Vivaldi BrowserMay 5

Let's do another round of European alternatives to Big Tech, because we care and we don't gatekeep 🙂 :

- Chrome, Edge, Safari --> @Vivaldi
- iCloud, Google Drive --> @protonprivacy @infomaniak_network, @Mastodon, Cryptee
- Google Search --> @StartpageSearch @Qwant , @ecosia, @Mojeek, Tiger.ch
- MS Office --> @libreoffice
- Gmail --> @Tutanota , @protonprivacy Mail
- iPhone --> @jolla @volla
- iOS, Android --> @murena e/OS

…& much more: https://europeantechmap.eu

Show threadKrisMay 5
@Vivaldi I'm pretty sure @GrapheneOS are likely to have an opinion on your choice of iOS/Android alternatives.
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@kris @Vivaldi @GrapheneOS they prefer e/0S SCAM
May 5 at 2:32pmWeb
Show threadRodolfoRGMay 5
@Lacze @kris @Vivaldi @GrapheneOS why is it scam?
Show threadGrapheneOSMay 5
@rodolforg @Lacze @kris @Vivaldi /e/ has very poor privacy and atrocious security despite how it's marketed. It doesn't keep up with crucial standard privacy and security patches or protections. It consistently lags weeks to many months behind on patches to the Android Open Source Project and Chromium. It typically lags many months or years behind on Linux kernel updates. Firmware, driver and HAL updates are often not provided at all. An OS without basic privacy and security patches isn't safe.
Show threadGrapheneOSMay 5

@rodolforg @Lacze @kris @Vivaldi They include a bunch of invasive apps and services in the OS. They send user data to OpenAI and other third parties without consent.

Despite being heavily marketed as avoiding Google and portraying privacy as being all about that when it isn't, /e/ adds a bunch of default enabled Google services. They give extensive privileged access to those Google services and other Google apps. They download and run Google Play code with privileged access by default.

Show threadGrapheneOSMay 5

@rodolforg @Lacze @kris @Vivaldi /e/ is a fork of LineageOS which is a far more sensible replacement for the stock OS on a broad range of devices. LineageOS doesn't regress privacy and security nearly as much including not lagging nearly as far behind on updates. Neither makes an insecure end-of-life device safe to use despite that common misconception, but there are devices where LineageOS gets decent updates while /e/ never does.

More info including 3rd party sources:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24134-devices-lacking-standard-privacysecurity-patches-and-protections-arent-private

Devices lacking standard privacy/security patches and protections aren't private - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum

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