there is actually the ability to do all these things right now - the stuff I posted are things that can be done right now

Most folks would probably want to go with something like e - Android that has had Google software stripped out (myself, I want even further distance away than that), hence I'll be looking at something like the second option I posted which is using Ubuntu Touch (plus I like physical keyboards on a phone)

Now anyone can go out to DigitalOcean and start renting their own Linux server - I pay roughly $5 to $10 a month for the one I've got spun up. You can then install your own software services onto that server and be your own boss over everything you use in the cloud. DigitalOcean has these VM templates called Droplets that have a lot of services ready to be spun up immediately.

On Linux there are good server-side apps for anything. VPN solutions, email, cloud storage, etc. Now a lot of folks aren't going to want to install and admin those kinds of things themselves, but there are patriots in the community that do have the skill sets to do it - slap a PayPal (and Bitcoin) tip jar on a web page to the server and get the community of patriots to help fund it. DigitalOcean does Kubernetes so can deploy and manage Docker containerized scalable solutions.

But some folks probably would at least like to get out of Google's Orwellian/Spyware gmail and start using a VPN to browse things out on the Internet. Well, consider getting a ProtonMail account.

[edit] BTW, I'd recommend keeping the IP of a DigitalOcean VM out of DNS servers - spread the IP on a person-to-person basis. In that GMRS radio link I added to the OP of this thread, I made a comment where I describe a DNS service done via a text messaging service built on top of GMRS radios (or using existing packet radio software, say, in the 2 meter band - requires getting a HAM tech license to use).

Eventually I could see offering patriots a low-cost hardware peripheral for their computer that is contacting a radio-based server in their area and that refreshes their computer with DNS of patriot IPs. Probably will need to be a daily refresh as patriots will have to be nimble in the context of an extremely hostile Internet environment. Being that it would be a receiver only, it would not require getting any manner of license to use.

there is actually the ability to do all these things right now - the stuff I posted are things that can be done right now

Most folks would probably want to go with something like e - Android that has had Google software stripped out (myself, I want even further distance away than that), hence I'll be looking at something like the second option I posted which is using Ubuntu Touch (plus I like physical keyboards on a phone)

Now anyone can go out to DigitalOcean and start renting their own Linux server - I pay roughly $5 to $10 a month for the one I've got spun up. You can then install your own software services onto that server and be your own boss over everything you use in the cloud. DigitalOcean has these VM templates called Droplets that have a lot of services ready to be spun up immediately.

On Linux there are good server-side apps for anything. VPN solutions, email, cloud storage, etc. Now a lot of folks aren't going to want to install and admin those kinds of things themselves, but there are patriots in the community that do have the skill sets to do it - slap a PayPal (and Bitcoin) tip jar on a web page to the server and get the community of patriots to help fund it. DigitalOcean does Kubernetes so can deploy and manage Docker containerized scalable solutions.

But some folks probably would at least like to get out of Google's Orwellian/Spyware gmail and start using a VPN to browse things out on the Internet. Well, consider getting a ProtonMail account.

[edit] BTW, I'd recommend keeping the IP of a DigitalOcean out of DNS servers - spread the IP on a person-to-person basis. In that GMRS radio link I added to the OP of this thread, I made a comment where I describe a DNS service done via a text messaging service built on top of GMRS radios (or using existing packet radio software, say, in the 2 meter band - requires getting a HAM tech license to use).

Eventually I could see offering patriots a low-cost hardware peripheral for their computer that is contacting a radio-based server in their area and that refreshes their computer with DNS of patriot IPs. Probably will need to be a daily refresh as patriots will have to be nimble in the context of an extremely hostile Internet environment. Being that it would be a receiver only, it would not require getting any manner of license to use.

there is actually the ability to do all these things right now - the stuff I posted are things that can be done right now

Most folks would probably want to go with something like e - Android that has had Google software stripped out (myself, I want even further distance away than that), hence I'll be looking at something like the second option I posted which is using Ubuntu Touch (plus I like physical keyboards on a phone)

Now anyone can go out to DigitalOcean and start renting their own Linux server - I pay roughly $5 to $10 a month for the one I've got spun up. You can then install your own software services onto that server and be your own boss over everything you use in the cloud. DigitalOcean has these VM templates called Droplets that have a lot of services ready to be spun up immediately.

On Linux there are good server-side apps for anything. VPN solutions, email, cloud storage, etc. Now a lot of folks aren't going to want to install and admin those kinds of things themselves, but there are patriots in the community that do have the skill sets to do it - slap a PayPal (and Bitcoin) tip jar on a web page to the server and get the community of patriots to help fund it. DigitalOcean does Kubernetes so can deploy and manage Docker containerized scalable solutions.

But some folks probably would at least like to get out of Google's Orwellian/Spyware gmail and start using a VPN to browse things out on the Internet. Well, consider getting a ProtonMail account.

[edit] BTW, I'd recommend keeping the IP of a DigitalOcean out of DNS servers - spread the IP on a person-to-person basis. In that GMRS radio link I added to the OP of this thread, I made a comment where I describe a DNS service done via a text messaging service built on top of GMRS radios (or using existing packet radio software, say, in the 2 meter band - requires getting a HAM tech license to use).

Eventually I could see offering patriots a low-cost hardware peripheral for their computer that is contacting a radio-based server in their area and that refreshes their computer with DNS of patriot IPs. Probably will need to be a daily refresh as patriots will have to be nimble in the context of an extremely hostile Internet environment.

there is actually the ability to do all these things right now - the stuff I posted are things that can be done right now

Most folks would probably want to go with something like e - Android that has had Google software stripped out (myself, I want even further distance away than that), hence I'll be looking at something like the second option I posted which is using Ubuntu Touch (plus I like physical keyboards on a phone)

Now anyone can go out to DigitalOcean and start renting their own Linux server - I pay roughly $5 to $10 a month for the one I've got spun up. You can then install your own software services onto that server and be your own boss over everything you use in the cloud. DigitalOcean has these VM templates called Droplets that have a lot of services ready to be spun up immediately.

On Linux there are good server-side apps for anything. VPN solutions, email, cloud storage, etc. Now a lot of folks aren't going to want to install and admin those kinds of things themselves, but there are patriots in the community that do have the skill sets to do it - slap a PayPal (and Bitcoin) tip jar on a web page to the server and get the community of patriots to help fund it. DigitalOcean does Kubernetes so can deploy and manage Docker containerized scalable solutions.

But some folks probably would at least like to get out of Google's Orwellian/Spyware gmail and start using a VPN to browse things out on the Internet. Well, consider getting a ProtonMail account - offers encrypted email capability and VPN browsing.