I use MullvadVPN, GrapheneOS and Linux but I also search for any more apps not like OSes. What’a your favorites?
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It’s not about what you use, it’s what you don’t.
I use open-source applications that don’t require internet access for tasks that can be done perfectly offline, which is great not just for privacy but for many other reasons as well.
Invizible pro, Cromite, Apktool M/MT Manager (for manually reverse engineering apps), App Manager (for finding spywares in apps), Warden (for disabling them)
Pi-Hole for home Wifi, Guest Wifi for IoT devices. For Desktop PC I use Linux, hardened Firefox, uBlock Origin extension. For the Phone I use NextDNS, work Profile for IoT apps, and F-Droid for some apps.
I made my own list of software, and most of those listed are software I use daily.
Right now it’s whipper, beet, Navidrome and Symphonium.
I’m buying cheap CDs in thrift stores and ripping them and really enjoy listening to my own music on my own devices.
Omg I just started doing the same thing, and I also love it. Really enjoying using Plexamp, it’s one of the best apps I’ve used in a long time, and it might be the best music app I’ve used.
Rethink DNS.
I’m running stock android for work reasons, Rethink is awesome
Some outside what others may say. Depends on what you’re trying to make private.
Self-hosted Vaultwarden/BitWarden, SearXNG, and Firefox Sync. All things missing from your list to privatize the web.
Signal/Matrix for chat.
Organic Maps when you don’t need traffic for privatizing location.
Self-hosted Nextcloud for file storage.
And Obtainium (and
gamfor Linux) to break away from the stores themselves.Tubular (NewPipe + Sponsorblock), Fedora, Mastodon through Tusky, Lemmy through Eternity. Still waiting for LineageOS image for my phone (SM-A536B) tho.
XMPP + OMEMO & Mumble for chat, offline maps from OSM, self-hosted feed aggregator
NixOS, OpenWRT, LineageOS for microG, but would like to remove Android from my line up.
What would you replace Android with?
Linux, Capyloon, KaiOS… kinda don’t care so long as it isn’t controlled by some US megacorporation
e/OS. I have it on my FairPhone5, and it’s great for getting rid of google.
https://doc.e.foundation
Of course graphineOS is more secure, but my main concerns are privacy and sustainability, so it was by far the best pick for me.
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What is i2p good for? I install it evert now and then, give it a whirl, and then uninstall it
rtburtburtb
Yeah but how do you use it? There’s no searchable index as far as I’ve seen
rutbrtbur
Honestly, just Unbound for DNS filtering + Tailscale + commercial VPN solves 99% of my problems with privacy online.
Have you considered Headscale?
I really wanted it to work on Fly.io but I couldn’t get it to. I’d also like to get the Tailscale software Dockerized but running multiple nodes on the same host with custom DNS was a complete shitshow.
I really love Tailscale, but the daemon and CLI seem to be absolute garbage.
Favourite: GrapheneOS
Others that I like: Monero Librewolf SimpleLogin MullvadVPN PiHole
Instead of naming my all time favorites I’ll name my most recent favorites…
Inter Profile Sharing - FOSS app to share files and text between android profiles. Super useful as a GOS user.
WG-tunnel - A way more feature rich version of the Wireguard app.
I needed inter profile sharing so so so many times. No more texting myself photos! Damn I can’t believe I didn’t think of this.
Author says it should work even in airplane mode which is pretty cool.