@Tutanota I use Tuta for calendar and mail, Fossify for most of utilities, Brave for search and browser, Kvaesitso for launcher and Viber for chat. If I need ChatGPT or Claude, I run them in browser. Also, I use Filen for cloud, FUTO for keyboard.

Also, to be in the FOSS spirit, I plan switching from GitHub to Codeberg.

@Tutanota - Is it possible to share some apps that would be equivalent to the ones provided by Apple that a user can delete/remove from phone and, therefore, add a MUCH better choice to use in its place?

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Session has no forward secrecy and several other flaws like @soatok showed in his blog.

https://soatok.blog/2025/01/14/dont-use-session-signal-fork/

@Tutanota after recent backlash, I'd suggest replacing OrganicMaps with CoMaps.

@Tutanota perhaps add PeerTube as a Fedi alternative to YouTube

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@Tutanota In my opinion, Filen is the best alternative to Google Drive!

@Tutanota In my opinion, Filen is the best low-cost alternative to Google Drive!

@Tutanota most of it is easy to switch, but android is a tough cookie...

@Tutanota This is actually a pretty good list of the Google Apps and Android alternatives. Good job Tuta! But you forgot to mention some of Proton's apps, like ProtonMail and Proton Pass and also IronFox (as a more privacy focused Firefox browser for Android, cuz there's no Mullvad B. on Android). Signal is what WhatsApp WAS SUPPOSED to be and Startpage is by far the best Google Search alternative in terms of search results. Just my opinion!

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reminder that KeePassXC is shifting towards AI slop and that web-based password managers are rather questionable

@Tutanota and Windows -> Linux

@Tutanota Hmm, Proton Mail And Proton Pass aren't mentioned. Otherwise very good list.

@Tutanota I've mentioned this before but SimpleX is more private secure and anonymous that signal threema and session.

SimpleX is decentralised meaning taking down a single group of servers or org wouldnt destroy the simplex network, people can run completely anonymous simplex servers over tor, this puts simplex ahead of Signal and Threema

SimpleX has quantum resistant encryption which puts it ahead of Threema and Session, the UK military[1] and NATO[2] both consider quantum computers to be a threat now because of store now decrypt later attacks

SimpleX has no user identifiers not even random strings, its essentially like having a "burner phone for every contact". Two or more compromised contacts could corroborate your messages by linking them to your signal username or your session id, but with simplex your contacts can't prove your identity even between eachother. This fact puts SimpleX above Signal Threema and Session

These technical details about the simplex protocol can all be found on the project website including the whitepaper[3]

[1]
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/preparing-for-quantum-safe-cryptography

[2]
https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2021/06/03/quantum-technologies-in-defence-security/index.html

[3]
http://isdb4l77sjqoy2qq7ipum6x3at6hyn3jmxfx4zdhc72ufbmuq4ilwkqd.onion/

#SimpleX #Threema #Signal #Session #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #NATO #UnitedKingdom #Tor #QuantumResistantEncryption