Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how to help my parents reduce their reliance on American Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.). They’re not tech-savvy, and I don’t want to overwhelm them or make them feel like I’m forcing a radical change. At the same time, I’m concerned about privacy, data collection, and the monopolistic practices of these companies.

Any ideas? First of all I thought about ecosia, I see that it returns more similar results to google than Qwant.

I want to buy them Threema licence.

I installed Le Chat as chatgpt replacement, moved some documents to Synology Nas

What’s next?

  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Agree with @huppakee@piefed.social comment here about the importance of setting a north star and seeing the big picture.

    I started idcaboutprivacy for exactly this. It’s an open source repository of articles and discussions to surface the importance of privacy how it affects our lives.

    I’ve found that connecting the offline to the online is really helpful in translating concepts and answering the “Why should I care?” question.

    On a more tactical level, I like to start off recommending Privacy Guides. Though not everyone agrees with 100% of their software recommendations, it’s a really solid starting point, and they also provide justifications for each one.

    This journey that you wanna put your parents on is also endless, and we gotta adjust as necessary as things change. It’ll never be static. So consider that. Stay lean, open minded, and willing to adapt when necessary.