Tutamail > proton.

bitwarden markor on mobile (with syncthing) self-hosted baikal calendar with etar on mobile ollama + openwebui if you have a machine that can run decent open models miniflux rss linkwarden self-hosted ntfy.sh or nstrfy (search my github) photoprism + photosync homeassistant self-hosted plex gitea obsidian or logseq (also w/ syncthing or git) ....that's a pretty fleshed out digital life suite with no megacorp or state dependencies. mail is the only pain point, with self-hosted being viable if you don't mind some deliverability issues to bullshit provider recipients

hey this is my stack

I now have a separate VPS that runs OpenClaw and my robot slave does sysadmin for all of the above as well. they didn't tell me the future would look like this

CryptPad (

CryptPad.org

End-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite

) for replacing Google Drive. You can host your own instance, or use one of several already existing ones. I haven't found any critical defects with Delta Chat (

Delta Chat: Delta Chat, decentralized secure messenger

Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app 💬 Reliable instant messaging with multi-profile and multi-device support ⚡️ Sign up t...

) for private messaging. In addition to ProtonMail (

Proton

Proton Mail: Get a free email account with privacy and encryption | Proton

Proton Mail is the world’s largest secure email service with over 100 million users. Available on Web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Protected by Sw...

), I like Tuta (

Tuta

Tuta: Turn ON privacy for free with secure emails, calendars & contacts | Tuta

Tuta guarantees your data stays private for free & without ads. Quantum-resistant encryption makes Tuta the best secure technology solution to ...

). Some privacy oriented Firefox clones are LibreWolf (desktop) and IronFox (Android). Instead of using the router your ISP supplies, it's easy to buy your own. That alone, prevents them from seeing some information. Sometimes that's a cheaper option too. Bonus if you install OpenWRT over the manufacturer firmware. From there, you can control a lot more of what content comes to your devices (ads, etc), in addition to controlling more of your own upstream traffic. Get a second router, but don't connect it to the Internet, and you can have a private LAN too.

Use encryption people. Self hosting without encryption is worse than Tuta or proton drive. It will get worse in this world, so prepare for it sooner than later. For places like the fucked up UK shithole, use plausible deniability, for example hidden volumes in veracrypt. And be careful with crypto wallets when entering the UK - always use plausible deniabilty or a wallet which has it built-in

For those who want to push the limits I suggest (as a Sugestor 🙉) using an asymmetric encryption with PQC for storage and backups. Use "duplicity" (not duplicati) for that. Check out a fancy asymm. encrypted camera app called Cryptocam (f-froid available, open source), which doesn't store encryption keys on a device. If there is no key on a device, there is no possibility to leak or extort it. You may even ask a friend to keep the key for you, and never actually be in the possesion of that key.

Here's a much better option for email ;-)

LNemail

LNemail - Anonymous Email Accounts Powered by Bitcoin Lightning Network

Create anonymous email accounts instantly with Bitcoin Lightning Network. Pay 1000 sats for a 1-year account, 100 sats per outgoing email. No signu...

Nice. I'll have a look.