I take it not as a nightmare but a challenge.

I’ve never used a VPN where I didn’t get a big drop in speed. Privacy and security don’t mesh well with speed in most cases.

But who monitors the monitors ?

Sounds like more reasons to not use Reddit. No sympathy for those this effects.

I use uBlock Origin; Jshelter; and Privacy Badger. I don’t even see ads.

Neither really. Telegram is closed source on the servers and is known to cooperate with governments and law enforcement. Signal is the better option but I refuse to use an app that requires my phone number when alternatives like Matrix; XMPP; and Session exist. My phone number is tied to my name; address; and payment methods. It’s not a small ask of Signal in my opinion.

Biometrics is a terrible idea all around.

People who decide what software to use based on what others will label them as are cowards.

I think VPN’s are not a magic bullet but they serve a purpose.

I use ProtonVPN and am happy but not sure if they allow port forwarding.

I already use Trisquel; libre kernel; Abrowser; DivestOS; SearXNG; Nextcloud; Matrix; XMPP; Session; Odysee and Peertube; KeePassXC; Tutanota and Protonmail; ProtonVPN. Not sure How much further I can go without going with a Talos II.

On my desktop/laptop I use Abrowser. On mobile I use Mull. You could say I have been doing my part for years but thanks for joining me.

Jitsi would be my choice.

https://meet.jit.si/

Signal requires a phone number which is a non starter for me. I refuse to bend to that. I’ll stick with Session; XMPP; Matrix; etc.

My question regarding stuff like this is how do they know ? iOS is totally closed source. Even if Androidf isn’t perfect it has some open parts to it. Also you can use a DeGoogled OS which you have zero options for something similar on iOS. No closed source OS should be considered private or secure in my books.

Have you tried Pixelfed ?

https://pixelfed.org/

I use Simple File Manager Pro myself. It’s available on F-Droid. The code is licesned using GPLv3.0.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.pro/

I use SearXNG.

You can pick an instance from here:

https://searx.space/

I use https://searx.namejeff.xyz/ myself because it’s based out of Switzerland and gets good grades.

I use KeePassXC. It allows me to have strong passwords; it supports 2FA; and I can backup the key databases.

My issue with closed source is we don’t know if it is insecure or secure because nobody can find out. It’s a pandora’s box of privacy and security. It may be the most private and secure code known to man or it may be sending anything and everything about you somewhere but we’ll never really know. As for public audits who picks who gets to audit the code ? The company who made it ? You can do as you please but I refuse to trust closed source code. I’m not saying all open source code is good but at least we can find out if it’s good or not through independant means rather than trusting people that the company who made it picks to tell us.