Best Apps: Privacy & Security Edition

Even as the battle to keep personal data private rages on, it's expected of netizens to give up some level of privacy as the cost of admission for all the conveniences of the digital world. But all is not lost, for here's a curated list of privacy-respecting apps and services that can greatly enhance digital security and protect your privacy...

1. 2-factor authentication: 2FA Authenticator, Aegis, andOTP, FreeOTP, Tofu
2. Analyse suspicious files and URLs for malware: Virus Total
3. Calendar: fruux, ProtonCalendar
4. Check if a website is legitimate or a scam: IsLegitSite
5. Check if an account has been compromised in a data breach: DeHashed, ';--have i been pwned?
6. Check what personal data is revealed when browsing the web: BrowserLeaks, IP Leak
7. Email: Disroot, Mailbox.org, Posteo, ProtonMail, Tutonota
8. File encryption: Cryptomator, Hat.sh, VeraCrypt
9. File sharing: croc, Firefox Send, Gofile, OnionShare
10. Generate email and phone number aliases: 33Mail, Abine Blur, AnonAddy, Burner, MySudo
11. Generate temporary disposable email addresses: 10 Minutes Email, Temp Mail
12. Grant temporary app permissions: Bouncer (Android)
13. Firewall: εxodus, NetGuard (Android), Guardian Firewall, Lockdown (iOS/ macOS), Little Snitch, LuLu (macOS), Pi-hole
14. Language translation platform: Apertium
15. Messaging: Briar, Keybase, Jitsi Meet, Signal, Silence, Threema, Wickr, Wire
16. Notes: Cryptee, CryptPad, Joplin, Standard Notes, Telegraph, Turtl, Write.as
17. Offline maps and navigation: OsmAnd
18. Operating systems: GrapheneOS, LineageOS (Android), Manjaro, Parrot, Qubes, Tails
19. Password managers: BitWarden, KeePassXC, LessPass
20. Privacy-respecting AI platform: Mycroft
21. Sandbox apps: Island (Android)
22. Search engines: DuckDuckGo, Qwant
23. Self-hosted productivity suites: Nextcloud, Seafile
24. VPNs: Firefox Private Network, IVPN, Mullvard, ProtonVPN
25. Web browser: Bromite (Android), Firefox, Onion Browser, Tor