The world is becoming increasingly digital and more of our personal information is being stored on servers where we have no control over what happens to that information.
Therefore, it's up to each of us to take responsibility of our own data and protect it as much as possible.
These simple solutions help you do that.
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) Backup Solution
If you just want an external drive to store your file, then a NAS drive is perfect.
The added benefit, when compared to a single external backup drive, is that a NAS has multiple drives. So if one drive crashes, you can easily replace it without losing data.
Here's the one I currently recommend.
The disks are sold separately, but this allows you to buy the disk size that you want. It can go up to 32 TB of storage.
Cloud Services Alternatives
If you want something more complex than a simple backup drive, then there are alternatives that act more like the popular cloud services that most people use.
My favorite is the Embassy server, by Start9.
- File sync and backup between multiple devices (like Dropbox)
- Photo organization and storage (like Mac Photos)
- Simple file organization (like Dropbox)
- Run a Bitcoin Lightning node
- Private website hosting
- Blogging (Like WordPress)
- Private messaging
- Private password storage
- And more!
deGoogled Android Projects
There are many benefits to using deGoogled Android as your phone's operating system.
Private Messaging
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
There are a couple of VPN solutions that I recommend.
Privacy Browsers
The best browser to protect your privacy is the Brave browser.
You can download it here.
Another up and coming option is the Impervious browser. It's new, so it hasn't been tested as extensively as Brave.
But it provides many benefits, all rolled into one browser:
- Private messaging
- Private video calls
- Privacy enhanced web browsing
- Private Payments