Every other day I see the the world turning into a cyberpunk hellscape with no privacy. I am starting to feel what’s the point of trying to claw back privavy.
However I am not givong up as the need for privacy is more important than ever.
It the spirit of continuing the fight how should what should I Improve next?
Currently running Fedora 40 and use only open source apps. When browsing I try and use Mullvad browser and use my regular logins on a hardened Firefox with arkenfox. I have proton unlimtes for mail, passwords, drive and a VPN which is always on. I have filen as a back for redundancy and my most import files are encrypted with Crypomator and uploaded to both clouds.
On my mobile I use a pixel 4, I tried Graphene OS but my banking failed so back to stock Android. The only I have replaces most android apps with Fossify apps and use Obtanium, Aurura and F-Droid for apps. I use ente Auth for authentication except for my work as I have to use Microsoft Authenticator. The only proprietary apps I use are Facebook messenger, spotify, google maps and my bank. I use Facebook messenger and maps through shelter .
For browsing on Android I use Mull and on my android Proton VPN is always on. I visit twitter and twitter ocasionly but always through mull browser.
For keeping in contact with freinds I use Aliucord in Android and Vesktop on my PC
Before anyone asks my bank is App only and it is the only way I have been able to successfully manage my finaces so I have to stay with that for now.
For spending habniys I try to use Google pay as little as possible and use my master card.
My Apologies for my english I am a little stupid when it comes to spelling and grammar.
Dude don’t give up, you’re doing great. There isn’t much to say on what else to do tbh.
The thing about privacy is that there’s always more steps to take, but we all need to stop somewhere before ending up in an offgrid cabin in the woods. ;)
I’m pretty much stuck on the android issue aswell, but haven’t come to a conclusion yet. One thing I am thinking of is to have one android phone for banking and other essential apps which require android to work, and then using a degoogled android for daily use. This way I can make sure all my communication and daily activities are secure, while compromising where I absolutely have to, with next to none of my data being abused by big tech for profit.
Sometimes I ask myself why I do all this, aswell. For my part it’s mostly about knowledge, and avoiding the awful feeling I had experiencing personalized ads. Taking care of my piracy is a lot less exhausting than resisting endless manipulation and mind tricks from personalized algorithms every single say.