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submitted 1 year ago by FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hello lemmings lemmons and any other lemm out there. I’ve always wanted to try to switch to more privacy focused options but it’s always been difficult for me as I’m not really tech savvy and frankly for a very long time haven’t really cared about privacy.

Transitioning has also been hard since I feel like I’m pretty much the antithesis of this community: using an iPhone and 2 windows computers (one for home use and one for my college classes on campus) and use OneDrive to sync work between the 3 devices.

Pretty much every account I have is under my gmail account and a second back up email is also under gmail.

Frankly I’m sure this is the highest form of insult to this community but I use edge simply because I’ve given up trying to fight Microsoft

So it’s been a challenge to switch but for browsers and just copy paste all my bookmarks and saved passwords when I download Firefox on my phone and computers but as for email and online accounts switching off that gmail account seems daunting but not impossible and I have no idea what to do to replace OneDrive since it is useful and works in file explorer with no extra software

I figured if anyone was smart enough to tackle the abomination that is my privacy it’d be you guys

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[-] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

https://www.privacytools.io/

another link to help you find some more privacy-focused alternatives. i think a great gmail, google calendar, and drive replacement is proton.me . I switched to them from google and haven't looked back

[-] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that

Yeah I mainly use outlook just because my college email could only login to outlook both on desktop and my phone and eventually I kinda shifted from the gmail app/website but under the same gmail account. I only took a brief look but that looks like it’d be a good start

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Nowadays privacytools.io has some really questionable recommendations. Check out Privacy Guides instead.

[-] nixchick@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, they are definitely sketchy now.

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