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@linuxxx calling out for the guru here
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Etherpad might work as a Google docs replacement. Not to start a debate about their politics but riseup is a good site to look at if you want to know what kind of open source/private alternatives are out there. You don't have to use their services but you can see what open source options they're using and host your own or find an alternate host. Just mentioning it because they host a huge variety of different types of apps.
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@HIGHphen The Mac part (don't have to listen to it but wanted to voice my opinion/view anyways), if a system is closed source and its company is integrated within a surveillance system, i wouldn't trust it a single bit but that's just me.
My stack:
Firefox with tons of addons for privacy.
Signal exclusively for messaging
Any Linux system really
Cloud storage: not using any provider right now.
A lot more but you'd have to ask specifically :)
@8BitOverdose I'm not big protonmail fan but tutanota.com 💕
@HollowKitty Etherpad is great!
@balaianu Kim dotcom himself recommended to NOT use it as it's in the hands of some chinese company now. -
@linuxxx oh, didn't know that.
But still, isn't client side encryption/decryption still good?
And I always thaught that it was the guys from the old megaupload team that biult mega.nz, and they went all the way to New Zeeland to get away from intrusive governments...
Also, I don't really trust kim dotcom too much either :))
PS: all the client side code is open source -
thank you all so much for the great advices and sharing the software alternatives you use.
the switch to Firefox and duckduckgo can be done immediately by me as there is nothing to migrate or something, so I will definitely do that 🙌
also trying to sell signal to my friends and relatives. if the core of the people I text everyday is willing to switch (like 5 persons or so) that would be great. fuck the rest!
not so sure what to do about cloud storage yet. I do only have about 10Gb of data but the little I have has to be high available anywhere and should not get lost. I also heavily rely on integrating my cloud storage into my local file system. what about Dropbox? are they more trustworthy than Google Drive at least? -
@linuxxx another thing specifically is what to do about my android phone. what makes most sense would be to remove the Google services right. but how do I get all the apps then if I cannot access the play store? and how do I watch all those great tutorials and stuff on YouTube every night in bed or while waiting somewhere?
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