https://app.skiff.org/ for E2EE Google Docs. Even has a direct integration to make the migration
Just saw they raised their Series A. It seems like more and more players are entering the privacy space these days.
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Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#22Can we assume you're also trying to avoid iOS?
Alternatives to Android:
1. Librem - https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
2. Pine - https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
[Disclaimer - I haven't used these devices.]
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#23> I want to eventually move away, especially gmail
register your own domain name, either for personal or professional purposes
take some basic security precautions on your domain registrar account, use a long complex password that's not used for any other service anywhere else on the internet, and set up some form of 2FA for logins as well.
control your own authoritative DNS zonefile and choose where to set your MX records
choose a 3rd party email service such as the other recommendation here, fastmail, and set the MX records, SPF and DKIM appropriately
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#24Start here. An app that helps you deploy your own server with various tools you need. Platform on user's hosting provider for deploying private services, managed via mobile application. https://selfprivacy.org/en/
Is there anything similar for the self-hosted space?
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#25I'm still looking for an alternative e-mail provider that is more privacy-conscious than Google, still works with ordinary IMAP and is based in the EU so I get to actually benefit from EU data protection. Haven't found one that ticks all boxes yet, but going with a US company doesn't appear to change much as I'm not a US citizen and hence fair game once my data is on US servers and I guess it inevitably will end up there, and encryption schemes that won't work with IMAP are too cumbersome (I tried); ideally they also have contacts and calendar that work with the iOS/macOS apps. Would love to de-google at least email on the domain I own but it's not as easy as I'd expected.
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#26Fastmail for email. I used to use syncthing to maintain backups and syncing, but eventually just gave into iCloud as a compromise. Setting up and maintaining syncthing on wife and kids devices became a pain. DuckDuckGo for search. Dropping down to google when I’m stuck. Honestly I’ve found google worse for technical topics due to all the junk websites that recycle content. You’ll be fighting against the current tryin…
You can install /e/os on a lot of android phones. I've been happy with it. https://e.foundation/
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#27https://app.skiff.org/ for E2EE Google Docs. Even has a direct integration to make the migration
Thanks for sharing! Happy to answer any questions.
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#28I have been using Fastmail for roughly three years now and happy with it. https://www.fastmail.com/gmail-alternative/
I really like the new Masked Email feature.
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#29I'm still looking for an alternative e-mail provider that is more privacy-conscious than Google, still works with ordinary IMAP and is based in the EU so I get to actually benefit from EU data protection. Haven't found one that ticks all boxes yet, but going with a US company doesn't appear to change much as I'm not a US citizen and hence fair game once my data is on US servers and I guess it inevitably will end up t…
Did you consider ProtonMail?
Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Google
#30This has already been discussed extensively on HN in the past. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
We get these posts every 60 days like clockwork.