Yes im aware that my search engine choice is not the best option.
Proton Pass. For privacy, either self host or use offline password managers.
What is obsidian and signal note to self?
Rn I just add me wife to new chats and keep my notes there. Im sre she loves it.
I dont follow, how does it relate to signal as in the picture?
Dude is just Sendung a signal message to hinself
Apologies, my eyes are old
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360043272451-Note-to-Self
It’s to replace Google Keep as a note taker.
If I’m being very picky and perfectionist, Obsidian.
It’s closed source, and there are open-soirce alternatives, be it Trilium, Zettlr or whatever strikes your fancy
What’s with all the hoopla about Google nuking devices with GrapheneOS lately?
Perhaps this one:
Proton Mail -> Tuta Mail
Why? I would be careful with Proton Mail b/c it presumably advocates the Swiss surveillance and security law, which allows to keep information for a longer period of time.
Gmail - > tuta mail
Also you use way too much proton. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Didn’t see anyone else say this: DDG is certainly a great choice for search engine, though I’d recommend brave search:
- If you use bangs, it has them.
- Actually operates an independent index so the search queries aren’t reliant on Microsoft Bing.
Due to several of the companies issues (and it being chromium) I don’t recommend the browser but I do really like the search engine.
Why not Startpage?
Uses google as a backend and was also bought by an ad company.
I still use it, since google sometimes cuts deals with sites like reddit such that reddit is only scrapable by google. But it’s a last resort, after duckduckgo.
If you’re already moving to Graphene, just use Vanadium as your browser. It ships with GOS and is an excellent privacy choice.
Also, proton mail kinda sucks. I used it for a while but switched to fastmail because an email account with zero interoperability is kinda a lousy used experience.
Edit: same with proton calendar. I like the concept but in practice having a locked away calendar isn’t a great feel.
What do you mean “zero interoperability”?
Isn’t the point of moving from things like GMAIL is because the interoperability is exactly why all your data is fucked?
I would recommend changing everything Proton with Infomaniak’s KSuite: https://www.infomaniak.com/en/ksuite/myksuite
+1 for leaving Proton. Bad company, the CEO is a Trump bootlicker
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Keep away from Infomaniak!! Had a problem with my keyboard and miss the password 3 times and get account locked. OK, no stress let’s do a revovery with the alternate email. I received the email to change the password, follow the link and choose a new password. Error, account is locked! OK, let’s do a recovery using phone number. Receive SMS and same thing as the email!! WTF?! So, I have to contact Infomaniak and guess what? In order to protect my account I have to send them my government issued id!! WHAT?? How can that thing protect me? This is blackmail. They have my data and want exchange it for my ID. Why they have email and phone recovery if I cannot successfuly use them? If an hacker has my alternate email and my phone, he probably also has my ID, right? How I solved it? Well, send them a fake ID and guess watch? Five minutes later a have access to my account! They don’t have the means to validate it, was what I though. So, I get all my data back and never look back. What a disappointment, I have moved because it was cheap and I even told all my family and friends. Have to took a step back and leave them because that is all wrong.
Maps is the hardest thing to replace. I like comaps but it’s hard to find any businesses on it. They should probably start scrapping google maps because there no way to get ahead at this point.
I use Mapy (EU)
Murena Workspace and kDrive instead of Gmail/Gdrive
AlterSend (P2P) instead of DropBox
vgy.me (UK) instead of Google Photos
Search - Mojeek, Startpage, MetaGer
AI - Andisearch
Vivaldi Browser, it’s Calendar, Mail and Mail Client, Feed, Notes
Zen Browser
Mandatory Portmaster on Desktop (Windows/Linux) and InViziblePro (Mobile)
Mapy uses OSM data outside the Czech Republic, and the extra features there compared to FOSS apps are only marginally useful. However, I am in the Czech Republic so I use the year-old 9.55.2 (9550200) Android app (last version before Premium enshittification).
Have you tried Magic Earth Navigation. I tend to switch between Magic Earth and CoMaps but tend to use MAgic Earth more
Its not on fdroid?
It’s unfortunately not truly FOSS, it’s still closed source. But literally every map app with traffic data is so, I just use it to avoid Google… Use Aurora store to get it.
Incoming Proton hate. This place has taken to that campaign exceptionally well.
Arent you using too much proton
Ecosystems which are easy to use are great for users and the reason why Google has a monopoly. If proton is a decent privacy centered alternative then more power to them.
Depends on how much privacy you need and how much tinkering to get things to work that you’re willing to put up with.
In general, using a variety of services will be more private than going with a single entity like Proton.
Bitwarden is self-hostable, which makes it potentially more private than Protonpass… assuming you actually set up the self-hosting.
Signal isn’t a good long-term plan, as it’s entirely hosted in the US. I don’t think there are currently any known compromises to the encryption model, but iirc the company can see all your communications metadata (which means the government could potentially as well). I don’t mind it for talking with friends, but I would recommend against it for extreme privacy needs (e.g. the government starts getting overzealous with who it counts as enemies of the state, and you or your friends become targets).
This is really great, especially as a jumping off point. You might consider a ranked approach, like good, better, best. Most marginally privacy conscious services are going to be better than their Google analog, but some are better.
Obsidian is closed source or not fully open source iirc. Try Notesnook if you need sync.
Logseq is a good alternative to Obsidian
I love Logseq and I’ve been using it for many years. But TBH it’s not an alternative to Obsidian. At all. It’s a differrent app with a differrent approach.
My boss uses Obsidian, and me and a colleague use Lagseq. They seem to do the same job for our needs. I’m curious to know what features of Obsidian is Logseq lacking for your usecase?
They might do the same job. They just do it in a different way. They look differently, they work differently, their key concepts are a bit different, their workspaces and workflows are differently organized. Plus, Logseq is fully open source while Obsidian is not.
It’s not about features. Almost every notetaking app has pretty similar feature set today. I’m talking about the approach in general.
My preference was Joplin synced through self hosted Nextcloud
Yeah or standard notes if they like the proton products
Standard Notes was written by a different company (largely just one developer) and is not like other proton products.
Proton simply bought it so they didn’t have to write their own.
Yeah good call out. I just meant that there are many people that don’t trust/dislike proton. OP though seems cool with proton so then they might be cool with standard notes.
Apparently Emacs is on F-Droid so you could use org-mode as well, although IDK how well it works
Orgzly is what you use for org-mode on Android. Haven’t seen anything beat it.
