• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Ugh. This fight is never ending. I feel like after a while you just get totally burned out of fighting and have to pass it on to others.

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      That’s what they count on. They only have to get it through once. We have to fight and win every time, as the UK recently found out. Vigilance has to be key, no matter how hard they make it. But I concede it’s tiring as all hell.

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      1 month ago

      That’s what raising a family is about. No matter what you do the world will eventually burn you out, so it’s good to have people to take over whatever it is you’ve built.

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    1 month ago

    Awesome. So much for “Swiss privacy” huh? Where the hell do I move from Proton? 😮‍💨

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      1 month ago

      I switched to tutanota for email and mullvad for VPN as soon as they came out as pro-trump.

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          1 month ago

          A fair point, but it’s better than proton or especially gmail and other traditional email providers. Do you have a better alternative to suggest?

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            I’ll review again. Last time I looked was 3 to 4 years ago.

            I’m sticking with Proton for now. If Switzerland ends up being no different than the 5 eyes, I’ll be more intent on finding a replacement.

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              I self host most of my digital life but I will never host my own email or PW manager for the simple reason that if I screw up either than I could lock myself out of my ENTIRE digital life.

              Also, since email is only as private/secure as the weakest user in the conversation, it seems to me like I would get a very minimal privacy gain from doing so, not worth the risk for normal everyday usage IMHO.

              If I really need to communicate securely with someone there’s better options out there than email anyways.

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                @this Email is especially tricky because most large email providers will flag residential mail servers, and hosting on a provider is a separate issue of security and control

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                I totally agree with your approach to choices. I don’t have the time nor insight into politics to make educated decisions so I just flip a coin every fourth year and is done with it. Yet people berate me for my ignorance?!

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      1 month ago

      There was never swiss privacy - “crypto ag” and Fichenaffäre for the starters

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    1 month ago

    The government already lost a case against Threema when they tried to force them to spy on their users. This is a Verordnung which is not a law but has to adhere to existing laws. So it might be challenged once more.

    If this goes trough though than it has always been legal and it is just the executive making it an actual thing now.