Privacy
Modern web is a Panopticon's guard wet dream. We are being tracked by both private and state organizations. Data is the new gold rush and "Surveillance Capitalism" is the biggest game in town.
But "I have nothing to hide!"
What I use
Browser: Firefox with add-ons + configs and Tor; Firefox mobile and Tor for android with orbot. Currently trying out LibreWolf Browser and Brave Browser.
Text messaging: Signal
Email: Mailpile on pc and K-9 Mail on mobile. I've changed my email accounts to protonmail and tutanota, but I'm still forced to use gmail sometimes.
Search: I'm a DuckDuckGo user since 2011 and it's getting better and better. A few others: Searx, Qwant, MetaGer, Swisscows.
OS: Debian with i3 window manager. Sometimes Tails. Trying out EndeavourOS.
Mobile OS: LineageOS
Password Manager: KeePassXC
2FA: FreeOTP for two-factor authentication.
Online Communication: Element.io (former Riot).
VPN: ProtonVPN
Links
Surveillance Self-defense by the EFF.
How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour by Quincy Larson.
Privacy Tools and Prism Break for finding-privacy focused software alternatives.
A Modest Privacy Protection Proposal by Jameson Lopp
The Hated One a privacy focused youtube channel.
Read up how websites manipulate you into buying, subscribing to stuff you don't need and giving up your privacy: Deceived by design (pdf), darkpatterns.org
I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
More on Surveillance Capitalism: Wikipedia, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism book
Other firefox configs: ghacks-user.js and this gist.
Turn It On - guides to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts.
Restore Privacy guides by Sven Taylor like Private Search Engines overview.
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