Damn it's been a while since I've been online on here, Life's been a bit hectic. One cool thing is I got my gf onto Signal finally😎 :catjam:

Anyone know of a privacy friendly alternative to Kindle?
I was just going to buy one, never register and keep it on airplane mode then sideload books via calibre from my pc but after reading this [article](nullsweep.com/kindle-collects-) I don't want to run the risk of having all my data still being stored & then sent when i forget to keep airplane mode off

I recently noticed both Whatsapp & Instagram :instagram: have been down. Is meta struggling to maintain their platforms :ablobthinking:? Heh doesn't matter if their company crashes its a **W** for

I found this Github :github: Gem 💎
[🔒 A curated checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2022](github.com/Lissy93/personal-se)
High recommend anyone interested in improving their privacy & security go through the list ✨

Privacy friendly and open-source alternatives for your favourite platforms

Youtube
Privacy front-ends:[Invidious](docs.invidious.io/instances/)
Privacy-friendly Desktop client:[Freetube](freetubeapp.io/)
Privacy-friendly Mobile app:[Newpipe](newpipe.net/)
Alternatives: [Peertube](joinpeertube.org/) & [Odysee](odysee.com/)

Instant messaging (whatsapp,imessenger etc)
[Signal](signal.org/en/download/)
[Session](getsession.org/download)

Instagram
Alternatives: [Pixelfed](fedidb.org/software/pixelfed)
Privacy front-end: [Imginn](imginn.com/) [since bibliogram is shutdown :( ] to view accounts without an account

Reddit
Alternatives: [Lemmy](lemmy.ml/)
Privacy front-ends: [Libreddit](libreddit.net/) (modern UI) & [Teddit](teddit.net/) (old UI)

Twitter:
Privacy front-end for web: [Nitter](nitter.net)
privacy-friendly Twitter frontend for mobile devices: [Fritter](fritter.cc/)
Alternatives:[Mastodon](joinmastodon.org/)

Discord
Alternatives: [Revolt](revolt.chat/) & [Element](element.io/)

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