February 3, 2026, 2:51pm 1
as-salam alaikum everyone, I pray whoever is reading this post is doing well 
i’ve acquired the desire to take my privacy + security much more seriously for the past couple of months, especially since I plan on retiring (or semi-retiring) within the next 5 years, buying land to start a farm, and to settle down and start a family, Insha’Allah.
anyways, i’m still new when it comes to the privacy world so i wanted to ask the more well-versed folk in this forum for some tips or things i can improve with my current setup to have better security + privacy. below is a list of stuff that I am currently utilizing from the top of my head:
• pixel 9a w/ g…
February 3, 2026, 2:51pm 1
as-salam alaikum everyone, I pray whoever is reading this post is doing well
i’ve acquired the desire to take my privacy + security much more seriously for the past couple of months, especially since I plan on retiring (or semi-retiring) within the next 5 years, buying land to start a farm, and to settle down and start a family, Insha’Allah.
anyways, i’m still new when it comes to the privacy world so i wanted to ask the more well-versed folk in this forum for some tips or things i can improve with my current setup to have better security + privacy. below is a list of stuff that I am currently utilizing from the top of my head:
• pixel 9a w/ grapheneos
• proton suite (vpn, pass, drive, mail)
• incogni
• brave browser + firefox
• t480 thinkpad w/ pop!_os
• session + signal
• google messages w/ sms
when it comes to social media, I’m planning on deleting all my accounts and I guess downloading whatever data I have from them (would this even be necessary?). I want to make it so that my online presence essentially is almost nonexistent.
this setup is for my everyday life outside of work (I feel like if I talked about what I use for work some folks here might have a heartattack hahahaha). anyways, is there anywhere or anything you guys think I can improve upon my current setup or should add to it?
I recognize that this post might not really be all that nuanced so it might be challenging to give me a really good answer/recommendation, so if you need more info from me please feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer, Insha’Allah.