Coastal IT Group, LLC

Which laptop/desktop would you recommend?

--Laptop: (Average Person) System76 Pangolin, 15": Custom design the system the way you need/want. 8GB of memory will work fine with any LINUX OS, the latest version of Linux Mint Cinnamon or Mate is recomemded,

--Laptop: (On the road / active person, hard on your gear) Panosonic Toughbook 54, same specs as above.

--Laptop: (Your privacy is top priority) System 76 Pangolin, Same as above.

--Desktop: Custom assembled by us with our parts recommendations based on your computer needs, more info here.

--Desktop: System 76 Thelio, design the box with the components you like. Install the flavor of LInux you like.

Which email system would you recomend?

--(Privacy is important) ProtonMail, visit their website to learn more about it; a free account gives you 500MB of storage, 150 messages per day, up to 3 custom folders/labels.

--(Privacy is important) Tutanota, Tutanota is the world's most secure email service, easy to use and private by design. Sign up for free encrypted email now.

--(If you want all your private account informaion leaked to hackers) Highly recomemd Yahoo Email.

Which router/firewall would you recomend?

--(Highly configerable, reasonable price) Ubiquity Networks EdgeRouter

--(Firewall) pfSense Firewall Router

Which Internet browser would you recomend?

--Firefox with the following add-ons installed; Firefox Multi-Account Containers, HTTPS Everywhere, uBlock Origin (there are more, these are trusted)

--Also, research how to access the root settings of Firefox by typing without the quotes "about:config" in the address bar, you can really lock it down. Info on this topic can be found here

Which search engine would you recomend?

--Startpage, it doesn't filter search results.DuckDuckGo can no longer be trusted to present un biased results, see the reason here. To add startpage as your default search engine fillow this link and click the button "Add to Firefox" Startpage

Which data recovery company would you recomend?

$300 Dollar Data Recovery we've used two of the well known data recovery companys on behalf of 4 different clients and both times were told very inaccurate information as to what failed on the drives and that it required opening the drive to recover the data. We decliend the 1200 dollar repair. Using software, we repaired the partition tables and recovered all the data within one hour. At 300 Dollar Data Recovery you'll receive very personal attention from their team..

Which cell phone would you recomend if privacy is important?

-- BraX2 Phone by Rob Braxman .

Which password manager would you recomend?

--KeePassXC - Cross-Platform Password Manager
Never forget a password again.
Securely store passwords using industry standard encryption, quickly auto-type them into desktop applications, and use our browser extension to log into websites.

--SQRL
Secure Quick Reliable Login.

Which iphone/iPad repair shop would you recomend?

iPadRehab
We bring phones back from the dead every day. There is no manual, no instruction book, for what we do. We are the motherboard whisperers.

If you want your mind blown, then watch this repair video here!

Which are quality t-shirts?

--CrazyShirts
The finest quality apparel.

Which wrist watch would you recommend?

After over 35 years of going with the stainless, 200M dive watches, Seiko, Citizen, even the Citizen ECO drive solar power/charging and destroying them all, I'm going back to Casio G-SHOCK Digital. I received the Casico G-Shock Multi-Band 6 Tough Solar Black Strap GWM5610-1 on or about Thursday 2021-01-07 at 1830. I'm going to set up a count down timer to track how long it will last in my possision until it's broken. I've also ordered the GW9400-1 and seriously concidering the GXW-56-1BJF. I do love the analog style watch, but battrey life is 2 years at most, and again, I destroy them. Will post updates here as things develop.

Received the Casio G-Shock Rangeman Solar Atomic 200m Black Resin Watch GW9400-1 on or about 2021-01-11:1630, put it in service immediately, it synced with the atomic clock in Colorado last night perfectly.

Which email system would you recomend?

(Privacy is important) ProtonMail, visit their website to learn more about it; a free account gives you 500MB of storage, 150 messages per day, up to 3 custom folders/labels.

(Privacy is important) Tutanota, Tutanota is the world's most secure email service, easy to use and private by design. Sign up for free encrypted email now.

(If you want all your private account informaion leaked to hackers) Highly recomemd Yahoo Email.

Which protective phone case would you recommend?

Having tried ONLY the Otterbox Defender on several Galaxy Note phones over the last 10 years, I would recomend it however, After a recient upgrade to a new Apple iphone 12 pro Max and installing an Otterbox Defender, it is 100 percent no longer recomended....why? Because the beveled edge surrounding the edge of the screen has been completely removed leaving zero protection for the screen. When the store cleark was asked WTF!!! This is a 50 dollar phone case....WTF happened to it? Answer: People complained that it was way too bulky. My thoughts:People CHOOSE that case for its added protection and don't GAF how bulkey it is!

Went to youtube, researched and found a 20 dollar case that now blows away the 50 dollar Otterbox Defender..... Walmart brand onn, model WIBCLR100019703 Currently in use on said upgraded phone. It's awesome and the price is awesome! Phone case can be found here

Which email system would you recomend?

(Privacy is important) ProtonMail, visit their website to learn more about it; a free account gives you 500MB of storage, 150 messages per day, up to 3 custom folders/labels.

(Privacy is important) Tutanota, Tutanota is the world's most secure email service, easy to use and private by design. Sign up for free encrypted email now.

(If you want all your private account informaion leaked to hackers) Highly recomemd Yahoo Email.