Links

Some sites and projects worth sharing:

News in English

The Economist - In-depth economic coverage and analysis.

Hacker News - Business, startup, developer, and technology news and discussion.

New Scientist - Excellent science magazine.

Other tools worth mentioning & linking

7-Zip - A free, powerful file-archiving and data-compression utility.

Age - A simple, modern, and secure file-encryption tool.

Duck.ai - A free, privacy-focused AI chat service from DuckDuckGo.

DuckDuckGo - A privacy-focused internet search engine.

Firefox - An open, extensible, and configurable web browser.

Fish - A modern command-line shell for Linux.

GnuPG - A widely used tool for encrypting, decrypting, and signing data.

KeePass - A secure password manager application.

LibreOffice - A powerful, free, and open-source office suite.

Lumo - Awesome privacy-preserving free AI portal to use by Proton.

Matrix (protocol) / Element (one of its client implementations) - A modern, open, decentralized communications platform with end-to-end encrypted messaging.

Minisign - A modern tool for creating and verifying file signatures.

Mojeek - An independent alternative search engine with its own index.

NGINX - A widely used open-source web server and reverse proxy.

Notepad++ - A very nice technical text editor for Windows.

OpenCode - An open-source AI coding agent that I like.

PostgreSQL - A powerful open-source relational database system used for demanding projects.

Python - An excellent programming language for data manipulation, scripting, and integrating components.

Qwant - A European search engine that aims to comply with the GDPR and is developing its own search index, Staan.

SimpleX Chat - A secure messaging app with a user interface that I particularly like. It still needs refinement but could become an excellent option.

SQLite - A fast, reliable, and efficient SQL database engine for storing and querying data locally.

Thunderbird - A classic, full-featured email client with built-in support for OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption.

Tor Browser - A web browser designed to improve privacy and anonymity through the Tor network.

Ubuntu - A free and popular Linux distribution.

VLC - A versatile, free, and open-source multimedia player with broad codec support.

WireGuard - A modern, fast, and simple VPN protocol with a small, auditable codebase.

Online guides to privacy and anonymity

AnonymousPlanet - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity.

Privacy Guides - A guide to protecting and restoring your online privacy.

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