If you're looking for a normal email provider that allows you to use a custom domain, check out Proton Mail, Tuta, or Mailbox.org.
For the website, I recommend Strato or dogado (both also offer email services btw, if you prefer to get everything from one provider. Dogado uses SOGo as their web mail client, which is open source, Strato uses Open-Xchange).
Have you tried Whisperfish, the unofficial Signal client? I'm curious how good it is nowadays. Back when I tried it, I believe voice and video calls either weren't implemented or broken.
Please report on what the 2025 Sailfish experience is like.
They should quit their BS marketing then. I fully understand not wanting to buy stuff from the US, a fascist shithole. But buying stuff from China, a (at least currently) much worse fascist shithole (not sure how much worse the US will get) is not a solution. What we need are European/Canadian alternatives. Isn't that (at least the former subject) the whole point of this community?
Why not make it a bit more aggressive? Put crossed-out Russian, Chinese and US flags there, and write "No parts from fascist shitholes used" next to them
The Spitz AX has a more powerful MediaTek dual core CPU running @ 1.3GHz. It also supports 5G, and has 2.5 Gbps Ethernet. As far as I can see, the Puli uses the same CPU, but it also includes a battery.
I recommend getting a dedicated cellular router like the GL.iNet Mudi (but you're gonna need a USB Hub if you want to use Ethernet), Spitz (4G) or Puli (5G). The latter two have integrated Ethernet ports. Both are also available with built-in batteries.
20 years ago desktop Linux wasn't nearly as good as it is nowadays. They were also influenced by Micro$oft lobbyists, who threatened to move their headquarters out of Munich, causing millions of lost tax revenue for the city.
Roundcube and SOGo (which is used by Mailcow, but hass fewer features than Roundcube) are the only somewhat modern looking options. All the other stuff looks like straight out of the 90s/early 2000s. Nextcloud Mail is pretty good as well.
A police department can't break into anything. They either use 3rd-party tools made by companies like Cellebrite or MSAB, or they send a device to e.g. the FBI (who might sometimes have custom tools, but most of the time they also just use some tool made by some forensics company like Cellebrite). The only reason why forensics companies don't offer SailfishOS exploits, is because it's way too obscure, and developing an exploit wouldn't be profitable by any means. That doesn't mean that SailfishOS is exploit-proof though. Defending against brute-force attacks requires a hardware secure element, like the Titan M2 or Apple Secure Enclave. Jolla phones simply don't have secure elements.
SailfishOS is also paid and mostly proprietary. There's no reason to trust it more than proprietary Android or iOS. In fact, I'd prefer a modern iPhone (12 or later) with the Apple Secure Enclave over a equally proprietary, but less secure device that lacks a secure element. The UX is also a million times better. And yes, I have tried SailfishOS in the past, back when it only ran on Sony Xperia phones. It even was my daily driver for a couple of months.
Ubuntu Touch and postmarketOS, like many other Linux-based phone operating systems, have significant security issues.https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux-phones.htmlThis article highlights only a small fraction of the critical security issues present in Linux-based mobile systems, with a focus on the Librem 5 (a literal scam) and PureOS. These systems lack essential security features found in modern mobile operating systems like iOS and Android, such as app sandboxing, verified boot, hardware keystores (secure elements), and secure image-based OTA updates.
I don't fundamentally oppose the idea of Linux on smartphones and tablets, but the current implementations are severely lacking in terms of privacy, security, and user experience. While there are developments in the desktop and mobile Linux space, such as immutable/image-based systems and sandboxing technologies like bubblewrap (used in Flatpak), it will take many years before we see modern, private, secure, and user-friendly Linux phones. In the meantime, hardened, degoogled Android-based systems like GrapheneOS are the best option available.
Explaining Matrix to new users is pretty hard. Signal looks and feels exactly like WhatsApp though. It's much easier to understand for new users (at least in my experience).
I fear that Europe, as is tradition, will fail to capitalise on this moment due to internal division, with China reaping most of the benefits as a result.
I doubt that people who dislike US authoritarianism are gonna move to China, a literal dictatorship straight out of 1984.
It's also basically impossible to learn Mandarin for the average European or North American. Especially if they're already in their 30s or 40s.
If you're looking for a normal email provider that allows you to use a custom domain, check out Proton Mail, Tuta, or Mailbox.org.
For the website, I recommend Strato or dogado (both also offer email services btw, if you prefer to get everything from one provider. Dogado uses SOGo as their web mail client, which is open source, Strato uses Open-Xchange).