patronage
the position, encouragement, influence, or support of a patron, as toward an artist, institution, etc.
Not patronage to me... (heck no)... but an ode to... or the non-monetary support of... that stuff that I use, with a dash of meaningless commentary.
In the beginning it was that "G" guy... oh the lessons we learn. Nowadays... it's all about aliases. NO online account should share the same email address OR password. Period.
Tuta
My first dip into domain email... sadly the price stack... increased each and every month for that... ugh.
Mostly because I wanted to help support their green efforts, not convinced on the privacy side, so don't use with reckless abandon.
vpn
I have battled with the notion of #vpn... for years. No longer...
A must for your phone... Always-on VPN and Block connections without VPN enabled. Again... for me there is no turning back... I am a lifer.
Used them for a long time... ownership changed hands, there was a lot of internet rhetoric regarding the move. Rumors they started logging... meh. I maintain my account but use with extreme caution.
A home network requirement... I use it to expose two networks. One for all things internet... the other is for streaming (yep the boob-tube). And sadly... my office... they don't allow me to VPN in over a VPN... go figure.
password
If I am being honest... passwords should NEVER be stored anywhere... but maybe a #veracrypt
volume. But sadly... out of laziness and convenience, I've leaned toward online solutions.
My goto #password manager... always on a #veracrypt volume and is my primary
#totp generator.
Again... out of laziness and convenience... I use this a lot, both for password and #totp.
Just can't beat the ease of it all... I am a lifer.
Was my defacto #password manager... they got goofy. I moved on... though I maintain an
account for fallback.
search
I duck...
At least they claim... privacy. Looks like they are pushing a paywall as well
a.k.a. "Pro", along with #vpn and #browser solutions.
It's future looks complicated...
notes
I like to jot down my thoughts... odd right?
I used #standardnotes for awhile... but they moved toward being an
all-in-one #office application. Then the endless merge conflicts...
#Super mode was wiping out my #markdown... notes
irrecoverable... Note:
(No pun intended) they are now in bed with
Proton...
help or hindrance... only time will tell.
storage
Cloud storage... though I am not a fan, it is useful when sharing large files with others. Bands I have been in have used it to share song ideas... as music files can get huge. End-to-end encryption should be the norm...
phone
I use a #Pixel... wait... what? Yep... but just the hardware.
os
For me there is no other... and to make it worse, I'm an old school #xfce guy.