In the digital age, protecting your personal information might seem like an impossible task. We’re here to help.
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A few of those are not shown on the picture, but this is my personal list of favorites:
It’s just the best, most private and secure mobile OS.
End-to-end encrypted messenger with great history and track record
A Firefox-based browser with out-of-the-box privacy improvements and pre-installed ad-blocker
Firefox for Android with privacy improvements
Self-hostable meta-search engine
Proxy for Google search
Private YouTube frontend
Piped client for Android
End-to-end encrypted notes app
Good 2FA app for Android
Secure, FOSS password manager
Edit:
Private DNS service with customizable filters
Email aliasing service allowing you to create a new email address for every service you want to sign up for
Please do not tell me you use Mull over Vanadium
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I use Vanadium for high-security tasks, but Mull is my default browser for standard browsing. It has better privacy, because it has built-in anti-fingerprinting mechanisms and you can actually install proper adblockers like uBlock Origin. Also, I don’t want to support Google’s monopoly on browser rendering engines by using a Chromium-based browser, so I prefer Mull which is based on Gecko.
Please do not tell me you use Vanadium over Mulch.
In terms of security, Vanadium is better than Mulch. Mulch uses some of the patches of Vanadium, but it lacks many security improvements that are present in Vanadium. My current setup is Vanadium for tasks where high security is very important, and Mull for just standard browsing.
You’ve given me a lot to look into this weekend! Thank you
Have fun! Don’t hesitate to ask me via DM if you have a question or encounter any problems as I’d say I’m quite experienced with all the tools I listed.
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