Privacy Tool Recommendations Should Come with Caveats

This post was last edited 0 minutes ago. A few years ago, my enthusiastic recommendation of Tuta Mail to a friend new to privacy tools backfired. He struggled with the user interface, found the constant updates annoying and was not happy with Tuta's limited search capabilities. He dropped Tuta and transferred to Outlook. I interviewed him about his reasons in Why my Friend Quit Tuta Mail. While I chat to my friend on Signal, I imagine he'll think twice about adopting any new privacy tools on my advice. Looking back on this, I should have advised my friend about Tuta explained why Tuta has superior privacy and security warned him about potential frustrations and pitfalls It's this third part I want to highlight today. We can advocate for privacy and realistic at the same time; evangelism can backfire, and it's a simple truth that many small frustrations in my digital workflow are a direct result of my decision to use privacy tools. It doesn't hurt to warn others when we advise them to…