Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Note: This setup is both for my android and pc Edit: For those recommending paid services and selfhosting, I don't have the money nor resources for either. Also it seams some people are confusing my android setup with my PC setup so I'll write it down. Android: Brave(movies) + Ironfox, Search: Brave + DDG, VPN: Proton ( not always on), GPay = Cash, Auth= Aegis Auth, Pass: KeepassDX, PC: Firefox= Librewolf, VPN = No VPN (VERY slow internet), Search: Searxng + DDG, Pass: KeepassXC,
Another thread with commenters suffering from Brave Derangement Syndrome.
Don't agree with a lot of them. Like choosing Brave. Please do a critical search on it.
And the most private mail, is either a self host, or a mail hotel... And then something like Thunderbird. You can host your own calendar there too... Because Fossify Calendar don't host your calendars.
Don't use AI...
And Arch is certainly not for everyone. Mint, Fedora, Ubuntu and the likes are a lot better.
Firefox has a great Password manager, if you are one of the poor sods, who can't remember all your unique passwords. ;-)
Signal is Trump/fascism supporters... Shouldn't use that either...
Mistral AI for chatgpt replacement. And proton is run by a maga trump supporter who is funding french far right YouTubers. So, it is not a good option.
Didn’t they give the authorities access to a French activist’s account?
this is not good. stuff like google calendar and photos are cloud service, a local app isn't a replacement and there's so many good ones. brave stuff just injects their affiliates and ads and has paid models, plus is led by someone with very questionable views. arch linux as windows replacement is objectively a bad choice as first linux distro. keepass is great but again offline.
yeah, if you want privacy, de-cloud. even google photos is private if you never connect to the internet. we should recommend less bad alternatives with comparable features, talk about compromises and use cases, and generally avoid making such eye catchy "privacy packs" which don't work for most and are honestly a circle jerk for who already solved their privacy needs
also there's no private AI. your local model is built on stolen data, so if you care about our privacy and not just your own stop using ai crap or kindly fuck off back to your favorite techbro