[tonydav]

For mail I've been using migadu.

I self host most services: contacts, calendar, git, ..

Agree on mullvad, buy giftcard on amazon.

Tried hetzner, but it wouldn't allow me to create an account. Ovh it is.

I haven't thought about registrars, I don't think it matters for most tld. (Moniker, porkbun)

[kioleanu]

If you buy directly from Mullvad, they delete the transaction details after two weeks. Sure, your payment procesor knows you’ve bought from Mullvad, but in this case so does Amazon, no?

Regarding Migadu, after extensive research it seemed to be the best option, but man that 20 outgoing emails limit is just so off-putting and the next tier is so far apart. I would be comfortable paying 50-60 euros per year for 50 outgoing emails, but no, it’s either 20 for 20 euros or 100 for 90 euros

[zie]

I have like 20-ish[0] people using my Migadu account and I've only hit the hard limit once, and it was because one of them was trying to do a mailing list....

Once I got them on a better path, I haven't had any issues. I don't remember what plan exactly, but I've been a customer for a long time, since they were founded pretty much.

0: I host a non-profit and we use my migadu account, since they are broke and I'm too lazy to count the actual number.

[aktau]

> Agree on mullvad, buy giftcard on amazon.

I've heard this before. Is this just to add another hop in the chain to make it harder for someone to track the user down? Apart from someone needing to order Amazon to pony up the details ("Which credit card was this Amazon item bought with?")

Is there another layer of privacy I'm missing?

[drcharris]

The gift card is a scratch off and has a number that is used to fund your Mullvad balance. So Amazon doesn't know which instance of the gift card you ordered, meaning there's no link to your specific Mullvad account payment.

The authorities might know you ordered a gift card, but not which Mullvad account you funded it with.

[bombcar]

Giftcards from Amazon will be enough of a stumbling block to stop copyright trolls and such.

it won't even slow down actual criminal investigations by nation states and might not even stop a determined civil suit.

[actionfromafar]

Or send cash in an envelope.

[tonydav]

Doesn't cost extra

No need to share my cc with yet another company.