{"id":2432,"date":"2021-04-07T17:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T01:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2021-04-10T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T23:36:57","slug":"off-the-matrix-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/07\/off-the-matrix-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Matrix Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Namecheap Shared Hosting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/17\/namecheap-dynamic-dns-update-service\/\">Free Dynamic DNS<\/a> with domain (Namecheap has a <a href=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/18\/namecheap-dynamic-dns-update-client-for-windows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2314\">free Windows client<\/a>. Use <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/zoneclient.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">zoneclient<\/a> for Linux)<\/li><li>Email (IMAP): usese Maildir (for those who need migration)<\/li><li>Contacts: CardDav (use DavX5 adapter on Android)<\/li><li>Calendar: CalDav (use DavX5 adapter on Android)<\/li><li>Notes\/Tasks: NextCloud (can sync with NextCloud&#8217;s built-in CalDav server)<\/li><li>Blog: WordPress<\/li><li>And of course, your own website!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>VPS Hosting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NextCloud has File-On-Demand (like OneDrive) called Virtual File System (VFS)<\/li><li>YunoHost: easy to use modular self-hosting<\/li><li>UBOS Linux: distro for self-hosting. Even works for Raspberry Pi<\/li><li>Awesome-Selfhosted:  has many free web services packages<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone (Android only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>De-google your phone with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">microG<\/a> Project<\/li><li>Play store: F-droid (Bonus: many open source apps that are paid apps on Google store offer the full version for free on F-droid to encourage you to move away from Google Play), Yalp Store<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/restoreprivacy.com\" target=\"_blank\">restoreprivacy.com<\/a><\/li><li>Rob Braxman Tech (He knows about the nasty dictators like the Chinese Communist Party. Don&#8217;t think you are safe in America. The reach of the Chinese Communist Party Mafia, formerly known as the Chinese SOVIET Republic) is beyond our imagination.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatives to Big Tech respecting privacy (for now)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Search (Google): DuckDuckGo<\/li><li>Browser (Chrome): Brave<\/li><li>Email (Gmail): see above (self-host) or ProtonMail (zero knowledge encryption)<\/li><li>Cloud (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc): see above (self-host) or use zero-knowledge encryption<\/li><li>Text\/Chat (Whatsapp, Line): Signal App<\/li><li>Calling: Telegram has better voice quality than signal, but sometimes it has weird behavior on certain phones. Telegram does not have zero-knowledge proof, so it&#8217;s up to Pavel Durov (he&#8217;s usually good at not bending to totalitarians).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatives to Big Tech that refuses to censor and manipulate users (for now)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Video (Youtube): Odysee (LBRY), Rumble<\/li><li>Facebook: MeWe<\/li><li>Twitter: Gab, Safechat, CloutHub has a crappy search feature, Parler now has PC bots patrolling and misfiring<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Zero-knowledge encryption means the server have no access to the info you put in there as they are all encrypted and protected by a password which only you have (preferably use zero-knowledge proof so the owner of the server do not have any master keys to see your data: you lost the key and the data is practically gone forever)<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_2432\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"2432\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namecheap Shared Hosting Free Dynamic DNS with domain (Namecheap has a free Windows client. 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