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The tyranny of GOOGLE. How to limit their exposure
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:06 am
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:06 am
I’ve decided to attempt to make a break from these authoritarian Google bastards, who do nothing but collect my data and fund hundreds of millions to Marxists/Socialists. They track your every move (as does FB, Twitter, etc). Drop them too.
I’m wondering how hard this will be as they crush any competition. They also own YOUTUBE.
Firefox is a good start, but TOR is better (just mind numbingly Slow). I’m in the process of changing all email to CTemplar. It’s the most secure anonymous email, who stores their servers in ICELAND, which has the strictest privacy laws in the world. I suggest not using your real name.
https://ctemplar.com/
If you don’t have a VPN, get one. I actually bought a 2 year license of BitDefender I bought on Amazon. It’s rated as one of the best out there as a virus protector and also has an easy to use vpn service built in. Actually do the reading and check the stars, because there is some frickery going on with these magazine raters. You can protect up to 5 devices (lab top, phone, iPad,etc). They have they own password generator in the service as well, which brings me to my next point.
BitDefender 2 Year subscription, 15 dollars off
Get a password generating program. I use KEEPER Password Manager. It’s free up to like 30-40 passwords. I love it, as it fills your info in so there isn’t copying and pasting on every site. The passwords are ridiculously hard to crack.
It’s 50% off until 11/1.
https://www.keepersecurity.com/
There are others, like the one embedded in BitDefender, but my brother says he has LastPass.
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Also use DuckDuckGo.
Any other nerds have anything to add? I’m curious as to how to speed up the TOR-Onion browser. I checked into it for about 15 minutes and quit. Also, let me know if google or any othe conglomerate owns any of these
I’m wondering how hard this will be as they crush any competition. They also own YOUTUBE.
Firefox is a good start, but TOR is better (just mind numbingly Slow). I’m in the process of changing all email to CTemplar. It’s the most secure anonymous email, who stores their servers in ICELAND, which has the strictest privacy laws in the world. I suggest not using your real name.
https://ctemplar.com/
If you don’t have a VPN, get one. I actually bought a 2 year license of BitDefender I bought on Amazon. It’s rated as one of the best out there as a virus protector and also has an easy to use vpn service built in. Actually do the reading and check the stars, because there is some frickery going on with these magazine raters. You can protect up to 5 devices (lab top, phone, iPad,etc). They have they own password generator in the service as well, which brings me to my next point.
BitDefender 2 Year subscription, 15 dollars off
Get a password generating program. I use KEEPER Password Manager. It’s free up to like 30-40 passwords. I love it, as it fills your info in so there isn’t copying and pasting on every site. The passwords are ridiculously hard to crack.
It’s 50% off until 11/1.
https://www.keepersecurity.com/
There are others, like the one embedded in BitDefender, but my brother says he has LastPass.
——-
Also use DuckDuckGo.
Any other nerds have anything to add? I’m curious as to how to speed up the TOR-Onion browser. I checked into it for about 15 minutes and quit. Also, let me know if google or any othe conglomerate owns any of these
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 1:12 pm
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:08 am to xxTIMMYxx
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:09 am to xxTIMMYxx
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I actually bought a 2 year license of BitDefender on Amazon
That entire novel about evil big tech and you bought from Amazon
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:10 am to Deactived
quote:Do NOT go to the money board and see what he invests in...the irony will suffocate you
That entire novel about evil big tech and you bought from Amazon
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:11 am to xxTIMMYxx
why not brave? their browser is based on chromium and i've adopted it for all PCs and mobile devices. its lightning fast and blocks all ads by default.
they recently ditched google for search en route to a google-free platform.
they recently ditched google for search en route to a google-free platform.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:12 am to xxTIMMYxx
Make duckduckgo your homepage and you don’t have to do all that nerd dungeons and dragons shite
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:12 am to xxTIMMYxx
duckduckgo.com
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:13 am to The Boat
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Make duckduckgo your homepage and you don’t have to do all that nerd dungeons and dragons shite
if youre still using chrome as your browser you're belly-deep in the suffocating embrace of google spying on everything you're doing. changing the homepage aint doin shite
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:15 am to aubiecat
Company makes great product---blows up --- people think they are oppressed by it.
Sorry for your victimhood....sure its not the only thing you are a victim of.
Sorry for your victimhood....sure its not the only thing you are a victim of.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:18 am to Tmcgin
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Company makes great product---blows up --- people think they are oppressed by it.
thats probably the dumbest thing i've seen on the OT this year.
and that's no small feat.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:18 am to Deactived
quote:
That entire novel about evil big tech and you bought from Amazon
You don’t have to use Amazon. I’m offering up advice that has worked well for me. And no, I haven’t used Google search engine for as long as I can remember
I forgot to add that one, DuckDuckGo
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 11:26 am
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:19 am to xxTIMMYxx
quote:
Firefox is a good start,
Firefox is heavily funded by Google. It is controlled opposition so the browser market never technically becomes a monopoly, and it's saddled with its own leftist political BS.
What you want is Ungoogled-Chromium (Chromium with the Google stuff ripped out) or LibreWolf (Firefox with the Mozilla stuff ripped out).
Ungoogled-Chromium
LibreWolf
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:21 am to CAD703X
quote:
why not brave? their browser is based on chromium and i've adopted it for all PCs and mobile devices. its lightning fast and blocks all ads by default. they recently ditched google for search en route to a google-free platform
Good advice. I admitted I don’t have all the answers. It’s better to pool together ideas. My mother gave me a small note book like 3 years ago to store all my passwords in. I’m sure there are some boomers that can use some of this information
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:23 am to Tmcgin
quote:constant gaslighting. always.
Company makes great product---blows up --- people think they are oppressed by it.
Sorry for your victimhood....sure its not the only thing you are a victim of.
imagine pretending that google isn't selling your data and phones and alexas aren't listening and providing targeted ads to you.
it's all just a big right wing conspirary. you guys are crazy!!
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:24 am to lnomm34
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Free you say? Like a lot of Google's products? Hmmm
You have to pay once a certain limit has been hit. I’m sure it isn’t expensive, and as I said, there are others out there
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:25 am to xxTIMMYxx
quote:
Good advice. I admitted I don’t have all the answers. It’s better to pool together ideas. My mother gave me a small note book like 3 years ago to store all my passwords in. I’m sure there are some boomers that can use some of this information
brave is going to rock your world
i was skeptical and took the plunge and now i'm ALL IN on brave. outside of work-required usage of chrome/edge, brave is all i use.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:26 am to xxTIMMYxx
quote:
I’m curious as to how to speed up the TOR-Onion browser. I checked into it for about 15 minutes and quit
Tor essentially routes your connection through multiple layers of encrypted tunnels. The servers for these tunnels are volunteer operated and are free for anyone to use. Spammers abuse the hell out of the system so most websites have lockouts or additional captchas for Tor IPs.
It's essentially always going to be slow and painful to use Tor for general browsing.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:27 am to efrad
quote:
Firefox is heavily funded by Google. It is controlled opposition so the browser market never technically becomes a monopoly, and it's saddled with its own leftist political BS. What you want is Ungoogled-Chromium (Chromium with the Google stuff ripped out) or LibreWolf (Firefox with the Mozilla stuff ripped out).
Thanks, will look into it
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:29 am to xxTIMMYxx
brave is really the only browser the makes sense on iphone/android (i think its on iphone too..?) if you cant stand ads because the only other alternative is to root your device and thats a nightmare even for those of us who have done it for years.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:29 am to xxTIMMYxx
I will say that I have been very happy with BitDefender, but some conglomerate probably owns that too. There was another highly rated one I almost went with. I think it was called Kapersky
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