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Password manager - Bitwarden (for now). They might enshittify soon because of their new CEO, but for now the technology is good.
VPN - IVPN. I was a previous Mullvad user. They were great, but you're probably already aware of their own controversy. Not free obviously, and you probably know a free VPN is a bad idea.
Authenticator - Ente is free and with cloud backups.
What are the pros of IVPN over Mullvad, other than the controversy?
In my experience and use-cases, they are pretty much the same. IVPN has a bit of an edge with bypassing geo restrictions with streaming services. It seems their IPs are less known than Mullvad.
I have used IVPN for the better part of a decade now, and for me it’s just that they do the job. Seems like a lame reason I know, but I pay the fee, it does its thing: rinse repeat. I’ve had no issues, no world shaking controversy, nothing. For me that’s one of the best things about it.
From a privacy standpoint, no logs, plenty of servers all around, etc. Someone else probably has a better breakdown of the pros and cons, but honestly my main thing is just not thinking or hearing about it.