[smc-discuss] [fosscomm] [X post] One more step close to complete freedom, removed google apps from my phone

kk krmane at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 00:05:36 PDT 2015


What about google maps?
I don't see a totally free (as in freedom ) app available to match it so 
far?
Happy hacking.Krishnakant.


On Saturday 10 October 2015 10:09 AM, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> 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.
>
> Privacy is a human right and everyone deserves privacy.
>
> 1. I use duckduckgo.com <http://duckduckgo.com> for search
> ixquick.com <http://ixquick.com> is another option
>
> 2. I never signed up for google plus (or twitter). I deleted Facebook 
> account and WhatsApp. I use diaspora, xmpp and kontalk
>
> I'm part of the team that runs poddery.com <http://poddery.com> and 
> diasp.in <http://diasp.in> (diaspora+xmpp). You are invited to 
> register and start enjoying freedom (poddery.com <http://poddery.com> 
> is full, but we have space on diasp.in <http://diasp.in>). There is 
> also many public pods listed at podupti.me <http://podupti.me>
>
> 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.
>
> 3. I moved to autistici.org <http://autistici.org> for email. This was 
> the hardest. You have options of using many community run email 
> services. disroot.org <http://disroot.org>, openmailbox.org 
> <http://openmailbox.org> (also provide many other services like xmpp 
> and owncloud) or riseup.net <http://riseup.net>
>
> 4. I use cloud.libreinfra.org <http://cloud.libreinfra.org> for 
> address book sync (its run by a group of friends sharing a vps).
>
> 5. I flashedd my yu yuphoria phone and installed cyanogen mod without 
> google apps. No google play, I use only fdroid.
>
> 6. I use k9 mail + open keychain for gpg
> -- 
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>
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