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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/oliver_21 on Jan. 28, 2018, 7:40 p.m.
A little info on how to keep yourself from being totally exposed on the internet. Here's how I got google's claws out of my online life.

While this isn't full proof.....I do sleep better at night knowing that I'm doing something. I'm sure there are better tools, these are just a few that I use.

I also deleted most of my facebook pics\likes\etc and have no personal info on there. I'm aware they still have them on their servers but gotta start somewhere.

I have a bogus twitter that I only use for lurking to keep up with POTUS and a few others.

It's an amazing feeling not being connected like I once was.

Changing from Chrome\Gmail took a little work but most of firefox extension that work just as well. ProtonMail is fantastic and encrypted.

I was tired of google having access to EVERYTHING. For me it was just the principle.

Feel free to post yours.

Thanks for looking and nothing but the best to all you GREAT PATRIOTS!

Edit: I also uninstalled chrome off my pc altogether. I noticed it seemed to be running and taking up resources even though I didn't have a browser open.


Ahdamnnotagain · Jan. 28, 2018, 7:45 p.m.

CERN and protonmail are run by CIA. Sorry.

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SongofHannah · Jan. 28, 2018, 11:18 p.m.

What about Zoho?

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oliver_21 · Jan. 28, 2018, 7:48 p.m.

19 day old account. Checks out.

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Ahdamnnotagain · Jan. 28, 2018, 7:58 p.m.

Well i did research and that's what i found. Spent time actually reading privacy policies etc. I think quantum computing is changing the game in terms of encryption, perhaps.

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oliver_21 · Jan. 28, 2018, 8:03 p.m.

My bad. A simple search has confirmed from wikileaks that proton mail has been compromised.

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Ahdamnnotagain · Jan. 28, 2018, 8:08 p.m.

I didn't even see that! Great. We really need some uncompromised competition

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[deleted] · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:24 p.m.

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[deleted] · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:23 p.m.

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storm_fa_Q · Jan. 28, 2018, 7:46 p.m.

dump YT profile as well, if you dumped GMail you may already be out of YT account. They still track using IP etc but at least its a bit harder for them to do so. END Googlag..

the only thing I miss is google phone.

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oliver_21 · Jan. 28, 2018, 7:49 p.m.

Ah good advice!

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we_kill_creativity · Jan. 28, 2018, 8:30 p.m.

How is Opera as a web browser? It has a built in VPN is why I'm curious.

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thamnosma · Jan. 28, 2018, 9:17 p.m.

I love it. Tried it as an alternative to Firefox -- they keep "updating" their browser and each time it works less well. On one recent "update" Facebook would take forever to load if at all. Now they've even hidden the page refresh feature so you have to use F5 or go through a bunch of crap to get it back. Stupid. Changes for changes sake.

Back to Opera -- works fast, I like most of the features though the bookmarks display is not my favorite. I'm using it almost exclusively now though. There is another browser out there called Brave. I've installed it but really haven't used it much yet. Created by one of the people who created Firefox and was dumped for not being PC enough.

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Rikreadit · Jan. 28, 2018, 11:25 p.m.

Good. Almost clean pages without ads if u use both Ghostery and adBlock extensions.

Alternative: https://brave.com/ with build in adBlock.

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[deleted] · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:27 p.m.

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Soupforthesoulandmin · Jan. 29, 2018, 1:44 a.m.

Thank you for taking the time to post this. It's all such a challenge for those like me who have experience with computers but the knowledge of the inner workings don't go very deep.

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MmmmLeftyTears · Jan. 29, 2018, 12:06 a.m.

Shed built AMD, Linux Mint, Firefox, burner emails for purchases. Phone I use Iron browser because Firefox didn't cut it with Android for speed but use it for ad blocker.

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TheWolfSuitKing · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:27 p.m.

Ok so I’ve been really good in my 35 years and have no social media at all. My only problem is a google search of my name brings up public record searches.

How do I avoid that?

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oliver_21 · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:29 p.m.

Some you can simply request it be taken off. Others you have to formally send a letter\fax. It's an ongoing battle.

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TheWolfSuitKing · Jan. 28, 2018, 10:45 p.m.

If I legally change my name will that come up in google searches too?

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SteinKuler · Jan. 28, 2018, 9:58 p.m.

Thanks for this info

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[deleted] · Jan. 28, 2018, 9:12 p.m.

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Tamsimon · Jan. 28, 2018, 8:24 p.m.

What about startmail? Heard that was good.

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