Very well composed and thorough explaination. Thank you.

With that logic, you’d have to go completely off-grid and not use any kind of messenger.

With Apples CSAM scanning and similar features that could be introduced in any OS we’re using, no messaging app is really safe from spying eyes.

They’d be jeopardizing everything if they lied in such a situation.

There are still a few companies out there who truly stand for one’s freedom and privacy. Look at what happened to Mullvad VPN, for example. They were raided and there was nothing to be found, because their no-logs policy was actually true.

I think the reaction to government requests makes them trustworthy. There was virtually no useful data to hand out on their users.

However, I personally don’t like Signal, because to me, the UI / UX is bad. I use Telegram, which is not a messenger for privacy-minded individuals and I know that. But the UI / UX is just so much better and most of my friends and family are on there, so yeah…

You… are shocked about that? Really?

I used to run a private instance of SearXNG, but it wasn’t for me. I don’t really know exactly why.

I switched to Kagi now and I’m pretty happy with the results. However, there are some things to consider:

• Kagi costs money
• They claim to be privacy-friendly and that they don’t build a profile of you
• There’s no proof on that
• There’s no private way to pay, credit / debit card only
• Like that, they could totally build a profile of you
• They’re US-based, so what happens when one of the 3-letter-agencies asks them for user data?

Anyway. I’m trying to be positive and I really hope that I’m funding something good here. So far, I really like it.

Backing up data is not the problem, but making sure that your backups actually work is.