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Big Tech's love to preach "privacy this" & "privacy that" but in reality they track & collect your data.

Today we take a look at what privacy washing is, and why companies like #Gmail & #Facebook use it to gain your trust 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy-washing

#PrivacyWashing #BigTech

Screenshot of the App privacy info of the Gmail app with speech bubble:
"We care about your privacy" — Screenshot of the App privacy info of the Gmail app with speech bubble: "We care about your privacy"

Deep Pandya

@Pandya@fosstodon.org replied · 2 weeks ago

@Tutanota Nice awareness. Although I have been using #Disroot as my primary mail service provider since 2018 (just after OpenMailBox was sold), I have recently added #Tuta as a secondary. (Recommendations from https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems)

Btw, I have been using #K9Mail (becoming #Thunderbird now) since a decade on my Android phone.

I have found that Tuta is not supporting IMAP/SMTP protocols and hence I will have to install Tuta's Android application. How does it works without these protocols?

Free Software Webmail Systems — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social · 4 months ago

PSA: If you haven't updated #K9Mail to 12.0, please don't update it. It will crash on start if you use the unified inbox. The bug has been fixed in 12.1 and will be available in the next #FDroid update. #Thunderbird is not affected, kind reminder to consider switching as K-9 will go away in the future anyway.

Workaround for now: Make a widget for a single mailbox, then you can open K-9, you can change accounts and disable unified inbox.

s3lph

@s3lph@chaos.social (and 1 other) recently replied · 4 months ago

@fdroidorg to add to that: Switching from #k9mail to #thunderbird is a matter of seconds; Thunderbird can import all accounts and settings from K9 at the press of a few buttons.

Christian Pietsch

@chpietsch@fedifreu.de · 4 months ago

#K9mail startet nicht mehr seit dem Update auf Version 12.0. Betroffen sind wohl alle, die den gemeinsamen Posteingang benutzen.

@fdroidorg beschreibt einen Workaround: Ein Widget installieren, das K9-Mail mit einem bestimmten IMAP-Account startet. Dann mit dem Zahnradsymbol in die Einstellungen | Anzeige gehen und das Häkchen neben Gemeinsamen Posteingang anzeigen wegnehmen. Danach lässt sich die App wieder starten.

Screenshot von Einstellungen | Anzeige mit der Option, den gemeinsamen Posteingang zu deaktivieren

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@wmd@chaos.social · 4 months ago

@fdroidorg hi!

My phone just upgraded to k9mail 12.0 which was packaged today, but has a breaking bug that was fixed a few days ago in 12.1

Wondering why this version was rolled out via fdroid at this time, but mostly if we can have 12.1 asap. K9 crashes at start and I no longer have email access.

Thnx ❤️

#k9mail