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This website is ultimately all most people need: privacyguides.org/en
3. You missed the obvious one - Firefox. Or at least Librewolf.
There's also getting off mainstream social media. The Fediverse has grown massively in recent years - Mastodon, Frendica and Kbin or Lemmy. It's all well and good to detox from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and G…
This website is ultimately all most people need: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/
3. You missed the obvious one - Firefox. Or at least Librewolf.
There's also getting off mainstream social media. The Fediverse has grown massively in recent years - Mastodon, Frendica and Kbin or Lemmy. It's all well and good to detox from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google (Alphabet) but if you're still using Facebook and it's messenger, they still have your private data.
Speaking of which. Use Signal.
You are spot-on about mainstream social media. I’ve purged personal info and deleted accounts. Sadly, I can’t do anything about the fact that they already mined that data before I deleted it (or replaced it with fake info), but I don’t have to keep giving up new data.
I used Firefox for nearly 2 decades before developing concerns that privacy was compromised. I somehow knew nothing about Librewolf - will do some research on that one. I like having alternatives since most tech options seem to eventually end up debased in some way.
I am still using Firefox, but the biggest concern that may have me switching is not so much privacy, but rather the expressed desire by the CEO to indulge in "moderation" (= censorship) of what people get to see. It wouldn't be too hard to build that into a browser if they get serious about that.
Censorship is oh-so-fashionable these days! What a shame. I really loved Firefox - and other Mozilla products - all those years I used them.
Agreed, and early on was a remarkable easy switch and transformation.
Easily adaptable similarity without the baloney sideshow of Gates domains.