Notices by Tuta (tutanota@mastodon.social)

#Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark 💪

We already joined a long time ago. Follow us ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/tutaprivacy.bsky.social

But we also ❤️ it here on #Mastodon; actually it's our favorite. 🤫

We'd like to hear your feedback!

Brave people asked us to include Brave as a Google Chrome alternative. In the original post, Brave was not included because it is based on Chromium.

What are your thoughts: Should we, or should we not include Brave in this image of Google alternatives? Why?

https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/113380857849213083

Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. To prove that Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar are free from any backdoor, the entire client code is published as open source. Let's fight against mass surveillance! ✊

https://tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk

#privacy #encryption #surveillance #backdoors

It's #CyberSecurityMonth! Time to #deGoogle 💪💪💪

What are your favorite privacy-first apps?

Check out our list:
https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail

Tomorrow is Global Encryption Day! 🥳🎉 Celebrate with us and #win ONE year of Legend for free!!! 🎁

Can you guess how many % of Tuta emails are sent end-to-end encrypted? Comment below! 🔒

We'll announce the numbers and the one who guessed it on #GEC Day. ❤️

#GED2023 #GlobalEncryptionDay #Win

For all the email writing pros - comment your best email greeting 🥰

And if you can't decide on the email greeting - we can help!

Read our QUICK GUIDE to starting an email 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-start-an-email

#email #emailwriting #tuta #emailtips #encrypted

Today we celebrate German Unity Day!
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/germany-unity-day

On October 3rd in 1990, Germany became one, and became a truly democratic country. 🗳️

We are reminded that we can't take the freedoms we currently enjoy for granted, including privacy & the freedom of speech.

#germany #freedom #privacy #surveillance

🥳 NIST is making updates to their #password standards:
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html#password

Goodbye unnecessary rotations & hello longer maximum password length! (Fun fact: Tuta has no password length limits 😎)

What do you think of these changes? How do you create your passwords securely?

Data breaches have become an almost daily occurrence. Most of their contents are self-explanatory like #email addresses or #phone numbers.

Others might sound a bit odd, like hashed #passwords.

Let's dive into the details with today's cryptography lesson!
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/what-is-a-password-hash

Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin

Solution: Firefox + uBlock Origin 😉🤟

https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

Here's the latest news: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin

#Chrome #Google #Firefox #uBlock #Browsers

Are you sick of Google Maps, but are still worried about getting from A to B? 🏃 🚲 🚗

Checkout these great open source alternatives!

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alternatives-foss
#degoogle #maps #opensource #foss #privacy

De-Googling your life is easy – here’s how! 🤩

Say no to Google’s surveillance and privacy-invading tactics by going Google free. 🙅♀️
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail

#Degoogle #DeGoogling #StopGoogle #Gmail #Betterapps #Privacy #surveillance

Google drops it's plan of disabling 3rd-party tracking cookies by default in Chrome. 🍪

Looking for a Chrome alternative? Check out our recommendations.
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers
#browser #email #privacy #encryption #foss #cookies

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Tuta Mail's #Google Ranking Mysteriously Restored After Announcement to Take Legal Actions

Read more:
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/unchecked-power-of-google

Tuesday: Following it's huge successes suing #Facebook, #noyb is suing #Microsoft for spying on children: https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school 🤢

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Monday: Snowflake fires back at Ticketmaster claiming that a lack of multi-factor authentication is behind the massive data breach.

Keep yourself protected by using 2FA wherever possible
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/2fa-desktop-clients
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As we roll into the weekend, let's take a look back at this week's #PrivacyNews. 🏖️

Check out our 🧵

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We've sent an open letter with 60+ orgs to the EU urging them to protect your #privacy.

Defend #encryption! 🔒 ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/joint-statement-eu-compromise-csam-scanning

Hot Take: Data brokers shouldn't exist. 🚫

What do you think? 🤔
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/nsa-warrantless-surveillance-via-data-brokers

@FediThing @weirdwriter @ljwrites We absolutely do not allow any LLM's to come near your encrypted Tuta account. We're here to promote privacy, not train AI models. 😎