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A year ago, I made a video on the best

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apps for Graphene OS. Well, some things

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have changed since then. I've removed

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some apps from the list and I've added

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some as well. This is what's on my phone

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today, ranked by [music] how essential

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each one is to me, S tier down to D. I

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don't have a lot of apps installed on my

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phone, so if your favorite app isn't on

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the list, let me know in the comments.

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Now, let's start with the two apps I use

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most on my phone. [music] The main

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purpose of a phone is to communicate

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with people, texts and calls, but SMS

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text messages and phone calls are

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extremely unprivate. So, I use Signal

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instead. Signal is an end-to-end

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encrypted, open-source messaging app for

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texting and calling. It basically gives

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you a WhatsApp-style experience without

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needing a meta service, which is great

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[music] since Meta is one of the worst

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companies on Earth. I use Signal every

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day, multiple times a day. It's an easy

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S tier. [music] The only downside of

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Signal is that it currently requires a

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phone number, but you can still use it

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privately by getting a more private

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voice-over-IP number. Unlike many other

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services, Signal does not require a

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number that's connected to a physical

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[music] SIM or eSIM. And I use another

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app, which is on this list, for my

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private VoIP numbers. More on that

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later. Now, you could replace Signal on

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this list with another private encrypted

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messaging app, such as Session or

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SimpleX, but for me, all my contacts are

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on Signal, so that's [music] what I use.

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Next up is F-Droid Music Player. This

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one is a simple, open-source music

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player for your MP3 library, and it's a

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great private alternative to something

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like Spotify. It's my number two most

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used app because I have a large music

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library, which I listen to just about

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every day. If you're still using

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Spotify, but you hate getting harvested

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of your data, Spotify Music Player works

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very well. Another S tier. [music] For

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the most part, I use my phone for

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messaging and as an MP3 player, but I

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still like to have a connection to

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cellular data while I'm out of my house.

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This next one isn't an app, but it is

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what I use to get private mobile data.

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It's [music] called Silent Link. It's a

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private eSIM service that works

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worldwide, no ID required. I've used it

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for years in multiple countries, and

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it's always worked for me. They don't

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even require an email or a phone number

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to create an account, and you can top up

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your balance with cryptocurrency. It's

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an S tier. [music] I really wouldn't

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want to live without it. And then this

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next app is what I use to get private

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voice over IP numbers. It's called

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Keyogram. [music]

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It is an XMPP-based

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chat app. XMPP is a decentralized

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communication protocol, but the real

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reason that I use Keyogram is so that I

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can [music] use a service called

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jmp.chat

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for private voice over IP numbers. I

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have multiple numbers from this service,

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[music] including the one I use for my

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Signal account. I also use these numbers

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for two-factor [music] authentication

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codes when I need it. You can even make

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phone calls and send text messages

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[music]

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using these numbers. The app itself can

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be a bit confusing to use, but still it

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is absolutely essential. A tier. [music]

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For more information on how to set up

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and use Silent Link and private voice

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over IP numbers on Keyogram, check out

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this video I made a while back, and it

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will walk you through the whole process.

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Okay, on to email. I used to use

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ProtonMail, but now I use Tuta, an

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encrypted email service. Now, keep in

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mind that email itself is really

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unprivate, but at least with Tuta, the

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contents of your inbox are encrypted. It

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keeps your messages private from the

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prying eyes of a company [music] like

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Google. Tuta isn't reading all your

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emails and advertising to you based on

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your private messages. I do generally

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prefer using services like this in the

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browser [music] and also on my PC, but I

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made an exception for email because I do

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use it so often on my phone. [music] And

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the Tuta app is open source, so I'm not

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too bothered by it. It isn't essential

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to have the app, but it is very

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important to me, and [music] it is an

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excellent email service. Tuta is going

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in B tier. It doesn't have the best

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>> [music]

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>> user interface. ProtonMail is probably

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better in this way, but Tuta is what I

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use, and I really like it. Next up is a

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note-taking [music] app called Joplin.

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It is open source and it allows you to

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sync all your notes between your phone

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and PC. [music] It is a good app, but I

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don't use it too often. I find myself

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using Signal for note taking instead.

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When I have a quick thought to write

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down and all I have is my phone, I just

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send myself a message on Signal in the

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notes [music] to self. Signal is just so

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convenient to use and you can even set

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your notes to auto delete. And this is

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really important because I've had my

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phone stolen before and I've had a

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friend leak my Signal chats [music]

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without using auto delete. Well, I've

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learned my lesson. I always use auto

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delete now. Now, don't get me wrong.

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Joplin is a very good app and you should

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probably check it out if you want a note

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[music] taking app. But for me, it's D

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tier. I really don't need it on my

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phone. Fossify calendar. This one is

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[music] a simple open source calendar

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that looks and works very similar to the

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default calendar on a Google Android

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phone. At least I [music] think that's

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the case. It's been many years now since

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I've used a Google phone. But the thing

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about GrapheneOS is that it doesn't have

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a built-in [music] calendar. So, if you

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need one, Fossify is providing a great

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option. A tier. LibreTorrent. I use

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qBittorrent [music]

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on my Linux PC and that's where I

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normally download torrents, but

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sometimes I prefer to download straight

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to my phone and that's when I use

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LibreTorrent. [music] It's an open

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source torrent client. It's not totally

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essential for me, but if you need

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torrents on your phone, this one is good

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and very easy to use. B tier. Proton

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Drive. It's what I use for cloud

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storage. For the longest time, I avoided

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cloud storage altogether, but recently I

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started using Proton Drive while

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traveling so I could back up important

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files in case of theft or confiscation

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of my phone at the border. Even though

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Proton Drive is an encrypted cloud

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storage service, I still generally

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prefer to encrypt files myself too

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before uploading [music] them to the

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cloud. One example of how I use this app

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is I keep my password database here as

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backup so that I can access my passwords

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from anywhere in the world. A tier. Next

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up is the VPN that I've been using for

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years now and that is Mullvad VPN. They

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are very highly respected among private

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people. Mullvad has a no log policy, so

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they don't collect your internet usage

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data. And to prove this, they're also

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third-party audited. They don't require

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you to make an account. They just

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provide you with a user number. You

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don't even need to give them your email

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address or any other identifying

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information like you might with a

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service like NordVPN. They also accept

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private payment methods like crypto

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[music] or even cash in an envelope.

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Like I said, I've been using Mullvad VPN

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for years and it is definitely an S

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tier. But there is another VPN I've been

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testing out. So I have the app on my

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phone as well, and that is Obscura VPN.

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[music] When you use something like

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Mullvad, it is still technically

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possible for them to log your internet

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activity. That's why they need to get

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third-party audits. Without that, it

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would be impossible to trust them. You'd

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have to just take their word. Obscura

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VPN is different. They've made it

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impossible for themselves to take logs.

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[music] They do this by using a

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two-party VPN protocol. That means

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Obscura only sees your IP address and

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their Mullvad run exit node only sees

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[music] your internet traffic. Neither

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party sees both. And so for Obscura, a

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no log policy has become unnecessary.

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This is a very interesting way of

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running a private VPN. And so I've been

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testing it out on both Linux and [music]

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GrapheneOS. For now, Mullvad is still my

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daily driver, but Obscura VPN is on my

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radar. A tier.

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Orbot. This is an app that allows you to

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access the internet through the Tor

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network, [music] which is really good

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for when you want some extra privacy.

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Tor is like a VPN, but it doesn't rely

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on a single so it's more [music] private

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but also way slower. Orbot itself is a

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very good app and I used to use it all

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the time, but lately I haven't been

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using it so much. So it's just been

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sitting on my phone. If I really need to

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do something private, I usually take it

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to the Tor browser on my PC anyway. So

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while having the ability to use Tor on a

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GrapheneOS phone is nice, I don't think

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this app is essential for most people,

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including me. C tier. Cryptomator is an

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app that allows you to create encrypted

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folders on your phone. Before I started

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using it, before I had even [music] ever

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heard of it, I realized that my

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documents and downloads folders on my

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phone had way too many personal files,

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and that if my phone was ever stolen

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while unlocked, that would be really

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bad. And hey, my phone was stolen while

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unlocked not so long ago. So, I was

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lucky that I was already using

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Cryptomator to encrypt my files. I

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really like this app, and although I

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don't need to use it that often, it is

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rather essential on my phone because it

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lets me keep more files on there without

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sacrificing my privacy and security.

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Seriously, take a look at your own

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phone. How many files do you have

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sitting in there without any protection?

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[music] You may want to consider trying

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out Cryptomator. This one is A tier. And

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next up is Aegis Authenticator, [music]

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and it is one of the best alternatives

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to something like Google Authenticator.

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These are apps that help you secure your

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accounts with two-factor authentication

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codes so that you don't have to use text

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messages [music]

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or email for 2FA. I use this app every

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day, and it is S tier. And this next app

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is kind of a boring one, but also one of

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the most important. [music] It's KeePass

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DX. If you choose to manage your

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passwords on your GrapheneOS phone,

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KeePass DX is a top choice. It's what

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I've been using for years because it's

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open source, and you can use the same

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password database file on your phone and

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your PC. Now, if you want your passwords

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to sync automatically between devices,

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you'll have to consider a different app,

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maybe Bitwarden or Proton Pass or

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something like that. But for me, well, I

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don't like relying on a third party for

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password management, so KeePass DX is

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[music] the one that I want to use. S

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tier. A few months ago, my phone was

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stolen, and this next app could have

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saved me, or at least protected my data

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by locking the phone down. But I didn't

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have it back then. I only found out

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about it after, when a viewer left a

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comment about it. It's called Private

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Lock, and it protects your data in case

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your phone is ever stolen, like mine

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was. When someone grabs your phone from

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your hand, Private Lock uses the phone's

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gyroscope to detect the motion of the

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grab, and it automatically turns off the

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screen and locks the device. If you live

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somewhere where phone theft is more of a

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possibility, you should definitely take

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a closer look at this one. Some people

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might only want it when traveling

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somewhere less safe, though. For me,

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however, this app is just permanent now.

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I'll be keeping it on my phone no matter

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where I am, even if I'm [music] in a

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safe first-world neighborhood, because,

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well, I recently had my phone snatched

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out of my hand, and having this app

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makes me feel more secure. It isn't a

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particularly fun app to use. It can lock

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your phone just from normal movement

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sometimes. [music] But with this app,

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when you need it, you really need it.

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B-tier. Now, onto the browser.

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Fortunately, GrapheneOS includes a

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really good secure browser called

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Vanadium. [music] You could just use

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this one, but I like Brave browser, too.

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It's what I use on my PC, and so I have

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both installed on [music] my phone.

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They're just browsers, so I won't go

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into great detail here, but they both

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have all the features you'd expect in a

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privacy-focused browser, and they both

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work perfectly well. Vanadium, since

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it's included in the operating system on

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GrapheneOS, won't be included on this

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tier list, but where does Brave browser

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fit in?

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>> [music]

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>> It is an excellent app, but I'll be

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putting it in the C-tier, because I

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really don't need it, but I also don't

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want to get rid of it. [music] I use it

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all the time. An email is another email

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app, but it's very different than

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something like [music] Tuta or

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ProtonMail. It is email built on Nostr,

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an open, decentralized communication

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protocol that uses cryptographic key

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pairs. The cool thing about Nostr is

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that it's censorship-resistant. There's

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no third party that can shut you down.

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the private email providers like Proton

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or Tuta, you could technically have your

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account taken away from you. It's not

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the case with An email on Nostr, and you

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can still use it to email with any

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regular email address. If I'm using An

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email, I can send an email to your

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ProtonMail address from my An email

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address, no problem. So, it is a very

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cool idea, but I haven't really started

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using it so much yet. The app is on my

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phone because I've been meaning to try

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it out. And if you want to try it out,

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too, you can download it from the app

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store,

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>> [music]

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>> which is called Zapp Store at

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zappstore.dev.

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You can also use it in the browser if

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you want at app.nostrmail.org.

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I guess this one's another C tier. I

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don't need it. I haven't used it much

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yet, but I want to keep it on my phone

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for now so I can actually try it out. I

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wouldn't say yet that this is a best app

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on GrapheneOS, but I had to include it

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in this list because it's just so

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interesting. And finally, AntennaPod. I

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use AntennaPod to subscribe to, manage,

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and listen to any podcasts. [music]

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It's open source and easy to use. It is

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another app that I use every day, and

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I've never had any issues. It's just

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such a great alternative to using

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something like Spotify for podcasts.

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[music] There's no algorithm, no ads,

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and no tracking by Big Tech. For me,

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this one's an S tier. So, where do you

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download all of these apps on

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GrapheneOS? The most popular app stores

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are F-Droid, Aurora Store, Obtainium,

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Sandboxed Google Play, and Accrescent.

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Personally, I don't use Google Play, but

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I do use the [music] rest. The reason I

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don't use Google Play is because I don't

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want to tie a Google account to my app

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downloads. You can check out this video

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I made a while back for a comparison

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between Obtainium and F-Droid, but yeah,

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these days I'm not too picky. I use

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[music] all of these app stores. And

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here's the final tier list. Let me know

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in the comments what apps you would add

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to this list. [music] And for more on

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GrapheneOS and other privacy topics, be

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sure to watch one of these videos next.