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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
- As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, individuals seek options to protect their private data and activities.
- Services like Wallabag offer secure alternatives to commercial rivals for saving articles for later reading.
- Signal stands out as an encrypted messaging app that prioritizes user privacy and security, being a nonprofit.
- Nextcloud provides a self-hosted Dropbox alternative with enhanced privacy features and end-to-end encryption.
- Bitwarden, an open-source password manager, ensures secure storage of passwords and sensitive information.
- Joplin and Notesnook offer encrypted note-taking alternatives to Google Docs or Microsoft 365.
- Ente.io provides a privacy-focused photo storage app to safeguard images from AI scanning and tagging.
- Pi-hole and AdGuard Home serve as network-level ad blockers protecting various devices from online threats.
- Setting up an encrypted VPN like Tailscale ensures secure web browsing without third-party surveillance.
- Home Assistant acts as a central hub for managing smart home devices independently of proprietary services.
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