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Terry Yiu 10mo ago 💬 25

Privacy-protecting alternatives:

iPhone -> Google Pixel

iOS -> GrapheneOS

iCloud Photos -> Ente

iCloud Drive -> Proton Drive

iCloud Mail -> Proton Mail

Passwords and Keychain -> Bitwarden or Proton Pass

Notes -> Standard Notes (Proton)

iCloud Calendar -> Proton Calendar

Do not use Google services as some are not end-to-end encrypted.

Self-host if you can and know what you’re doing.

My favorite guide: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/ nostr:note1d6wfyqstfjym7jt7dk2gq4n8tdal4ncp8ftdt3rz6u3he82g2tfskasjas

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Terry Yiu 10mo ago

And for the love of god. Please use Signal. Stop using Apple Messages.

Craig on Bitcoin 10mo ago

Time to get rid of your iPhone if you care about your privacy.

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reese 10mo ago

Do you have any guides on how to self host things by any chance? 🐇🕳️

Terry Yiu 10mo ago

Start9 and Umbrel are good starting points if you’re not super technical. You can buy their server hardware and it mostly works out of the box. They have guides on how to set everything up.

What I did was buy a cheap ThinkPad laptop off Amazon and installed Start9’s StartOS. It has the benefit of having an integrated screen, portability, and a battery if power goes out. This worked better for me as I live in an apartment and like being minimalist.

https://start9.com/

https://umbrel.com/

Rinzler 10mo ago

I totally love Joplin. At the moment I host it at OneDrive, because Joplin is end-to-end encrypted by it's own. But I'll move it soon to my Nextcloud

Terry Yiu 10mo ago 💬 1

Oh cool. Joplin + self-hosted Nextcloud sync sounds neat. I might try that instead of Standard Notes. Standard Notes requires a subscription for more advanced features.

Rinzler 10mo ago

Yeah, that was one reason to go with Joplin.

I few month ago I switched, after a decade from the iphone to Android.

So I need new Apps. I was looking to replace the iphone apps with open source apps on the Android. I tried many apps over weeks. For the notes app I decided to use Joplin, but for me it was the best. Open source, encrypted, no subscription etc. And I can use it on my phone, tablet, Windows and Linux PC.

And I can export all of my notes into different data types. If I ever wanna switch to another app it would be really easy.

eko 10mo ago

+++

Authenticator -> Aegis

GenAI -> GPT4All

Messenger -> Threema / SimpleX

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Alex Lyon 10mo ago

Just to be clear to anyone considering switching, if you get a Google Pixel, the stock OS is not particularly privacy-protecting (although it's likely better than e.g. Samsung's). You need to install GrapheneOS yourself once you get the phone.

robdev 10mo ago

How is Google pixel any better?

russ 10mo ago

If you install graphene on it, it's pretty dang secure.

Terry Yiu 10mo ago

It’s currently the most secure Android device on the market, but you need to install GrapheneOS to make that setup effective.

TheDecentralizedVeteran 10mo ago

Is there something special about the pixel over the other android?

Henrik Ekenberg 10mo ago

Is google pixel better?

Terry Yiu 10mo ago 💬 1

If you install GrapheneOS, yes.

Henrik Ekenberg 10mo ago

yes follow you. fully agree;)

TerrestrialOrigin 10mo ago

Better yet: self-host your stuff

Zardoz 10mo ago

Terry Yiu 10mo ago

Yes!

Zardoz 10mo ago

What about Photoprism instead of iCloud Photos?

Terry Yiu 10mo ago

I’ve never tried it. It’s self-hosted but does not support end-to-end encryption. So as long as it’s on a server that you trust and exclusively control, it should be fine, if you don’t fear the government or somebody else breaking in and seizing your server / hard drive.