* [Proton Mail](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://proton.me) (free: 500 MB storage, other paid plans)
* [Tutanota](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://tutanota.com) (free: 1 GB storage, other paid plans)
* [CTemplar](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://ctemplar.com) (free: 1 GB storage, other paid plans)
* [Mailfence](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://mailfence.com) (free: 500 MB storage, other paid plans)
* [Posteo](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://posteo.de/en) (paid: 2 GB to 20 GB storage)
* [mailbox.org](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://mailbox.org/en) (paid: 2 to 100 GB storage)
All these services are open-source.
* [Matrix](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://matrix.org/) protocol: [Element](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://element.io), [FluffyChat](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://tether.im/), [Syphon](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://tether.im/) (these are clients for using the Matrix protocol)
E2E can cause you to lose messages if you lose room keys, which can happen if you for example use private windows.
Using the client on multiple devices can help prevent this.
Messages are stored on homeservers, end-to-end-encrypted, if encryption is enabled.
* [Signal](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.signal.org)
Requires telephone number; well-suited for real-life people.
Messages are stored locally, in encrypted form.
* [Wire](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://wire.com)
Messages are stored locally, in encrypted form.
* [Session](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://getsession.org)
## Facebook/Snapchat/Instagram/Twitter alternatives (social media):
These APK stores make it possible but don't particularly advertise privacy[[2]](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/#f2): * [APKPure](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://apkpure.com) * [APKMirror](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.apkmirror.com) ## Google Drive alternatives (file storage services):
Through [WINE](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.winehq.org), [Proton](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.protondb.com) and other technologies support has become very good.
Alongside that and many other things you can enjoy almost never having to restart your computer for updates again.
* You'll want a Linux distribution, such as for example: * [Pop!_OS](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://pop.system76.com) * [Arch Linux](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://archlinux.org) * [Linux Mint](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://linuxmint.com) * [Void Linux](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://voidlinux.org) * [Tails](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://tails.boum.org) * [Others](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://distrowatch.com) ## GitHub alternatives (code hosting platforms):
Some data is sent to a cloud to improve conversion accuracy but data is deleted within 60 days
and the cloud can be turned off. * [mazec](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/http://mazec.jp) (handwritten input) * [ATOK](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.atok.com) ----- Ironically enough, this list is hosted on GitHub, a proprietary service owned by Microsoft. The reason is mostly that GitHub, compared to the alternatives, still reaches a wider audience due to its popularity. Additionally, for most people it is nowadays hardly possible to avoid all of these mainstream services. After all, most of us carry a phone around typically running Android or iOS with the need of creating an account and agreeing to all kinds of policies to get access to basic services we desire. Nonetheless there are still a lot of things we can do as this list shows. The kind of services on the top are the ones we need to start with. ### Footnotes 1. Although this document only mentions Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, that doesn't mean they are the only companies that face a threat to privacy. They are just examples. 2. Note that this isn't supposed to mean that this service is strictly to be avoided. As mentioned at the start of the document, it contributes to and serves the competition. ### Alternative lists This document is supposed to collect high-quality services into a small list that is quick and easy to choose from.
If you are looking for longer and more comprehensive lists, have a look at these:
* [r/degoogle Wiki](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/wiki/index) * [switching.software](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://switching.software) * [Awesome Alternatives](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://gitlab.com/linuxcafefederation/awesome-alternatives) * [Awesome Privacy](https://github.com/wooster0/shifting/blob/master/https://github.com/paulaime/Awesome-Privacy)