Leaving Big Tech and switching to European services

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As Linux users, we are not fans of huge corps using our data for their own profits. I wanted to share my collection of replacement tools because privacy has never been more important than it is today. Apps I use daily are: Signal, Briar, Delta Chat, Tuta Mail

Here's a longer list of European alternatives, as I think they are better than Big Tech.

Operating systems: Linux

Email (web & apps): Tuta Mail

Search Engine: Qwant , Ecosia

Desktop environments: KDE, Cinnamon, Unity, GNOME

Mobile operating systems: /e/ , Sailfish , KDE Plasma Mobile , Ubuntu Touch

Office suite: LibreOffice, OnlyOffice

Cloud storage: Tresorit, Murrena cloud

3D printing: Prusa

Cell phones: Nokia/HMD, Nothing, Gigaset, Fairphone

Computer manufacturers: Star Labs, Tuxedo, Slimbook, Raspberry Pi

CAD: Solidworks

Web browser: Waterfox , Vivaldi , Firefox

Translation: DeepL

VPN: Mullvad , Tor Browser

Social network: Mastodon

Messaging: Signal, Delta Chat, Briar
 
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Your topic seems to be have a policitcal tone to it, politics aren't allowed to be discussed. It would have been better if you left out any specific country and just named options for better privacy and then you could have added to an already exisiting topic which was already about how to regain control and privacy.
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Thread 'A list of online services to regain control over your privacy online'

Over the last months I've been testing various online services that I find to be among the best alternatives to mainstream services:

1. DuckDuckGo or Searx instead of Google, Bing, Yandex, Yahoo and others
2. Rumble instead YouTube
3. Lingva Translate instead of Google Translate, Bing translate or Yandex translate etc.
4. OpenStreeMap instead of Google Maps or Bing Maps
5. Proton Mail instead of Outlook, Tutanota, GMail and others

Bonus to these is software and addons which is used to access these services as well as other web sites since they affect...
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f33dm3bits said:
Your topic seems to be have a policitcal tone to it, politics aren't allowed to be discussed.
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Agreed


@xenixt please remove all references that are political before the admin come along and delete it all
 
UK wants backdoor to your encrypted data.
Sweeden wants the same (although this may not be approved).
EU is censoring stuff it should not.

Point is just picking something does not fix any of the i ternet issues.

Also to the point one can't combine Mulvad VPN with Tor (works with other VPN providers). This is technical issue but again just because this is not "BigTech" (meaning US) is not solving all the problems that uses are facing now.
 
Reminder to all:

No politics.

That makes some subjects difficult to discuss. That's fine. You can discuss those topics elsewhere on the web.
 
No point on comparing European countries with the US as some of them can be even worse. Chose services by their principles and their reputation. In this forum most users are aware of the services you listed, we are digitally aware
 
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The topic brings about an interest in the many and various forms of "eyes" which routinely gather info from people, world wide.

The article below gives an idea of just how extensive this is.

So when Firefox or Librewolf etc etc etc tell you your info etc is safe with them.... it is bs. The great majority of info is gathered via ISP's

There is only ONE action that safeguards your info....and that is encryption.....and even then, BOTH sender and receiver of emails MUST be BOTH using encryption.

Good Luck

Then again if your emails cover such rivetting topics as your aunties fruit cake recipe, and the mating habits of the rhesus monkey, you will hopefully fall to a lesser position on their radar

protonvpn.com

What countries are in the 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, and 14 Eyes agreements? | Proton VPN

A list of the Five Eyes countries of the UKUSA and other intelligence-sharing agreements, including the Nine Eyes and Fourteen Eyes.
protonvpn.com protonvpn.com
 
f33dm3bits said:
Your topic seems to be have a policitcal tone to it, politics aren't allowed to be discussed. It would have been better if you left out any specific country and just named options for better privacy and then you could have added to an already exisiting topic which was already about how to regain control and privacy.
CaffeineAddict

Thread 'A list of online services to regain control over your privacy online'

Over the last months I've been testing various online services that I find to be among the best alternatives to mainstream services:

1. DuckDuckGo or Searx instead of Google, Bing, Yandex, Yahoo and others
2. Rumble instead YouTube
3. Lingva Translate instead of Google Translate, Bing translate or Yandex translate etc.
4. OpenStreeMap instead of Google Maps or Bing Maps
5. Proton Mail instead of Outlook, Tutanota, GMail and others

Bonus to these is software and addons which is used to access these services as well as other web sites since they affect...
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Better to merge this topic with the topic I mentioned earlier since it's basically the same topic idea?
 
Thanks, Maarten.

Just posted links there.

merging would be a job of work for our Mods & Admins....could be a bit complex

Their call.
 

Condobloke said:
The topic brings about an interest in the many and various forms of "eyes" which routinely gather info from people, world wide.

The article below gives an idea of just how extensive this is.

So when Firefox or Librewolf etc etc etc tell you your info etc is safe with them.... it is bs. The great majority of info is gathered via ISP's

There is only ONE action that safeguards your info....and that is encryption.....and even then, BOTH sender and receiver of emails MUST be BOTH using encryption.

Good Luck

Then again if your emails cover such rivetting topics as your aunties fruit cake recipe, and the mating habits of the rhesus monkey, you will hopefully fall to a lesser position on their radar

protonvpn.com

What countries are in the 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, and 14 Eyes agreements? | Proton VPN

A list of the Five Eyes countries of the UKUSA and other intelligence-sharing agreements, including the Nine Eyes and Fourteen Eyes.
protonvpn.com protonvpn.com
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No, encryption is not enough.
 
You had best explain why encryption is unsufficient
 
Condobloke said:
You had best explain why encryption is unsufficient
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Because if a BigTech company has the keys to the encryption used on your data they can decrypt it, meaning they can decrypt your data.
 
f33dm3bits said:
Better to merge this topic with the topic I mentioned earlier since it's basically the same topic idea?
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There can be several threads on this topic, no need in my opinion to merge them all in one mega thread that in the the end will make no sense reading it. OCD needs treatment
 
Condobloke said:
The encryption in Proton Mail ensures that the provider itself can’t decrypt or read your emails.

privacysavvy.com

Proton Mail vs. Tuta: Who wins the battle for the best secure email?

Tuta and Proton Mail are the leading services for email privacy. We compare ProtonMail vs Tuta head to head to find the best one.
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Your inbox receives incoming mails from many different sources all around the world, if your provider isn't rigged there is no way to catch all those messages on the fly while they are unencrypted. The benefit of a secure provider is that has no access to your inbox and therefore no one has. In your inbox is the useful information that you want privet. After a decade of use there is almost everything about you in there
 
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