# Privacy

Modern web is a [Panopticon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon)'s guard wet dream. We are being tracked by both private and state organizations. Data is the new gold rush and "[Surveillance Capitalism](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/the-digital-debate/shoshan-zuboff-on-big-data-as-surveillance-capitalism-13152525.html)" is [the biggest game](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2594754) in town.

But "[I have nothing to hide!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument)"

> ["Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36ru89/just_days_left_to_kill_mass_surveillance_under/crglgh2/) - Edward Snowden

### What I use

**Browser**: [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/kab/firefox/developer/) with [add-ons](https://www.privacytools.io/#addons) + [configs](https://www.privacytools.io/#about_config) and [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en); [Firefox mobile](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/) and [Tor for android](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en#downloads-alpha) with [orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/). Currently trying out [LibreWolf Browser](https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/) and [Brave Browser](https://brave.com/).

**Text messaging**: [Signal](https://signal.org/)

**Email**: [Mailpile](https://www.mailpile.is/) on pc and [K-9 Mail](https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/releases) on mobile. I've changed my email accounts to [protonmail](https://protonmail.com/) and [tutanota](https://tutanota.com/), but I'm still forced to use gmail sometimes.

**Search**: I'm a [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) user since 2011 and it's getting better and better. A few others: [Searx](https://searx.me/), [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com/), [MetaGer](https://metager.org/), [Swisscows](https://swisscows.com/).

**OS**: [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) with [i3 window manager](https://i3wm.org/). Sometimes [Tails](https://tails.boum.org/). Trying out [EndeavourOS](https://endeavouros.com/).

**Mobile OS**: [LineageOS](https://www.lineageos.org/)

**Password Manager**: [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/)

**2FA**: [FreeOTP](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fedorahosted.freeotp/) for two-factor authentication.

**Online Communication**: [Element.io](https://element.io/) (former Riot).

**VPN**: [ProtonVPN](https://protonvpn.com/)

## Links

* [Surveillance Self-defense](https://ssd.eff.org/en) by the EFF.
* [How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/tor-signal-and-beyond-a-law-abiding-citizens-guide-to-privacy-1a593f2104c3) by Quincy Larson.
* [Privacy Tools](https://www.privacytools.io/) and [Prism Break](https://prism-break.org/en/) for finding-privacy focused software alternatives.
* [r/privacy wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/wiki/index)
* [Google-free Android Setup](https://niftylettuce.com/posts/google-free-android-setup/)
* [A Modest Privacy Protection Proposal](https://medium.com/s/story/a-modest-privacy-protection-proposal-5b47631d7f4c) by Jameson Lopp
* [Jolly Roger’s Security Guide for Beginners](https://www.deepdotweb.com/jolly-rogers-security-guide-for-beginners/)
* [The Hated One](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8Q/featured) 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)](https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-06-27-deceived-by-design-final.pd://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-06-27-deceived-by-design-final.pdf), [darkpatterns.org](https://darkpatterns.org/)
* [I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565&) by Daniel J. Solove
* More on Surveillance Capitalism: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism), [The Age of Surveillance Capitalism](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26195941-the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism) book
* Other firefox configs: [ghacks-user.js](https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js) and [this gist](https://gist.github.com/0XDE57/fbd302cef7693e62c769).
* [Turn It On](https://www.turnon2fa.com/) - guides to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts.
* [Restore Privacy guides](https://restoreprivacy.com/category/guides/) by Sven Taylor like [Private Search Engines](https://restoreprivacy.com/private-search-engine/) overview.
* [Awesome Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS.](https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy)