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* -- these apps can also be installed directly from F-droid [https://f-droid.org] - an alternative app installer, similar to a regular app shop.

In general F-droid supports only open source apps.

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Youtube without adverts, no login required for 18+ content [strong language].

They allow:

• downloading content,
• playing in the background,
• PIP play.
• They might help to avoid tracking by G,
• play videos as audio only [Libre].
• They might temporarily stop working if G, make changes affecting how video from YT is extracted.

Android:

* LibreTube - https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
* NewPipe - https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe
* PIpePipe - https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe

Windows:

Freetube https://freetubeapp.io

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VeraCrypt - disc encryption [whole system / partition / container-file]. It is based on TrueCrypt, software which development was unexpectedly abandoned
https://veracrypt.eu/en/

Snowden used TrueCrypt.

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KeePass Password Safe - storage of passwords - multiplatform
* https://keepass.info

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Syncthing - synchronizing [backing up files] on one's own network. Not advised for a backup because if config muddled, it is easy to loose files, but that's what may people are using it for.

Also features encryption of remote files, rendering 'backups' unreadable - files could be kept on friend's hard drive far away, without being compromised,
* https://syncthing.net

There is also *Syncthing Fork, that might be more suitable for Android phone users, although it is not written by original crew

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Ventoy - program lets the user to move Linux ISO image on USB and test/use this way almost all distributions [versions]
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

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Fairly secure messengers [as long as device itself is not compromised] [example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncroChat ]

https://signal.org
https://element.io - TRP.red channel is on it

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DroidFS - encrypted container for files for Android
* https://forge.chapril.org/hardcoresushi/DroidFS/re...

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Wasteline - calorie counter - weight tracker
* https://github.com/davidhealey/waistline

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Librera - ebook reader - text to voice
* https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader

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Joplin - note taker. Android, iPhone, Apple - database can be synced with **Syncthing** between your own devices, without the use of external service, although they run server for it as well
* https://joplinapp.org

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LosslessCut - fast & lossless video cutter - Apple, Linux, Windows
https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut

HandBrake - video transcoder / encoder - Apple, WIndows, Linux
https://handbrake.fr/

mp3DirectCut - fast & lossless mp3 cutter
https://mpesch3.de/