[HN Gopher] Privacy - A curated list of services and alternative...
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Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect
privacy
Author : sharjeelsayed
Score : 67 points
Date : 2021-05-26 19:04 UTC (3 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| travisporter wrote:
| How come Adobe products are on this list?
| karinakarina wrote:
| 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.
|
| Some quick notes on the actual list: - Should add Startpage -
| private search engine that gives Google results. - It doesn't
| explain why products to be avoided, just lists them. A few have
| explanations, but not all.
| Dah00n wrote:
| Startpage.com was bought by an adtech company. Of course they
| say they don't use any data from Startpage.com but ...
| karinakarina wrote:
| Startpage person, here. Startpage doesn't collect user
| personal data so it wouldn't share it because it doesn't have
| it.
|
| From Robert Beens (co-founder and CEO): "In no way does
| System1 want to change the privacy practices or process by
| Startpage, in fact, they legally cannot as all of those
| decisions are held by the co-founders of Startpage."
|
| And,
|
| "System1 is interested in Startpage's ad revenue, not its
| data"
|
| Source - https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4017337/privacy-
| focused-sea...
| Dah00n wrote:
| They are until they aren't. I deem it not trustworthy for
| the simple reason that I can't be bothered to look out for
| any changes down the line.
| dddw wrote:
| Nice list! Most alternatives I use, found a couple which I didn't
| knew
| not_math wrote:
| Why don't they host on an alternative to GitHub?
| nr2x wrote:
| Ah yes, replace photoshop with gimp, why has nobody thought of
| that before?
| decremental wrote:
| I get where you're coming from. The problem with a lot of
| alternatives is that they're just worse. Analytics alternatives
| are a prime example. I'd very much like to self-host my
| analytics but the alternatives pale in comparison to the
| features offered by Google Analytics. Automated bot filtering,
| realtime statistics (how many people are on the site right
| now), not to mention the power user features and integration
| with Adwords and Search Console. Maybe one day this will change
| but for now, especially if you're in the ecommerce space, you
| don't want to go with a worse alternative to such a critical
| aspect to your business.
|
| My biggest issue with GA at this point is only that so many
| visitors block it. That's the biggest reason why I'd want a
| self-hosted solution. At some point, even with all of its great
| features, GA will simply become useless.
| CitrusFruits wrote:
| I'm curious why Dropbox is on the not recommended list here.
| alharris wrote:
| 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'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.
|
| Otherwise in-section descriptions are great. Thanks for
| compiling.
| calltrak wrote:
| Here is one not mentioned. Honourable mention.
| https://textita.com
|
| If you want to hide your real phone number when phone verifying
| any service or app online.
| jerednel wrote:
| 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?
| Dah00n wrote:
| Do you remember the outcry some time back against Google when
| they wanted to limit add-ons in a way that would make
| adblockers less effective? Well, Apple did that too but Apple
| doesn't receive as much flak. This caused some add-on
| developers to shut down their add-on development for iOS while
| others just warn that their add-ons are now crippled. That
| alone makes it not a recommendable browser for privacy.
|
| https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/platform/safar...
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| https://help.getadblock.com/support/solutions/articles/60000...
| xanaxagoras wrote:
| Anyone who uses OpenStreetMap in a city, how hard is it to give
| up the traffic aware features of Apple / Google Maps?
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