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awesome-privacy

Awesome Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS.

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Awesome Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS.

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Observed mentions: 2021-05-26 19:04:38 UTC to 2026-04-21 10:04:42 UTC.

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Thank you for summing it up. Now, why do people still buy and/or use Google products? Lack of care? Lack of availability (Android vs iOS)? Not that Apple is that much better. Seems like we are f*cked from all fronts. Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. We really need better alternatives with similar prices (and we need people to somehow care and care enough to switch, but we would need a network effect). For example, for a phone, I would buy Librem, but their hardware sucks and it is too pricey. https://github.com/geraldohomero/best-foss-alternatives https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/w6w7x7/awesomepri... https://codeberg.org/hydis/awesome-alternatives https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy There was a better site but I cannot find it right now. Can anyone remember? It has "privacy" (or something like that) in the URL (or domai
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n, even). Additionally, with Chat Control coming to effect soon enough in EU, among other laws passed in various countries like UK and Australia, we really are losing our freedom and privacy. Sad times ahead (with an already sad present).
In Google can review or read all user communications, including private messages
> ProtonMail is the best choice if you want an end-to-end encrypted email platform Is this native advertisement? There are many other choices, some of them being as good if not better. A few of them are small mom-and-pop businesses which didn't take on investment, and won't enshittify ( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshittification ) * https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-email * https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy?tab=readme-ov-file#...
In Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
You can take a look at this repo [1] Self-hosted - Photoprism [2] - Feature rich server-based application for browsing, organizing and sharing your personal photo collection. The most similar to Google Photos. - Photoview [3] - Photo gallery for self-hosted personal servers with Facial Recognition. - Photostructure [4] - Self-hosted photo library that makes browsing and sharing a lifetime of memories delightful. - LibrePhotos [5] - Active OwnPhotos [6] fork. Self hosted alternative to Google Photos. - Nextcloud [7] - The open source self-hosted productivity platform that keeps you in control. It has a Photos plugin to help you organize and visualize your photos. Third-party - Stingle Photos [8] - Open source solution that provides strong security, privacy and encryption to backup your photos. - Crypt.ee [9] - A private and encrypted place
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for all your photos, documents, notes and more. - Ente [10] - Encrypted backups for your photos, videos and memories. Local - DigiKam [11] - Awesome Professional Photo Management with the Power of Open Source. [1] https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy#photo-storage [2] https://photoprism.app/ [3] https://photoview.github.io/ [4] https://photostructure.com/ [5] https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos [6] https://github.com/hooram/ownphotos [7] https://nextcloud.com/ [8] https://stingle.org/ [9] https://crypt.ee/ [10] https://ente.io/ [11] https://www.digikam.org/
In Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

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