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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
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.
great video 😄 and a really good way of showing some "privacy basics" most people could implement without much hurdle (like changing browsers, adding ad blockers, using a password manager, etc.)
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!
I prefer the separation of TOTP app and Password Manager for peace of mind, but it’s not a bad middle ground if you’re using a trusted password manager that’s properly locked down 👌
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.
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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) :)
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.
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 🤷 ua-cam.com/video/mzI0s7G6yJE/v-deo.html
@@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.
what's the low level, weird background noise ? is it interference being picked up by the mic? check your electrical connections and grounding. annoying background noise makes this unwatchable.
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
@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.
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.
@@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
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
@@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.
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.
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. ❤
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.
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*and of course....what are YOUR daily tools? If we get some top 10 lists below that'd be wicked*
the only youtuber whos sponser is actually good!
Notesnook is great! It's like Apple Notes, but a little better and cross-platform.
aw thanks for the support ❤️ they’re a good service!!
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
True, but I think foodpharmer's policies are much better when it comes to sponsors.
except it doesnt matter if its any good or not because he started yapping about it 20 seconds into the video.
I cannot be without multi account containers in firefox. Its the killer feature .
Same.
It’s a great feature!
How is that working?
Thank you, this is Gold! Your videos are well-organized, informative and on-point, great work!!
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.
great video 😄 and a really good way of showing some "privacy basics" most people could implement without much hurdle (like changing browsers, adding ad blockers, using a password manager, etc.)
Wow… probably the most information densely packed video on the tube. Amazing (as usual)
Wow the value of content you provided in this video is awesome! love your videos!
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!
What is TIF
Man! I just like his video right after he drops one. Him, His genuine advices, that simplicity, Production quality, the community.. Love everything❤
🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for the upload. I find Keepass/Veracrypt and a sync thing like Syncthing go hand in hand. :D
Always great info! Thanks.
What do you think about Arc browser and 2fas authenticator?
I wouldn't trust Arc, there was a recent security vulnerability + its closed source.
I block all porn.
Except Techlore videos.
🤩
What do you think of using the 2FA feature within a password manager? Especially if you need a physical key to get into it in the first place?
I prefer the separation of TOTP app and Password Manager for peace of mind, but it’s not a bad middle ground if you’re using a trusted password manager that’s properly locked down 👌
Thank you
Excellent video 👍 .. By the way Which Linux Distribution do you suggest for programmers ? 😊
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.
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!
Thx for the info bro
Vivaldi Browser i Like a lot, what you think about it in privacy terms?
Proton pass is awesome
Great video & share like always keep it up 👍🤓
Why Brave and not Firefox?
Sir, what about ad guard Private DNS? Is that secure?
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.
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
Mullvad browser is Firefox-based :) I enjoy both.
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
for me brave is the goto for browser you install for family members.
I personay use either manually hardened firefox or librewolf
Brave for Android, Hardened Firefox for Windows Desktop/Laptop.
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.
What do you think about bitwarden with vaultwarden?
Not a bad workflow!
Notesnook vs Standard Notes pls
It's both frustrating and worrying that we have to jump all these hoops to stay connected
What do you think of Wipr compared to AdGuard for Safari?
Never tried it!
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) :)
@@techlore thanks for replying anyways
Safari is a joke. Wouldn't bother using it. Chromium clone.
"Privacy and security" until they start background harvesting
doesn't mentioning ublock for ad-blocking on chrome , will cancel your videos on youtube now ? just like it happened with Linus tech tips ?
No
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.
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 🤷
ua-cam.com/video/mzI0s7G6yJE/v-deo.html
@@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.
I use Adguard DNS,very similar to nextdns 😄😄
Any reasin to switch to notesnook from standard notes?
first! great information
what's the low level, weird background noise ?
is it interference being picked up by the mic?
check your electrical connections and grounding.
annoying background noise makes this unwatchable.
Hi Techlore, why don't you go by default with Bitwarden?
Super personal preference, I just don’t enjoy BW ui/ux. I haven’t tried BWs new redesign yet though.
@@techlore They have extremely good ios and macos integration.
4:41 how do u stay in contact with someone that doesn't have signal
move to ublock origin lite, the new version compatible with manifest v3, as old one will soon be unusable
What about yubico authenticator?
What is your thoughts on Threema?
Great app, just hard to convince people around me to pay for a messenger
@@techlore Thanks for the response 👍
is aegis only available for android? im planning to switch to open source mfa and ditch authy soon
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
@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.
why ente but not just use 2fa with vaultwarden
You can do that too. Ente is just much easier to set up and use on my end 👌
I'm just curious about what you think of Thorium browser?
The developer is very strange. The browser was full of furries and other bad stuff.
Bad
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.
I already did:
ua-cam.com/video/ujJciKxvn6g/v-deo.html
Oh, nice. Since then I suppose it hasn't changed much, right?
It definitely has changed! So definitely keep timelines into perspective
Whatever happened to the Go Incognito update?
Coming 🔜
correction,they already have data,so Attention is the new oil
except chrome seriously gimped ublock origin. need firefox if you want its full capability.
both proton pass links are doubled in description
Only thing i am missing are 60fps videos.
They’re really heavy!! But will talk to editor to see what they think 😅
Does anyone know if Henry is single? Or does he have a boyfriend?
...
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.
AFAIK - Not really comparable from a privacy and security perspective. Brave is pretty far ahead of Vivaldi.
@@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.
@@y28w9Dgood to know. Thank you.
Is just chromium with good customization, no good privacy
@@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
Good luck getting people to join Signal 😂
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
Some weird choices for sure, especially in the NAS department. What's the argument against OMV or TrueNAS here?
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
@@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.
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.
Proton Pass? Yeah, hard NO.
Want to make himself secure yet still showing his fingertip 😂
Sorry bruh, someone will store that somewhere, not locally like Android 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
You have porn blocked? There's nothing healthy about that.
1. Maybe he doesn't need it
2. He was probably just showing what can be blocked for non tech savvy people.
To expand: having boundaries with my tech is the directly healthy thing. Lots of assumptions made with your comment
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. ❤
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.
Wrong
Signal 😂 proton 😂