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How To De-Google-ify Your Life: The Complete Guide To Leaving Google

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Post by vezzy-fnord »

chimeracoder wrote: post #7
helicoidal wrote: post #4

No self-hosted/FOSS alternatives. This is a bit disappointing.

I could have sworn I saw an EFF (?) link back in June (post-Snowden) containing a list of FOSS alternatives to a bunch of services (Gmail, Skype, Google Analytics), etc. For some reason I can't find it now, though - hopefully someone else has this saved somewhere. EDIT Thanks to vezzy-fnord below: https://prism-break.org/en/ They seem to have updated their layout since then, but I'm fairly certain this is the same si…

https://prism-break.org/en/

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chimeracoder wrote: post #7
helicoidal wrote: post #4

No self-hosted/FOSS alternatives. This is a bit disappointing.

I could have sworn I saw an EFF (?) link back in June (post-Snowden) containing a list of FOSS alternatives to a bunch of services (Gmail, Skype, Google Analytics), etc. For some reason I can't find it now, though - hopefully someone else has this saved somewhere. EDIT Thanks to vezzy-fnord below: https://prism-break.org/en/ They seem to have updated their layout since then, but I'm fairly certain this is the same si…

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Post by joelrunyon »

vezzy-fnord wrote: post #9

Hush Mail – Hushmail is free email service with privacy and no ads. I haven’t used this personally but it’s a good option for the privacy-conscious. It certainly is. If you intend on getting fucked over. Hushmail has a history of complying with arbitrary appeals, and has sent plaintext transcripts of messages many times in the past. Look it up. Jacob Appelbaum also explicitly warned to stay away from them at this yea…

Will add startpage to the list. Thanks!

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Post by hrkristian »

sb23 wrote: post #5

"At least with these options, you’re diversifying the companies you give your data to." Why is this better than giving it to one company? Won't I just get more ads?

The argument is the same as applied to governance, you don't want to give one person or entity too much power.

I find the crusade against Google ridiculous for the most part, they're one of the few entities who are doing actual, quantifiable good in this world whilst demanding surprisingly little of me. Compare with for instance Facebook which is really just Zuckerberg's boyish stalker-fetish turned billion-dollar industry.

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Post by pedalpete »

I don't think you really can 'De-Google-ify' your life.

Think about it, if you visit a site and they're using Google Analytics, you're part of Google data. Same with sites using adwords. Firefox and Google are partners (hence the default Google Search in Firefox). You can avoid hosting your videos on youtube, but are you really not going to watch YouTube videos? Ever??

In the end, though you can cancel your Google Accounts, and not 'actively' use their services, you'd have to block adsense and analytics in your browser, but if you're doing that, you're really harming the site-owner more than google (I suspect).

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