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"Friends don’t let friends get spied on.' – Richard Stallman, President of the Free Software Foundation and longtime advocate of privacy in technology.

How to Find Ethical Alternatives to Big Tech Products and Services

From an article in The Next Web (TNW):

“It’s not like any of us went to a store for unethical people and told the clerk to load us up with dozens of products and services developed by companies that have no regard for personal privacy, human rights, or the future of our planet.

“But here we sit. There’s a good chance that the company that makes your phone’s OS develops AI for the military and/or uses legal loopholes to avoid paying fair taxes. And, in the US, your phone carrier probably helped destroy net neutrality. Let’s not even get into the company you ordered your smart speakers from, who owns the email servers you use at home and work, and how the browser most people will read this story on is actively breaching their privacy.

“But what can we really do about it?

“Well, turns out there’s a few resources that can help.”

If you want to find products that help you maintain your personal privacy, read the full article at: http://bit.ly/2I8rLnm.

Categories: Online Privacy & Security

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