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<div class="moz-signature">Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
Director, IT for Change<br>
In Special Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ITforChange.Net">www.ITforChange.Net</a>| Cell:91 9845437730 | Tel:91 80 26654134,
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My search engine is <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://duckduckgo.com">https://duckduckgo.com</a>. Make it yours. </div>
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<td>[fosscomm] [X post] One more step close to complete
freedom, removed google apps from my phone</td>
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<td>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:09:47 +0530</td>
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<td>Pirate Praveen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:praveen@onenetbeyond.org"><praveen@onenetbeyond.org></a></td>
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<td>Indian FOSS Community Network list
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:discuss@smc.org.in">discuss@smc.org.in</a>, Indian FOSS Community Network list
FOSSCOM <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:network@lists.fosscom.in"><network@lists.fosscom.in></a>, FSMK
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I have moved away from google and I strongly recommend all of you
to do the same. It is mostly a psychological barrier. The features
we miss can be added to Free Software collectively, but loss of
privacy can never be compensated.<br>
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Privacy is a human right and everyone deserves privacy.<br>
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1. I use <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://duckduckgo.com">duckduckgo.com</a>
for search<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ixquick.com">ixquick.com</a>
is another option<br>
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2. I never signed up for google plus (or twitter). I deleted
Facebook account and WhatsApp. I use diaspora, xmpp and kontalk<br>
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I'm part of the team that runs <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://poddery.com">poddery.com</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://diasp.in">diasp.in</a>
(diaspora+xmpp). You are invited to register and start enjoying
freedom (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://poddery.com">poddery.com</a>
is full, but we have space on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://diasp.in">diasp.in</a>). There is also many public
pods listed at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://podupti.me">podupti.me</a><br>
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Use conversations + kontalk for messaging. I hope to be able to
make both of them interoperable soon. Let me know if you want to
help.<br>
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3. I moved to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://autistici.org">autistici.org</a> for email. This
was the hardest. You have options of using many community run
email services. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://disroot.org">disroot.org</a>, <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://openmailbox.org">openmailbox.org</a>
(also provide many other services like xmpp and owncloud) or <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://riseup.net">riseup.net</a><br>
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4. I use <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cloud.libreinfra.org">cloud.libreinfra.org</a> for
address book sync (its run by a group of friends sharing a vps).<br>
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5. I flashedd my yu yuphoria phone and installed cyanogen mod
without google apps. No google play, I use only fdroid.<br>
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6. I use k9 mail + open keychain for gpg<br>
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my
brevity.
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