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I never imagined the original post would go so viral and be seen by +6M people. But I guess it shows thereโ€™s real momentum โ€” and the perfect time to finally escape big techโ€™s grip.

I went through hundreds of reposts of the image and took in feedback from community comments. Iโ€™ve replaced USA-centralized apps like Brave and Bluesky with more open alternatives, and added self-hosting indicators.

As many of you recommended, Iโ€™ve also created an online version with descriptions that we can constantly update and improve.

Drop a comment if you have suggestions for a better alternative, improved description, or a feature for the site. Let's break free together!

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[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  • Session
  • Signal
  • GPG2
  • VLC
  • Tuta
  • OpenKeychain
  • KeePassXC
  • NetGuard
  • Mullvad
  • Ironfox
  • BLE Radar
  • Transmission
  • Obfuscate
  • Monero/Haveno
[โ€“] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean WhatsApp is already E2E encrypted. Meta doesnโ€™t make money off WhatsApp (only WhatsApp business). Any IM service thatโ€™s big in MAU (monthly active users) costs big money in server traffic. Me using WhatsApp costs Zuck money. In return the only data he can sell is about my metadata (i.e. how often I contact someone etc). For normal usage I think WhatsApp is more than ok. However if youโ€™re worried about govt snooping cuz youโ€™re a journalist or some such then yeah, switch to Session.

[โ€“] Chakravanti@monero.town 1 points 3 days ago

I ain't touching anything MZ. I don't really care about money beyond what it says about the subject in hand but either way...

I'm paranoid by practice. I do not and should not need a reason. I personally engage in paranoia for the development of the skill. I did this way back in the day when everyone thought the act generating "fear" of "spying" was undoable anyway by "them." Now, today, you're either entirely ignorant or you know it's probably doing "observation" you don't even know about yet.

So control what they can see best or else you're just an NPC.