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- Added spaces missing before "("
- Added warning not to use Tor for torrents
- Added recommendation to use onion services as much as possible instead of clearnet
- Added more recommendations for "favorite apps and services"
- Removed extra spaces in parenthesis (like "( Sample )")
- Fix typo that Nokia "fell from 98th place to 5th place", used the citation from the English Wikipedia article of Nokia
- Used the official capitalizations of software, corporations, websites, etc.
- Capitalized "american", "russian", etc. Fixed "Peoples" to "People's" (regarding the official name of China)
- "TOR" --> "Tor", "vpn" --> "VPN"
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# Favorite apps and services
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## Goals
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- Privacy conscious, [end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption).
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- Decentralized, **no reliance** on cloud providers like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Spotify, Netflix, etc.
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- Self-hosted and self-reliant, simple files preferred.
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- Make sure no sites / services are US based.
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## Media
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- Download all music / movies locally, using torrents behind a VPN. ([Don't use Tor for torrenting, it won't work and will just put unnecessary load to the Tor network](https://blog.torproject.org/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea))
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- Use [AirVPN](https://airvpn.org/), [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/), [NordVPN](https://nordvpn.com/), [ProtonVPN](https://protonvpn.com/)
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- Use [qbittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/), [deluge](https://www.deluge-torrent.org/), or [transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) for a torrent client.
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- Use [MPV](https://mpv.io/) or [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html), open source media players to play media.
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- Use [emby](https://emby.media/) for streaming to other devices.
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## Documents
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- Write all documents and notes in markdown.
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- Use [typora](https://typora.io/), [Mark Text](https://marktext.github.io/website/), or [VS Code](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) as markdown and code editors.
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- Spreadsheets in [Libreoffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/).
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- Install [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/), and put all your documents in a synced folder.
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## Tasks
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- Use a [todo.txt](http://todotxt.org/) file for a personal task list, synced with syncthing.
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- [QTodoTxt](http://qtodotxt.org/) as a desktop client, [Simpletask Cloudless](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.mpcjanssen.simpletask&hl=en_US) for Android.
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- For shared task lists, use [Etherpad](http://etherpad.org/).
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## Collaboration
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- Use [Etherpad](http://etherpad.org/).
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## Browsing
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- Use Firefox or Tor Browser, with the addons:
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- [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/)
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- [HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere)
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- [Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17)
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- [Facebook Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container) - As suggested, this keeps all Facebook stuff in it's own Firefox container.
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- [Google Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-container/) - The above, but for Google.
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- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/), [Searx](https://searx.me/) ([onion service](http://searchb5a7tmimez.onion/)), or [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com) ([onion service](https://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/)) as a search engine
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- If using Tor, use onion services if possible instead of clearnet.
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## Passwords
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- Use [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/).
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- Install the Firefox KeePassXC plugin.
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- Use a long master pass phrase, with at least 10 words.
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- Sync your password file everywhere you need using syncthing.
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## Chat
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- Use [Signal](https://www.signal.org/) or Matrix / [Riot](https://about.riot.im/).
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- Use [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/) for email, e2ee with pgp if possible.
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## Social Media
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- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/), [GNU Social](https://gnu.io/social/), or [diaspora*](https://diasporafoundation.org/)
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## Operating system
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- Use Linux, preferably Arch Linux or a variant.
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