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Out of curiosity, if you’re on a Pixel, why not choose GrapheneOS?

To add to this, I suggest sorting the comments by controversial on Reddit for another take.

Raivo is “source available” actually. No real way to verify if it actually running the code available either. There is also no legal way to fork it from my understanding.

For the moment I’ve settled on 2FAS as the best iOS replacement. I’ve used Tofu, but its inability to export is a dealbreaker, and the lack of updates is troubling.

So I tend to agree with the PrivacyGuides.org Team on this one. I’ll break it down slightly differently though. Brave isn’t BAD per se, but I strongly prefer not using a Chromium based browser unless it’s 100% necessary.

Most private and secure but frustrating to use: Tor Browser

Private and secure, still frustrating for daily use: Mullvad Browser

Able to be private and secure, defaults aren’t perfect. Firefox + uBlock Origin

Private and secure by default, potentially slowly updates and a smaller team might impact security. LibreWolf

Chromium Based Browser with good Security and Privacy, defaults aren’t perfect: Brave

Chromium based browser with good privacy, but potentially slow updates and a smaller team. Ungoogled Chromium + uBlock Origin

Happy to have introduced you! 🙂 Hope you find it as helpful as I have.

I don’t feel like leaving the PG community at the moment, but here are a few suggestions that come to mind after reading your list.

Search: SearXNG

MacOS Firewall: Lulu

DNS: NextDNS

Email Alias: AnonAddy

2FA: 2 FAS, iOS and Android

2FA: Remove Ravio (sold to sketchy app maker MobiMe). I consider this compromised until proven otherwise.

YT Proxies: Yattee (iOS App)

File Encryption: Cryptomator (File encryption app, optimized for the cloud)

Notes: Joplin

Podcast: Podverse

Graphics: Digikam ente

Oh for sure. The manual down ranking of Russian search results didn’t really bother me, but the undisclosed inability to block Microsoft tracking in their browser was enough to have me avoid it going forward. Not a good look, especially when there are already better options in the space.