I have stopped putting images in the cloud for storage. For now they are local on my phone until I can afford to build a server

yeah. its a tough situation, because if i didn’t need to have a phone while out, id just use VOIP from my laptop. I think there’s a level a privacy where i have to admit i have no control over due to life decisions.

Yes, i am aware security and privacy are different. I want privacy. A cellphone is not going to fix that, but i really have no choice in that matter because i do need access to a phoneline 24/7 due to having children(call from the school). Ideally i would be using a phone without stock android or no android at all, and running a mobile linux distro, and using a voip provider on WIFI only.

yeah, im hoping thoese who i talk to will use E2EE email, but i’ll be using it mostly for personal stuff. The last two things is a browser, and phone, but the last one might be impossible.

thanks. i might do self hosted email as recommend to me above. i use mullivad as my VPN provider. The only other things i need are secure comms but there’s no one i really talk to so that’s not really an issue atm

sadly i dont. my phone doesnt have custom roms.

someone offered a service here to just host my own. im in the process of doing that.

I might go for the 2GB one as its more affordable.

why using my own domain?

I have a domain name from namecheap im not using. self hosting is not possible. i could web host but wouldn’t that get pricey?