![]() My email, contacts and calendars are now handled by Tutanota.įor now there was still one big piece missing, cloud storage. Gradually stopped using Facebook or Messenger, and recently adopted Signal for messaging and Mastodon as social network. So far, in pursuit for privacy, what changes did I make? A couple years ago I ditched Chrome for Firefox. Yes, the truth is that presently privacy can be seen in some way as a “luxury” product. ![]() Why? Because some of the alternatives to those big companies produtcs don’t offer the same features or don’t come free, or both. But the first step you need to take is acknowledge the importance of protect your data. What can we do? Well, look for alternative products with privacy in mind. All of the more than $400 billion dollars that Facebook worth are result of how much of our data they gather and own. One question that came up in that documentary and made me think was “how much of Facebook’s profits come from the use of its users’ data?” The answer is all. Do you think I’m being dramatic? Take a look at Netflix documentary The Great Hack about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica actions during Trump and Brexit campaigns. In the end, they can condition us to buy a product or to vote in a certain politic. The metadata those companies gather of us can be used, for instance, to place ads or shape what we see when we do a search on Google or view our timeline on Facebook or Youtube. How?īecause data is nowadays the most profitable resource. So, how can this companies create and mantain such great products, give them free and be profitable? More than been profitable, all those are now in the top 10 list of the most values companies. ![]() ![]() And best of all they’re free, you would say. Let’s face it, Google Search was a revolution, and Gmail, OneDrive, iCloud, Facebook or Youtube are excellent products in terms of usability and features. The searches we made, the sites and pages we visit, the time you spent on them… and so on. Nowadays we spend a big part of our lives online and over the years companies have grown basing their business on tracking our actions. Since a few years now I started to get concern with how much of my data was being gathered and how it was being used. ![]()
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