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Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by godelski »

newscracker wrote: post #56
godelski wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The idea is that if you operate a server in -eyes territories then your data is not secure. I'm not sure I buy this argument though. We've seen companies just not hold onto data, be served, and release "sorry we got nothing". AFAIK you don't have to create backdoors for the NSA. Canaries are legal. You don't have to store data. So listing if a service is from a -eyes country misses the point really. Point being if th…

What you missed in your reply is the fact that your view is completely U.S. centric. Australia legally requires companies to build backdoors and not disclose them if mandated by the government. Lookup the Assistance and Access Bill from more than a year ago and the concerns around it.

That's a good point. Thank you. But I'd argue that is a different point. Not a *-eyes problem (though that is part of the issue), but rather a backdoor problem. There's a degree of difference.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by 8fingerlouie »

dempedempe wrote: post #29

I'm surprised to see that Fastmail is not listed as a Gmail alternative. I've tried it, Protonmail, and Zoho as replacements. IMO, Fastmail has the simplest interface and best suite of tools. I had trouble setting up an alias with Protonmail. Fastmail provides very clear instructions for this right on the app. Zoho was cool in that it lets you use a custom alias for free, but it just felt too cluttered. I also rememb…

I cut Google from most of my life years ago, and switched mail to MXRoute.com instead. I have nothing but great things to say about them.

Grabbed a special offer back then, 10 years/XX GB for something like $99 total, including all the domains i can think off and all the users i want. Compared to what was available at the time it was super cheap, and it has had like 99% uptime since.

Latest offering, free of charge, is a Nextcloud account for user/calendar/notes syncing.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by DavideNL »

kureikain wrote: post #150

I used Youtube Red for video without ads and google one membership which give me 1TB for evertyhing: photos, docs, drive for up to 5 people. I'm very happy with it. But I read so many stories about people getting banned by google. Recently someone got ban because they used Apple Card. I'm a bit worry about getting block by google photos as well. Anyone know something that cheap as google photo? Basically it gives eve…

It's cheap because you're paying with your privacy. If you don't want to pay with your privacy you'll have to pay with money... choose between the 2, it's that simple.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by CartenLoor »

Paianni wrote: post #86
gitgud wrote: post #23

This reminds me of people trying to cut out plastics from there life. This is hard because plastic is cheap, convinient, useful and it's embedded in every product in modern life.... Just like Google

Plastics can also be the cleanest solution if they are reused over and over.

Alot of the consumer plastics next to ABS and PET is polypropylene, which is hard to reuse or recycle.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by reportgunner »

nallgate wrote: post #94
steelframe wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't have to use ReCaptcha. You just elect to do your business in another way or with another company. For example, I was a lifelong member of a regional bicycling club until they started trying to force me to solve ReCaptchas whenever I'd need to log in to their web site, and they stopped accepting membership dues and event registration fees by a check in the mail. That was easy enough: I stopped giving them mo…

I myself am not a fan of signatures personally. Why would I allow just anyone to see my name written in unique way? What a flagrant violation of my privacy rights! Any time someone wants me to sign something, I don't use the service. A regional company wanted my signature to use their service. At first I was pretty passive aggressive about it, I sent them a drawing of stallman holding an emacs shield and a lisp sword…

Have you tried using a different signature for each respective service ?

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by hardlianotion »

extra88 wrote: post #20
hardlianotion wrote: post #19

Looked at the site. Not sure I understand what flagging the services as 5-eyes, etc. is supposed to mean. Perhaps - sponsored by 5-eyes (that seems to miss the point) - prevents spying by 5-eyes? This seems strange also. Clarifications welcomed.

“The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

Thanks. I should have made clear that I had read up the definitions.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by hardlianotion »

godelski wrote: post #37
hardlianotion wrote: post #19

Looked at the site. Not sure I understand what flagging the services as 5-eyes, etc. is supposed to mean. Perhaps - sponsored by 5-eyes (that seems to miss the point) - prevents spying by 5-eyes? This seems strange also. Clarifications welcomed.

The idea is that if you operate a server in -eyes territories then your data is not secure. I'm not sure I buy this argument though. We've seen companies just not hold onto data, be served, and release "sorry we got nothing". AFAIK you don't have to create backdoors for the NSA. Canaries are legal. You don't have to store data. So listing if a service is from a -eyes country misses the point really. Point being if th…

OK thanks. That makes some sense.

Re: Cutting Google out of your life (2019)

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Post by todotask »

dempedempe wrote: post #29

I'm surprised to see that Fastmail is not listed as a Gmail alternative. I've tried it, Protonmail, and Zoho as replacements. IMO, Fastmail has the simplest interface and best suite of tools. I had trouble setting up an alias with Protonmail. Fastmail provides very clear instructions for this right on the app. Zoho was cool in that it lets you use a custom alias for free, but it just felt too cluttered. I also rememb…

I don’t get the part on custom alias for free?

Only a con for Zoho email is IMAP is no longer a free option, but we do lots of subscription for clients which is quite smooth so far.

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