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Aaron Hasty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@i0null" class="u-url mention">@<span>i0null</span></a></span> I deleted my LinkedIn a few weeks ago...unsolicited emails and calls from security product vendors have dried up. Its never gotten me a job. Its never been a great way to contact me. I was really nervous I would feel regret but I haven&#39;t. Github my be next on my <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/demicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>demicrosoft</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> journey</p>
HerrThees<p>Ein wenig grobe Arbeit mit dem Schraubenzieher, ein wenig Schreibschutz aushebeln, ein wenig Firmware flashen, ein wenig Linux installiere -- und schon ist ein HP Chromebook x360 entgoogelt und läuft über Ubuntu Mate. Der Touchscreen funktioniert auch immer noch. <br><a href="https://wue.social/tags/Chromebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chromebook</span></a> <a href="https://wue.social/tags/DeGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://wue.social/tags/unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a> <a href="https://wue.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Michael<p>I wrote out my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> setup for my friend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ketumbra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ketumbra</span></a></span> and thought it might be useful for some people here to help <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottUSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> &amp; leave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p><p>Something that makes it clear how much value the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> can extract from your photos is this demo website from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ente" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ente</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ente" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ente</span></a></span> showing exactly how much <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> extract about you and your family when you use their photo hosting on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/googlephotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googlephotos</span></a> : <a href="https://theyseeyourphotos.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">theyseeyourphotos.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>🧵 1/4</p>
FallenWalnut<p><strong>A guide to switching your Audiobook App to move away from Google and support smaller and more ethical businesses</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/28168600" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/28168600</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
OMG 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 :linux:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vladcampos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vladcampos</span></a></span><br>Hm, there are reasons when Google has services on 3rd Party you use or captcha, or searches with Google underlayed,<br>BUT none of the Hamed Google services I've ever used in my life or are mandatory for and Android user.</p><p>For most honoured exilers it consumes time to search wikipedia what this services stand for.</p><p>Posteo for mail<br>Nextcloud or filen.io for drive<br>Invidious for YouTube or directly move to peertube<br>Ecosia or qwant for Google search<br>...</p><p><a href="https://alternativeto.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alternativeto.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://european-alternatives.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">european-alternatives.eu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UnplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnplugTrump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a></p>
ttt777<p><strong>did i brick my phone?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/28143860" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.world/post/28143860</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nigel<p>The last stage of my long n winding degoogle is nigh. I have a lot of older and semi permanent accounts where I used my gmail address as login/username. It's a laborious process getting those changed, for perfectly understandable security reasons.</p><p>I run my own email server and it's very solid; good backup strategy etc, but... for the 'bleedin important' accounts (bank, tax etc) I will still stick to a 3rd party cloud email provider. So I have gone for disroot.org</p><p>Thoughts?</p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/disroot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disroot</span></a></p>
stfn :raspberrypi: :python:<p>New blog post!</p><p>In which I talk in detail how I deployed Nextcloud locally in my homelab using LXD and NextcloudPi.</p><p>I go through the whole process of setting up LXD, importing the NCP image, installing, configuring, and scheduling backups for my own personal cloud.</p><p><a href="https://stfn.pl/blog/67-deploying-nextcloud-locally-with-lxd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stfn.pl/blog/67-deploying-next</span><span class="invisible">cloud-locally-with-lxd/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lxd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lxd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nextcloud</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtualization</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Degoogle</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>A potential chrome-killer? Just saw this article and will look into Zen browser.</p><p><a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/zen-browser-is-chrome-killer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">androidpolice.com/zen-browser-</span><span class="invisible">is-chrome-killer/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zenbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zenbrowser</span></a></p>
JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized<p>- og her var lige <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://radikal.social/@dukop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dukop</span></a></span> -versionen 👉 <a href="https://dukop.dk/7777/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dukop.dk/7777/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph/114325251717295275" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">helvede.net/@jwcph/11432525171</span><span class="invisible">7295275</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/LeavingMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeavingMeta</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/dukop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dukop</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
JW Prince of CPH, Radicalized<p>"Leaving Meta"-halløj i Valby Kulturhus fablab 👉 <a href="https://partiful.com/e/DFgqBcQb6D5lYbKw3kT4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">partiful.com/e/DFgqBcQb6D5lYbK</span><span class="invisible">w3kT4</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/tags/LeavingMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeavingMeta</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
Ungraded<p><strong>E-mail forwarding</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/28485081" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ml/post/28485081</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Matt<p><strong>Software review: Betterbird</strong></p> <p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/28483700" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.ml/post/28483700</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Balloons<p>Mein bisheriger Beitrag zur <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEU</span></a> -Bewegung:</p><p>• Browser: Vivaldi <br>• Musik: Spotify<br>• Mail: Tuta Mail<br>• Cloud (für Fotos): pCloud<br>• Künstliche Intelligenz: Mistral <br>• Lebensmittel: zu 90% Europäisch </p><p>Zudem versuche ich möglichst PayPal zu vermeiden und nutze stattdessen Klarna, sofern es angeboten wird als Zahlungsmittel.</p><p>An Social Media muss ich noch arbeiten. Hier fehlen mir leider zu viele Leute.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a></p>
Doom Disco!<p>Under the pretext of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Google" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> / <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gmail</a> forces the use of deleted(!) private data (phone #) so that e.g. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mails" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mails</a> can be forwarded. It's a feature not a bug?! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23deGoogle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deGoogle</a></p>
euAlternatives<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> Absolutely love how vivaldi escapes ads in the YouTube videos! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyeuropean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuyEuropeanTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropeanTech</span></a></p>
Internxt<p>As promised, we compiled a list of some European tech companies to meet your privacy needs 👇 </p><p><a href="https://blog.internxt.com/european-tech-companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.internxt.com/european-tec</span><span class="invisible">h-companies/</span></a> </p><p>There’s something for everyone: chat assistants, project management tools, operating systems... you get the idea. </p><p>We’d love to hear more suggestions, anything we missed (thanks for the suggestions already), and any tools you use and would recommend (Chat GPT alternatives?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦<p>Relearning IMAP conventions and unlearning Gmail, things I really would like to keep:<br>- multiple From identities with their own outgoing servers in one inbox<br>- labels instead of folders (because that allows categorizing same email many times)</p><p>Haven't yet found a service which does either.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a></p>
KlapTrap<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> I'm also on my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a> journey step by step</p>
Athena<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> continues ....</p><p>If you're looking for a great alternative to Google Translate, DeepL is a top pick.</p><p> I've been using it for a while now, and it's impressively accurate. </p><p><a href="https://www.deepl.com/en/translator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">deepl.com/en/translator</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a></p>