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Cutting Google out of your life (Updated: May 2020)
I don't have anything to hide, but I don't have anything to show you either.
Index
- Contributing
- Browser extensions
- Replacements/alternatives
- Useful links, tools, and advice
- The lighter side
- Closing remarks
Contributing
If you want to help out with the project, here are some ideas (submit Issues & Pull Requests on the GitHub page):
- iOS app alternatives! I don't have an iOS device to find alternatives with. I would highly appreciate any help with this.
- Clean up/improve the Markdown.
- Provide more information on services with little info or where help requested! is shown.
- Suggest new services or provide info for removing existing services.
- Host a mirror or clone the repo. If you host a mirror, let me know and I can add it to the mirrors list.
- Anything else relating to any part of this guide, whether it's Google related or not.
When contributing, please try to follow the rules outlined in CONTRIBUTING.md.
Browser extensions
These Firefox extensions can help prevent connections to Google domains and also improve your privacy/security online.
- uBlock Origin
- Privacy Badger
- Decentraleyes
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Cookie AutoDelete
- DDG Privacy Essentials
- I don't care about cookies
- minerBlock
- Terms of Service; Didn't Read
- An expanded list from u/R0B0LUT10N:
- uMatrix (thanks u/rudolf323)
- TrackMeNot
Replacements/alternatives
Disclaimer
- Only privacy/security focused alternatives will be suggested.
- Many replacements are based off this Wikipedia article (List of Google products)
- Products from companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. will not be recommended unless there is a very good reason to. This includes companies/apps/services they own.
- Controversial services will have a disclaimer attached if needed.
- 5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes services will be listed, and marked as such. This means the company, not the server IP.
- 5: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA
- 9: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway
- 14: Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Spain
- What are 5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes?
Web-based products
Search (web, images)
Name | Eyes | Description |
---|---|---|
DuckDuckGo | 5-eyes | One of the best privacy-focused search engines. Domain is hosted in USA which could potentially be problematic for some. |
Startpage | 9-eyes | Another privacy search engine that claims to not track any of your data. They operate servers in both USA and Europe. Note: Startpage was recently acquired. See Issue #12. Thanks @pydo, @ThijsRay, and @DatAres37. Also see this comment in Issue #99 from @danarel on Startpage. |
searx.me | Open-source (thanks for clarification u/Sheezdudeln) privacy search engine. Domain hosted in Germany. | |
MetaGer | 14-eyes | MetaGer is the search engine project from the registered nonprofit organization SUMA E.V. in Germany. |
Qwant | 9-eyes | Major improvements since 2018's guide. would prefer better info other than an outdated reference |