Yesterday while driving my wife to the nearest large town for shopping (one hour each way) I was explaining my thought process on getting an Android phone with an alternative software stack. The most painful part of this proposed transition is that our 2021 Honda Pilot basically becomes whichever of our iPhones is currently synched, and let me tell you, this is damned convenient (pun intended).
Currently I am using the full range of ProtonMail products, and have my Google, Apple, and device settings as strong-privacy as I can. Google is a good example: I use a range of paid for Google services but except for YouTube Premium, I have data collection turned off. I let Google store YouTube data for 30 days, and still get a good user experience.
As others here have said, stay away from any smart home devices.
EDIT: reading this article (and her book Privacy is Power) yesterday is what kicked off our conversation. People who protect their privacy have advantages over people who don’t.
People who protect their privacy have advantages over people who don’t.
This is the essential thing that we as a tech savvy professionals must communicate to the normal users.
The key word is "advantages". We all like having one or two.
Blurring the lines of "ownership" and "renting" is the global corporate plan for the future.
But I have a question:
If data is the new petrol, and we all are the source, why they expect us not only to give it free but to pay the extraction fee?
If they don't have pay us for our data, then they will not.
I am pretty much hard-over on privacy, yet I carefully use many fine Google services, keep a Facebook account because I really enjoy my Oculus, etc.
I am conflicted about Apple because my professional and personal digital lives are so smooth with an Apple Watch, and iPhone, iPad, and M1 MacBook Pro. Low friction.
I have several Linux laptops, including a really nice System76. The thought of getting a CalyxOS Android, and just using Linux is a rough decision.
I actually feel this one a lot: Android Auto and it's contemporaries are surprisingly great experiences on the road, and it's going to be tough to drop it going forwards. As long as my PinePhone ships with Bluetooth, I should be okay.
Currently I am using the full range of ProtonMail products, and have my Google, Apple, and device settings as strong-privacy as I can. Google is a good example: I use a range of paid for Google services but except for YouTube Premium, I have data collection turned off. I let Google store YouTube data for 30 days, and still get a good user experience.
As others here have said, stay away from any smart home devices.
EDIT: reading this article (and her book Privacy is Power) yesterday is what kicked off our conversation. People who protect their privacy have advantages over people who don’t.