Privacy Tools

Privacy tools, apps & services to counter mass surveillance with encryption for better privacy. Estd. in 2015. Follow @PrivacyNotesApp and @GitGem

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Notes, tasks, passwords, files, bookmarks, a calendar, a mood / medication tracker, and a Markdown editor. One private app. Free, open source: https://t.co/JwCBOwkQKT

[PrivacyNotes @PrivacyNotesApp]

PrivacyNotes v0.694: Ninja (Cmd+K for everything), table formulas, Kanban boards, web clipping and a daily check-in. This is the biggest update PrivacyNotes has had. Here is what is new, grouped by feature. Full notes with screenshots: https://t.co/XgaisE4UiX

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Delta Chat is going encryption-only. Upcoming releases drop unencrypted email entirely, the same move Signal made when it cut plain SMS. Encryption becomes mandatory with no opt-out, and old plain-email chats turn read-only.

https://t.co/2CUll5w28k
https://t.co/cHL1lYof2m
https://t.co/nAtYOyEDmQ

Why: unencrypted email leaks content and metadata to providers, and a mixed secure/insecure inbox confuses people.

It still talks to modern encrypted email (OpenPGP, PGP/MIME), and Autocrypt v2 already carries post-quantum support, with forward secrecy on the roadmap.

The bigger shift is decentralization:

- New profiles auto-join 3 community-run chatmail relays, not one default server
- Messages arrive from all of them at once
- If a relay goes down, sending fails over to the others
- Your profile is identified by its key alone, no email address shown

Also new: pinned messages, reactions in channels, multi-select, "mark as unread", and in-app updates for Android APK users.

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

@NextDNS That’s impressive. Well done!

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https://t.co/JwCBOwkQKT is now fully cross-platform:

macOS: .dmg or Homebrew
Windows: installer or winget
Linux: AppImage or .deb
iOS: App Store
Web Browser
Android: Google Play, Zapstore, Obtainium or APK

[PrivacyNotes @PrivacyNotesApp]

PrivacyNotes is now on Google Play. A review on Play would help us a lot: https://t.co/ROqWbomCyG

Your account and Pro come with you. Already on the Zapstore or Obtainium version? You can stay, as they keep updating. To move to Play, check that the app says "Synced" and have your 12 words ready, because the Play version must replace the old install.

[AlternativeTo @AlternativeTo]

🔒📄 @PrivacyNotesApp has enhanced productivity with features like a command box, calendar integration, Kanban boards, table formulas, statistics, themes, spaces, and more, making this open source and privacy-focused app even more robust.
https://t.co/0dBYUwu6LT

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@NikChitalia @TutaPrivacy Tuta is listed on our website: https://t.co/Fb1632Z0ru

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@HonestCitizen1 Entries marked as Ad are our partners, disclosed here: https://t.co/jmy6gwPbiK

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Reader ratings are now live on https://t.co/s88PkhHzpt ⭐

Thanks to 1,800+ votes from you, star ratings now show next to the tools on our category pages, in /apps and in our comparison tables.

Have a favorite privacy tool? Rate it. No account, no email, one click -> https://t.co/4SESq2hoJl

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@naomibrockwell Decentralized tech as in fediverse? I felt like that was unfortunatly ruined by invite-only instances due to spam.

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@fwdemail @Lissy_Sykes @sindresorhus @privacy_guides @cooperx86 We're still operating, since 2015. Just went through a re-design a few weeks back 🫡

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@AlternativeTo 🫥

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Flock: Rules for thee, but not for me

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@ghostlead247 @CR1337 You're involved with @Cryptomator? Great job, we've been spreading love for it for years already. Keep up the good work! Regarding NordVPN, that's our sponsor, indicated here: https://t.co/jmy6gwPbiK

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Thanks for the shout-out 🫂

[CR1337 @CR1337]

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[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

@CR1337 Thanks for the shout-out 🫂

[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

Firefox for iOS now has a built-in ad blocker. Turn it on under Settings > Browsing. Spread the word, this is great news.

More: https://t.co/eVLT86YR5F

[CR1337 @CR1337]

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[Privacy Tools @privacytoolsIO]

iOS 27 breaks DNS based adblockers such as @NextDNS, @AdGuard or Pi-hole unless you disable connectivity assist. Spread the word!

Settings > Wi-Fi > Connectivity Assist

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

[It's FOSS @Itsfoss]

Privacy Notes offers different kinds of templates, secret vault, burn after reading and an optional zero-knowledge encrypted sync.

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