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Privacy – A curated list of services and alternatives that respect privacy

199 pointsby sharjeelsayedalmost 4 years ago

21 comments

livrealmost 4 years ago
Why do they add that warning in bold about NewPipe sharing your IP with YouTube but don&#x27;t add it for the other clients? That&#x27;s an obvious thing, any YouTube client you use will share your IP with YouTube unless you are hiding behind a proxy or VPN, that&#x27;s how internet works.<p>RedReader for reddit is missing, though it is a bit obscure but the programmers are privacy conscious and the client doesn&#x27;t include any kind of telemetry as far as I know.
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alharrisalmost 4 years ago
I would recommend adding as a preamble a bit more on the specifics you care about. Reading through it seems like general analytics trackers are something you&#x27;re trying to avoid, in addition to avoiding a few companies in particular. Spelling those out may help folks understand what drives your recommendations and conclusions here.<p>Otherwise in-section descriptions are great. Thanks for compiling.
not_mathalmost 4 years ago
Why don&#x27;t they host on an alternative to GitHub?
nr2xalmost 4 years ago
Ah yes, replace photoshop with gimp, why has nobody thought of that before?
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ColinHayhurstalmost 4 years ago
English Language search engines and relationships with search services here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.searchenginemap.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.searchenginemap.com&#x2F;</a> The other two international search <i>engines</i> are Baidu and Sogou.<p>All other search &quot;engines&quot; are search <i>services</i> sending data to, and getting back results and ads from the search engines (usually Bing).<p>Only Mojeek offers privacy (no-tracking). <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mojeek.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;05&#x2F;no-tracking-search-how-does-it-work.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mojeek.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;05&#x2F;no-tracking-search-how-does-...</a><p>Self-disclosure: Mojeek team member
karinakarinaalmost 4 years ago
Great list! Always looking for new tools to use. PrivacyTool.io and ThinkPrivacy.ch are great, but it helps to have something else to compare against.<p>Some quick notes on the actual list: - Should add Startpage - private search engine that gives Google results. - It doesn&#x27;t explain why products to be avoided, just lists them. A few have explanations, but not all.
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jerednelalmost 4 years ago
im new to this. why is safari not listed as an iOS browser that respects privacy? is it that it lets 1st party cookies exist? the browser itself i thought was not used for any data harvesting or the like right? also ITP?
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CitrusFruitsalmost 4 years ago
I’m curious why Dropbox is on the not recommended list here.
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throwawayseaalmost 4 years ago
Very useful list, and well organized. I’ll be sharing this with family, friends, and coworkers. The payment section seems a bit thin, since it offers up only cash (as in paper money) and Monero as options. Are there no centralized providers that respect privacy by simply operating in certain countries?<p>It would also be interesting to have this entire list ranked or tagged for resistance to censorship or deplatforming.
opensmtpdalmost 4 years ago
I would add Apache Guacamole[1] to Remote Access and Control section. Nice thing about Guacamole is that a web browser can be the client, so you don&#x27;t need to install anything on the client side most of the time.<p>And it&#x27;s a bit sad that BSDs don&#x27;t get a mention in the OS section..<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;guacamole.apache.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;guacamole.apache.org</a>
Cosmin_Calmost 4 years ago
I am just curious because I do photography as a hobby&#x2F;semi-pro and I don&#x27;t understand where using Adobe Photoshop&#x2F;Illustrator&#x2F;Lightroom is infringing on your privacy (PC&#x2F;Mac). I also use VSCO plugins for Lightroom at times (I mainly switched to Capture 1 Pro though) and I&#x27;m unsure why I should avoid them.
fsfloveralmost 4 years ago
See also: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;prism-break.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;prism-break.org</a>
cl3mischalmost 4 years ago
AFAIK you <i>can</i> export from Google Authenticator. May be a relatively new feature though.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lifehacker.com&#x2F;how-to-move-google-authenticator-to-a-new-iphone-1845807704" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lifehacker.com&#x2F;how-to-move-google-authenticator-to-a...</a>
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the_crameralmost 4 years ago
I am very much wondering why it is that if i go on a public instance of invidious all videos shown are from my personal preferences... shouldn&#x27;t this be random?<p>Seems like YT is reading cookies or mapping the IP anyways...
dddwalmost 4 years ago
Nice list! Most alternatives I use, found a couple which I didn&#x27;t knew
satellite2almost 4 years ago
I&#x27;m looking for a privacy focused smart scale. Idealy one where my data don&#x27;t leave my phone. Any idea whether that exist?
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xanaxagorasalmost 4 years ago
Anyone who uses OpenStreetMap in a city, how hard is it to give up the traffic aware features of Apple &#x2F; Google Maps?
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fsfloveralmost 4 years ago
&gt; Search Engines<p>As usual, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;yacy.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;yacy.net</a> is not on the list.
travisporteralmost 4 years ago
How come Adobe products are on this list?
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anta40almost 4 years ago
&quot;Don&#x27;t use MS Windows&quot;<p>I still use Windows for games, and coding for fun.<p>Ouch... :)
yewenjiealmost 4 years ago
So how fast is Whoogle?
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