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We're celebrating Digital Sovereignty week 🇪🇺🎉
+ To celebrate #DigitalSovereignty we're giving away Tuta's Legend plan to one lucky person.
To win one year of Legend 🌟 with early access to Drive 🌟 all you need to is tell us how you're becoming digitally sovereign 🔐
Let's spread Digital Sovereignty together 🇪🇺💪
You can also get 50% OFF Tuta now: https://tuta.com/digital-sovereignty
@Tutanota switched to Tuta back in January. Never looked back! Love what you guys are doing.
Would also include brave browser and brave search in the mix. Ecosia is great and would fully support them (and pay for their service) but sadly they pass your IP to bing and / or Google
@Tutanota Okay, nice alternatives. However, GrapheneOS is really missing on smartphones.
@Tutanota for me the journey of digital souverenity and privacy has been one of building myself a small home server to self-host services like paperless and Nextcloud, generally reducing my digital footprint, starting to use linux and using privacy respecting European services.
The way of leaving US based products which sell your private data is quite a change but it just feels wrong to know that my data is beeing used to be sold on advertising markets.
@Tutanota As a recent paid subscriber, I am moving away from google services and where I can replace with EU alternatives, tuta email and tuta calendar being first on the list.
@Tutanota Minimizing use of Google and any Meta products, having my own server at home to store files and backups, using services like Tuta and Ente, as well as being on here and not any other centralized social media! ❤️
@Tutanota
With tuta and posteo, murena e/os on my new fairphone, and with a lot of foss apps on my old and the new phone.
As far as possible I don't use the Google apps on my old phone and I don't use Google Drive.
@Tutanota Aside from switching to Tuta, I also use privacy respecting browsers, a VPN and de-Googled phone OS.
@Tutanota I’ve been gradually reducing my reliance on many Big Tech services for the last year — and in most cases I’ve been able to replace them with #OpenSource and/or European alternatives.
I’ve also signed a citizens’ initiative here in Finland that seeks to enshrine #DigitalSovereignty into law.
@Tutanota Voluntary exposure,I'm a user already just want to share.
Software:
Solus & Void GNU/Linux
Organic Map
KDEnlive - Video editing
Element - [matrix] client
F-Droid
LibreOffice
Kiwix
Services:
🟩 - Self-hosted
Tuwunel - [matrix] server
PeerTube - ActivityPub YouTube alternative
Seafile - cloud & file sync
Gitea - lightweight gitlab alternative
Jellyfin - media server
Vaultwarden - password manager
🟧 - Hosted by 3rd party
Tuta
Proton
This Mastodon instance which is hosted by my friend.
@Tutanota I’m slowly moving a lot of my services to self-hosted, including my smart home and smart assistants. Email is something I’ll be leaving to the professionals, though!
@Tutanota next to the usual methods of hosting services I use myself and relying more on European service providers in my personal life, I am also integrating the concept of digital sovereignty in my work as a Cloud Architect and try to point out alternatives to US big tech where it is possible.
And as this topic needs more attention I am raising awareness within my friends and peer group to support broader adoption.
@Tutanota
I slowly become a Digital Sovereign by switching:
From Google mail and calendar to Tuta ✅️
From Google search to Ecosia✅️
From Chrome to Brave + DuckDuckGo + Vivaldi✅️
From WhatsApp to Threema (WIP)
Next Step: From Windows to Linux
From Facebook to Mastodon + Bluesky (still can't decide which way to go)✅️
@Tutanota hopefully I'm becoming becoming digitally sovereign by switching to Tuta and following the EU's example by abandoning USA products.
@Tutanota Thank you for promoting EU 🇪🇺 sovereign products. From your lists, I learned several good alternative. I also advise my friends to search for an existing product before jump to a well-known US brand, because there is most probably a good European product, which they just do not know yet! From this list, I have been missing Tuta Drive 😜
@Tutanota is there Libre translate APP? i can
't see it in Aurora store...
@Tutanota moved away from big tech by selfhosting (for example vaultwarden), using foss services (when possible) or when not possible, using services that apply to established standards
@Tutanota Leaving GrapheneOS ouff of Smartphones is a miss
@Tutanota why isnt GrapheneOS listed?
@Tutanota you missed helium, because they allow the switch of the backend by self hosting their helium-services, so it become "sovereign friendly".
@Tutanota For password managers, @1password does have a full EU infrastructure option, if your diagram was meant to be suggesting EU options.
@Tutanota OS: TuxedoOS (Linux)
Mail: Tuta and Posteo
Password Manager: KeepassXC and Proton Pass
Cloud Storage: Filen and Proton Drive
Authenticator: Proton Pass
Maps: CoMaps
Notes: Nextcloud
Photos: Zeitkapsl
VPN: Proton VPN
Browser: Firefox and Brave
Search: Ecosia
Messenger: Threema and Signal
@Tutanota Using a small local hosting company for mail and hosting note-taking, websites and Baïkal for calendar and contacts.
Of course, I do not need to win anything. I already have a Tuta subscription i am not afraid to pay for.
@Tutanota In the last year, I've done some major switching to become more digitally sovereign. I use Linux on my laptop; I have a home media server with Jellyfin and plan to utilize more self-hosted apps to gain more control over my data; I use tutanota with a custom domain; Signal is my primary texting application; Notesnook is my notes app; I've switched from Google Photos to Ente; Waterfox is my main browser; I use LibreOffice at home AND at work; and I'm currently using Filen as a cloud-based drive solution. Hoping to switch to Tuta Drive when it becomes available! As a parent, I want to gain even more control over my data and be able to teach my son how to navigate a digital world with systems already in place. That way, he won't have to "make a switch" after he's already been on the internet for most of his life.
@Tutanota please dont recommend software like deepl which is entirely hosted on american infrastructure
@Tutanota I’ve successfully de-googled everything
@Vojaganto Amazing, well done. 👏🏼
@Tutanota when I say “everything” I mean everything I use :-p
@Tutanota My steps: Linux, Libreoffice, Jottacloud, Tutanota, Firefox (pending Ladybird), Signal, CoMaps, Mastodon, Qwant, Qobuz, Krita, Kdenlive, Mullvad VPN, Lemmy, Vipps etc
@Tutanota When will you choose the lucky person?
@Tutanota I use foss apps from fdroid, I use Tutamail instead of gmail, I use linux and I even have a local ai model
@Tutanota I embrace digital sovereignty daily: Tuta for email, Proton for privacy, OpenOffice for documents, Maps.me for navigation, Vivaldi as my browser, and Ecosia for searches—each tool a step toward controlling my data and supporting a free, ethical ecosystem.
@Tutanota I've just started my journey: moved fully to Tuta 2 weeks ago. #Bluefin Linux on laptop. #GrapheneOS in mobile; Using #LibreWolf and #Mullvad browser; #bitwarden: #enteauthenticator; #cryptpad for online docs; #signal for comms.
And anxiously waiting for #tutadrive
@Tutanota Dammit Tuta I thought you guys were some EC account for a moment with that icon XD
@Tutanota By being here, uisng Tuta, Qwant, libreoffice, organic map, vivaldi.. Not quite there yet, but step by step.
I use Linux phone - FLX1 from FuriLabs - as my main cell phone, I self host few services on an old laptop with Debian server installed. I use alternative services to big tech as much as possible.
@Tutanota I cannot answer because I don't know what digital sovereignty means. Being independent from big tech, no matter which country. Being independent from US. Being everything self-hosted, I don't know.
"Sovereignty is generally defined as supreme, independent control and lawmaking authority over a territory. It is expressed through the power to rule and make law. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within a state as well as external autonomy, which refers to the ability of a state to act independently in international affairs."
If this is the case and I transfer it to my digital life, it means I own all my data and I am the only one who can control it. I have full autonomy over my own network data etc. That means it can never be achieved because I will never own voda or a telekom.
@Tutanota i went from paying for a VPN to hosting my own VPN offsite. It's actually cheaper than you think and you get a whole lot more control!
@Tutanota please do not use this nationalistic "sovereignty" language, I appreciate how you have aimed it at the individual here, but then you are appeasing the euro-nationalists with the flags and such.
Please, this risks just participating in another petty skirmish between abstract so called governments.
Please keep it to the individual level without flags.
Thank you
@Tutanota I started using more decentralized tools and now I’m self-hosting services that I need most. I finally managed to abandon Big Tech after so long! Own your data ✊
@Tutanota I'm slowly becoming digitally sovereign by ditching for-profit companies like Tuta and self-hosting what I can and relying on friends for the rest
@Tutanota switched to graphene OS on android, from Windows to Ubuntu on PC, switched to Tuta from gmail, to OrganicMaps and TomTom from google, switched from Office to LibreOffice, using Ecosia for 2 years now and planning to get the Fairphone for my next phone with e/OS. For password manager I switched to KeepassXC
@Tutanota I’ve been switching over the last couple of months. Using Tuta for anything I’m not self-hosting, but I’ve gone further and removed US software in favour of European alternatives. I self host my own mastodon instance and use Qwant as a search engine.
@Tutanota How does this work with Proxystore vouchers? They have vouchers for 19.50, 36, and 104 Euros while your Legend tier is currently 48 Euros a year. Thanks.
@Tutanota Since March, I’ve been trying to switch to open-source software. It started with the Google search engine, then email, and so on. I hope that by the end of this year or early 2027, I’ll have managed to cut myself off from Google completely. I try to choose software that is based in Europe or has servers in Europe.
@Tutanota ich verwende Firefox, Tuta und Mailbox.org, habe meine verschlüsselte Cloud bei Proton und ein eigenes NAS. Meine Accounts bei Meta (Facebook, Instagram und WhatsApp) habe ich gelöscht und nutze dafür Threema, Pixelfed und Mastodon und einen eigenen Matrix-Server. Meine Suchmaschine ist Ecosia und PayPal ersetze ich öfter durch Wero. Heute kommt ein refurbished ThinkPad und dann geht’s mit Linux weiter 😉
@Tutanota Working offline as much as possible and relying on trusted open-source options where it's not possible, e.g. Tuta for email 🦾
@Tutanota
building my own kube cluster to self-host things that I need/want like websites and some internet services. for stuff that's not worth the hassle I use services like Tuta.
@Tutanota Selhosting most services I use
@Tutanota I am currently in the process of deleting my Gmail (and switching to other providers) and will soon my own home server. Getting a year subscription would help a lot with this 😉
@Tutanota I recommend adding https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.davidv.translator https://davidv.dev/posts/mobile-translator/ to your Translate section! it uses Firefox's offline translation engine; on-device is as sovereign as you can get :)
I run two physical proxmox nodes running multiple services (immich, Home Assistant, paperless-ngx, Vaultwarden, NextCloud...) All is secured via proxmox backup server. Furthermore I use GrapheneOS and Signal/Threema. And this was the easy part. More complicated is to convince my friends and families to use secure services. Thank you for helping in that respect! Appreciate your good and hard work, although I don't use Tuta yet!
@Tutanota Already in the zone. Currently running Arch Linux with Sway, completely De-Googled, De-Meta-ed, and relying almost entirely on open-source tools.
@Tutanota Selfhost some Services, buying Hardware to run homeassistant, and preparing myself to move away from Spotify. The last one is tough for me tbh
@Tutanota I have a google-free phone and laptop.
@Tutanota
Old laptop - refurbish with new battery, download Mint Lynux - loads of fun hardly using the MS Willows machine anymore.
@Tutanota ohhh pick me pick me! 😆 switching to and/or using more decentralised p2p networking applications AND using local first LLM's (LM Studio) and local device applications like Obsidian, and connecting my agentic clients (hermes and open claw) to my local LLM's stored on my hard drive. Also, I don't send emails really anymore from free email accounts on gmail etc., I pay now for protonmail and tuta subs for my email communications and use these clients as my main send and receive accounts.
@miked Nice, thanks for sharing this and choosing Tuta Mail!
@Tutanota I’m buying hardware so I can self-host my own services. That’s the only way to be truly sovereign.
