Alternative services
NF Show Note ExtrasSome links alternatives to common services:
https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/
https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/ - (For example: Brave, Waterfox, Iridium, etc.), Don't forget to get plug-ins like HTTPS Everywhere and Privacy Badger
Mail:
https://restoreprivacy.com/email/secure/
Office and Notes:
Notes:
Office:
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
https://www.openoffice.org/download/
Chat:
De-centralized:
https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/
Centralized, but telephone-#-free:
Linux & Windows stuff:
Linux distros that are easy:
https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Stuck on Windows? Make it a bit more secure:
https://www.safer-networking.org/products/spybot-anti-beacon/
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html - Harddrive encryption
De-google your phone:
https://telegra.ph/De-Google-Your-Phone-01-22
Alternative Social Networking:
https://joinmastodon.org/ & https://mastodon.online/about
Alternative Search engines:
Miscelleaneous:
https://freenetproject.org/ - Decentralized internet project
https://ipfs.io/ - Distributed Web project
https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/
https://telegra.ph/ - insta-blogging
https://protonvpn.com/ - vpn
https://www.geckoandfly.com/22562/chat-without-internet-connection-mesh-network/
https://www.qubes-os.org/ & https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes
Youtube without Google https://hooktube.com/ (and use NewPipe on your phone)
https://t.me/PrivSecGoy - security guides