10 Privacy Tools I Can’t Live Without

[@techlore]

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[@JohnHughes-t9q]

the only youtuber whos sponser is actually good!

[@rodivilin]

Notesnook is great! It's like Apple Notes, but a little better and cross-platform.

[@techlore]

aw thanks for the support ❤️ they’re a good service!!

[@Pandacier]

Yeah I wanted an e2ee, open source and with formatting like *bold* _italic_ and stuff like that. I really did a lot of searching and never found Notesnook until a few months alter thanks to Techlore. Until then, I was using Signal’s note to self for the thing with formatting needed, and Standard Notes for the rest

[@mind-of-neo]

except it doesnt matter if its any good or not because he started yapping about it 20 seconds into the video.

[@firstlast-vq4xt]

every.single.item in this video is sponsored either formally or via aff linx. can't trust a word of this clown 😂

[@andljoy]

I cannot be without multi account containers in firefox. Its the killer feature .

[@Mic-Mak]

Same.

[@techlore]

It’s a great feature!

[@melenelucky7euros]

How is that working?

[@collectorguy3919]

@@melenelucky7euros 'Multi-Account Containers' is an extension for Firefox. It's a way to separate and colour code tabs by activity. Just learned about it now, but personally using 'Profile Manager' in Firefox to achieve the same.

[@AX-fx7ng]

Any other alternative fixes have it?

[@Angel-h8r1v]

Your informative and educational videos are the reason as to why I'm delving deeper in my Privacy/Security journey. I can't thank you enough and once I have more financial stability I'll certainly donate.

[@jamesrandolph3964]

Thank you, this is Gold! Your videos are well-organized, informative and on-point, great work!!

[@udp1073]

Wow… probably the most information densely packed video on the tube. Amazing (as usual)

[@arkyump]

Brave also has Tor built in.

[@iDeparture]

It's able to use and connect to the Tor network with onion links but it's not built in like actually using the Tor browser. Limited at best.

[@FerWasTaken]

I think there's been security issues with that feature in the past so its better to use the original.

[@ryepepper]

Man! I just like his video right after he drops one. Him, His genuine advices, that simplicity, Production quality, the community.. Love everything❤

[@techlore]

🥰🥰🥰

[@stanthebamafan]

Proton pass is awesome

[@Franz.79]

Thank you

[@59fiftycap]

Great video again, Henry! Please do the video on Control D! I used to use NextDNS and watched your NextDNS configuration video! I ended up switching to Control D last month since I got the deal for $40 for 5 years of Control D, and I absolutely enjoy it more than NextDNS, especially since it supports Hagezi’s TIF, and reasons such as how the folks at NextDNS seem to be fine with keeping a bunch of 2-4+ year old inactive filter lists while not listening to the community who want them to add Hagezi’s TIF filter list!

[@lussor1]

What is TIF

[@heretic0014]

I block all porn. Except Techlore videos.

[@techlore]

🤩

[@rakat04]

What do you think about Arc browser and 2fas authenticator?

[@cowingtonpost6837]

I wouldn't trust Arc, there was a recent security vulnerability + its closed source.

[@assaf1983]

Wow the value of content you provided in this video is awesome! love your videos!

[@zeddybear257]

Always great info! Thanks.

[@Rakeshsharma03]

Thx for the info bro

[@YannMetalhead]

Good list.

[@Salim-px8bm]

Great video & share like always keep it up 👍🤓

[@duplicake4054]

What do you think about bitwarden with vaultwarden?

[@techlore]

Not a bad workflow!

[@Dennis-ur4zu]

Thank you for the upload. I find Keepass/Veracrypt and a sync thing like Syncthing go hand in hand. :D

[@maratheprash]

Excellent video 👍 .. By the way Which Linux Distribution do you suggest for programmers ? 😊

[@desmond-hawkins]

What's the point of recommending *Ente Auth* if you also recommend a password manager? Surely any reputable password manager that tracks a login and password for an account is going to also let you generate the next TOTP code associated with it? It sounds very tedious to me to have to enter login+password from one app, and the code from a different app. The password manager I use will fill all 3 fields if you activate it on a login form (username + password + TOTP code), and I can't imagine using a password manager that doesn't even do that.

[@techlore]

Ha, we actually get some debates over this on our forum :) I don't think either option is *wrong* and if you're using a reputable password manager with unique passwords with TOTP inside the same app you're not really missing out on anything substantial. *BUT* just out of principal the concept of 2FA is to introduce something you 'have' in combination with something you *know*. Keeping them in a different place (especially if one is offline entirely) adds an additional step of security, but not one that's likely to ever make a real impact. For me I've always kept them separate and it feels weird to keep all credentials for every account in the same place and it feels too centralized to my liking. That + the principal of keeping them different things is why I use them. However, unless you have a crazy sophisticated threat this is unlikely to ever be the reason an account of yours wasn't broken in to. The most likely scenario is a password gets breached, and having 2FA in your password manager will still prevent that scenario. So yeah, keep rocking it! No correct answer here as long as you understand the pros/cons of your workflow!

[@SirRFI]

What "smart" phone would you recommend for someone who wants good camera and privacy? I get the impression it's hopeless comparing to desktop and even laptop PCs.

[@techlore]

Phones are super personal preference, just make sure you know the pros and cons of whichever OS you’re on. If it helps I made a recent video breaking down iOS vs Android. If Android I really only enjoy pixels and fair phones to be frank 🤷 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6usYaZtfJusgKc

[@SirRFI]

​@@techlore What about Android custom ROMs? What are the drawbacks, aside from being locked to narrow group of phones like Google Pixels? I've watched some of your previous videos, but they might be outdated now. As lifetime desktop user, I find it ridiculous that phones basically don't belong to their 'owners' and prevent from uninstalling some of preinstalled apps, and that's only tip of iceberg. New phones offer "AI" features, which almost certainly just send stuff to "the Cloud", making the whole situation worse than ever before.

[@Vincenzo-qm2oc]

I use Adguard DNS,very similar to nextdns 😄😄

[@umanggupta6561]

Sir, what about ad guard Private DNS? Is that secure?

[@Manuel-rl6um]

What do you think of Wipr compared to AdGuard for Safari?

[@techlore]

Never tried it!

[@59fiftycap]

I’ve been using Wipr since it came out on iOS and MacOS for years! I always get 100% on Adblock tester on safari when using Wipr alone, but I recently got the AdGuard Premium Lifetime deal on stacksocial this summer and just like how I can add custom filters and blocklists (e.g. Hagezi, OISD, TIF, etc.) on AdGuard Premium. I still have Wipr installed on both iOS and MacOS just because it’s so small and efficient (less than 3mb) :)

[@Manuel-rl6um]

@@techlore thanks for replying anyways

[@TyrooShino]

Safari is a joke. Wouldn't bother using it. Chromium clone. "Privacy and security" until they start background harvesting

[@aperson1181]

Also, no love for Quad9, which is a non profit?

[@lukastram4990]

Vivaldi Browser i Like a lot, what you think about it in privacy terms?

[@andjelko.v]

4:41 how do u stay in contact with someone that doesn't have signal

[@iDeparture]

You don't. Curious if he's tried Threema.

[@fxsrikanth]

Hey I am using bitwarden password manager (which is open source) whether it is safe?

[@edengate1]

I have one question about aliases: if i get to proton plus, with my own domain and only want to use aliases for privacy, but some platforme doesnt accept it as registration, what should i do?

[@Tracing0029]

Hi Techlore, why don't you go by default with Bitwarden?

[@techlore]

Super personal preference, I just don’t enjoy BW ui/ux. I haven’t tried BWs new redesign yet though.

[@Tracing0029]

@@techlore They have extremely good ios and macos integration.

[@theclassicalhomeopath]

Any reasin to switch to notesnook from standard notes?

[@senthanreddy17]

How would you harden the proton ecosystem? Its esentially emails, passwords, totps, and recovery codes in one place. How do you mitigate this risk. Any suggestions please :)

[@hclyrics]

I personally use Ente Auth for TOTPs. I don't keep those in my password manager.

[@squalazzo]

move to ublock origin lite, the new version compatible with manifest v3, as old one will soon be unusable

[@bmyt4249]

Thanks for the vid. The protonpass and a yubikey sound like an amazing take away from this vid.

[@drzee8437]

It's both frustrating and worrying that we have to jump all these hoops to stay connected

[@TocaHappyGirls]

first! great information

[@Everything_Nothing132]

need more security!

[@Kevin.01-g9q]

doesn't mentioning ublock for ad-blocking on chrome , will cancel your videos on youtube now ? just like it happened with Linus tech tips ?

[@lussor1]

No

[@VitoF95]

Brave is just a bloated mess. Firefox can be configured to be much more secure and does not feed into the chromium monopoly in the browser market. Loved the video btw

[@techlore]

Mullvad browser is Firefox-based :) I enjoy both.

[@Zaphod_]

Of all the chromium based browsers, Brave is probably the best. Always good to have a chromium based browser on hand for certain things. I needed one recently for Wootility (to configue my Wooting 80HE keyboard), cause Firefox hasn't implemented WebUSB

[@fish3977]

for me brave is the goto for browser you install for family members. I personay use either manually hardened firefox or librewolf

[@John-Smith02]

Brave for Android, Hardened Firefox for Windows Desktop/Laptop.

[@59fiftycap]

I can’t use Firefox as my main browser because Firefox on iOS still doesn’t support any adblocking filters nor custom filter lists, so even though I have a custom DNS service configured with Hagezi Ultimate, OISD Full, and TIF, it doesn’t completely get rid of the cosmetic ads that uBO and browsers such as Vivaldi, Brave, and Safari support on iOS. I don’t know why Firefox for iOS won’t even add a default adblocking filters list or custom filter lists; practically every other iOS browser supports filter lists, so why can’t Firefox? There’s even this browser made by Kagi Search called Orion browser for iOS and MacOS, that actually supports installing full-on Firefox and Chrome extensions, including uBO. I know that Firefox on Android supports extensions such as uBO, but after trying Android on various high end devices over the last decade, I still don’t like Android and won’t switch to it.

[@settingsun1]

I use Immich to host my photos from my phone to my PC without any subscriptions

[@-Skywalker01-]

Notesnook vs Standard Notes pls

[@gp5674]

Just a heads up: I recently discovered that AdGuard has Russian origins. Is it another Kaspersky? Here's some imformation provided by Perplexity: "Russian Ties: Although AdGuard is now registered in Cyprus, a significant portion of its team operates from Russia. This connection raises apprehensions about potential compliance with Russian laws, especially given the country's increasing control over tech companies and data privacy regulations post-Ukraine invasion."

[@aperson1181]

so you are not using Nord?

[@zetectic7968]

I tried Ente Auth in Win11 & Android. It says it is Beta. Used desktop app to register then logged into phone app & connected to MS. Logged out of both apps & later logged back in - a complete pain as you have to enter email & password or email & get code. Now it has lost my MS account token on the phone. I then try desktop app & it says I have no account & I must register as a new user. Deleted account as complete junk & impractical way to log in. At least Authy allows biometrics. Will now try Aegis.

[@Raymond23rdOBC]

try Threema

[@xneiil]

Iphone/ios 18 hardening guide?

[@-Skywalker01-]

Why Brave and not Firefox?

[@ozzyrockin]

What about yubico authenticator?

[@MrSatoou]

How much do you actually pay for all those applications? 😮

[@techlore]

Most are entirely free

[@yourustyhoyt3567]

Whatever happened to the Go Incognito update?

[@techlore]

Coming 🔜

[@ddddaaddaaaa]

is aegis only available for android? im planning to switch to open source mfa and ditch authy soon

[@techlore]

Yep aegis is Android only, core reason why I personally like ente. But if you only need Android aegis is great too! Both ente and aegis are open source

[@ddddaaddaaaa]

@techlore thanks. Just signed up for an Ente account. Their android app looks better, to be honest. Please do a comparison video about the best open source MFA too. I do have Yubikey 5a but I only use it as a backup login if the ondevice passkey does not work for my primary accounts like Google, Samsung, and Proton.

[@hahahahahha8458]

I think you look better with a clean shave

[@AcordHachi]

5:30 mmm, yes, iode OS. Maybe review? The only one I found is from switched to linux a while back. I'm a user and is my second favourite ROM.

[@techlore]

I already did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5utlJyBrduhbMk

[@AcordHachi]

Oh, nice. Since then I suppose it hasn't changed much, right?

[@techlore]

It definitely has changed! So definitely keep timelines into perspective

[@burlaanvesh]

Review about fastestvpn please

[@NunuaBusy]

except chrome seriously gimped ublock origin. need firefox if you want its full capability.

[@SteveBClark]

You missed the os both in pc or in phone

[@呀咧呀咧]

why ente but not just use 2fa with vaultwarden

[@techlore]

You can do that too. Ente is just much easier to set up and use on my end 👌

[@squalazzo]

both proton pass links are doubled in description

[@akashsxo]

correction,they already have data,so Attention is the new oil

[@lantzgd]

✌ 🙏

[@inout3394]

Where is GrapheneOS? Most secured OS

[@geryythekid8896]

Only thing i am missing are 60fps videos.

[@techlore]

They’re really heavy!! But will talk to editor to see what they think 😅

[@jenniferjones2863]

I'm just curious about what you think of Thorium browser?

[@duplicake4054]

The developer is very strange. The browser was full of furries and other bad stuff.

[@lussor1]

Bad

[@CoffeeMonster188]

What is your thoughts on Threema?

[@techlore]

Great app, just hard to convince people around me to pay for a messenger

[@CoffeeMonster188]

@@techlore Thanks for the response 👍

[@TBerq]

Why is vivaldi not mentioned? I really like it because you can customize the right click context menu and the address bar ordering but it has some stability issues. Lately it’s been crashing when I use a chess engine on a chess website. Brave is my second go to browser but I feel like the crypto stuff is pushed too much and I don’t want to do anything with them; not even see them when I click on the hamburger menu to go to settings.

[@y28w9D]

AFAIK - Not really comparable from a privacy and security perspective. Brave is pretty far ahead of Vivaldi.

[@TBerq]

@@y28w9D i heard the only proprietary part of vivaldi is the advanced tab code which I don’t even use. Wish there was a much simple, no bs browser.

[@OnlyEatingMeat]

@@y28w9Dgood to know. Thank you.

[@lussor1]

Is just chromium with good customization, no good privacy

[@TBerq]

@@lussor1 the ones I could find didn’t update automatically and I like vivaldi because I can use its iOS app without ads unlike chrome. The clean context menu is essential for me now though :D

[@dj__grizzly]

is it of any use to switch your messenger when (for example) the new iphone 16 just looks at your screen ? End to end encryption doesn't exist anymore if an AI is looking over your shoulder 24/7

[@Technopath47]

The serious amount of pushback I get from users when setting them up on MFA for stuff is INSANE, I straight up get people asking if they can "just not have a password" still. (bangs head on desk) These are business customers, btw... there is no hope for humanity.

[@NiyaKouya]

Well, if Passkeys keep getting implemented into more systems, they can have secure login without any form of username and/or password.

[@PvtAnonymous]

Some weird choices for sure, especially in the NAS department. What's the argument against OMV or TrueNAS here?

[@techlore]

No argument I have, if they work for you and accomplish the same thing then great! I find synology to be an easy user experience for myself

[@PvtAnonymous]

@@techlore well ofc it is. Doesn't mitigate the fact it's a closed source OS running on it. I got rid of my Synology NAS mainly for that reason. It just comes off as weird not having the obvious alternatives mentioned in a sort of "recommendation" video.

[@techlore]

Hm? I specifically say it’s just what works for me. The video is my daily workflow, not a NAS comparison video. I’m glad those options work for you and I’ll try to do some more proper videos dedicated to NAS options in the future.

[@DarkSitari]

Good luck getting people to join Signal 😂

[@59fiftycap]

Does anyone know if Henry is single? Or does he have a boyfriend?

[@TomNook.]

...

[@TheLurch99]

This is just a commercial for commercial tools

[@anoopg7118]

Bitwarden and 1password???? Noooo come on be serious

[@CedroCron]

Proton Pass? Yeah, hard NO.

[@AX-fx7ng]

To the point like who’s the boss unlike LTT talk too much clown.

[@jeeefthegreat7555]

Do you have to look and sound like a virgin to be worried about my privacy? Mehhhhhhh. Privacy, mehhhhhh.

[@techlore]

Of course

[@muhammadyusoffjamaluddin]

Want to make himself secure yet still showing his fingertip 😂 Sorry bruh, someone will store that somewhere, not locally like Android 🤣🤣🤣

[@techlore]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mysloksztalt]

Points 1 and 2 are for security, not privacy + shameless VPN plug

[@bionborys1648]

You have porn blocked? There's nothing healthy about that.

[@John-Smith02]

1. Maybe he doesn't need it 2. He was probably just showing what can be blocked for non tech savvy people.

[@techlore]

To expand: having boundaries with my tech is the directly healthy thing. Lots of assumptions made with your comment

[@OnlyEatingMeat]

There is a lot of information out there regarding what happens to you when you watch and masturbate to porn. It is not healthy, nor is it conducive to building real relationships with people. Try abstaining from porn and masturbation, and instead, try building a relationship with a real person, if not then you go ahead and do you, and the rest of us will do us. ❤

[@59fiftycap]

How is it not healthy? I don’t watch porn, haven’t since high school, nor do I care for it at all. I just hate those pop ups and malicious links that end up spamming you with cam girls/only fans, so I block those things via DNS and uBO.

[@lussor1]

Wrong

[@MaxKoenig-Mk001]

Signal 😂 proton 😂

[@clausnielsen8094]

Have been working with IT for 30+ years, with security as a central part, I think there is a big problem with videos like this one. You can not be sure if he work for a sponsor or he have investigated and found the best solution. He is not wrong in many ways, but pretty easy to see where he have a sponsor on his back, In fact it have become a trend that people from EU dont believe a word said by any youtubers from USA. All you lies means that it is easier to believe people from EU, where lying is not the default. Sad because in the past many people from USA was among the smartest in many area, but these days these people just disappears among youtubers less smart, but good lying just to get a sponsor. .

[@techlore]

Super valid concerns! We're careful with this and take it very seriously, trust is everything. Sponsors are always clearly labeled (as in this video, which Notesnook is the *only* sponsor). Some of the other products have an affiliate link which is labeled in the description and used alongside standard links. We have public criteria you can read to learn more about how this all works: discuss.techlore.tech/pub/sponsors-affiliates If you have suggestions for us to make things better definitely shoot them over. I have yet to see a KZbin channel implement protocols like this, so if we can make them even better would love to do that. But yeah, while a valid concern can assure you that there are never 'secret' sponsors or anything of that nature.