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   Sophie (labellaragassa@exquisite.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:31:53 JST Sophie

   OK, I am getting tired. What CAN we use, tech-wise?

   I mean:

   - No Proton or Mullvad
   - Nothing American, Russian, Chinese or Israeli.
   - Open source? Gatekeeping, toxic culture and getting invaded with AI-slop
   - no cryptobro's
   - Must be privacyfriendly, accessible, inclusive and take security seriously

   Not much left hardware or software wise, huh? (if anything)

   Using a computer gets harder and harder this way. Fuck this shit.

   #computers #tech #mullvad #vpn #opensource

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:31:48 JST Rich Felker

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     @labellaragassa It's always been this hard if your eyes were open.

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     Back To Analog (backtoanalog@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:33:06 JST Back To Analog

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     @labellaragassa

     What's wrong with Mullvad?

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:33:06 JST Rich Felker

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     • Back To Analog

     @backtoanalog @labellaragassa Singlehandedly funding a Swedish nazi political party. Like their co owner's contributions are 70% of the party's funding.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:34:20 JST Rich Felker

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     • Ian Chard

     @flup @labellaragassa It wasn't. This is a repeat pattern of behavior by Proton and they're lying. The CEO is fash.

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     Ian Chard (flup@mastodon.scot)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:34:21 JST Ian Chard

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     @labellaragassa I’ve been reading that #proton’s response was convincing and contrite—I don’t know enough about what happened to comment though.

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     Owl Eyes (d1@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:34:44 JST Owl Eyes

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     @labellaragassa Well I think the brave and principled SelfHosters of the world need **way, way** more #Goose Value afforded to them, as pillars of their respective neighbourhoods, communities, cities, and countries.

     The Goose is not Valued: SelfHosters

     #SelffHosting #OpenSource

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     Sophie (labellaragassa@exquisite.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:34:46 JST Sophie

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     • Owl Eyes

     @d1 I am already selfhosting some stuff.

     Rich Felker repeated this.
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     Owl Eyes (d1@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jun-2026 23:34:47 JST Owl Eyes

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     @labellaragassa It's a bunch of tradeoffs. There are acceptable solutions where trust is warranted, but they're less convenient, and require more #SelfHosting skills. How far down the rabbit hole of inconvenience are you willing to go, to satisfy more of your ideals?