mudkipA Google internal document reveals that Chromebooks train children in schools to turn them into loyal customers
CathyBikesBookIn the process of trying to degoogle my old Moto G Power (2022) phone just for fun and it's a very exhausting process. Android damn sure doesn't make it easy. My main phone unfortunately has to stay connected to my Google account for job purposes, but I have changed from chrome browser to Firefox w/ Ublock-Origin extension
Digital Escape Tools🛡️ AdGuard Home is a self-hosted, open-source DNS server that blocks ads, trackers, and malware for every device on your network.
Runs locally, supports encrypted DNS (DoH / DoT), works with Docker, and is often compared to Pi-hole — with more built-in features out of the box.
👉 https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
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#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #AdBlocking #DNS #degoogle
Runs locally, supports encrypted DNS (DoH / DoT), works with Docker, and is often compared to Pi-hole — with more built-in features out of the box.
👉 https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
🔍 Listed on https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/
#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #AdBlocking #DNS #degoogle
frondoHow to move from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap
How to move from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap - Lemmy
I’ve posted this in Open Source [https://lemmy.ml/post/42191310] as well, please remove if you think it’s redundant. Some time ago I started replacing all services and apps that I use with FFOS altnernatives. Most of them were easy to replace but some corpo/big-tech apps had ecosystems too advanced to be conveniently replaced. For example, substituting Google Maps on Android (or I guess Apple Maps on iOS) was a bit of a struggle as the most popular FFOS alternative app was OsmAnd. First of all mad respect and huge kudos to OsmAnd team of contributors but for me the UX was overwhelming and too customizable which is probably a huge bonus to power users but IMO that makes it very unlikely to become a large scale alternative to Google maps. Probably other people realized that too and some 6-7 months ago CoMaps was released, a FFOS app that is also based on OpenStreetMap layer but this time with a simplistic and smooth UX/GUI. In case somebody is not familiar with OpenStreetMap (OSM) - basically it is a non-profit org, but its heavily maintained by community members and anybody around the world is allowed to contribute and enrich map content. Even if org can theoretically get corrupt I think anybody can make a fork and continue with comunity contribution. Creating an account is easy, you could start contributing in like 3 minutes. A huge number of services and apps are basing their map layers on OpenStreetMap, such as CoMaps above. The quality of OpenStreetMap/CoMaps/OsmAnd is as good as the contributions to it are - so the more people use it - the better and more content it will contain. I would like to invite everybody to give it a chance and use openstreetmaps.org [http://openstreetmaps.org] on desktop and CoMaps on mobile devices. You should have enough motivation to abandon Google or Apple products, but final piece of motivation is that eventually Google Maps will start censoring content (like Reddit or Instagram) or just share your location history to ICE or perform some other serious violation like that (like Microsoft did recently). CoMaps has a really nice and simple interface where you can add missing places (business, community services, recreation areas etc) while OpenStreetMap on web browser allows to update anything you imagine (e.g. see a missing street? Add it. A new building was developed - just add it!). If everybody enriched only their local neighbourhood with features on the map we could really build something beautiful. Existing layer probably already contains 90% of the stuff you’d ever search for as contributors really did a outstanding job throughout all these years. But that additional 10% makes a real difference for it turning into a much bigger scale tool, and this feels like the right time to kick that off. It is important not to get demotivated that not many people maintain and contribute as your neighbourhood might remain a lonely detailed places for years. OSM existed for a long time now and is very likely to keep existing for decades to come, everything that you update or create remains a legacy that stays forever saved in the map (unless somebody further updates it). Perhaps, in 20 years time people will be grateful. And to tidy up and make max out of your neighbourhood you really need one weekend or so. For example, in my local area I’ve started adding location marks of recycling bins, dumpsters, parking lots, playgrounds, pathways, building tunnels and monuments, but also I’ve added missing shops and updated working hours and websites for shops that existed. Also #1, be responsible when making changes, don’t overwrite other people’s work unless it is an improvement. Double check everything that you add, and also if you don’t have any experience with map editors or GIS software take a watch of some OSM editing tutorial. Also #2, I most likely omitted some other useful FFOS tools, and it doesn’t matter which one you decide to use as long as it is based on OpenStreetMap or any other community driven layer. Also #3, tell all your friends and family to do the same. Yeah, this might not be the most important thing to cure the world at this moment but developing community-driven mindset where everybody takes a small or big part in it is the way to go. Cheers!
Federico Simonetti 🦣--> al momento, la soluzione adottata è stata la più spartana, cioè fare un #takeover di tutta la posta e metterlo su una macchina locale su cui è installato #thunderbird, mentre ho piallato da gmail tutto quello che supera la quota gratuita. Onestamente, vorrei pure andarmene da gmail del tutto, ma ho uno storico troppo stratificato per abbandonarlo del tutto... Insomma, #degoogle fino a un certo punto.
Gary JohnstoneJoin me and The Citizens in calling for a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s use in UK services. Kier Starmer rightly condemns Trump's insults of UK soldiers but at the same time signs deal with Trump's chum Peter Thiel - Thiel the libertarian billionaire whose Palantir software is used by ICE to target their victims. 'At a glance, Palantir sells software. In practice, it provides government with the infrastructure to monitor, investigate and target people at scale.' Palantir were handed a £240 million contract by the Ministry of Defence - with no parliamentary debate or competitive tender. They already have a £330 million contract with the NHS.
#Palantir #Privacy #BigTech
#TechSlavery #DeGoogle #DigitalFreedom #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToRepair #DataPrivacy #EscapeGoogle #TechLife #DigitalDetox #OpenSource #AndroidAlternative #Freedom #TechCritique
Darkmm (free 🇵🇸)@unixviking @danielpree @linuzifer
The calendar can be perfectly synchronized with all devices via CalDAV, contacts via CardDAV using EU #nextcloud #disroot / movies using #kodi #raspberrypi / #realdebrid although it is more of a "pirated" choice but works great.
#foss #americafree #degoogle
WeebdeluxeMade some small progress.
- Made Ecosia my default search engine on my Linux laptop. Yes, it's far from perfect as a search engine, but overall I like the ideas they have.
- Cancelled my youtube premium subscription and installed an app that replicates its features on my smartphone. Adblockers on my browser kill the annoying ads there.
That's two small strikes against google.
Kalvin Carefour JohnnyMe: **Trying to leave Google**
Android apps: "To sign up, you need a Google account"
Android apps: "Oh, your purchases can only be restored from the original Google account"
Me: "I am a slave to Google!
#Google #Android #Privacy #BigTech #TechSlavery #DeGoogle #DigitalFreedom #PrivacyMatters #TechAddiction #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToRepair #DataPrivacy #EscapeGoogle #TechLife #DigitalDetox #OpenSource #AndroidAlternative #Freedom #TechCritique #Malaysia
DiotimaKind of nerd stuffs:
I use GrapheneOS BC obv I'm a sus criminal or something. And tbh I kind of hate that I have to use Pixels BC other than that, I'm Google free. So like... I'm happy GrapheneOS is prob partnering with someone else this / next year.
I just hope it's not like... someone worse. BC I really want to not give Goog any more money.
And I don't want the ugh of stealing a phone. (joking prob)