On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:36:50 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

You should never trust outsiders and middle-persons!

While this article isn't complete, it is a start on what NOT to use.
o The paranoid person¢s guide to online privacy
https://www.fastcompany.com/90316917/the-paranoid-persons-guide-to-online-privacy

Note: The article omits Epic & Opera but talks about "Brave", so it's not a
great article, but it's a start for those who are clueless about privacy.

The article lists 8 "things" you can do, which, summarized a
1. Ditch Facebook / Instagram / WhatsApp
2. Make Twitter & Reddit anonymous & private
3. Use a burner phone for 2-factor authentication
4. Say goodbye to Google searches
5. Use a secure browser
6. Use a VPN
7. Say goodbye to smart home products & android
8. Use a secure messaging app

On the browsers, they're pretty wrong since they mention "Brave" but not
Epic or Opera (both of which are "more private" than Brave is, IMHO).

On the Google searches, they mention DDG but not StartPage, so they're
incomplete.

On the burner phone, they suggest a "burner" app if you don't use a
physical phone (which, of course, is better but you have to figure out how
to anonymously pay for the phone service), but the burner app they suggest
requires your phone number & costs money, so if you're going to go that
route, there are FREE apps that do that too (e.g., TextNow or Talkatone or
2ndLine, etc.).

On the secure messaging app, the problem isn't you, it's the _other_ person
has to use the same app.

On Android, they're just dead wrong.
o What is the factual truth about PRIVACY differences or similarities between the Android & iOS mobile phone ecosystems?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/FCKRA_3i9CY

In short, the article is ok for people how know nothing about privacy but
they got a few things dead wrong and they skipped scores of things that can
easily be done to increase privacy (e.g., like saving files in encrypted
containers, passing your password across encrypted containers, doing
calendaring only on your local lan, etc.).