For my smartphone

Android with privacy by default in mind and without any Google code in it but an option to enable microG . Check app compatibility with degoogled phone and/or microG

Worth mentioning : GrapheneOS 🔒 Most secure and private option, only for Pixels with Sandboxed Play Services supports. DivestOS Not always secure but pretty good and degoogled (no microG nor Sandboxed Play Services), it is especially good for older phones. /e/ Only secure on Fairphone (3/3+/4) and Murena phones but degoogled and provide a privacy friendly ecosystem. Lack behind a couple of Android features update. LineageOS for microG Not secure but support a large pannel of devices. LineageOS Not secure and not fully degoogled but support the larger pannel of devices.

My linux-based operating system for my gaming rig.

I love it !

Worth mentioning : Linux Mint For Windows users elementary OS For macOS users Fedora Seems to became one of the best choice for linux begginers

For more advanced privacy and security : Qubes OS Whonix Alpine Linux

For my work laptop !

If you don't use iCloud and the Apple App Store macOS is quite a solide option in my opinion ! I get some of my apps from Homebrew and Homebrew Cask . I use Little Snitch to have better control. But you could use : Radio Silence Cheaper, simpler, a bit less powerful LuLu by Objective-See FOSS

Worth mentioning : ravynOS Early stage of dev

A liveOS that you can run on any PC since you install it on a USB stick ! It clean EVERYTHING after you shutdown the machine !

DDG is my go to recommendation as it's a powerful Google competitor and the default on the Tor Browser ! They also have an HTML-only version and a Lite version + an onion site.

Worth mentioning : Startpage Google index but private 🔍 Qwant French company 🇫🇷 Brave Search Nice index 🦁 MetaGer 100% renewable energy + non-profit 🌍 Mojeek The OG of private search engine 👴🏽 Swisscows The one under the Swiss Alps that gives some benefit to charity. 🇨🇭🏔 Neeva The ad-free freemium one 📢

Self hostable : Searx Open source multi search engine scrapper Whoogle Search Open source Google scrapper with no JavaScript or tracking

I would recommend to read their privacy policy :

https://duckduckgo.com/privacy https://www.startpage.com/privacy-policy/ https://search.brave.com/help/privacy-policy https://about.qwant.com/legal/confidentialite/ https://metager.org/datenschutz https://www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/ https://swisscows.com/privacy https://neeva.com/privacy

Or compare them with this website : https://searchengine.party/

For Android

I always go with Bromite. You can add their official repository in your F-Droid client or download the APK from their official website/GitHub. It sometimes lack behind in updates which is a security risks !

Worth mentioning : Mull Gecko based (Mozilla Firefox) Don't support per-site isolation ! Brave Chromium based Privacy Browser WebView based

For iOS

The most private and secure iOS browser yet. This guide is nice if you want to improve your privacy and security even more. Worth mentioning: Mozilla Firefox Disable analytics in settings SnowHaze Not the best UI but full of nice features ! Firefox Focus Disable analytics in settings Orion Browser IN BETA

For your computer

I always go with Firefox because chromium is Google and I don't want them to control the whole internet (it is actually the case). Disabling Mozilla analytics in settings and installing uBlock Origin makes it more private. If you want to harden your FF I would recommend you to look at Arkenfox user.js ! If you want a more conveniant version of Arkenfox check this .

Worth mentioning : Brave Chromium based LibreWolf Firefox but with a brave approach (no cryptocrap) Orion Browser WebKit based (Safari), macOS only IN BETA

For every device

Tor Browser is the best when it comes to privacy and anonymity. But it's slow and some websites are broken.

For iOS

The Tor Project recommends Onion Browser has there is no official Tor Browser app on the AppStore due to Apple controlling the web engine of your devices.

My browser selector on macOS

The browser selector I would use on Windows 10

My browser selector on Linux kernel

This one is a must. If you just installing it will automatically blocks all ads and most trackers. But it has more features than that. I recommend you to look at the doc.

I really love this one. It allow you to reddirect your traffic to privacy front-end instance. For exemple a friend send you a link of a funny cat meme on reddit. If you have this extension it will redirect you to the exact same meme but instead of loading the official quiet invasive reddit website it will load a LibReddit/Teddit instance. Works for : YouTube - Invidious / Piped / FreeTube / Yattee YouTube Music - Beatbump X - Nitter Instagram - Bibliogram TikTok - ProxiTok Reddit - Libreddit / teddit Imgur - RimGo Wikipedia - Wikiless Medium - Scribe.rip Quora - Quetre IMDb - LibreMDb Reuters - Neuters PeerTube LBRY & Odysee Google Search - Searx / Whoogle Search / Startpage Google Translate - Lingva Translate / LibreTranslate Google Maps - OpenStreetMap / FacilMap Send

The best F-Droid client in my opinion. I do use the official F-Droid client because it ships with privilege extension on CalyxOS, but with the new Android 12 third arty store feature, this one could totally replace it. And it should as it use a more recent API for installation which is more secure than the one F-Droid is using.

If you need apps that are only on the Google Play Store you can download them here without any account. You can also download paid apps you bought by loging in your Google account.

If you're on iOS the easiest, legal way to sideload apps is AltStore. Unfortunately it's not comparable to any third party store on Android but hey it work and does not break Apple Terms of Services !

E2EE note-taking app with cross devices sync !

Worth mentioning : Notesnook Freshly open source (E2EE cloud sync) Joplin OG and open source (E2EE cloud sync) Obsidian Closed source but local or E2EE cloud sync on premium

Monero(XMR) is the digital-cash. Untraceable, anonymous and secure by default ! To me it's like bitcoin but for the modern days, you can't make something perfect on the first try ;)

Learn more on their website and in this amazing book

ONLY USE WALLET RECOMMENDED ON getmonero.org

Bitcoin(BTC) is the first cryptocurrency. It's ultra secure but not anonymous by default, even if people think so. Actually it's not private at all since the blockchain is public and that nowadays people uses KYC services while buying crypto. Look at it like the digital-gold. It's more accepted than Monero though.

BTC for Android

THE best crypto-wallet for Android (better than any iPhone wallet) if using bitcoin privately matters to you ! BTC only Join the whirlpool to get all the benefits !!!

Worth mentioning : BlueWallet iOS and Android Sparrow Bitcoin Wallet macOS, Windows & Linux

BTC, XMR & LTC for Android & iOS

THE best XMR Wallet for iOS ! The most user firendly XMR wallet for android !

A XMR only version of cake wallet is available on Monero.com for both iOS and Android ! You can now exchange coin with both Monero.com and Cake Wallet !

Worth mentioning : Monerujo for Android (community driven)

Buy Monero in exchange of fiat (eBanking, PayPal, etc...), cash or other crypto with real people in P2P.

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Buy Bitcoin in exchange of fiat (eBanking, PayPal, etc...), cash or other crypto with real people in P2P.

Worth mentioning : AgoraDesk Peach Bitcoin BETA

Instead of using Binance or Coinbase Not as user friendly though.

To exange your BTC, LTC or ETH (and more) to XMR.

XMR now support BTC atomic swap and soon ETH if you are technical enough.

For Android & iOS

My favourite map app is Organic Maps, it's the best open source map app IMO.

Worth mentioning : Magic Earth Closed source but strong privacy policy OsmAnd Nerdy UI/UX

For your computer

It's a webapp so you have to use it in your browser.

Worth mentioning : FacilMap

My YouTube front-end of choice !

Worth mentioning : Invidious No JavaScript !

For your computer

A nice free and open source client for Desktop. Support SponsorBlock (limited feature). It's not super fast but it does the job. Edit : Sometimes it really slow and can be unusable from time to time

Worth mentioning : Yattee For macOS only

For Android

A nice free and open source client for Android that let you listen to audio in the background and does have PiP mode. There is a fork with SponsorBlock !

Worth mentioning : SongTube Better modern UI (focused on music) LibreTube Use Piped In BETA VueTube In BETA

For iOS or other Apple devices.

Use Piped

If you want to completely avoid YouTube. Odysee (https://alternativeto.net/software/lbry/about/ instance) is the best alternative IMO but it's not really private and it's cryptocrap bloated !

Worth mentioning : PeerTube BitChute

My daily messenger app. It's free so easy to move your friends on it and the UI/UX is really good. You can do audio and video calls. The security of Signal is gold standard. A phone number is requiere tho.

Worth mentioning : Session Free and anonymous Threema Paid and anonymous (phone number or email adress can be optionnaly linked to your account) Wire Free Briar Free and anonymous also works offline (Limited functionalities | android & linux only)

The official Matrix client. Nice for community talk like you can have on Discord but it's not as complete as Discord . The android Matrix client Syphon seems to be loved

Worth mentioning: Jami Mattermost Zulip

ProtonMail is my favourite e-mail provider. It's open source, your e-mails are encrypted and they have a free tier which is really usable ! Hosted in Switzerland.

Worth mentioning : Tuta Mail German & freemium mailbox German & 100% renewable energy StartMail Netherland Mailfence Belgium & freemium

I never give a website my ProtonMail adress I always give them an alias generated with SimpleLogin. The free tier allow you to have 15 aliases for one e-mail adresse and the premium plan is really affordable ! You can activate and deactivate aliases any time so you don't get spams. Open source of course.

Worth mentioning : addy.io Open source too Firefox Relay This one is too

For you computer

If you don't want to use a web client Thunderbird is the go to. The UI is outdated but the app doesn't spy on you !

Worth mentioning : LucaMail in beta

For android

I use FairEmail, nice UI, private and the free tier is quite complete. Premium is a super cheap one time paiement so it worth it.

Worth mentioning : K-9 Mail The OG of private e-mail client on Android, now owned by Thunderbird !