Private and secure apps.

Note - This post is also available on Medium. 

Digital privacy is important. Keeping data private should be our number one priority. Not every online service can offer privacy and security. I've compiled some of the services I use for keeping my data private and secure.

For secure notepad - Standard Notes.

Encryption masks the data in such a way that only intended users can access it. Standard Notes is more like Microsoft Notepad but with strong encryption algorithm in place. It is plain and simple. The only catch is, you can't reset your password once it is lost.

For secure communication - Signal and WhatsApp.

All our communications should be private and secure. Signal is number one choice when it comes to security and privacy. Both Signal and WhatsApp use end-to-end encryption to encrypt messages and calls. WhatsApp uses Signal protocol for encrypting messages and calls.

For secure email - ProtonMail.

ProtonMail is one of the most encrypted and secure email service provider. For free plan they offer 500 MB of storage, which is enough for normal use.

For private internet browsing - Brave Browser.

Brave Browser is built using Chromium, which means it is as fast as Google Chrome with privacy and security features like advanced tracking blockers and ad blockers.

For secure cloud storage - Sync.com.

Sync.com provides 5 GB of encrypted storage for free usage. It uses strong encryption to store and transfer data.

For private video conferencing - Jitsi Meet.

Jitsi Meet provides hop-to-hop encrypted video conferencing service which is completely free. It supports important features like screen sharing, YouTube live streaming. For security, we can add password to rooms.

For private calling - Google Duo.

Google Duo provides end-to-end encryption for video calls with multiple participants. It supports both video and audio calls.

For secure VPN - Tor.

Tor is completely free and is the most powerful VPN service well-known in the world of privacy and security.

For private web search - DuckDuckGo.

DuckDuckGo is a private web search engine which is very efficient and popular. It has a feature called bang which enables web searching from the URL bar.

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