMO and clients like theirs or others like @gajim & @thunderbird makes it impossible for them to decrypt any comms.

@patrickcmiller which is yet another reason why I explicitly recommend to not trust #Browsers & #WebApps but use either proper clients (i.e. @monocles / #monoclesMail & @thunderbird ) or do the #airgapped #OfflinePGP method!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdab4T_CoN8

@Linux for @monocles it's about their mail & messaging solutions which are subscription-financed and in return just work on any devices as well as their nextcloud.

• They also offer apps for those, and the #monoclesChat & #monoclesMail #apps can be used with any #XMPP and any #eMail provider that offers #IMAP & #SMTP respectably.

• Also they allow for fully anonymous payment using #Monero and #CashByMail.

The ither two I can understand fully...

@Chiquidrakula @COSAntiFascists @iris @Em0nM4stodon @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth @cryptoparty@chaos.social @thunderbird

#FACT: It's not real #E2EE unless you have100% #SelfCustody of all the keys!

• By contrast, @monocles are upfront and honest that if you use their #WebMailer's built-in Encryption / Decryption, your Keys *will be stored on the Servers [Something that @protonprivacy / #ProtonMail does too but tries to leave out as a little detail]...

Thus the correct way as #monoclesMail says is to use your own client and keep your keys to yourself.

• Cuz unlike #Proton, #monocles actually offer standard protocols to use with regular eMail clients

Now OFC, monocles charge €2 p.m. for their starter account but they also accept #SEPA #WireTransfer, #Monero, #CashByMail, #Stripe and #PayPal for #payments, so it's pretty flexible and affordable given they don't put #ads in your #inbox or invade user privacy!

@COSAntiFascists @iris @Em0nM4stodon I'd not trust @protonprivacy in that regard because they have access to keys and have been caught snitching on #ProtonMail users without a warrant.

• Instead the proper way to do it is to learn how to use #PGP/MIME (visit your local @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth / @cryptoparty@chaos.social / #CryptoParty) which is easy in 2025 thanks to @monocles / #monoclesMail & @thunderbird as clients.

Furthermore, #monocles - and every other decent provider - won't bamboozle you with false promises they legally can't fulfill and #DigitalSnakeoil services...

• Only #SelfCustody can guarantee real #E2EE as only if you are in control of all the keys can you be shure of the #security and #integrity of the messages...

Please amp up you #ITsec, #InfoEec, #OpSec and #ComSec because naively believing a corporation to not snitch on you disqualifies you at best if not put other peoples' lives in danger!

@wmd Instead of using #ProtonMail which is as "#Swiss Secure" as #CryptoAG aka. #MINERVA / #RUBIKON or * Swiss Banks since #FATCA*...

Personally, I can recommend @monocles / #monoclesMail...

@Equinox yes, check out @monocles / #monoclesMail.

At just €2 p.m. you get 1 GB of mail storage, IMAP & SMTP access as well as WebMail and no ads!

• They also have a very nice #App for #Android and OFC it'll just work with any mail client!

@standev @mvilain @jerry

As for bona-fide #eMail, I'd recommend people to go with like @monocles / #monoclesMail cuz for like €2 p.m. one gets neither #DataHarvesting nor #Spam and so far they never showed up with Spam on my or any other radar despite being very much #privacy-focussed in terms of account creation and payment methods:
https://monocles.eu/more/#payment-section
https://docs.monocles.eu/account/account/