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@linuxxx haha I was planning on mentioning you but I forgot 😂
As I said, I plan on maintaining a mainstream social presence (for getting my name out there as a dev and person), and I do want to use some Google/other big name services at the minimum like YouTube and some Google Cloud things.
I also live in a pretty crime heavy area so I leave GPS tracking on my phone on when traveling in case my phone is stolen or I'm mugged.
I'm basically asking for a paradox of privacy and also openness.
As for your site, yeah I'm already subscribed to your rants. -
@TheCapeGreek Oh yeah got that. i just mean in general like would you like privacy tips, alternative services/apps or what exactly are you looking for? :). And o hai, dear subscriber 😊
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@linuxxx I've seen recommendations for alternate services and I'll check those again, so I guess tips for my situation? I realise the vagueness now haha
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@TheCapeGreek Alrighty!
Email: tutanota.com, protonmail.com (few others I don't remember)(Tutanota user myself!)
Maps: openstreetmaps.org
Google docs: something with 'kolab', not free though
Gotta think of some more... -
@linuxxx what about mail-provider like
posteo.de
mailbox.org?
posteo.de allows to decrypt the complete mailbox and so much more
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I've seen the privacy advocacy making its rounds around here lately. The concept of hiding as much info as possible is something I'd like to try, but on the other hand I do want to maintain social media and have an outer presence. Additionally, I do want to use some Google services even if I do move my email (mostly developer related things).
I try and be a fairly social person alongside my introverted dev life, so this has been my dilemma the past few days. I could move to those obscure open source social media sites but that defeats the purpose of being connected with the non-tech people in my life.
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