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Useful Links
This reference section is designed to provide you with links and resources available elsewhere on the internet centered on the subject of privacy. These include links into our social media network, other privacy sites plus bloggers, vloggers and podcasts that we follow and appreciate.
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red below are social media networks with installed trackers so we have added more privacy-friendly alternatives next to these, for example, piped for YouTube or nitter for twitter.Feel free to send in other suggestions that you feel would be of use to the wider privacy-focussed community (via DM on our SM groups).
Social Media
DeGoogle Yourself
Here you can post anything with the DeGoogle movement!!! Enjoy helping to take down Googleโs Evil Empire!!
Lemmy /privacy
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
Lemmy /privacydo
Do Privacy - privacy.do this is where we talk privacy on lemmy
Podcasts
Podcasts are great, and if you enjoy listening to privacy related but entertaining podcasts, here are some of my recommendations.
Opt Out
Opt Out is a podcast where I sit down with passionate people to learn why privacy matters to them, the tools and techniques theyโve found and leveraged, and where we encourage and inspire others towards personal privacy and data-sovereignty.
Opt Out blog Super Dangerous Club
Meet Kap and Joe! You'll find entertaining but thoughtful talks about .... Anything. Thinking outside ๐ฆ of politics, society, tech ... โป๏ธ๐คซ
It is just refreshing and always interesting to listen to these two!
The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show
The message is in the name of the show. Very interesting podcast with Michael Bazzell.
Darknet Diaries
True stories from the dark side of the Internet
This is a podcast about hackers, breaches, shadow government activity, hacktivism, cybercrime, and all the things that dwell on the hidden parts of the network. This is Darknet Diaries.
Closed Ntwrk
Privacy and security podcast focused on the everyday person and using simple tools and techniques to become a smaller target for online attacks. Learn to protect yourself using VPNs, DeGoogled phones, VPNs, TOR, end-to-end encrypted communications, and techniques to help become more private online.
TheHatedOne (Videos and Podcasts)
Creating deeply researched and well-sourced essays critiquing some of the most important issues of our time in a non-partisan, non-sectarian way.
Mass surveillance is a backdoor into freedom of speech. Knowledge is power. And power corrupts.
YouTube InvidiousPipedReddit TedditTwitterNitterURL Shortener
MagLit
MagLit - A super fast and easy-to-use Free and Open Source Privacy Respecting Encrypted Magnet/HTTP(s) Link Shortener with Password Protection
Google & their AMPs
degoogle๎ 
We've been hearing and reading about how Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) has been impacting peoples' mobile web experience.
Android Launcher
android๎ 
Believe it or not, even Android Launchers have 3rd party tracking in them. Here are some FOSS, free and open-source solutions
GrapheneOS
android, degoogle๎ 
First things first, when people talk about replacing the OS on an Android phone, they think you need to be a geek to actually get it done! Not so with GrapheneOS. The installation is dead simple!
CalyxOS
android, degoogle๎ 
When it comes to custom ROMs and privacy on a mobile phone, it is always GrapheneOS for me
CalyxOS or GrapheneOS
android, degoogle๎ 
More than a few people around me are waking up and realizing that the simple cellphone is the weakest link when it comes to privacy.
Keyboards
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Every cellphone has its own pre-installed keyboard, and most vendors have great keyboards. Samsung, for example, has the Microsoft Swype keyboard pre-installed, but on top of that also has a Samsung owned keyboard that works pretty much like the Gboard from Google. Both of these are sending data, your data to Samsung and Microsoft, and possibly also to Google! The same goes, of course, for Gboard from Google, which is found on Pixel phones 'out of the box'.
Apple (macOS)
apple, ios๎ 
When it comes to privacy, you often hear Apple fans jumping in first with:
DNSCloak (iOS)
Ads, DNS, ios๎ 
DNSCloak is like NextDNS and is an app which runs as a VPN protocol (but only on iOS).
AdAway
Ads, DNS, android๎ 
AdAway has been around for as long as I can remember. It was always one of the first apps I installed whenever I had a rooted device. However, when it comes to 'non-rooted' I have mentioned multiple great options in the past. You have plenty of choices with RethinkDNS, AdGuard, NetGuard and the like.
Password Manager
Apps, android, ios๎ 
Bitwarden works with almost any device and browser you can mention: Windows, Mac, Linux; iOS and Android; Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and many more niche browsers.
2FA - Authentication
Apps, android, ios๎ 
A Password Manager is a must in today's world, but if you can protect yourself further with more than just a password, like two-factor (step) authentication (2FA), then do so. That said, do not use SMS based 2FAs, if you can avoid them.
Secure Messengers
E2EE, Messenger, android, ios๎ 
When it comes to messengers we have Meta (Facebook) with the largest hand in the cookie jar, WhatsApp and Messenger are sadly used by many people, some with excuses like everyone else uses it. When it comes to privacy, these are the worst choices you can make.
Photo Storage
Apps, degoogle, photo๎ 
When it comes to Photo Storage, both iOS (iCloud) and Android (Google photos) make it easy. However, please do replace them! I back all mine up offline and have it on a USB, but that's me. So if you want a Photo Manager online, where you can share pictures with others or sync between your devices, we have a few good solutions for you.
