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Tuta
Company blog · tuta.com/blogsecuritypolitics
Tuta is the company blog at tuta.com, writing about security and politics. Since 2023, 82 different Hacker News readers have linked it 136 times, most often “On July 7, Gemini AI will access WhatsApp and more. Learn to disable on Android”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 1 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN commenters mostly link Tuta's blog as a source on encryption, EU surveillance and chat-control laws, Google search and privacy, and recommend Tuta as an email provider; the posts themselves are rarely judged.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- Called more detailed than other coverage of the issue, in a comment pointing to its post on Google search de-ranking.1
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tuta guarantees your data stays private for free & without ads. Quantum-resistant encryption makes Tuta the best secure technology solution to protect your privacy.
Most-linked posts?
- /9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2024-03-12
- On July 7, Gemini AI will access WhatsApp and more. Learn to disable on Android6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2025-07-03
- Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-05-22
- Chat Control is back and we've got two months to stop the EU scanning plans4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-08-15
- A quantum safe encryption email service3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-08-13
- EU Parliament Decides That Your Private Messages Must Not Be Scanned3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-11-14
- Tuta Launches Post Quantum Cryptography for Email (2024)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-03-12
- Is France standing up for encryption and privacy?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-09-23
- France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-02-27
- Open Letter Against ProtectEU2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-05-05
What Hacker News says?
https://tuta.com/
Comment linking /
on “Moving away from US cloud services”Submitted Europe needs digital sovereignty – and Microsoft has just proven why as a story · 261 points
HN discussionJust in case you are counting, there's another proposal in France to force backdoors: > At Tuta, we are deeply concerned about the proposed amendment to the so-called "Narcotrafic" law, which would force encrypted communication providers to implement backdoors for law enforcement. This would threaten everybody’s security and privacy and could be in conflict with European data protection legislation and Germany's IT…
Comment linking /blog/france-surveillance-nacrotrafic-law
on “Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes”Submitted 120 days until Google restricts side-loading, declaring war on Android freedom as a story · 183 points
HN discussionLearn how to disable Gemini AI on Android https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
Comment linking /blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
on “Google can now read your WhatsApp messages”Submitted WhatsApp will become interoperable with other messaging apps in Europe as a story · 102 points
HN discussionTangent: Been looking to switch email providers for a while, and hadn’t heard of Tuta. Looked good enough I just went ahead and signed up… only to find out apparently they provide no real data portability whatsoever. The only option for getting your email _out_ of their systems is to select small batches of them one-by-one in their app and export them. There have been many requests for something similar to Proton’s…
Comment linking /roadmap/
on “Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain”Submitted Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to Switch to Firefox as a story · 79 points
HN discussionhttps://tuta.com/
Comment linking /
on “Proton Mail suspended journalist accounts at request of cybersecurity agency”Submitted Germany drafts law that will make E2EE mandatory for messengers and cloud as a story · 75 points
HN discussionTuta | Hannover/Munich, Germany | ONSITE | https://tuta.com/ Tuta is an encrypted email provider based in Germany. We focus on building privacy and security oriented apps for communication and productivity. We are currently hiring software engineers (Frontend/Backend/Full-Stack) for our locations in Hannover and Munich. We also sponsor visas for prospective team members not currently living in the EU and help with t…
Comment linking /jobs/software-engineer
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)”Submitted Tuta Launches Post Quantum Cryptography for Email (2024) as a story · 48 points
HN discussionsee also https://tuta.com/blog/france-law-encryption
Comment linking /blog/france-law-encryption
on “Denmark wants to push through Chat Control”Submitted Apple's malicious compliance: sideloading will remain impossible on your iPhone as a story · 44 points
HN discussionThe essentials for me are private email, calendar & cloud storage. Here is my post-Google setup: https://tuta.com/ is a German privacy-focused alternative that I'm currently using for email & calendar. Easy switch, although I was already using web clients rather than IMAP before the switch. I looked at Proton Drive for cloud storage, but their CEO Andy Yen is a Trump supporter ( https://archive.ph/2025.01.15-162500/…
Comment linking /
on “About Google Chrome's "This extension may soon no longer be supported" (2024)”Submitted How Google Is Crushing Tuta as a story · 35 points
HN discussionI always found Tuta's exaggerated reaction ridiculous. What makes their stand even more questionable when I visit their EU alternatives [1] webpage, first category they list is 'Email', under this category only "eligible" alternative is Tuta Mail. Now, out of all alternative EU email providers they list only themselves as an alternative and expect alternative seekers to trust them? 1. https://tuta.com/blog/boycott-u…
Comment linking /blog/boycott-us-choose-european-products
on “Europe needs digital sovereignty – and Microsoft has just proven why”Submitted 20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a new revolution as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSure ! Here you can find a list of alternatives : https://european-alternatives.eu/ I self hosting almost everything, but for a complete suite of services take at look at Infomaniak : https://www.infomaniak.com/en Protonmail ( https://proton.me/mail ) or Tutanota ( https://tuta.com/ ) for end-to-end encrypted emails, Filen ( https://filen.io/ ) for encrypted Cloud Storage
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe?”Submitted Everything Google knows about you and how to stop it as a story · 34 points
HN discussionEU wants to scan every private message you send. Are there protests in the streets? "The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025 – here's everything we know" ( https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-co... ) "Chat Control is back & we've got two months to stop the EU CSAM scanning plans" ( https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism )
Comment linking /blog/chat-control-criticism
on “UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse”Submitted Celebrate with us: Tuta Mail turns ten today as a story · 31 points
HN discussionI came across https://tuta.com/ which looks interesting.
Comment linking /
on “How much EU is in DNS4EU?”Submitted Meta’s approach of ‘pay for your privacy’ is wrong as a story · 31 points
HN discussionhttps://www.tuta.com/ Is the only other major player I am aware of— although they have a significantly smaller product lineup than Proton, and aren’t as viable an alternative to Google for those who want a fully integrated suite. Tuta does Mail and Calendar fairly well, cant speak to their drive product. The other option is self hosting.
Comment linking /
on “Proton goes all in on using AI”Submitted Facebook caught snooping on Snapchat users. What is going on? as a story · 29 points
HN discussionAndy Yen himself mentions "Tuta": https://tuta.com/en/secure-email
Comment linking /en/secure-email
on “Proton goes all in on using AI”Submitted France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU as a story · 25 points
HN discussionThis is an interesting page: https://tuta.com/email-comparison Whereupon we find the following comparisons: >"Protonmail vs Tuta Mail Fastmail vs Tuta Mail Mailbox.org vs Tuta Mail Posteo vs Tuta Mail Hushmail vs Tuta Mail Startmail vs Tuta Mail Riseup vs Tuta Mail" ...in other words, there's no shortage of email providers...
Comment linking /email-comparison
on “Google rival Tuta complains to EU tech regulators about de-ranking”Submitted Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US as a story · 23 points
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