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Privacy Tools wiki-page started by User:Raven9, 2023-04-08.

Privacy Tools renamed Security alternatives.

Braxman

• Brax.Me

  an app platform focused on privacy and the Privacy Community

  with a store featuring more privacy products

  • BraxTech.net - Brax3 [Privacy] Phone (2024)
  • Brax Virtual Phone
  • Braxmail
  • BytzVPN
  • YouTube channel: YouTube.com/@robbraxmantech Rob Braxman Tech

DeGoogle

The DeGoogle movement (also called the de-Google movement) is a grassroots campaign that has spawned as privacy advocates urge users to stop using Google products entirely due to growing privacy concerns regarding the Google company. ~ DeGoogle^{[ Wikipedia ]}

• Thousands of Reddit users are trying to delete Google from their lives, but they're finding it impossible because Google is everywhere
• Tech giants watch our every move online. Does that violate our human rights?

DeGoogling a Google Pixel 8 Pro

• 📱 DeGOOGLE A Google Pixel 8 Pro 📱^{[ YouTube ]} playlist curated by Jason Carswell.

A Google Pixel 8 Pro is one of the best phones to deGoogle in 2026.

Google Pixel 8 Pro

Ironically, a Google Pixel 8 Pro is one of the best phones to deGoogle in 2026.

• Pro Camera System: "Pixel's best pro camera yet." Features a 50mp main camera for exceptional low-light photos, 48mp ultrawide camera for improved macro photography, 48mp telephoto camera with Pixel's best zoom ever, and 10.5mp front camera for sharp selfies.
• Advanced photo features: Pro controls unlock advanced settings with full-resolution images, Best Take combines similar photos so everyone looks their best, and exceptional low-light performance delivers amazing quality from dusk until dawn. Video Capture Resolution: 1080p, 4k; Frame Rate: 30fps, 60fps.
• Storage and Connectivity: 256GB internal storage provides ample space for photos, videos, and apps, with unlocked compatibility for flexible carrier options and 5G connectivity for fast data speeds.
• Extended Battery Life: 24-hour battery keeps you powered throughout the day, allowing you to capture photos, stream content, and stay connected without frequent charging interruptions.

~ Google Pixel 8 Pro 256GB Unlocked Android Smartphone with Advanced Camera, 24-Hour Battery, Obsidian Renewed $549, 2026^{[ Amazon ]}

QR codes

QR code for mobile English Wikipedia.

QR Code Structure Example 2.

Body painting - QR code.

Develop your mad skillz.

Avoid "quick read" QR codes at all costs.

Just some reasons to avoid QR codes:

1. Convenience trains you to be conformist, lazy, as well as dependent and addicted to technologies you can not fully control.
2. You're forced to trust all involved in making the image - hardware, software, image maker, employer, advertisers, corporations, etc. Any or all of these may have been compromised or corrupted.
3. Countless industries are determined to track you and sell your data - including QR code generated data.
4. Countless QR code generators direct you to a tracking site before sending you to the final target site.
5. Malware and spyware may infiltrate your devices during redirection.
6. Even if you use and open-source QR code generator, there's no guarantee others will use them.
7. Even if a QR code claims it was open-source generated there's no way to verify.
8. It's laughably easy to create fake QR code scams.

Short videos on QR codes:

• Parking QR code scams: What to know and how to protect yourself (0:59) ~ ABC7, 2024-08-27
• Stop using QR codes. - Explained in 2 minutes. (2:05) ~ Security Researcher, 2024-08-09

A brief history on the development of digital communications up to QR codes, along with some promotional hype to use the convenient enslavement technology:

• How do QR codes work? (I built one myself to find out) (35:13) ~ Veritasium, 2024-09-30

The Work of Art in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism (14:52) ~ Brendan Morris, 2024-09-13.

Unsorted

This stuff needs to be sorted appropriately, perhaps in the process of an overhaul of 1) Decentralized alternatives, 2) Economic alternatives, 3) Security alternatives, and 4) Technology alternatives - perhaps spilling into other pages too, likely starting more pages. All of this may warrant further discussion about pragmatic and useful listicle organizing and management. Perhaps it might be better to start with a parent Alternatives listicle wiki-page as an over-arching project, then have sub-folder pages like Alternatives/Security. Maybe not. Folders have pros and cons, though it's hard to see (m)any cons.

Secure messaging

• Delta.Chat

  Delta Chat provides encrypted, instant messaging via mailservers

  • Discovered via : https://matrix.gvid.tv/c/Privacy/2kzQufSyja

• PrivacyTools.io: privacy-messaging

  PrivacyTools.io's guide to private messaging [really covers everything]

  • Discovered via: https://matrix.gvid.tv/c/privacy/CHxXppXvAb

• PrivacyGuides.org: real-time-communication

  Privacy Guide to Encrypted Messengers [more strict on what they will list]

  • Discovered via: https://matrix.gvid.tv/c/privacy/Cfp4AQU1Uz

• SecureMessagingApps.com

  Secure Messaging Apps compares the options

  • Discovered via : https://matrix.gvid.tv/c/Privacy/4S5Dydect9

See also

• Decentralized alternatives‏‎
• Economic alternatives
• Security alternatives‏‎
• Technology alternatives