Switch Away From Big Tech

Replace Gmail

Google reads your mail to build a profile and feed its ad machine. Your inbox is the most sensitive account you own, so it is the first thing to move.

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Replace Chrome

The most-used browser on earth is built by the company that makes its money watching what you do online. The browser is the wrong place to trust an ad company.

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Replace Google Search

Every search is logged and tied to you. A search engine does not need to keep a file on you to answer a question.

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Replace Google Drive

Your documents sit unencrypted on Google's servers, scannable by Google and anyone who compels Google. Storage should be encrypted so only you can read it.

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Replace Google Docs

Everything you write lives on Google's servers in the clear. There are office suites that keep your work yours.

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Replace Google Calendar

Your schedule is a map of your life: who you meet, where, and when. Google does not need that map.

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Replace Google Keep

Your notes are your private thoughts. They should be encrypted, not another feed for Google's profile of you.

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Replace Google Photos

Google scans your photos, faces and all. Your family album should not train anyone's systems.

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Replace Google Maps

Maps is one of the biggest location trackers ever built. You can navigate without handing over everywhere you go.

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Replace YouTube

Owned by Google, ruled by its algorithm and its rules on what you may say. There are platforms that do not answer to it.

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Replace Android

Stock Android phones home to Google constantly, from the moment you turn them on. The phone itself is the deepest layer to fix.

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Replace Google DNS (8.8.8.8)

Every site you visit is a DNS lookup. Point them at Google and Google sees the lot. A private resolver keeps that list out of their hands.

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Replace WhatsApp

The messages are encrypted, but Meta still sees who you talk to, when, and how often, and ties it to your Facebook self. The metadata is the point.

SimpleX ChatOpen sourceFreeSignalOpen sourceFreeSessionOpen sourceFree

Replace Facebook Messenger

A Meta chat app wired straight into the ad business. Move your conversations somewhere that does not sell you.

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Replace Facebook

The original surveillance network. There are places to post and follow that do not exist to profile you.

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Replace Instagram

Same company, same tracking, aimed at your photos and habits. You can share without feeding Meta.

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Replace Outlook.com

Microsoft's webmail scans and profiles like the rest. Your mail deserves a provider whose business is privacy, not ads.

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Replace Microsoft 365 / Office

Office is now a cloud service that phones home. There are suites that let you write and edit without the telemetry.

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Replace OneDrive

Your files, unencrypted, on Microsoft's servers. Swap it for storage only you can open.

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Replace Microsoft Edge

Edge sends a stream of data back to Microsoft by default. A browser should work for you, not report on you.

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Replace Bing

Another logged, profiled search engine. Search without being on the record.

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Replace iCloud Drive

iCloud is convenient, but Apple holds the keys and can be compelled to hand data over. End-to-end encrypted storage keeps the keys with you.

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Replace iCloud Photos

Your photo library sits under Apple's control. Move it somewhere only you can decrypt.

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Replace Safari

Safari is better than most, but it is still Apple's window on your browsing. A privacy-first browser goes further.

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Replace Apple Maps

Better than Google Maps on privacy, but still a location service tied to your Apple account. There are maps that need no account at all.

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Replace iMessage

Fine between iPhones, but green-bubble texts fall back to plain SMS, and it locks you to Apple. A cross-platform encrypted app frees you.

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