Tracking ways I’m currently wresting control of my digital identity back from the Axis of Evil (MAAMA, a.k.a. Microsoft Amazon Apple Meta & Alphabet):
- Messenger & WhatsApp -> 📧Signal
- Goodreads -> 📚Open Library
- Twitter -> 🐘Mastadon
- GMail -> ⚛️Proton Mail
- ❌ Delete Instagram
- ❌ Delete All Personal Data on Google Drive/Mail/Docs
I’ll add more to this, probably personal justifications, as I have time.
For right now, my ranking trust for services is:
- Federated or completely decentralized (e.g. blockchain, email, bbs)
- Non-profit organizations with a mission statement & public accountability
- For-profit corporations, chartered & with data storage in the Europian Union
- For-profit corporations, chartered & with data storage in the US State of California
- Everything else