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  10. <title>Response to duckduckgo's article "How to Live Without g00gle" - Noko's Almanac</title>
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  15.   <strong><a href="../index.html">Noko's Almanac</a></strong> <quote>&mdash; opinions nobody asked for.</quote>
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  17.   <h1 class="nci2-entry-header">Response to duckduckgo's article "How to Live Without g00gle"&nbsp;<span class="nci2-entry-metadata">12-10-2019</span></h1>
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  18.   <p>It's an old article (it was posted like two years ago), but I'd like to give
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  19. my opinion about it. The intention behind the article might not be 100% bad, but there are
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  20. some things in the article I disagree with due to their anti-privacy nature, so let's start.</p>
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  21. <p><em>"B-but the title says 'how to live without google', not 'how to protect your privacy'"</em>
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  22. Duckduckgo keeps talking crap about google cause apparently they care about your
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  23. privacy and they "don't track you", but there's no point in criticize g00gle if you
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  24. recommend other spyware platforms. It's just replacing crap with crap.</p>
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  26. <p>Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. This means they are not only tracking what you search for, they're also tracking which websites you visit, and using all your data for ads that follow you around the Internet. Your personal data can also be subpoenaed by lawyers, including for civil cases like divorce. Google answered over 100,000 such data requests in 2016 alone!</p>
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  28. <p>Well, that's actually true. google doesn't just track you on their site, but
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  29. they also track you on any site that uses googleapis/googlefonts/google analytics/reCaptcha or
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  30. any "free" or paid service provided by them, but fortunately there's a good
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  31. way to block most of g00gle's botnet: <a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix">uMatrix</a>.</p>
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  32. <p>After the introduction, DDG starts giving "alternatives" to g00gle services.</p>
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  34. <p>Gmail, Calendar &amp; Contacts -&gt; FastMail (paid)</p>
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  36. <p>It sounds like advertising. I read FastMail's <a href="https://www.fastmail.com/about/privacy/">privacy policy</a> and they collect
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  37. users' IP addresses and browser type. That's not privacy-respecting at all.</p>
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  39. <p>YouTube -&gt; Vimeo (free with paid options)</p>
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  41. <p>I've never tried using Vimeo, but I haven't met anyone who uses it either, I'm
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  42. not saying everyone should use youtube, but nearly everyone prefers
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  43. youtube videos cause it's the platform where most people uploads their stuff,
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  44. so instead of switching to Vimeo (which connects to the googletagmanager by the way),
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  45. just use a proxy to watch youtube videos like invidious. If you wanna upload
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  46. videos, use a platform that fully respects you as user like peertube. Looks
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  47. like ddg just had to write something and well, don't trust everybody who claims
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  48. to care about you. Nobody even me. I encourage you to do your own research and
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  49. learn new things about this topic.</p>
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  51. <p>Google Maps -&gt; Apple Maps (free), OpenStreetMap (free)</p>
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  53. <p>lol apple. Are you serious boi? One of the most anti-privacy companies. OpenStreetMap
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  54. is ok, but Apple is not a good choice if you're talking about, you know, users privacy.</p>
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  56. <p>though may not have the same ease-of-use or coverage quality as Apple Maps.</p>
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  58. <p>Apparently looks like they recommend Apple Maps because it's easier to use. Well, the reason cause
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  59. small projects like OpenStreetMap are small and "not so good" projects it's because people don't care about those
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  60. projects. If we gave more support to small projects, those projects could be even better.</p>
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  62. <p>Google Drive -&gt; Resilio Sync (free with paid options), Tresorit (paid)</p>
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  64. <p>I've never heard of any of those two "alternatives", so I have no opinion about them, but I'd like
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  65. to remember that people should use their own HDDs/SSDs to store their data. Your files are
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  66. not safe in others' computers. Not even if you're using "end-to-end encryption". After all, who's generating
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  67. the encryption keys? If you want to use a "cloud" service, use it for non-secret files
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  68. or files you want to share with other people, but it's not secure at all to save
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  69. files that contain data like your blood type or sexual orientation.</p>
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  71. <p>Android -&gt; iOS (paid)</p>
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  73. <p>Okay, this is the point when I started to suspect they got paid for promoting apple's products and services. iOS
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  74. is well known for limiting users' freedom to install apps and blocking ad blockers (yeah, that sounds weird). Using
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  75. Android for privacy is ok as long as you know how to protect your privacy, I recommend disabling g00gle's services
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  76. and other crap that isn't even needed. Install microg to replace "google play services" and use alternative
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  77. app stores like Aptoide or F-Droid. If you really care about your privacy, use <a href="https://www.replicant.us/">Replicant</a> or
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  78. just don't use a mobile phone, but I don't really recommend that since communication is important.</p>
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  80. <p>The most popular alternative to Android is of course iOS, which offers easy device encryption and encrypted messaging via iMessage by default</p>
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  82. <p>Again, who's generating the encryption keys? You can't say a service is truly private if apple
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  83. can access your data whenever they want. Additionally, services that pretend to be private usually
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  84. log users' IP addresses and people who they contact, and well, that's a problem.</p>
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  86. <p>Google Chrome -&gt; Safari (free), Firefox (free), Brave (free)</p>
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  88. <p>The browser war strikes again! "0p3ra bett3r tHaN bRaV3!!!!1!!one" "n0, you R3tarD!1!" Please stop. Private
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  89. browsers are those that don't connect to third party services without asking you. Nearly every browser
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  90. does that, and the truth is that there isn't a fully private web browser. Making a browser private depends on changing some
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  91. user preferences and which browser are you using. I recommend Firefox and Palemoon. They're easy to configure for
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  92. privacy, but any browser that's modern, private and customizable is good, so please don't burn me cause I said "Firefox" and "Palemoon".</p>
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  94. <p>Blogger -&gt; Ghost (paid), WordPress.com (free with paid options)</p>
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  96. <p>I've never used Ghost or Wordpress, no opinion on this.</p>
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  97. <h3>To be continued...</h3>
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  98. <p>I'm tired right now, so I'll finish this article later.</p>
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