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Personally I'm also including eBay, Twitter, Yahoo & Cloudflare on the list of evils. | Personally I'm also including eBay, Twitter, Yahoo & Cloudflare on the list of evils. | ||
I will try to keep this list up to date, add more stuff and fix mistakes that are pointed out to me (see [[# | I will try to keep this list up to date, add more stuff and fix mistakes that are pointed out to me (see [[#Changelog]]). Please also give me tips for other tools I could use, but don't be mad if I don't have the time to look into and add all of them. | ||
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- [Kuketz IT-Security](https://www.kuketz-blog.de/) ?? German-Language blog with lots of helpful guides for beginners to experts. | - [Kuketz IT-Security](https://www.kuketz-blog.de/) ?? German-Language blog with lots of helpful guides for beginners to experts. | ||
< | <h1 id='Changelog'>Changelog</h3> | ||
* 2019-04-08: Start of drafting | |||
* 2019-04-13: Publication and initial edits based on great and numerous feedback (e.g. about Fedilab, Telegram, Signal, Tor Browser... ) | |||
* 2019-04-14: Added uMatrix, added other suggestions as notable mentions while explicitly not recommending others that are proprietary software. | |||
* 2019-04-15: Added [Video](#Video), [Audio](#Audio) and [Photo](#Photo) sections. | |||
* 2019-04-16: Added Mojeek and a few Linux distributions. | |||
* 2019-04-17: Had to split article into two parts, because too many images; started replacing icons hosted on evil clouds and removed Brave (see [motive](https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/101941233246966746)). | |||
* 2019-04-22: Finished replacing icons hosted on evil clouds - some are not really icons of the subject, but just images from Wikimedia that look somewhat similar. | |||
* 2019-04-27: Added a [Books](#Books) section and more. | |||
* 2019-04-29: Published Part 3. | |||
* 2019-05-01: Revamped the [Desktop Operating Systems](#DesktopOperatingSystems) section with some new additions. | |||
Also started replacing [words the FSF says to avoid](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html). | Also started replacing [words the FSF says to avoid](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html). | ||
* 2019-05-02: Added highlights for Beginner, Freedom, Privacy, Environmental and Overall tips in some sections. | |||
* 2019-05-03: Added [General Considerations](#GeneralConsiderations) section. | |||
* 2019-05-06: Removed link to AlternativeTo. [Here](https://mastodon.social/@paulakreuzer/102048778713031808) is why. | |||
* 2019-05-10: Updated invidio.us with a tip from [@kuketzblog](https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/102070725816948006). | |||
* 2019-05-16: Added a few more [browser addons](#BrowserAddons). | |||
* 2019-05-22: Updated the [browsers](#WebBrowsers) section in celebration of the first stable release for the mobile Tor Browser. | |||
* 2019-05-30: Rewrote the [Instant Messaging](#InstantMessaging) section and the text about [Tutanota](#MailProviders). Part 1 reached 10.000 views today! | |||
* 2020-02-09: General overhaul. Now it's just one part. | |||
* 2021-01-10: Minor edits (esp. concerning cloudflare) | |||
* 2021-01-13: Replaced Telegram with Signal | |||
* 2022-06-09: Started move to JoinFediverseWiki | |||
[[Category:Unrelated stuff]] | [[Category:Unrelated stuff]] | ||