# Share your favorite privacy apps and services! **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 24, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251 "2026-01-24T18:11:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheRealMasterP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheRealMasterP](https://community.redact.dev/u/TheRealMasterP)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/1 "2026-01-24T18:11:01Z")
For me, DuckDuckGo and 1password are my two favorites, and Redact of course! ---
**Author:** ![GSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@GSD](https://community.redact.dev/u/GSD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/2 "2026-01-24T18:19:24Z")
A few privacy tools I always keep around - [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/): password manager is still the biggest “privacy ROI” move IMO, especially if you turn on 2FA everywhere. - [Signal](https://signal.org/): boring answer, but it’s the one I actually trust for everyday messagingg. - [Mullvad VPN](https://mullvad.net/en): simple, consistent, no weird upsells, and good for basic network privacy. - [uBlock Origin](https://ublockorigin.com/): the “install it and forget it” browser add on that immediately cuts tracking and a lot of junk. - [Firefox + containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/): keeps logins and trackers from bleeding across sites. - [SimpleLogin](https://simplelogin.io/) (or Proton Pass aliases): email aliases are underrated, it stops your real inbox from getting sprayed everywhere. - [NextDNS](https://nextdns.io/) easy way to reduce tracking across the whole device/network without tinkering too much. - [2FAS / Aegis](https://getaegis.app/) (Android) or Ente Auth: I like separate authenticator apps instead of SMS codes. - [\* Ente Photos](https://ente.io/): for people trying to get away from “everything in one Google bucket.” Curious what everyone uses for their digital EDC ---
**Author:** ![Tommy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/tommy/32/100_2.png) [@Tommy](https://community.redact.dev/u/Tommy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/3 "2026-01-24T18:24:02Z")
[Find my device](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm&hl=en_US) goes on everything I own, it’s usually the first thing I install. Luckily I have not had to use it yet, but I will be ready when the time comes…if it comes. ---
**Author:** ![santa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@santa](https://community.redact.dev/u/santa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/4 "2026-01-24T18:26:26Z")
> **[Halocard | Instant, Private & Secure Virtual Credit Cards](https://halocard.co/)** > > The fastest & simplest virtual card in the World. Create your first card in less than 2 minutes. Never give your credit card out again to anyone or any website. It’s bad ass. ---
**Author:** ![Trigger\_Control](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/trigger_control/32/105_2.png) [@Trigger\_Control](https://community.redact.dev/u/Trigger_Control)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/5 "2026-01-24T18:52:24Z")
[Portmaster](https://safing.io/) is per-app network control plus monitoring with privacy-oriented defaults. Great for spotting noisy apps and blocking them without breaking everything else. Love it and highly reccommend. ---
**Author:** ![TimBuckToo420](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/timbucktoo420/32/200_2.png) [@TimBuckToo420](https://community.redact.dev/u/TimBuckToo420)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/6 "2026-01-24T18:54:58Z")
> **[Cookie AutoDelete – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/)** > > Download Cookie AutoDelete for Firefox. Control your cookies! This WebExtension is inspired by Self Destructing Cookies. When a tab closes, any cookies not being used are automatically deleted. Keep the ones you trust (forever/until restart) while... Amazing app I love it and it’s on every computer I own, including all our mobile devices ---
**Author:** ![kittycat](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/kittycat/32/137_2.png) [@kittycat](https://community.redact.dev/u/kittycat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/7 "2026-01-24T20:14:41Z")
[mysudo](https://anonyome.com/individuals/mysudo/) and [multi-login](https://multilogin.com/antidetect-browser-multilogin) for creating different personas online. you can login to diifferent “personas” for different things. you can see all your own custom computer footprints and full proxy useage. both are very good apps. ---
**Author:** ![soyga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@soyga](https://community.redact.dev/u/soyga)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/8 "2026-01-24T20:25:28Z")
Multi-login is great. I also use [https://www.textverified.com/](https://www.textverified.com/) which allows you to use other people’s phone number to verify accounts, and it’s cheap. So for example, you want to signup to a sports betting site or a new email service or whatever but you don’t want to use your real number, you can pay like 50 cents and use someone elses number. I use this service on a weekly basis. ---
**Author:** ![peterpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@peterpaul](https://community.redact.dev/u/peterpaul)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/9 "2026-01-24T21:50:20Z")
not really an app, but a [anonymous google search start page](https://www.startpage.com/). ---
**Author:** ![peterpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@peterpaul](https://community.redact.dev/u/peterpaul)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/10 "2026-01-24T21:55:17Z")
oh also brave, the best browser for privacy imo [https://brave.com/](https://brave.com/) ---
**Author:** ![GSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@GSD](https://community.redact.dev/u/GSD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/11 "2026-01-24T23:47:12Z")
email - proton mail instant messaging - signal search engine - DDG VPN - Surf Shark ---
**Author:** ![UP\_DOG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/up_dog/32/165_2.png) [@UP\_DOG](https://community.redact.dev/u/UP_DOG)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/12 "2026-01-25T00:46:20Z")
> **[Proton Authenticator: Private, secure 2FA authenticator | Proton](https://proton.me/authenticator)** > > Protect your accounts with Proton Authenticator, an end-to-end encrypted, open source, and ad-free two-factor authentication (2FA) app available across devices. Proton Authenticator is fantastic ---
**Author:** ![Hollywood](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/hollywood/32/204_2.png) [@Hollywood](https://community.redact.dev/u/Hollywood)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/13 "2026-01-25T01:05:12Z")
Bitwarden for me, can’t go wrong! ---
**Author:** ![tank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@tank](https://community.redact.dev/u/tank)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/14 "2026-02-12T14:17:54Z")
what do you guys like for private browsing? plugins or apps recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![yashaalog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/yashaalog/32/203_2.png) [@yashaalog](https://community.redact.dev/u/yashaalog)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/15 "2026-04-24T02:48:41Z")
ublock origin is hot fiya ---
**Author:** ![Tommy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/tommy/32/100_2.png) [@Tommy](https://community.redact.dev/u/Tommy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/16 "2026-04-26T16:24:58Z")
Late to the party but figured I’d throw in a couple more… [https://f-droid.org](https://f-droid.org) is the first thing I install on any Android device after find my device. Open source app store, wayyy less tracking than the Play Store, and most of the privacy apps people are mentioning here have F-Droid versions. @tank for the browser question, I’ve been on [https://librewolf.net](https://librewolf.net) for a while. pretty much Firefox with the privacy settings already cranked up out of the box, so you don’t have to fiddle with about:config to get to a sane baseline. Mullvad Browser is another solid one if you want something even more locked down. ---
**Author:** ![tank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@tank](https://community.redact.dev/u/tank)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/17 "2026-04-26T17:37:54Z")
Cheers, LibreWolf is news to me. Setting it up this weekend. The about:config tweaking is exactly what I was trying to avoid. TY!@! ---
**Author:** ![UP\_DOG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/up_dog/32/165_2.png) [@UP\_DOG](https://community.redact.dev/u/UP_DOG)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/18 "2026-04-26T23:40:18Z")
librewolf for the win. been my daily for months, no complaints ---
**Author:** ![bigbutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/67e7ee/32.png) [@bigbutter](https://community.redact.dev/u/bigbutter)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/share-your-favorite-privacy-apps-and-services/251/19 "2026-04-26T23:41:39Z")
Speaking as a parent whose kid uses Discord, I’ll tell you what I can see and what I can’t, because the kids never believe me when I tell them. With Discord’s Family Center thing turned on (which my daughter actually agreed to in exchange for her phone privileges, hell of a negotiation that was), I can see who she’s been messaging recently and which servers she joined. I cannot see what she actually wrote or what was said to her. I get a list of usernames, that’s it. Without something like that turned on, the only way I’d know anything is if I had her phone unlocked in front of me, or if I’d installed actual monitoring software, which I haven’t because I’m not trying to be the FBI in my own house. I think your mom asking who you’re messaging is almost certainly her just being a curious mom and not her seeing anything. If she had monitoring software you’d probably have noticed something weird on your phone by now, you know?