January 20, 2026, 3:20pm 1

Hello there! I am kinda newish in my journey to a private internet experience and would like some feedback on my current setup that I have been working on for a little while c:

My threat model is basically to stop being tracked big greedy tech, counteract the surveillance by big greedy tech and to try protect my privacy.. from big greedy tech xD

Here is what I have done so far:

Arch Linux with LUKS on home directory

Firefox + Arkenfox

• Extensions: uBlock Origin (Medium settings, javascript blocked), Proton Pass and LibRedirect
• Search engine: DuckDuckGo

Proton

Proton Mail (Gmail for personal/banking stuff, will switch over to proton when I can)

Paid Proton Pass (using aliases for all my logins, passkeys and TOTP for everything)

Proton Calendar

Proton Drive (for basic backups of some files)

GrayJay/Invidious for YouTube, no account connected

RSS feeds for local news

Phone:

Aurora Store and F-Droid for apps

MicroG

Uninstalled all bloatware

For now I don’t have the ability to get off of Discord due to every single one of my friends being on it, I have looked into stoat (revolt) but there is no e2ee yet, but currently I am just using Vesktop and in the near future ill figure something else out.

Another thing that I need to work on my phone, I’m using a rooted samsung phone (I know samsung is shit for privacy) and my device isnt supported with any custom roms, I would like to get a Google Pixel and flash GraphineOS on it at some point but for now that isnt possible.

All of my pictures, notes and contacts are stored locally with no backup to the cloud, it’s just mainly photos of pretty clouds and screenshots, and I barely keep any notes.

I have (and want to) use Mullvad VPN and really enjoyed it, but due to recent financial struggles I had to cut that off temporarily, hoping to get a few months of credit soon. I have also deleted a lot of social media + other accounts that I don’t need to limit my footprint, I am keeping my Microsoft account open for my Minecraft account.

With all of this in mind, how am I doing? and if there are any improvements that I can make please let me know!