I use tuta mail and tuta calendar for mail and calendar, Vivaldi as browser on laptop, and Firefox on android. Bitwarden as password manager and bitwarden auth as 2fa. Use obsidian for notes and appstore is aurora store and droidify, I use archlinux. And for “cloud” storage, actually a backup I use This USB drive not cloud Buf works for me. Still kinda dependent on proprietary messaging platforms, but I have 1 friend on signal. Also I am trying to replace YouTube with fmhy.net not exactly YouTube alternative, but has so many resources for free to study, educate myself, or just watch something out of amusement.
Ah yes. Replace Chrome with Chrome with a different UI. The rest is good.
Isn’t obsidian proprietary?
I reccomend you try https://librewolf.net/ as your browser
Install these extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/
I’ve found I like logseq over obsidian.
And do consider installing graphine or e/os so you’re not subject to google services on your phone.
Frankly is there really a difference between Play Store and Aurora? Most of the tracking is done through Play Services and is bundled directly into apps anyways
Aurora sometimes break and fails to update some apps
All apps can see all apps installed on your device, wherever they come from
I don’t know why anyone would ever subject themselves to the torture of using Vivaldi. It’s made by developers of Opera - the most bloated, spyware-infested web browser on the planet. Sure, it may be slightly better, but we’ll never know for sure, since it’s closed source. Honestly this might be a downgrade, even compared to Chrome. Anything else here would be an improvement.
Other than that, I’d replace Bitwarden with KeePassDX and Bitwarden Auth with Aegis. There’s no shortage of decent password managers and 2fa apps.
What’s wrong with bitwarden?
Bitwarden is a great service but with KeePass you are in total control. Made another comment here, check it out. KeePass can also save your F2A keys but I would also recommend Aegis for this. If my KeePass database is compromised, they would also get my F2A keys so I would rather have that in a separate silo.
you can move to signal, but can you move your friends and family with you? like they’re going to listen
Just rip the bandaid off.
90% of people I speak to either already had or then installed Signal. It’s just another app to them and doesn’t require deleting WhatsApp to get.
If those in the know are unwilling to move off WhatsApp why would the ignorant ever do it?
Ripping the band-aid off for me would mean not connecting with 99% of the people I regularly message to.
Yeah I can’t do that lol
It’s not ideal but SMS still works
Fuck that
It’s worse than WhatsApp
Unencrypted stuff
Worse than having closed source Meta software on your phone or computer?
It’s shit, yes, but it’s certainly not worse than Meta.
You could use the poor experience and security as a catalyst to convince the holdouts to move to Signal or whatever as well.
Yea it’s a lot worse
Apps are really sandboxed in phones, and if you don’t give access to your contacts and stuff, it’s -relatively- fine
Poor security? WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol…
I was referring to poor SMS security, not WhatsApp. As in, SMS is a temporary measure to stay in contact, which you then use to pivot people towards Signal.
The issue with WhatsApp is it’s closed source and originates from a company with a history of scandals, nefariousness, and support of MAGA.
