privacyguides.org has been a great resource for years now. They also have a community at !privacyguides@lemmy.one
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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Yeah pretty much /thread
This is the best resource on the Internet for taking back privacy.
That said, it's a long and exhausting road and every time I turn around I learn about some new way these companies are profiling me.
Also please realize, that the Threadiverse is not so much about privacy. Pretty much everything we do here is public. Moving to the threadiverse is more about avoiding the "shitification" movement at R$, and the other sorts of user manipulation, and walled gardening that are happening or may happen.
There are many resources across depending on what you are looking for: https://switching.software https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io https://www.btw.so/open-source-alternatives https://gitea.it/devol/Awesome-Privacy-servizi-web-open-source https://github.com/lissy93/awesome-privacy
Please note that these list may not be completely up-to-date, but you find and a lot of useful tools there imho.
Sorry to say that but opera is a really bad choice for privacy, actually on of the worst. https://youtu.be/k8hUs0W-UWY
It's a shame what happened to that browser. It was groundbreaking at one time.
Yeah I was mostly in a hurry to get off of Chrome, I am definitely open to criticisms. Any chance you could sum up the points in the video?
If you want a browser that gives you better privacy options then that video is a good one to watch. He does a pretty good job of breaking down most of them. They are all indexed too so you can jump right to any browser you want an overview on. Opera starts right about at 12 minutes.
To do a crappy tldr for opera: unfortunately it was the worst tested. It didn't do things like block trackers, 3rd party cookies, set do not track, or really anything by default. It has a policy that allows them to share info collected from you with 3rd parties. They're Chinese owned, so they could be compelled to turn that data over to the Chinese government. Some of the options you can change yourself, but the company is not very trustworthy and you're better off going with anything else in the meantime.
It's a fucking shame because the browser itself has roots all the way back to 1994 and they pioneered a lot of browser features that we take for granted now like pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing.
Some useful links also:
This is in addition to the great Privacy Guides link another commenter mentioned.
+1 for alternativeto. Searching for alternatives to popular apps using the filters like "Open Source" as well as operating system, privacy, etc.. is a game changer. There's also comment sections where people sometimes elaborate on certain things like differences between the app you're comparing to.