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What are the coolest (privacy respecting) apps you have? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by hai@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Title says it all. I'll go first:

I don't really have any on my computer (all I use that for is Vim, Firefox, and Git), but on my phone: Orbot (basically Tor as a VPN on your phone).

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[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Resilio Sync instead of something like Dropbox or Google Drive.

Fastmail is pretty solid too.

[-] hai@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Resilio Sync

How does it compare to something like Syncthing?

[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Never used syncthing so I'm not sure. Resilio is running a modified bittorrent protocol. It's always been fast and easy for me so I've never had the motivation to look into anything else.

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[-] JoeClu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's the difference between Orbit and Tor Browser? I always wondered why people download Orbot instead of Tor Browser?

[-] hai@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Orbit acts as a VPN and effects the entire system, so all of your apps get routed through ToR.

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[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

All the ones I used have been said except cryptomator. Its an encryption software that can be used in cloud storage or locally

[-] drifty@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

It costs so much to use on a phone! It is free for all PC OSs though

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[-] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Tachiyomi (J2K fork) for reading manga and manhwa, and Shosetsu for fanfiction (AO3 extension). MoeList for MAL (My Anime List), Myne for public domain books, and Librera for EBUPs (I like using TTS). Also NewPipe (SponsorBlock fork) is my only YouTube client.

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