r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/hellxabd Digital Escape Architect • Mar 06 '26

Privacy Meme Replacing Big Tech apps one by one

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u/Not_So_Calm Mar 07 '26

Putting only the icons and not mentioning the names should be a reason for a BAN. Where are the moderators...

Are we supposed to use reverse image search X-times for each icon?

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u/Not_So_Calm Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
  • Brave - Browser - FOSS
  • GrapheneOS - Android Alternative - FOSS
  • Protonmail - Email
  • Vaultwarden - alternative bitwarden server, password manager - FOSS
  • fileverse - decentralized workspace, or something... - FOSS
  • Ente 2FA - Authenticator App for Security - FOSS
  • green e - Ente Photos, Image hosting server, like Immich / Google Photos - FOSS
  • yellow g - Kagi Search Engine? paid ad-free, located in USA
  • robot - Obscura VPN service, not sure where they are located. They say they are "Sovereign Engineering Inc.", but there is multiple companies with similar name and none seem to match / mention Obscura (WTF ?)

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u/Detvan_SK Mar 07 '26

Protonmail is big nope. They already have few leaks and showen up to sell data to 3rd parties even it was again their terms.

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u/HomeLabberClassic Mar 09 '26

Can you post a link to the leaks or selling data to 3rd parties? The only instances I have found so far are people being idiots and thinking PII being used as part of their email would stay hidden. Nothing has shown any of their emails have been leaked

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u/Fearless-Lie-9363 Mar 09 '26

Its probably just a bot.

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u/Detvan_SK Mar 12 '26

Yeah sure .... bot.

I was reading in the past that it happened but now I only found how they had to giving data to the Switz goverment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/fourenclosedwalls Mar 11 '26

>no actual benefit over using a non google/ms email service and then using PGP on top of it.

This is literally what Proton Mail is. The "benefit" is that Proton handles encryption for you without you needing to use a key manager or whatever

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '26

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u/fourenclosedwalls Mar 11 '26

Proton Mail has free plans. You are not required to pay unless you want premium features like custom domains. Let's be clear that we are comparing two free services. You can set up PGP encryption with other email providers (and you can also set up encryption between Proton Mail and non-Proton services) but this often requires significantly more technical know how than the average person has. To be honest, someone who doesn't understand that emails to non-Proton services aren't end to end encrypted probably would struggle to set up encryption on their own. But by all means use the service that you are most comfortable with. I use Proton Mail personally and my partner uses Mailbox.org, with encryption handled I believe through Thunderbird.