This is not a weekly win. Rather a snippet of my privacy journey. Makes use of free services as much as possible. Contributing to open source by filing bug reports!
Operating System
Desktop - Ditched windows for Linux. Tried various distros like Ubuntu, Pop OS, Garuda Linux for brief periods of time. Now settled with Fedora Workstation Gnome. It’s my favourite distro so far. I think my distro hopping days are over.
Mobile - Motorola highly debloated with AppManager and no google login. Main profile with Fossify apps replacing all google apps. A seperate work profile for proprietary/rarely used apps like Google Maps, Uber etc.
Browsers & Extensions
Desktop - Firefox for general purpose browsing with cookies auto cleared on exit. Ublock Origin, Redirector (for redirecting to privacy frontends like Invidious, Nitter, Redlib) and Imagus as extensions.
Brave with Bitwarden Password Manager for sites which require a quick login and for Tor browsing (I know it’s not ideal, I just want to bypass my service provider)
Zen Browser with Ublock Origin for always login websites with cookies cleared on exit (exceptions for login sites).
Android - Firefox for general browsing with Ublock Origin and Redirector extensions.
Brave for site logins (which I use very rarely).
Tor Browser in Work profile for anonymous browsing.
Search Engine
Brave is the default search engine. In case a search doesn’t fetch the results I am looking for I make use of Search in Google/Bing option in Brave Search. Here, I use Redirector extension to forward the ‘Search in Google ‘ to Mullvad Leta and ‘Search in Bing’ to DDG HTML.
Email & Logins
Proton Mail for work purposes. Proton Pass/Simple Login alias as it comes with proton account but rarely used.
Tuta Mail for other uses. DDG aliases forwarded to Tuta for all logins.
DDG email address (not alias) for important sites like bank, govt etc.
Sometimes, work requires Gmail. So an account only for this purpose.
An old Gmail account pending deletion. Giving it a two year cool off time.
2FA - Ente Auth for desktop and Aegis for mobile.
Mail Client - Thunderbird for Gmail accounts.
File Storage
Filen for important files with one way sync from desktop and occasional manual backup to a HDD.
Proton Drive in case.
File Sharing
Syncthing for sync between desktop and mobile for important files.
Local Send for transfers.
Office Suite
Desktop - Libre Office and Only Office
Mobile - Only Office
Note Taking
Notesnook synced between devices.
DNS
Desktop - DNScrypt-proxy with Oblivious DOH and custom blocklists.
Mobile - RethinkDNS with Oblivious DOH and custom blocklists.
I have been using NextDNS for a very long time. Switched recently for the privacy benefits of ODOH.
VPN
Desktop - Proton VPN
Mobile - Cloudflare Warp wireguard configuration in RethinkDNS
App Store
Desktop - Distro packaged apps via terminal, Gnome Software for Flatpaks and Appimages from source. If the distro packaged app is a very old version, makes use of officially supported alternative ways for updates.
Mobile - Aurora Store, Obtainium. Play Store (without login) for webview, Google Maps, etc.
Youtube
Desktop - Freetube, Grayjay
Mobile - Pipepipe, Grayjay, Metrolist (for YTM)
All softwares and services are tweaked for maximum security and privacy by following guides from various privacy forums. Bid goodbye to all big tech social media. Deleted all unwanted accounts. The only thing I am unable to get rid of is WhatsApp as it is the major communication platform in my country.