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Best FOSS privacy tools for Linux and android? (feddit.dk)

submitted 1 year ago by privsecfoss@feddit.dk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Currently using: Aeris, BitWarden, VeraCrypt, GPG etc. What are your standard and can't live without privacy/security apps?

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Pihole is a big one for me. I also use a firewall on my phone to prevent apps from accessing the network unless I explicitly allow them.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Standard Notes is a big one for me. Thunderbird is the only way I access email on my PC. LibreOffice (or OnlyOffice) is regularly used on my end too. VLC is amazing and the only method I listen to music or watch videos on my devices. JabRef is a phenomenal bibliography tool I use for papers. Plus, Kdenlive is an amazing video + audio editing tool I use to clean up OBS recordings. Lastly, Syncthing is how I manage files across multiple devices. All of these are fantastic and a big aspect of my day to day.

[–] vivia@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I had to choose the top one, it would be self-hosted NextCloud, with a focus on its PhoneTrack plugin and corresponding Android app. Finally a FOSS privacy-friendly way to share my location with my family.

[–] privsecfoss@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

Agree. Currently using EU hosted Nextcloud, with plans of self hosting. Also getting into PhoneTrack which seems as a neat and privacy respecting way of sharing location.

[–] shmanio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Since nobody mentioned it yet, I want to link to pass.

It uses only standard stuff, passwords are GPG encrypted files in a directory tree, and you can sync them with git. This makes it completely platform/browser independent, I currently use it with passff and APS.

[–] dmahtani@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

2FA: Aegis
Podcasts: AntennaPod
Passwords: Bitwarden
Email: ProtonMail
Browser: Firefox (and Fennec for Android)
Search: DuckDuckGo
Notes: Joplin
YouTube: Piped (and LibreTube for Android)
Maps: MagicEarth
Streaming Music: ViMusic
File Transfer: Snapdrop and Syncthing
Messaging: Signal
VPN: ProtonVPN
Read It Later: Wallabag

[–] nof4n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

But duckduckgo is not open source project.