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Brian X. Chen is the NYT tech writer. I already stopped using Google long ago.
How to fight against Big Tech’s power
Heider pointed to a few examples: Instead of Google Chrome, people can download great browsers, including DuckDuckGo, Brave and Opera, which focus on stronger privacy and security protections. Instead of Facebook, we can tell our friends to hang out with us on social media apps like Vero and Mastodon, which are both ad-free, he said.
The same goes for Amazon. Instead of ordering paper towels and hand sanitizer on Amazon, consider picking up those items at a local store. https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...g-techs-power/
The trend is always toward centralization and consolidation of power to malicious actors. People will always choose shiny and convenient 100% of the time over something that is designed to respect their interests, in my experience.
How many people reading this thread are running Google Chrome, for example? I can bet it's somewhere around 60% if Stat Counter is to be believed. And of those users, how many of them are aware of what Chrome is doing with free reign of their computer and subsequently their data?
Ummm... proton mail. There are a few others as well, like hushmail and some German mail servers.
Tor browser has been around for a while. Open source, based upon firefox. Build your own if you don't trust the distrbs.
Some stuff, I don't care. If the big G wants to log my search on Basho, go for it. Other stuff, like banking info? Not likely.
I speak in general terms, not specifically email. If "they" want to find you, they will, guaranteed. Neither Tor browser nor dark web will protect you.
The internet is public, utilizing public servers, down a public backbone. Sure, servers can be private and encrypted as with VPN but rest assured if someone wants to find you they will through subpoena or whatever.
The issue is that unless you are doing something seriously against the law, terrorism, kiddie porn or similar acts against humanity, the authorities will not bother and don't have the time.
I speak in general terms, not specifically email. If "they" want to find you, they will, guaranteed. Neither Tor browser nor dark web will protect you.
The internet is public, utilizing public servers, down a public backbone. Sure, servers can be private and encrypted as with VPN but rest assured if someone wants to find you they will through subpoena or whatever.
The issue is that unless you are doing something seriously against the law, terrorism, kiddie porn or similar acts against humanity, the authorities will not bother and don't have the time.
The perspective you offer is a bit absolutist. Not wrong, but it washes over the idea that exerting control over one's own data can be dealt in increments. It is perfectly valid to adopt anonymizing networks in cases where the goal may be only to increase the cost of general dragnet surveillance.
If smaller tech companies appear to be more consumer friendly, it’s because they lack the soft power of the giants. The more power gets consolidated within a smaller group, the more that group starts implementing policies that will lead it to maximize profit.
Brave and Opera (and I think DuckDuckGo too) are chromium browsers....
That means nothing. Chromium is open source and the code can be inspected/modified as needed. A privacy centric browser based on chromium is a legit choice.
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