These are just my recommendations in most cases. There are lots, and LOTS of options, and you can decide if these ones work for you. None of these are sponsored recommendations.
Security
- Mullvad VPN – Entirely anonymous, feature packed VPN for a good price
- Enpass – Password manager that only stores passwords locally – no cloud backup
- WhereGoes – URL path checker
- Ente Auth – Open Source 2FA service, E2EE backups
Privacy
- Signal – E2EE messaging and calling platform
- Proton – Free E2EE mail client and drive, paid package includes way more stuff
- Cryptgeon – E2EE Note and File Sharing
- 10 Minute Mail – temporary anonymous email addresses
- DeleteMe – service which continually removes you from data brokers
- Redact – mass delete or anonymize social media posts
Alternatives to (X)
- OSMAnd – Alternative to Google Maps, offline navigation and open source map data
- Ente – Alternative to Google Photos, E2EE photo storage
- Matrix – Alternative to Discord, E2EE forum/communication platform
- Mastodon – Alternative to Twitter, a federated microblogging and social platform
Content Sharing and Access
- Soulseek – direct music sharing
- Stremio – video streaming aggregator
- Torrentio – Stremio plugin which scrapes torrent hubs for streams
- qBittorrent – the most popular torrent platform
- Beginners Guide to Piracy – what it says on the tin
- Paywall Reader – paywall bypass options
- Unogs – what countries have media available for location spoofing