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In the era of surveillance capitalism, holding onto privacy is increasingly challenging. Our communication, web searches, and online behavior, is constantly gathered and then combined with millions of other users in the form of Big Data for predictive analytics that go on to shape the ads, news, and google results you see. For those who are uncomfortable with this constant surveillance, information activists have created ways to have more privacy.
Service |
What You Use Now |
Secure and Private Version |
Texting |
Messenger App |
Signal App |
Internet Browser |
Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer |
Tor Project |
Searching the Web |
Google, Bing |
DuckDuckGo |
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Gmail, Yahoo, AOL |
ProtonMail |
Live-Edit Online Document |
Google Docs |
CryptPad |
Forms |
Google Forms |
JotForms |
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