I’m trying to get an account on Riseup.net for personal, privacy-focused communication. I’ve been working to move away from mainstream, surveillance-based email services and need a provider that better aligns with my values around autonomy and digital rights.
I understand Riseup is intended for serious and respectful use, and I fully support its mission. I don’t currently know anyone with an invite, so I’m reaching out here in hopes of learning how others have navigated this process — or if someone might be willing to connect and talk.
I’m not asking for a code outright — just open to guidance or a possible conversation. Appreciate any thoughts, and thank you to the PrivacyGuides community for helping people take back control of their digital lives.
First off, Riseup is not meant to be used as a privacy-conscious email provider for regular use. Unless you are a journalist or activist that is seeking a safe work-related email address, you will only encounter usability issues associated with smaller nonprofit providers like Riseup that lack the resources of a company. If you need request an invite code online, most likely, you are not the type of person to utilize Riseup.
If this threat model applies to you, I recommend reaching out to your network of journalists or activists for an invite code. Otherwise, we recommend established providers such as Proton and Tuta for daily use.
Please refer to this previous topic on the subject for more details.
It’s really hard to get a Riseup invite now. You need to know someone who uses it and trusts you, and only people with extremely old accounts can make them. I ended up having to [link redacted] for $20 with monero since I don’t know anyone.
RiseUp e-mail service is only for activists, I have no idea why people keep naming RiseUp as a “free” e-mail service, but thank you for making me aware of that website selling RiseUp invites, I have just reported them to the administrators, one of the few things about which RiseUp keeps data is about who is sending invites to whom, do not be surprised to see your purchased e-mail account terminated soon.
I imagine it’s because it’s hard for people nowdays to understand the difference between “free” and “can’t be bought with money,” or even “can’t be bought with money in general.”
I remember around 15 years ago a friend tried to convince me to move from gmail to riseup for emails. I mentioned that it said you were supposed to provide details about your role as an activist and she told me “Oh, you can put anything for that, including [X].”
I told her I didn’t do X and was just vaguely supportive of it, at which point she seemed disappointed and gave up. It’s cool they’ve still been going for this long though, despite dealing with both general suspicion and these type of issues.
Actually, this poster is a scammer, he has big balls coming a computer security forum to try to scam people I will give that to him.
I checked the domain age and it was created 2 days ago and the poster made the post the same day the domain was registered, he posted here to promote his site and as you can guess once you send the $20 Monero you will never hear from him again or get a reply back that he needs $10 more for fees and milk you. But this smart ass will learn and the next time he will post the same with an aged domain he jumped the gun too quickly.