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My Process in privacy(open for suggestions) (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Engine606@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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,

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[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Arch's recent stance on age verification, and specifically how they said it, has made me switch off of Arch for good, which is... Unfortunate, since it was the first distro I truly loved. Gentoo is what I use now, but that's a bit farther down the line. I don't know a good rolling release distro that's not super inconvenient, unfortunately.

Brave is... Not great. Bad, even. I prefer Vivaldi for my Chromium fork. Mullvad browser for my Firefox fork (I also just. Refuse to use Firefox proper anymore because of their AUP). Note that one of Mullvad's CEOs donated to a Swedish far right party, so... Make that decision how you will. It's a free browser, so... Meh.

My default search engine is Wikipedia. When I want to use a general search engine, order of operations is Marginalia, then Startpage, but SearXNG is a good one. I just found it a bit more inconsistent.

Tuta's a good provider, I just needed a client because I don't check my email otherwise. I'm on mailbox.org now because of that. They're cheaper, and private email is kind of a farce anyway. Also mailbox is cheaper, assuming Tuta doesn't have a free plan now. Given you said you're not using paid apps, they might?

[–] Engine606@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm using CachyOS an optimised arch-based distro. I was searching for an alternative to brave on desktop, the top recommendations were Vivaldi and Helium, so i will try both. From experience, Mullvad is very good especially against fingerprinting. Tuta has their own app on android and for desktop I use the website, they're the most secure option out there, they also have a good free plan.