Jan 14•2 min read
Here are all my privacy tool recommendations!!! (January 2022 edition)
Desktop Browsers: Brave, Hardened Firefox, Tor, Librewolf, Vivaldi
Mobile Browsers: Brave, Bromite, Firefox Focus, Tor, Firefox
Search Engines: Startpage, Searx(ng), Brave Search, DuckDuckGo
Email Providers: Protonmail, Tutanota, Telios, Startmail
Instant Messengers: Signal, Session, Element, Threema
Video/Voice Messengers: Jami, Jitsi Meet
DNS: NextDNS, Pi-hole
Work/office apps: Libreoffice, Onlyoffice, Cryptpad, OpenOffice
Translator: Lingva Translate, LibreTranslate
Password managers: Bitwarden, KeePassXC
Desktop Operating Systems: Fedora Workstation, Zorin OS, Ubuntu, Tails
Mobile Operating Systems: Graphene OS, Calyx OS, Lineage OS, Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS
If you are using Windows use this app: ShutUp10++
Android keyboards: Openboard, AnySoftKeyboard
Authenticators: Aegis Authenticator, Raivo OTP
VPNs: ProtonVPN, MullvadVPN, IVPN
Maps: OpenStreetMap, OsmAnd, MagicEarth, Organicmaps
Email Aliases: AnonAddy, SimpleLogin
Mobile Ad/Trackerblockers: Blokada, TrackerControl
Extensions (Do not use all of these, if on TOR NEVER USE EXTENSIONS!!!): uBlock Origin, ClearURLs, Startpage Privacy Protection, Sponsorblock (just for better viewing experience), Privacybadger, Adguard, Bitwarden, Cookie autodelete. HTTPS everywhere is not needed anymore so its not listed, just search how to enable it in your browser.
Theres the main ones!!! If you want me to recommend something, make a correction to these recommendations or just recommend me something that i could add, DM me on Twitter (@PrivacyPerspec) or Reddit (@PrivacyPerspective)
You can also check out these privacy related websites: Privacyguides.org, Privacytools.io