Together with @fightfortheftr @torproject and others we urge the US congress to defend our right to #privacy. 💪

👉 https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-01-10-open-source-decentralized-tech-leaders-urge-new-congress-to-defend-privacy

#PrivacyMatters

After 2 years of negotiations with Microsoft, the German Data Protection Conference issued a damning statement: German schools must not use MS365 due to privacy violations.

Fortunately, Linux, LibreOffice & Tutanota are very good alternatives. 💪🔐

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/microsoft-office-365-email-alternative

#OpenSource #FOSS #privacy #GDPR

Last week we've pushed offline mode out of beta on the desktop clients. Now we are working on bringing offline mode also to the mobile apps!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The EU Commission is planning automatic CSAM scanning of your private communication – or total surveillance in the name of child protection. This would be the worst surveillance apparatus outside of China:
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/eu-surveillance-csam
#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

Three out of four adults think Facebook is making society worse: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/index.html

Actually, the ad-based business model is the problem here - https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-free-web-fuels-conspiracy-theories - but Facebook & Google are it's more prominent representatives. Let's fight for privacy and change the web for the better! 💪

Top 5 WhatsApp Alternatives for Privacy - what are your favorites?
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/best-whatsapp-alternative-privacy

Beta release: Pin & fingerprint unlock are now available on Android. 🤩🥳 Please help us test! 🙏 Check here how to join the beta:
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/update-fingerprint-pin-unlock

Huge win for privacy: European Parliament calls for a ban on biometric mass surveillance: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/ban-biometric-mass-surveillance-europe

Connections to Tutanota are currently slow and intermittent for some users due to a DDoS attack. We are already working on fixing this. We'd like to apologize for any inconvenience.

You can check the status here: https://status.tutanota.com

We are also working on offline mode to improve Tutanota.

Encryption rules. 💪

Encrypted chat app Wickr is funded by the CIA. We'd recommend Signal or Threema instead! https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dawk/wickr-cia-funding-inqtel

To fully trust an app, it's necessary that all client code is published as open source: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-source-email/

Are you working on an open source project? 💻🛠 We want to say thank you with a free Premium account for your team! Here’s how to apply: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/tutanota-for-open-source-teams 😍

Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts - all without a judge's warrant. We must fight for our right to privacy!https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/australia-surveillance-bill

Great news: Tutanota has just been updated! 🥳🎉Tutanota now✅ starts faster in the apps✅ supports sorting contacts by last name

And we've fixed the iOS crash on startup - the iOS app will go live tomorrow!

Gmail is blocking emails with links to Tutanota. Spread the word to help us stop this! https://twitter.com/TutanotaTeam/status/1413408730092384260

You are being tracked, profiled & targeted online.

It's time to #BanSurveillanceAdvertising

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/ban-targeted-advertising

The US government tried to force Google to hand out journalist's emails to hunt down their sources. Lots of journalists and activists already use Tutanota as only encryption can keep their emails safe from prying eyes. #FreePress #FreedomOfSpeech #Privacyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/us/politics/times-reporter-emails-gag-order-trump-google.html

While many will read this sign and discard it as untrue, it is in fact more than true. If you don't believe it yet, check out this comment explaining how US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately owned home security cameras without a warrant: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/18/amazon-ring-largest-civilian-surveillance-network-us

Tutanota not only protects your private emails, but also your confidential business information. Check out what Tutanota can do for your company: https://tutanota.com/secure-business-email 😀

The iOS privacy labels show the difference: One protects and values your privacy. The other abuses your data to maximize profits.#Tutanota #Gmail Let's fight for #privacy together! 💪