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We are facing two issues: 1. Privacy against advertisers 2. Privacy against security agencies. From my perspective, first issue, is more important than second
by majidazimi 8y ago
We are facing two issues:
1. Privacy against advertisers
2. Privacy against security agencies.
From my perspective, first issue, is more important than second one. I think Apple does pretty decent job regarding first issue. MS holds second position. Google/FB hold the worst position.
So even though Apple/MS are closed source, I think our privacy will improve considerably just by installing an ad-blocker and sticking to Apple/MS products.
Second issue is more involved and you'd probably need to give up on all sort of mobile devices. On desktop you have to move to Linux/BSDs. No online storage (or at least move to self hosted solution). No hosted email(Or maybe just protonmail, ...). Life becomes tougher, if you decide to improve privacy against security agencies.
People tend to treat privacy as a binary issue. (either no privacy or full privacy). However, as said, majority of people experience much higher privacy just by dumping Google/FB and using an ad-blocker.
- radiorental 8y agoSomething I'm pondering.. If advertisers can't reach me then why should I be concerned what they collect about me? I do not see any ads, I use gmail and gcal. Genuine question - I understand I'm still 'the product' as far as they're concerned but it's a broken loop if they don't get my eyeballs. Help me understand anything I'm missing. I'm currently not motivated enough to move out of google products.
- majidazimi 8y agoIt might sound a bit radical, but I think, even using rival's products to decrease Google's monopoly is an achievement on its own. To be honest, Firefox is somewhat an inferior product compared to Chrome, but I use it just to increase diversity in browser marketplace.
- Fnoord 8y agoWhere exactly does Amazon fit in your picture?
- majidazimi 8y agoRegarding their cloud business, I think it's fine to use AWS. However, I'm kind of against their online shop, since there are many reports that they abuse their employees in warehouses.