New to the forum. First off, I want to thank @Henry for his excellent evaluation last week about the politics of privacy. I really treasure the areas of my life where folks from the political right, center and left can find common ground and purpose. Privacy is certainly one of those areas. Well said, Henry!
As for my wins, I’ve been on a mission since January to accomplish the following 3 goals for my wife and I:
- Decouple from subscription-based services - reduce $ tiers or go off them altogether when an alternative presents itself.
- Harden our digital footprint - replace our decades-old spreadsheet of simple passwords, delete old/unused accounts, remove non-required PI from the rest. Delete auto-payments and payment methods on file.
- Reduce tracking avenues - Move away from reliance on Microsoft, Google and Apple in general, exit social media where possible, move to ETE messaging, stop using ISP DNS service.
There are a lot of little wins, but here are my favs:
- Moved our Google Workspace email/drive to Proton Duo. We are mostly done with that now.
- Moved our Apple/Google photos to Synology Photos (I’ve had a NAS for years but had no idea what it was capable of!)
- Moved 10 years of Evernote to Synology Notes on our NAS.
- Replaced my iphone 12pro with Pixel 8 Ebay refurbished and installed Graphene OS. Works well so far (did NOT install social apps, I access them all through the Vanadium browser that comes with Graphene.)
- Switched our whole family to Signal for our group and solo chats.
- Bought a new router and set up NextDNS on it (I just wish Proton VPN played better with that).
More in future weeks to come!
Thanks all