ProdigalFrog @ ProdigalFrog @slrpnk.net

A frog who wants the objective truth about anything and everything.

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According to their intructions, it would seem it's trivial to install and receive updates on the supported linux distros:

By default, Phoenix is installed & updated via your operating system's package manager. This allows for fast, easy updates & fixes as needed, right with the rest of your system!

Windows isn't support though, so it would be a far more manual process there.

Another user here mentioned the Phoenix project, which may be a good solution for us, as I share the same goals.

I haven't looked into Zen, I'll do a dive on that now.

Cheers for mentioning that, I hadn't heard of Phoenix, but looks like an excellent alternative.

I haven't given it any research since it's chromium based, tbh.

Unfortunately, adding any addons to the Mullvad browser would defeat the purpose of using it somewhat, since it would defeat the anti-fingerprinting methods.

The Librewolf team member said they're falling behind on keeping the arkenfox tweaks up to date even as they put out new releases. Perhaps they are able to keep up with Firefox security updates despite that, which I suppose would still make them a better option than vanilla Firefox, but it does give reason to keep a closer eye on them.

I believe Brave is better from a fingerprinting perspective, if only due to it being easier to blend in with compared to Cromite, though Cromite has far better security AFAIK.

I agree on Brave, and I also avoid it so as not to solidify the chromium browser dominance any further.

However, from all I have read, Firefox Mobile based browsers truly are less secure from a technological standpoint. I think for most people, Firefox Mobile is secure enough for it not to be enough of a deciding factor to use a chromium browser, but objectively it is worse. Mull was making the best of that despite the downsides, so hopefully the IronFox fork succeeds on mobile.

And despite their recommending Brave, I think the arguments against LibreWolf do have some merit.

Nice thing about Posteo, and which is AFAIK unique to them now, is they will never delete your account even if you stop paying. If you cease payments, they will let you log in and continue to receive email, but you cannot send emails until you pay again.

The only way your account gets deleted is if you manually delete it yourself.

Proton used to say your account would never be deleted from inactivity if you'd made at least one payment for premium service, but that policy was walked back last year I believe.

Disroot has an encrypted inbox available via an opt-in beta, so hopefully it becomes the default soon.

I believe they only allow you to use the official Tuta email client.

I don't have a lot of experience with cloud storage, but Filen.io appears to have a good reputation. They offer a lifetime license as well in 100gb chunks (under starter packs), which is interesting, especially if your storage size needs aren't great.

Wasn't aware of that, thanks for the heads up.

FYI, Posteo will never delete your account, and will still let you log in and receive emails even if you stop paying (you won't be able to send emails until you pay the $1 a month again).

They apparently will only recycle your address if you explicitly delete your account yourself.

For Email: Posteo, Tutanota, Disroot

For VPN: Mullvad, AirVPN, IVPN

For password manager: Keypassxc, Bitwarden

I believe AirVPN is the last respected VPN that allows port forwarding.

Tuta and Mailbox.org allow custom domains.

Mailbox.org is another good one.

EDIT: Apparently they recycle addresses, so if you ever cancel your subscription with them, someone could eventually sign up with your old address and receive any mail from places you didn't switch over to a new address, which is concerning.

Posteo, Mailbox.org, and Tuta are all good alternatives.

EDIT: Mailbox.org will eventually recycle your address if you stop using their service. Something to be aware of.

This is quite a complex issue, with multiple layers that compound on eachother.

1. Most people are just managing to stave off homelessness, living hand to mouth. They live to work, and have very little energy or time to concern themselves about trying to change fundamental issues, if they are even educated on those issues, which leads into...
2. The US education system is failing quite badly. People are not taught well how to critically think, and almost never cover fundamental societal issues or how to organize to improve them. It's a meat grinder that is designed to get you smart enough to be a good employee, and generally kills the flame of curiosity in most people. This is especially true in republican states, where they are actively gutting the public education system in favor of private schools that will teach Christianity, and that slavery wasn't all bad (literally, in Florida they want to teach that slavery gave slaves on-the-job experience)
3. The red scare of the 50's and 60's is still effecting older generations, and they view any sort of collectivism as Stalinist communism. This is reinforced by Fox news, which is genuinely fascist propaganda, and is wildly popular amongst the elderly and rural populations.

Saying all that, there are people trying to make things better actively, and we're starting to see an awaking of the working class as unions are making a comeback, and more people are beginning to realize that the system itself cannot pull itself out of this capitalistic nosedive, and that grassroots mutual aid and prefiguration is a more promising way.

I'm guessing virtually no one has a set of snow tires down south, which make a huge difference in drivability. They're essentially mandatory up north.