We just took our first step and cancelled Netflix! It’s a small thing compared to some of you, but we’re here to stay! Becoming more and more aware and striving to buy European!
We just took our first step and cancelled Netflix! It’s a small thing compared to some of you, but we’re here to stay! Becoming more and more aware and striving to buy European!
Avast had privacy violations.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/did-avast-sell-your-data-heres-how-to-get-a-piece-of-the-ftc-settlement
Windows defender is good enough if you are on Windows.
Thanks for the tip - hadn’t heard about the Avast news, and wasn’t aware Windows Defender might be sufficient. I’ll look into it.
I’ll confess to still using WhatsApp, cause I don’t have it in my heart to force my 80 year old mother to learn signal.
Oh - and I’m replacing gmail (email and calendar) with Proton. I think the CEO isn’t great, but it’s a very similar service, and it’s not US based. Any recommendations for alternatives to Android and Apple? I’m getting less comfortable with how much data Google has (and I don’t like iOS).
Proton the company recently deleted their Mastodon to exclusively use Twitter. They are very sketchy.
“very sketchy” compared to what standard though
Another thing is virustotal is a good site for scanning programs before running it, since it’ll scan it with every possible virus scanner available.
Windows defender and browsing the web with something ublock origin to block ads is sufficient. And just having virustotal scan a program before running it will protect you from most stuff.
If you do insist on a third party virus scanner then eset is one I used to use for years before sticking with defender. It is from Slovakia.
Virus total has been bought by Google. It’s what is behind plastore protection.
Unfortunately, phone OSes alternatives are still far behind Android and iOS for most people.
But you can use a de-Googled Android distribution: Graphene (probably the best choice but Google Pixel only and may have a learning curve), Calyx, Lineage, eOS.