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87 lines
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# Favorite apps and services
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## Goals
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- Privacy conscious ( [end-to-end encrypted](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.
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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/) 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 [plex](https://www.plex.tv/) for streaming to other devices, point it to your torrent downloads folder.
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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/), [marktext](https://marktext.github.io/website/), or [vscode](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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- Self-host an [etherpad](http://etherpad.org/) instance, and share the document.
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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/).
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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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- [uMatrix](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix)
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- [Decentraleyes](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/) - Local CDN emulation, to avoid large CDNs.
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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/) or [Searx](https://searx.me/) as a search engine
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## Operating system
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- Use Linux, preferably Arch Linux or a variant.
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