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Re-Focusing on Privacy-Focused Applications - Where to Begin? (self.technology)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Rekorse to c/technology

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Now, I am hoping I am not the only one in this community who has realized that privacy should be one of the top considerations when choosing what software to use on any device.

Leaving Reddit has been the catalyst for me to realize this, as silly as that might sound, and now I have to re-evaluate my list of "convenient" apps that are in NO WAY secure or private.

I want to ask everyone here if they have any recommendations for essentially replacement applications for all of the major categories of software that we use on our computers and mobile devices.

For example, here are some of the switches I made today: Chrome Mobile > Opera Mobile Chrome Desktop > Opera Desktop Facebook Messenger > Signal Facebook Social Media > No alternative just deleted it.

My hope with this post is that we can have a discussion on privacy apps in general as trying to track down information for each sector one by one and test each out can be arduous.

To kick off the discussion here are some other categories that I have not figured out an answer for yet:

Search Engines (duckduckgo is mentioned a lot, why?) Operating Systems Cloud Storage Email Providers Podcasts Video/Music Services (Youtube, Paid services, etc) Environment Specific advice for Android, iOS, and any others.

Also if it makes sense, should we consider privacy when choosing, say, a news website to frequent? Or would browser choice ultimately be the decider there.

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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

privacyguides.org has been a great resource for years now. They also have a community at !privacyguides@lemmy.one

Edit: Specifically the tools page if you're only looking for recommendations

[–] nlm 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lemmy.one is run by the guy behind privacyguides as well :)

[–] furrowsofar 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a Privacy Guides community there. Just subscribe.

[–] nlm 4 points 1 year ago

Already have mate, since day one of joining Lemmy :)

[–] Rekorse 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome! I knew there was gonna be a few resources like this, bookmarking it!

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah pretty much /thread

This is the best resource on the Internet for taking back privacy.

That said, it's a long and exhausting road and every time I turn around I learn about some new way these companies are profiling me.

[–] imach 0 points 1 year ago

I make it a habit to check the site every so often since they update the recomendations quite a bit as new things come up.