nefarioushoneybee

joined 11 months ago
[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

And that is all completely fine for you to choose for yourself. Would be nice to see a mass migration away from google to proton over all of the blind support google gets.

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Huh I never thought about this. This is something I'll have to do some research on, thanks.

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'll check this one out! Any troubles with your custom domain being flagged or going into recipient's spam folders?

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I agree, I haven't felt like there's any reason for these accounts to flag me.

I've seen Mailbox be floated around, I'll definitely give it a look. Thank you

Besides their controversies and responses I'm not really a huge fan of their shift to a large suite. Its feeling very google adjacent and I don't want to put my eggs all in one basket again. While they're really convenient and easy to use, I just think they're not for me and my needs anymore.

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

They offer a very convenient suite, so if you feel it works for you, no judgment here. The response you linked is kinda nice to take accountability for supporting (in a way) a controversial creator. Unfortunately it's not enough for me. They openly support Trump (which I understand is a personal preference) and I was starting to get uncomfortable with how much their suite began to feel a lot like google. I dont really want to put all of my eggs in one basket again, y'know?

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh yea honestly for a bit there I was pretty happy to be using a more privacy-friendly suite. But after a while it just kind of started feeling a bit too familiar to our "do no evil"-removing google and I got uncomfortable.

Totally, not every country's "right-wing" is the same. But unfortunately they have been very open about their support for Trump and many other questionable people. I feel like their interests greatly contradict their model for privacy. It's a lil spooky.

I believe in this sub there is another post showing Proton's official response to their latest controversy which has ultimately led to my decision.

But I will miss the convenience of their suite. I do view their products as pretty solid.

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ive been really considering Tuta as my next choice. Do you find it difficult or easy to use for your accounts like bills/finance/important?

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Interesting, never heard of hat before, I'll check it out

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll definitely look into this

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Thats what I was thinking too. I was considering opening a ticket with my bank but trying to do that with sites like Paypal and my phone company are extra hassles since their customer services feel non-existant.

[–] nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Its more of a personal thing. Theyre fine. I started to not like that they've become a, I'm not sure of the right term, but a google-like hub where I store all my info. (Email, drive, VPN, meets, etc.). Plus I dont want to support a company that aligns themselves with far-right ideologies. So it is a personal thing, but they work well enough.

 

I switched from Gmail to Proton, but now with everything coming out about Proton I'm switching from them too. I started using Posteo which I like but a lot of my accounts having to do with money and finance (including my bank) aren't accepting the Posteo email. They have rejected it over and over and even locked me out stating that I was hacked.

Do you guys have any recommendations for email providers to use that also won't send red flags to my more official accounts?

If it helps, I'm US-based.

 

I switched from Gmail to Proton, but now with everything coming out about Proton I'm switching from them too. I started using Posteo which I like but a lot of my accounts having to do with money and finance (including my bank) aren't accepting the Posteo email. They have rejected it over and over and even locked me out stating that I was hacked.

Do you guys have any recommendations for email providers to use that also won't send red flags to my more official accounts?

If it helps, I'm US-based.

 

Not sure if this the right place to ask but since I love sailing the high seas, maybe you guys would know. A preface before the question: I am of the mindset that others' reasons to pirate are their own and any discourse on supporting creators is not productive and financial support should be left to the individual's own devices and morals. It's not for me to judge, blah blah blah.

Anyway, I was thinking about South Park and am wondering how their shift to Paramount+ has been. I wonder if they're making any good profit since not a lot of people have subcriptions and especially so after the whole Colbert thing.

It's been suggested here and there on this sub that a good way to financially support creators, if a pirate wants to do so, is donating directly do them. Does anybody know of a way to do this with bigger creators? If South Park was in any danger of being cancelled due to funding, I was considering this option since I'll never give my money to a streaming service again. Any ideas?

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by nefarioushoneybee@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

Long story short here: I tried making Linux my main OS on my PC. I had it dual booted with Win 11 on a separate SSD. Win 11 was going to be solely for work purposes since it was crucial.

However I noticed that I had begun to migrate slowly back to Win 11 because I'm a gamer and Linux just doesn't get along with my graphics card, so games are almost impossible to play well.

I've succumbed to the idea that my PC will just solely run on Win 11. (I do use Linux on a laptop tho). So I got some debloat tools to shut off most of Microsoft's annoying spy shit and manually uninstalled the rest like Cortana. I also have pihole running on my raspi5 so my PC is connected to that, plus I use ProtonVPN. I use Firefox with plugins like ublock, privacy badger, etc.

I want to try to make Windows as private and away from Microsoft's prying eyes as much as possible. Got any other recommendations?

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