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Tuta Update: Now you can have aliases for shared mailboxes! 🎉 More: ➡️ tuta.com/blog/tuta-mail… And best of all: With your own domain, you can have an unlimited number of aliases on ALL paid Tuta plans. Upgrade now: tuta.com/pricing

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1. The Main Switch This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one. Gmail (Desktop): ⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes. 2. The Hidden Switch Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there. On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save. Both settings need to be turned off. 3. Your Phone The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately. Gmail app → Menu (☰) → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm. 4. Delete Gemini History If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans. Go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini → Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time. This removes your past Gemini chat history and stops future conversations from being saved. 5. Move Sensitive Emails Turning off Gmail's smart features helps, but for truly private emails, consider using a separate service. For medical, legal, or financial emails, use a free Tuta Mail account. It offers end-to-end encryption and doesn't use AI to scan your emails. Keep Gmail for newsletters, promotions, and less sensitive messages - if you must. More: tuta.com/blog/google-ge…

We no longer have any active servers in France and are continuing the process of leaving OVH. We'll be rotating our TLS keys and Let's Encrypt account keys pinned via accounturi. DNSSEC keys may also be rotated. Our backups are encrypted and can remain on OVH for now. Our App Store verifies the app store metadata with a cryptographic signature and downgrade protection along with verification of the packages. Android's package manager also has another layer of signature verification and downgrade protection. Our System Updater verifies updates with a cryptographic signature and downgrade protection along with another layer of both in update_engine and a third layer of both via verified boot. Signing channel release channel names is planned too. Our update mirrors are currently hosted on sponsored servers from ReliableSite (Los Angeles, Miami) and Tempest (London). London is a temporary location due to an emergency move from a provider which left the dedicated server business and will move. More sponsored update mirrors are coming. Our ns1 anycast network is on Vultr and our ns2 anycast network is on BuyVM since both support BGP for announcing our own IP space. We're moving our main website/network servers used for default OS connections to a mix of Vultr+BuyVM locations. We have 5 servers in Canada with OVH with more than static content and basic network services: email, Matrix, discussion forum, Mastodon and attestation. Our plan is to move these to Netcup root servers or a similar provider short term and then colocated servers in Toronto long term. France isn't a safe country for open source privacy projects. They expect backdoors in encryption and for device access too. Secure devices and services are not going to be allowed. We don't feel safe using OVH for even a static website with servers in Canada/US via their Canada/US subsidiaries. We were likely going to be able to release experimental Pixel 10 support very soon and it's getting disrupted. The attacks on our team with ongoing libel and harassment have escalated, raids on our chat rooms have escalated and more. It's rough right now and support is appreciated.

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#KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, KWin, Spectacle, and More 9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-7… #Linux #OpenSource

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🚨BREAKING: #Microsoft price hike will start next month. Stop the vendor lock-in & go European!  🇪🇺 We've got you covered (including a little 🎁): tuta.com/digital-sovere… #DigitalSovereignty

Volkswagen blocked its app from running on GrapheneOS GrapheneOS is used by security researchers, journalists, privacy advocates, and anyone who takes mobile security seriously The Volkswagen app still runs on Android phones that haven't received a security update in years Volkswagen's stated reason: GrapheneOS lacks official Android features the app depends on. GrapheneOS passes Google Play Integrity API checks It is more secure than stock Android by every measurable standard. Volkswagen can remotely control your car from a phone They have decided that phone must be one the manufacturer still controls The most secure phone you can own is now too secure to start your Volkswagen Volkswagen didn't block GrapheneOS because it's insecure nahhh they blocked it because GrapheneOS removes the telemetry hooks their app depends on the "official Android features" they're referring to are data collection infrastructure your car app doesn't need Google Play Services to start your engine it needs it to report back security is not the concern control is the concern

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Volkswagen has blocked its app from working on phones using GrapheneOS, a custom Android version built for stronger privacy and security. Users can no longer log in or control their cars via the app, yet it still runs fine on some old Android phones that no longer receive

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is now available pre-loaded on @System76 hardware. DDOS attacks hit Ubuntu's infra and slowed us down, so we built our own and dropped the Launchpad dependency entirely. Faster releases from here on out. When you configure your next machine, you can now choose from: • Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (new!) • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS • Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC DE (our favorite!) #Linux #Ubuntu #system76

Is a backup system really a backup if the VPN needed to reach it is offline? Here’s a valuable lesson from a real datacenter outage, and how HP's new Tailscale integration helps keep out-of-band management reachable when it matters most 👉 buff.ly/veC9msf

People don't want AI forced on them. DuckDuckGo lets you choose. The result? Since Google's AI overhaul, our U.S. installs peaked yesterday at 76% above the pre-announcement average, and we broke our single-day search record. 🔥 It's not a blip, it's a movement. Fire Google.

Microsoft Office Online Server is reaching end of support. Now what? For SharePoint on-premises environments, Collabora Online offers an open-source path for self-hosted, cloud-based, or hybrid document editing under your control. Want to explore the wider move away from Microsoft dependency? ☑️ Join our webinar, Collabora Office vs. Microsoft: Reclaiming Control in a Proprietary World. 📅 23 June 2026 🕒 15:00 CET Save your spot now. 🔗 buff.ly/ZAYSRzd #CollaboraOnline #SharePoint #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

New Episode! - WWDC 2026: Is Siri Actually Good Now? This week: 🍎 Platform updates 🍎 Siri updates 🎮 Video game nostalgia

First Look at Audacity 4: A Beautiful and Modern Revamp of the Popular Open-Source Audio Editor 9to5linux.com/first-look-at-… #OpenSource #Linux

Open source end-to-end encrypted photos, documents, and 2FA github.com/ente-io/ente

You’re not dreaming: Orion is bringing Firefox’s famous containers to Orion. Each tab can now be *completely independent* or part of a shared group. → Manage multiple X or Facebook accounts in the same window, under the same profile, without them seeing each other. → Stop sites from tracking your searches to hike up prices. Available for all Orion users starting next Monday.

Quick look at Orion 1.1, coming soon! 🚀 Colored borders included for Orion+ subscribers Cat not included.

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"Kagi Small Web is an open source reminder that the web is plenty weird and interesting, despite the reports that social media is making the Internet homogenized. Social Media is not the Internet and there's a lot of goodness to enjoy outside of it." yewknee.com/blog/kagi-smal…