I use MullvadVPN, GrapheneOS and Linux but I also search for any more apps not like OSes. What’a your favorites?
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.I made my own list of software, and most of those listed are software I use daily.
Matrix messaging apps. It’s nice to have modern encrypted messaging features with no single point of failure, no Google involvement, and no phone numbers. I expect to start recommending it widely when the 2.0 features land in the popular clients.
WireGuard VPN. It’s fast, even on low-power devices.
Self-hosted Mumble. Excellent low-latency voice quality for chatting or gaming with friends.
Radicale, DAVx⁵, and Thunderbird, for calendar and contact sync between mobile and desktop, without handing the data over to Google or anyone else.
Monero, SimpleX
Lots.
However I want to give FreeTube some love. Out of all the YT frontends, FreeTube has never failed me and always been a treat to use. I’ve used it on both Linux and Windows, and the experience is always reliable.
By far my all-time favorite app - Freetube. Used to be KDE Connect for transferring files between devices, and still is an useful app. But man Freetube is amazing
Freetube who is the Dev? I find several apps named this.
Cromite.
Mulch is a mobile chromium browser made by DivestOS (same folks who make Mull). Maybe worth checking out over Cromite.
Why?
Cromite is excellent.
Too bad it’s chromium based, but works a whole lot smoother and snappier than Firefox based browsers, oh and safer as well… So for the time being, Cromite it is.
Librewolf on desktop Linux is my weapon of choise.
I trust the DivestOS team while I have no clue who runs Cromite. Plus, Bromite being abandoned made me look into other options, which makes me trust Divest to keep Mulch running longer than the Cromite team I guess.
Well who knows?
I have no problem switching to an alternative is Cromite bellies-up tomorrow.
For now though I’ll stick with it.
CommonSense 2024, the best antivirus solution I’ve ever tried. Highly recommend it. Compatible with phones, tablets, computers potatoes etc.
But is it compatable with my 1999 toaster. It can run doom if that helps
If it supports Electricity V 230, you should be fine. If it’s still on V 120, all bets are off.
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.
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.
Favourite: GrapheneOS
Others that I like: Monero Librewolf SimpleLogin MullvadVPN PiHole
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?
e/OS. I have it on my FairPhone5, and it’s great for getting rid of google.
Of course graphineOS is more secure, but my main concerns are privacy and sustainability, so it was by far the best pick for me.
Honestly, just Unbound for DNS filtering + Tailscale + commercial VPN solves 99% of my problems with privacy online.
Tailscale
Have you considered Headscale?
Mullvad, Tor, i2p, Graphene, Linux in general, Proton, SimpeL
What is i2p good for? I install it evert now and then, give it a whirl, and then uninstall it
Like hidden services, I like the ideas of uncensorable content and real free speech or similar
Yeah but how do you use it? There’s no searchable index as far as I’ve seen
If people share links, public index
Tubular (NewPipe + Sponsorblock), Fedora, Mastodon through Tusky, Lemmy through Eternity. Still waiting for LineageOS image for my phone (SM-A536B) tho.
Rethink DNS.
I’m running stock android for work reasons, Rethink is awesome
