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The title says "Privacy friendly alternatives that don't track you": Then there are entries for Google authenticator -> Authy, Google weather -> DarkSky (whose
by gerash 6y ago
The title says "Privacy friendly alternatives that don't track you":
Then there are entries for Google authenticator -> Authy, Google weather -> DarkSky (whose Android app was killed), Google Scholar -> Arxiv, etc.
I can't take these posts seriously no matter how loud their proponents have become
- dangero 6y agoa lot of the companies listed use google analytics on the exact page being linked
- pessimizer 6y agoTake it as evidence of how difficult it is to avoid Google and continue to function on the web. I use weather.gov.
- judge2020 6y agoGoogle authenticator is an interesting one given that it literally doesn't use your Google accounts at all (no sync or anything) while Authy has a recovery process for retrieving access to your 2fa secrets if you lose your phone.