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 ## Basic Computer Tasks
 
-- [SimpleX Chat](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#zap-quick-installation-of-a-terminal-app) is encrypted chat with no logins at all
-- BorgBackup
+- [SimpleX Chat](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#zap-quick-installation-of-a-terminal-app) is encrypted chat with no logins at all ([Why not Signal?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/why_not_signal.md))
+- [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.org) is a deduplicating backup suite that encrypts traffic during transit.
 - [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the *System Restore* feature in Windows and the *Time Machine* tool in Mac OS
 - [Notational Velocity](https://notational.net/) is an impressive-looking notes-taking app that attempts to optimize the notes-taking interface in ways similar to ao-3.
 
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 ## Cryptography & Cryptocurrency
 
-* tor
-* SimpleX chat
-* bitcoin and lightning (clightning implementation)
+- [tor](https://www.torproject.org/) is a well-tested solution for anonymizing internet traffic. The more people use it, the faster and more secure it is.
+- bitcoin and lightning (clightning implementation) are a fully-functioning alternative currency system that can be a basis for individual financial independence.
 - [Dark Crystal](https://darkcrystal.pw/projects/) social key management allows your friends to back up your keys
 - [Tribler](https://www.tribler.org) is a tor-onion-routing-like bittorrent client
 
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 - [prose.sh](https://prose.sh/) is a blog platform for hackers
 - Etherpad for shared text editing
 - Cryptpad is a self-hosted Google Drive alternative that works great
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+- [TiddlyWiki](https://tiddlywiki.com), a self-hostable wiki
 ## Ad-Hoc & Mesh Networking
 
-* [tuntox](https://github.com/gjedeer/tuntox) "forwards TCP connections over the Tox protocol, which allows low-latency access to distant machines behind NAT you can't control or with a dynamic IP address."
+- [freespace](https://git.coalitionofinvisiblecolleges.org/BlueShirtGuy/freespace) is a new addressing paradigm for p2p UNIX-based networking
+- [tuntox](https://github.com/gjedeer/tuntox) "forwards TCP connections over the Tox protocol, which allows low-latency access to distant machines behind NAT you can't control or with a dynamic IP address."
 - [Reticulum](https://old.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/tqhtgt/i_made_the_prepper_version_of_the_internet/), a [prepper version of the internet](https://old.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/tqhtgt/i_made_the_prepper_version_of_the_internet/)
 - [nostr](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr) is Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays
 	- [awesome-nostr](https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr) is a list of nostr-related software