Cutting Google out of your life

Search Engine Party

An open-source comparison table of popular search engines. It was made by a former team member at PrivacyGuides, though is not affiliated with the site.

DuckDuckGo

One of the best privacy-focused search engines. Domain is hosted in USA which could potentially be problematic for some.

Startpage

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.

SearXNG

Open-source self-hostable metasearch engine that aggregates results from other engines without tracking you. SearXNG is the actively-maintained fork of the original searx project, which is no longer developed; searx.space lists public instances of both.

searx

The original open-source privacy metasearch engine. Note: development has effectively stopped in favour of SearXNG (above) — new deployments should use SearXNG instead.

Brave Search

A search engine with its own independent index, from the makers of the Brave browser. Does not require an account and has an optional paid ad-free API/premium tier. Closed-source, US-based company.

Kagi

A paid, ad-free search engine with no advertising business model, which is the basis of its privacy claim (you pay instead of being tracked). Requires an account, is subscription-only, and the search backend is closed-source.

Uruky

EU-based paid search alternative to Google Search (I'm Blue, Lda., Portugal). Anonymous Mullvad-style accounts, no ads or tracking; EU servers, storage, and payments. Metasearch over European providers. Thanks Bruno for the suggestion.

Whoogle Search

Open-source, self-hostable front-end that fetches Google results without ads, JavaScript, cookies, or tracking. Useful if you specifically want Google's result quality without Google seeing you.

MetaGer

MetaGer is the search engine project from the registered nonprofit organization SUMA E.V. in Germany.

Qwant

A privacy-respecting search engine. Note: Qwant may not be available in all countries; see Issue #408 for more information.

Swisscows

A Swiss search engine that offers a unique search experience for the web, images, videos, music, and more. They are currently funding a mail service. Read through their datacenter about page, it's really interesting.

Mojeek

Unlike other privacy search engines which act as a "middle man" between you and Google/Bing/Yahoo, Mojeek has their own crawler and index. The results aren't as complete as some of the others, but it is still impressive and they are actively building their index to include more results with better accuracy.

Ekoru

Privacy focused search engine that also aims to clean up the oceans. Thanks @mynamesleon

Cyberd

Decentralized Google. A web 3 alternative for the Google search engine. In Beta testing mode. Uses IPFS and Tendermint consensus for security and economic incentives. Visit their ELI-5 FAQ for more info.

Infinity Search

Infinity Search is a privacy metasearch engine that does not log any information about its users. In terms of privacy, it works the same way as DuckDuckGo. It is free to use and is funded by non-tracking advertisements and affiliate links. It is also completely open-source.

Runnaroo

"Runnaroo was built from the ground up to provide an all around better search experience." Thanks @codingepaduli

PeerTube

Decentralized, federated video hosting network. Still quite small, but is growing and has a dedicated community. Although there is no central database/server, all the separate instances can still talk to one another. This allows for data exchange and a way to view anyone's videos while only associating with one instance. Thanks @kdkasad for clarifying federation.

BitChute

Also P2P, but not decentralized. Due to it being proprietary, if BitChute goes down then the whole thing goes down (unlike PeerTube). (thanks u/up-sky-7)

DTube

Looks very similar to YouTube. Advertised as "first crypt-decentralized video-platform". Built on Steemit and IPFS.

Invidious

An open-source front-end alternative to YouTube. Seems to work pretty well from my experience so far, and it hasn't triggered anything on my adblocker/privacy extensions. Also offers downloads in many formats for videos (including .vtt subtitles).

LBRY

A decentralized platform for distributing and supporting creators's work. It aims to be Open, Community driven "digital marketplace". It can be used in a similar way to YouTube: browsing, subscribing to channels, there is a mechanism to send "tips" to creators. Looks up videos based on a blockchain and is open-source and uncensored. It already has some "larger" creators like Minutephysics, Veritasium, Barnacules and Lunduke.

FreeTube

Open-source desktop YouTube client that uses the Invidio.us API to serve content.

youtube-local

Open-source browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance. Non-video requests can be routed through Tor. Optionally the videos can be routed through Tor as well. Can be used without Javascript. No server software installation required. Uses self-hosted subscriptions and playlists.

Piped

An open-source front-end alternative to YouTube. Uses NewPipeExtractor behind the scenes.

Local newspaper

Support independent and qualitative journalism in your community.

AllSides

Unbiased news source (primarily for US politics). Thanks @jeanofthedead

Miniflux

Miniflux is a minimalist and opinionated feed reader. Completely open-source, along with automatically removing pixel trackers.

Sympa

Sympa is an open-source mailing list manager. It provides advanced features with a rich and secure web interface.

GNU Mailman

Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more.

Discourse

Discourse is the 100% open-source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, or long-form chat room.

Groups.io

a privacy focused email list system that does not track you, nor your members. It is not open source. Data is hosted on one central server but the server is encrypted. It has modern email group features such as a wiki, integrations, and RSS import support.

DeepL

DeepL is an artifical intelligence translation service. Please keep in mind DeepL tracks the text you translate unless you purchase Pro. See sections 4 & 5 of their privacy policy for more information. Thanks u/TheCy-FiJuggernaut

Apertium

A free, open-source translation system.

LibreTranslate

A free and open-source machine-translation API which can be self-hosted.

Lingva Translate

Alternative front-end for Google Translate. Operates similar to NewPipe or Invidious, Lingva "scrapes through GTranslate and retrieves the translation without using any Google-related service, preventing them from tracking".

Ollama

Open-source tool for running open-weight language models entirely on your own machine. Once a model is downloaded, inference happens locally with no network access required.

llama.cpp

Open-source C/C++ inference engine that runs open-weight models locally on CPU or GPU, including on fairly modest hardware. Underpins many other local-AI tools.

Open WebUI

Open-source, self-hosted web interface for local models, giving a chat experience similar to hosted assistants while keeping conversations on your own server.

Jan

Open-source desktop app for running language models offline on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Aimed at users who want a local assistant without configuring a server.

DuckDuckGo AI Chat

A free, no-account proxy in front of several hosted models. DuckDuckGo states chats are anonymised and not used for training, but prompts still leave your device and reach a third-party model provider — this is a weaker privacy guarantee than running a model locally.

EthicalAds

A developer-focused, privacy-obsessed ad network from the fine folks at Read the Docs. Source code can be found on GitHub.

F5Bot

Emails you when your selected keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters.

Nextcloud

Nextcloud 19 now has Community Document Server and ONLYOFFICE apps integrated which allows self-hosted instances of docs/sheets/slides. Users are able to edit documents in real time. Thanks @k3tan172 and @plutocrat

Open-Xchange

A secure hosted email and productivity platform, designed for providers of all sizes to offer their customers email, calendar, storage, encryption and more.

Sandstorm

An open-source self-hosted web hosting platform for a wide set of web applications, including Etherpad (collaborative text editing), Radicale (calendar), Lychee (image hosting), Wekan (Kanban)

Activepieces

Open source no-code business and process automation tool. For example, you can set up a flow to receive Slack messages whenever a new Trello card is added.

Joomla

Self-hosted and open-source content management system (CMS).

WriteFreely

An open-source platform for building a writing space on the web.

Write.as

Free & paid hosting for WriteFreely, which is developed by the folks at Write.as.

WordPress self-hosted

The open-source version of WordPress. A very popular tool and a recognized name.

concrete5

Open-source CMS.

Noblogs

A privacy/security focused blogging platform.

Ghost

Open-source modern CMS. Boasts "over 19x faster than WordPress". Thanks @peterge1998

Bear Blog

Privacy-first, no-nonsense blogging platform. No JavaScript, no stylesheets, no trackers — just your words. Tiny pages, custom domains, RSS. Source-available (not self-hostable as a multi-tenant platform).

Haven

FLOSS private blogging platform. Easy to self-host (standard rails app, ships with AWS and Raspberry Pi deployment scripts. AWS is not required). Access restricted to accounts which you create and hand out. Good for private blogs but not for commercial/public blogging. Built-in feed reader.

Matomo

(Matomo/parent company) - Open-source analytics platform. (thanks u/Newblik)

Fathom

Simple analytics for bloggers & businesses

Plausible

Open-source, privacy-focused web analytics.

GoatCounter

Simple web statistics. No tracking of personal data. open-source and may be self-hosted. Free for non-commercial use; paid plans available.

Simple Analytics

Great analytics with privacy and simplicity in mind. Paid plans only (with free trials).

Alpina Web Analytics

Simple, privacy-focused analytics with event tracking, real-time dashboard and filters. No cookie or localstorage usage. Servers in EU. Free and paid plans available.

Shynet

Shynet is a self-hosted analytics tool that doesn't make use of cookies. It is privacy focused and fully open-source. Thanks @woutfeys

Supabase

Supabase is an opensource alternative to Firebase. You can host for free on their platform, or you can self host. Thanks @woutfeys

GoAccess

An open-source web server analysis tool. Installs on your web server (ideally), but works just as well if you download your logs someplace else. Interactive; cursor around in the report and see what's going on. Can generate HTML reports. Can also generate realtime interactive HTML reports if you run it in server mode. Lightweight, only requires UTF-8 support and ncurses (ncursesw, if you want a UTF-8 enabled console). Available in the default package repositories of multiple Linux distros. Thanks @virtadpt

Offen

Open-source and self-hosted, Offen is a fair and lightweight web analytics alternative that treats operators and users as equal parties.

Umami

A simple, easy to use, open-source/self-hosted web analytics solution.

Kindmetrics

An open-source analytics tool. Landing page and company is based in Sweden, CDN in EU, Servers on Digitalocean (USA) datacenter in Germany.

UXWizz

Self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics, similar to Matomo but cheaper for premium features. Includes user segments, heatmaps, session recordings and A/B testing.

Piwik PRO

An analytics suite with a focus on user privacy and data security.

Panelbear

Privacy-focused analytics + web performance monitoring.

HockeyStack

Offers cookieless tracking and no PII collected.

Swetrix

Privacy-focused, cookieless and selfhostable alternative to Google Analytics.

Immich

Open-source, self-hosted photo and video backup designed as a direct Google Photos replacement, with mobile apps for Android and iOS that auto-upload to your own server. Includes albums, search, face recognition, and sharing.

Photoprism

Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow.

LibrePhotos

A self-hosted open source photo management service. A fork of Ownphotos which has been discontinued in favor of LibrePhotos.

Piwigo

Self-hosted and open-source cloud photo manager. You can also sign up for an "as a service" account.

JottaCloud

Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon

Cryptee

Encrypted photo storage in a simple solution similar to Google Photos.

PhotoStructure

Self-hosted photo and video manager. Cross-platform (macOS, Windows, Linux, Docker). Scales to millions of assets, with automatic organization, auto-transcoding, and advanced de-duplication.

Lychee

An open-source self-hosted photo-management tool that includes built-in support for videos. Thanks @m0yP

ente

A paid, cloud-based, open-source photo storage app with a focus on security and privacy. Apps are available for iOS, Android, web and desktop.

Photoview

Self-hosted and open-source Personal Photo Management with options for face grouping, albums, sharing, automatic thumbnail generation, and map pins.

Lomorage

Enables people to backup photos / videos from any devices to their own self-hosted server, and intelligently manages these personal assets via AI. Run the Lomorage server at your home, download mobile client to save the memories, and enjoy the moments.

Lightning Calendar (Thunderbird)

Developed by Mozilla Foundation and open-source. Integrates into Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

ProtonCalendar

Developed by ProtonMail. Free plan only supports 1 calendar. Allows importing of other calendar files. Has an Android app.

Tutanota Calendar

Developed by Tutanota. Free cross-platform encrypted calendar. Allows importing of other Calendar files. Can't be synced to other calendar software.

Fruux

Open-source calendar using "sabre/dav" (FOSS WebDAV, CardDAV, and CalDAV). They mention privacy quite a bit on their site. Very large number of features, and supports nearly every device: Windows, iOS, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, SailFish, and also a webapp for browsers.

Baïkal

a lightweight CalDAV+CardDAV server. It offers an extensive web interface with easy management of users, address books and calendars. It is fast and simple to install and only needs a basic php capable server. The data can be stored in a MySQL or a SQLite database. Thanks @mahdi1234

Nextcloud

Nextcloud also offers a calendar solution using CalDAV and CardDAV. Thanks @mahdi1234 for pointing this out.

Radicale

Self-hosted calendar server written in Python. WebUI for desktop, CalDav/CardDav for mobile sync. Can use a reverse proxy with Nginx for HTTPS.

Mailfence Calendar

Supports vCal/iCal import, export and can be accessed by using CalDAV. Users can share their calendars with group members and can also create polls.

CryptPad

Open-source "zero knowledge" collaborative cloud editor. They offer Rich Text, Code, Presentation, Sheet (beta), Poll, Kanban, Whiteboard, and CryptDrive. 100% Client side encryption. Tons of useful features.

Etherpad

Self-hosted collaborative editor. Does not use the browser. Not the greatest interface, but it's open-source and you have full control over who can see your data.

Cryptee

Open-source and privacy focused photo and document storage/editing. Based in Estonia, so your files are outside the reach of any 14-eyes country. They don't even require an email address to sign up.

LibreOffice Online

Self-hosted instance of LibreOffice that you can run in your browser. Thanks @flubberding

ONLYOFFICE

Open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs'suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application.

Arcane Office

A decentralized office suite with high-security and zero-knowledge on your data. With Arcane Office, you have maximum control on your personal stuff. Full-featured online document and spreadsheet editor. Secure storage to save your photos. All free for personal use. Thanks @taraletti

LibreOffice

Open-source offline document suites.

LyX

It's an open-source (and offline) document processor using TeX/LaTeX. It's different than Docs or Word but amazing, once you get used to it.

ONLYOFFICE

Offline version of ONLYOFFICE, an open-source private cloud replacement for Google Docs suite and Office 360. Also available as a self contained rich application. Thanks @PalmoliveDev

Cryptee

Offline version of Cryptee for web. Runs as a progressive web app. Works most modern phone browsers (Chrome, Opera or Firefox on Android; Safari on iOS). Also works in desktop browsers that support PWA (the website lists that only Chrome works, but others will work too.

Calligra

Calligra Suite is an office and graphic art suite by KDE. It is available for desktop PCs, tablet computers, and smartphones. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, vector graphics, and editing databases. (Free and open-source Software)

Njalla

Privacy-focused domain registration. Competitive pricing and a large list of available domain extensions. They also offer VPS hosting. Built by people who built The Pirate Bay among others. (thanks u/brais33 and u/HumbleBasis6). Note: some users may have issues with them legally owning your domain.

Orangewebsite

An Iceland-based freedom of speech web hosting provider. They never actually ask for your name, at least when you pay in Bitcoin.

LibreDNS

A public encrypted DNS service that people can use to maintain the secrecy of their DNS traffic, but also circumvent censorship. It already supports DNS over HTTPS & DNS over TLS. They also operate a number of open-source projects

ownCloud

Open-source and self-hosted. Provide your own storage.

Nextcloud

Also self-hosted. Spin-off of ownCloud. Also offers Calendar and Contacts (thanks @chribre)

Syncthing

An open-source continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it's transmitted over the internet.

Sia

Fully decentralized cloud storage.

Tresorit

Primarily meant for businesses, but offers a free version for individuals as well. Thanks u/xNick26

Sync

End-to-end encrypted Google Drive/Dropbox replacement.

JottaCloud

Norway based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Thanks @mynamesleon

seafile

Open-source and self-hosted file sync&share solution.

Cozy Cloud

French based cloud storage provider with free and paid plans. Can also be self-hosted and is open-source. And it also offers a collaborative notes editor.

Mailfence Documents

Documents can be accessed using WebDAV or edited online. Users can drag and drop files in folders and categorize them with tags.

Filecloud Community Edition

Powerful, secure Dropbox-like enterprise class file sharing and sync solution for home or business.

Diode

For individuals and organizations who want to safeguard their digital sovereignty. It is a high security, end-to-end encrypted solution for file sharing, collaboration, and backup that prioritizes security and confidentiality.

Signal

Open-source secure messaging. Whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden recommends Signal.

Tox

Tox is unique as it uses P2P technology to ensure the network never goes down, as long as there are users to keep it alive. They specifically say on the website "Tox has no central servers that can be raided, shut down, or forced to turn over data".

Wire

Uses end-to-end encryption. Looks to be more of a corporate service with tiered plans.

Element

Open-source privacy-focused chat service with end-to-end encryption. They offer webapps, desktop apps, iOS, and Android (Play Store and F-Droid). Uses the "Matrix" protocol for decentralized communication.

Threema

Swiss-based GDPR-compliant instant messenger. Has apps for both iOS and Android. Unlike Signal, no phone number is required (nor is an email) to sign up. End-to-end encrypted. Thanks to @nathanvogel

Keybase

Encrypted chat like Signal with features like Slack. Does not require a phone number to sign up. Also has file storage. Note: Keybase was acquired by Zoom, Inc. in May 2020 (Keybase blog, Zoom blog). Thanks @notpushkin & @multimob.

Jitsi

Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at meet.jit.si. (5-eyes server)

Jami

Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications.

Mumble

A free, open-source, low latency, high quality voice chat application.

Session

Open-source. It is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that removes sensitive metadata collection. No phone number required to create an account.

SimpleX Chat

Open-source messenger with no user identifiers at all — no phone number, username, or account ID — which removes the social graph a server could otherwise collect. Relay servers can be self-hosted. Apps for Android, iOS, and desktop.

Forward Email

A free and open-source email forwarding service focused on a user's right to privacy.

Protonmail

One of the top privacy-focused email providers. Servers are in Switzerland in an underground guarded bunker that they claim can "survive a nuclear attack". Privacy note: Visit Issue #258 for info on ProtonMail privacy & integrity concerns.

Tuta (formerly Tutanota)

Open-source and one of the top rated privacy-focused email providers. Located in Germany. Rebranded from Tutanota to Tuta; older tutanota.com links now redirect.

Posteo

Completely anonymous mail provider located in Germany.

mailbox.org

Paid email provider, also located in Germany.

Disroot

Decentralized email service.

StartMail

Operated by the same people who run StartPage.

SimpleLogin

Open-source, self-hosted, and privacy focused email forwarding service.

Migadu

Paid email provider, run from Switzerland with servers in France. Focus on privacy.

Fastmail

Paid email provider, located in Australia and US.

Runbox

Privacy focusued email provider. Thanks @petertorelli

NextCloud

Nextcloud provides a webmail interface that can be used to access email from various providers. Thanks @je-vv

Thexyz

Thexyz is a Canadian company offering privacy-conscious business email. Premium webmail costs USD $2.95 per month.

Mailfence

A secure and private email provider much like Protonmail and Tutanota. There are no google analytics nor hidden cookies. There are options to pay anonymously via cryptocurrency. It features a wide array of collaboration tools, such as groups, calendar, contacts, documents with editing space. Offers free, paid, and freemium plans. Can pay with cryptocurrency and has a warrant canary. Thanks @resto1231

Anonaddy

Open-source Anonymous forwarding email service. Forwarded email can be encrypted (OpenPGP) to prevent Google from reading it. Accepts cryptocurrencies (including Monero).

Mail-in-a-Box

Open-source self-hosted easy-to-deploy mail server in a box.

Joplin

Open-source notes/todo app. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Also offers a terminal version. It can import Evernote .enex files if you use that. It can also sync with Nextcloud (mentioned above).

Standard Notes

Encrypted note storage with loads of features. Offers a web app as well as downloads for most operating systems. Has a paid plan, but the free tier has many useful features as well.

Turtl

Encrypted collaborative notebook with possibility of running your own server.

QOwnNotes

Open-source file editor with Markdown support. (thanks u/maqp2)

GitJournal

Your Markdown notes stores in any Git Repo. Available for both Android (Play Store) and iOS.

Nextcloud Notes

A distraction free notes taking app for Nextcloud. It provides categories for better organization and supports formatting using Markdown syntax. Notes are saved as files in your Nextcloud, so you can view and edit them with every Nextcloud client.

TiddlyWiki

An open-source personal note-taking system that can run in the browser as a single HTML file or as a NodeJS application. It can be stored locally on a hard drive or removable drive, self-hosted on one's own server, or use various web-based storage options.

Notesnook

A truly zero-knowledge note taking app, encrypted using XChaChaPoly1305-IETF & Argon2. It is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and has browser extensions too. It is not self-hostable and follows a freemium model.

Jellyfin

Open-source alternative to the Play media services. You do need to provide your own content, however. In active development with frequent updates (to the source, that is).

Funkwhale

Self-hosted, decentralized music service. Provide your own audio. (thanks u/DashEquals)

Airsonic

Self-hosted open-source media streamer. Has features for transcoding audio on-the-fly for "virtually any audio format". You can also set bandwidth limits if you need to. Looks very powerful.

Music Player Daemon

A "flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music".

Popcorn Time

Open-source software for desktop and mobile that let you easily stream movie/TV torrents. Be careful if your country or ISP has policies against torrenting, a VPN is recommended. Thanks @je-vv

Nuclear Music Player

Streaming music player that finds music from free sources automatically.

Tribler

Open-source peer-to-peer file sharing that provides a "Youtube"-like streaming experience. Tribler uses Tor-like onion routing to protect the privacy of its users.

Ampache

Open-source and self-hosted web based media manager and media server. API available to allow usage on various platforms. On-the-fly transcoding available. Supports both music and video.

Bunny Fonts

Privacy-first drop-in replacement for Google Fonts (swap the CSS hostname and you're done). Zero logging, no cookies, GDPR-oriented. Run by BunnyWay d.o.o. in Slovenia (EU). Fonts delivered via bunny.net's CDN.

Open Font Library

Lots of Serif and Sans-Serif fonts that can be directly embedded into a website.

google webfonts helper

Hassle-free way for webmasters to self-host open-source fonts from Google Fonts

Fontsource

Self-host Open Source fonts in neatly bundled NPM packages.

Moodle

Self-hosted open-source Classroom software for schools. Very powerful. Thanks @jankapunkt

ILIAS

Another self-hosted open-source classroom software. Thanks again to @jankapunkt

Canvas

Paid service by Instructure. Also available as a self-hosted, open-source option. To ensure privacy, use the self-hosted option.

OpenStreetMap

Collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world (from Wikipedia). Completely crowdsourced. Very strong alternative to Maps.

Qwant Maps

Maps from the makers of Qwant search engine. Thanks @mynamesleon

Benmaps

Another maps alternative based on OpenStreetMap. Thanks @dimqua

Transportr

An open-source Transit app on Android that takes information from several providers (e.g Deutsche Bahn in Germany) and enables you to use them in the app. Visualises the routes on an online OpenStreetMap map. Works in most of Western-Europe, as well as the USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the UAE and Ghana. Beware: most information-providers only have beta or alpha support, it may be a good idea to keep a second app as a fallback option

Formms

Free AI form builder (mobile-first Google Forms alternative). Describe what you need, AI drafts the questions, share a short link or QR code, and read responses on your phone. Unlimited responses on the free tier; can import Google Forms / Typeform / Tally. CSV export. Responses are private to your account and sent over encrypted connections (not end-to-end encrypted).

BlockSurvey

BlockSurvey enables digital rights (identity and data ownership) to users using Blockstack's blockchain. Users truly own their data with BlockSurvey. All your data is protected using your key and only you can access it. There are no trackers, cookies, or fingerprints on the forms of data providers. Thanks @compressstudio

Budibase

Budibase is an open-source low-code platform that helps IT professionals create internal apps in minutes. Users can deploy Budibase on their existing infrastructure, using Docker, Kubernetes, and Digital Ocean.

Bitwarden

Open-source password manager with a generous free tier, apps for every major platform, and browser extensions. Can be self-hosted, and the clients have been independently audited.

Vaultwarden

An unofficial, lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Works with the official Bitwarden clients while being far cheaper to self-host than the official server.

KeePassXC

Open-source, fully offline password manager storing everything in a local encrypted KDBX file. No cloud account of any kind; sync the database yourself with Syncthing or Nextcloud if you want it on multiple devices.

Proton Pass

End-to-end encrypted password manager from Proton, based in Switzerland. Free and paid tiers, with open-source clients and built-in email alias support.

Psono

Open-source, self-hostable password manager aimed at teams, with granular sharing and access controls. Free self-hosted community edition plus paid hosted plans.

EteSync

For Calendar & Keep. Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.

Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu, but for phones.

LineageOS

Open-source and based on Android, but without the crap.

SailfishOS

Privacy-focused mobile OS by Jolla with a proprietary UI and Android compatibility layer on top of an open-source Mer GNU/Linux base.

/e/OS (Murena)

A deGoogled Android fork from the France-based e Foundation, shipping with its own app store and cloud services instead of Google's. Aimed at non-technical users; also sold preinstalled on Murena-branded phones.

CopperheadOS

Secure Android built for encrypted and secure phones by a privacy focused company. Paid, commercial product sold to businesses rather than a free download.

GrapheneOS

Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Features advanced hardening and privacy protections throughout the system.

postmarketOS

Open-source mobile Linux OS. Can install different user interfaces such as Plasma Mobile. Thanks @okias

Replicant

Free Android distribution. Puts the emphasis on "freedom and privacy/security".

CalyxOS

Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Provides good combination of privacy and security together with usability. Optional support for MicroG.

DivestOS

DivestOS is an alternative Android ROM with enhanced privacy and security along with support for many older devices. It is an unofficial soft fork of LineageOS. Website also available through Tor.

GalliumOS

"A fast and lightweight Linux distro for ChromeOS devices". Based on Xubuntu.

Qubes OS

"A reasonably secure operating system", at least according to their website. Edward Snowden recommends it.

Subgraph OS

A desktop computing and communications platform that is designed to be resistant to network-borne exploit and malware attacks.

Tails

For the uber-paranoid. Runs live and the entire OS is routed through Tor right from boot. Built on Debian.

Knoppix

Another Live OS, runs from CD/DVD/USB. Can also be installed if desired.

Parrot OS

Debian-based and privacy focused. Fully sandboxed. (thanks u/Safe_Airport)

PureOS

The OS of Purism Laptops (mentioned in the Hardware section). Very clean UI. Editor note: I could not get this working on a UEFI Dell laptop. The group behind PureOS does not provide any UEFI support.

GhostBSD

This is a secure open-source OS based on FreeBSD, preconfigured to be a sane desktop environment for all users.

Any other form of Linux

Ubuntu; Debian; Mint; Fedora; Arch or Manjaro (Manjaro is objectively much easier to get running than Arch); Trisquel; Gentoo; Alpine (thanks u/privacyfreak555); etc etc etc

AsteroidOS

The cleanest (and only) open-source alternative for Wear OS. Make sure you buy a watch that supports it!

Kodi

It's incredibly powerful and backed by one of the strongest communities around. Tons of plugins to do nearly anything you want. Software installs on nearly any platform.

OSMC

Free, open-source media center OS. Kodi is pre-installed. Thanks to @g4rret and @lgiard for clarifying the difference between Kodi and OSMC!

Ungoogled Chromium

Chromium (which Chrome and countless other browsers are built on top of) is one of the cleanest and light-weight browsers available. This version cuts out all the Google crap.

Firefox

Built by Mozilla, "The Privacy Company". Huge extension library; great for privacy.

Vivaldi

Privacy-focused browser. Appears to be very customizable and feature-rich.

Tor Browser

Firefox-based browser routed through the Tor network. Automatically has a few privacy extensions installed (such as HTTPS Everywhere). Read this article for more info on how it works and the benefits of using Tor. Available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

Librewolf

Librewolf is a fork of Firefox, with improved privacy defaults. Similarly to Waterfox, Librewolf is based on Firefox and intends to improve privacy by default. Many privacy enthusiasts have recommended it as a more effective privacy browser than other Firefox forks.

Waterfox

Based on Firefox, but 64-bit only with an emphasis on speed and privacy. Has a "classic" version built off older Firefox for legacy extension support and also an "alpha" version built off Quantum. It doesn't collect any telemetry and also removes Pocket from the alpha release. Project is run by Alex Kontos and is constantly in active development. Looks very clean and fast. Android versions are in the works too. UPDATE: @Nudin pointed out in Issue #85 that Waterfox is now a part of System1.

Mullvad Browser

Firefox-based, a collaboration between Mullvad and The Tor Project. Similar to Tor Browser in privacy and security, without the use of the Tor network.

KDE Marble

Strong alternative for G Earth. Currently only on Linux, but is being ported to other platforms. Thanks to @PopeRigby

VSCodium

VSCodium is Visual Studio Code but without all the Microsoft telemetry and branding.

Vim

Open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled

Emacs

Another open-source text editor. Thanks @moon-chilled

Apache Cordova

Wraps web apps in a native wrapper so they can be installed via appstore and access native device capabilities via JavaScript

Codename One

Native write once run anywhere cross platform tool for iOS/Android etc. using Java or Kotlin

KMM - Kotlin Multiplatform

Native portability based cross platform tool for Kotlin developers targeting iOS/Android and a few others

QT

C++ based portability framework, the basis for KDE etc.

F-Droid

Catalogue of FOSS apps for Android. Easy to install and keeps track of updates. Also has a browser version if you don't want to install the app.

Aurora Store

Aurora Store is simply a fork of the Yalp Store no longer a fork of Yalp, but is now its own project (see their readme). Update: Removed note on using microG as Aurora Store does not use it. Thanks @notpushkin

APKMirror

An online library of user-uploaded APK files. Helpful if you need a specific older version of an app or don't want to download it through Google Play.

Fossdroid

Uses the same library as F-Droid, but with a modern UI similar to that of the Play Store and the ability to view apps by popularity.

G-Droid

Also uses the F-Droid repo but with a different UI.

APKGrabber

Fork of APKUpdater. Both are great tools for avoiding app stores (on Android).

Aurora Droid

Yet another F-Droid client, potentially has a few bugs (thanks u/OfficialJohnGL4)

Fennec F-Droid

A privacy-focused version of Firefox Android available on F-Droid. It's focused on removing any proprietary bits found in official Mozilla's builds. (thanks u/SupremeLisper)

Cromite

Open-source Chromium build for Android with built-in ad blocking and privacy patches. It is the actively-maintained fork of Bromite, which stopped receiving updates.

Bromite

Privacy-focused/open-source build of Chromium with built-in ad blocking. Note: Bromite is no longer actively maintained — use Cromite (above) instead, as an unpatched browser is a security risk.

Privacy Browser

An open-source Android web browser focused on user privacy. It is released under the GPLv3+ license.

Mull

A Firefox for Android fork compiled from source, with proprietary blobs removed, and many security/privacy changes made using an altered arkenfox/user.js

Simple Calculator

Also part of the SMT project. Available on F-Droid.

Calculator N+ or NCalc+

Open-source feature-rich calculator. App itself is no longer in development, but the developer does encourage pull requests. I've used it frequently and it works great. Not on F-Droid, but a 3rd party play store can probably find it; or the APK's are available as releases on GitHub. You can also compile from source.

Calculator++

Open-source calculator packed with features. Thanks @ghost

DAVx⁵

DAVx⁵ is an open-source CalDAV/CardDAV suite and sync app for Android.

ICSx⁵

ICSx⁵ is an Android app to subscribe to remote (“Webcal”) or local iCalendar files (like time tables of your school/university or event files of your sports team). Thanks @je-vv

Fruux (mobile app)

Same service from above provides an Android app.

Etar

Open-source material design Calendar that integrates with the Android Calendar API. Can integrate with CalDAV/CardDAV servers.

Simple Calendar

Open-source. Part of the Simple Mobile Tools project.

Open Camera

Open-source camera for Android. Thanks @je-vv

Clock +

Open-source Alarm clock, timer, and stop watch.

Simple Alarm Clock

Exactly as it's name says; simple alarm clock yet adds many improvements over other apps. No dock mode or world clock.

Insane Alarm!

Developer states that he had "spent a night out with the boys and drank a bit too much but needed to be up in the morning". So, he made the loudest alarm clock possible based off an emergency alarm from when he was in the military. This app doesn't mess around, use it wisely.

Alarmio

An open-source simple alarm clock that implements many useful features while following regular design standards to ensure that it is quick and intuitive to use.

Fruux (mobile app)

Fruux also provides a contacts app.

Simple Contacts

Open-source. Part of the Simple Mobile Tools project.

Open Contacts

Open-source contacts. (thanks u/consentio)

Signal

Open-source. Signal possesses SMS/MMS capabilities on Android. Using it as your default SMS app has the advantage of having your SMS and your online-messaging-service integrated within one app. Doing so will also show stats within the app of how many messages you send are encrypted, and offers to send invites to your contacts.

Thanks @Glitchy-Tozier for suggesting it be listing as SMS/MMS alternative.

AnySoftKeyboard

Open-source keyboard. Available on F-Droid.

Hacker's Keyboard'

Also open-source. Very useful for developers or sysadmins on the go.

kboard

Open-source. Has features for phrases, "lenny faces", macros and more. Note: Project appears to be abandoned.

Simple Keyboard

Open-source keyboard.

Indic Keyboard

Open-source keyboard that supports many languages that other keyboards sometimes don't support. Not on F-Droid, but can be built from source or possibly through a Play Store alternative.

OpenBoard

New 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP. Similar to "Simple Keyboard".

FlorisBoard

An open-source keyboard aimed at providing you with an easy way to type while respecting your privacy (this project is currently in alpha stage).

8VIM

Open-source. A "text editor inside a keyboard, drawing it's inspiration from 8pen and Vim."

ownCloud Android

ownCloud Android client. Available on F-Droid.

Nextcloud Android

Nextcloud Android client. Available on F-Droid.

Syncthing Android

Wrapper of Syncthing for Android. Available on F-Droid. Also consider Syncthing-Fork which uses a native Android UI rather than the default web UI.

Protonmail

Can be downloaded from the Play Store, but may work with one of the store replacements above (such as Yalp).

Tutanota

Client available from F-Droid.

Disroot

Available from F-Droid.

K-9 Mail

Available on F-Droid.

FairEmail

Available on F-Droid. You can (optionally) pay a 1-time fee to unlock some premium features (and support the developer).

DeltaChat

An email app with a chat-based UI and privacy support with autocrypt.

Mailbox.org

Mailbox.org provides IMAP settings for Android/iOS and an iOS profile. Thanks @avasts Issue #45

Notepad

Open-source. Supports Markdown and HTML. Very clean and feature-rich. Offline only.

Joplin

Scroll down on the GitHub page until you reach the Android download links. No F-Droid repo, but you can download the APK directly instead of using the Play Store.

Standard Notes

Encrypted note storage with loads of features.

Omni Notes

Very feature rich, open-source, material design notes app. Very active development. Available on F-Droid.

Carnet

I had some trouble finding info on this one. Looks like it has pretty seamless/painless ownCloud and NextCloud integration. Also available on F-Droid.

Markor

Open-source notes/to-do app for Android. Supports Markdown editing. Available on F-Droid. App is 100% offline, as stated on the GitHub README.

Orgzly

Open-source. Notes are stored in the plain-text Org mode format. Supports searching, metadata, and manual sync with Dropbox or local directory, which can be synced using e.g. Syncthing.

Notally

A beautiful, light and minimalistic notes app with no trackers, ads or analytics of any kind.

Nextcloud Notes for Android

An android client for Nextcloud Notes App.

Notesnook (mobile)

A truly zero-knowledge note taking app, encrypted using XChaChaPoly1305-IETF & Argon2. It is available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and has browser extensions too. It is not self-hostable and follows a freemium model. Downloads are available on Google Play and the iOS App Store.

Maps

Open-source navigation app based on MAPS.ME. Searching for addresses doesn't always work and finding businesses can be a slight hassle, but overall one of the better apps I've used.

OsmAnd

OpenStreetMap for Android. (thanks u/masao77). As OsmAnd is primarily crowdsourced, many regions may not be totally accurate. If you would like to help improve OpenStreetMap and OsmAnd, check out StreetComplete (available from F-Droid.

Transportr

Primarily European, this is an open-source public transport app. Thanks to @lgiard

Öffi (Offi)

Öffi is a public transport Android app (also shows delays and replacement bus service for more and more transport authorities in Europe and beyond) - similar to Transportr

Organic Maps

An Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data.

Flym

Open-source Material Design RSS reader.

Feeder

Use good old-fashioned RSS feeds with Feeder

Piwigo Android

You need to have Piwigo set up first.

Stingle Photos

A convenient, easy to use Gallery/Camera application with Backup and Sync functionality for your photos and videos which seamlessly provides strong security, privacy and encryption. All photos and videos are encrypted prior to being stored and backed up, so they are secure at rest, in transit and on cloud storage.

ente

A simple, end-to-end encrypted, open-source photo storage service with a focus on security and privacy. Apps are available for iOS, Android, web and desktop.

NewPipe

Powerful open-source YouTube alternative. Supports audio only; background playback; picture-in-picture; no ads.

LibreTube

Open-source Android YouTube client that routes requests through Piped instances rather than talking to Google directly, so subscriptions and playlists are not tied to a Google account.

ReVanced

ReVanced started when Vanced was forced to shut down. Their Patcher tool is able to create patches for many apps with very little maintenance.

andOTP

Open-source 2FA app. Note: no longer actively maintained; Aegis (below) is the usual recommended replacement and can import andOTP backups.

FreeOTP+

FreeOTP is no longer in development so this fork should be used instead as it is currently in development.

Aegis

Open-source 2FA for Android. Available on F-Droid.

Authenticator

iOS - Open-source 2FA for iOS. (thanks u/SomeoneWannaBe)

Tofu

iOS - Open-source 2FA for iOS.

Raivo OTP

(iOS) A native, lightweight and secure one-time-password (OTP) client built for iOS.

Audinaut

An open-source Airsonic client for Android.

MALP

An open-source Android client for MPD. Available on F-Droid.

Shuttle+

Open-source local music player for Android. Available on F-Droid or by direct download.

Pulse Music

A music player app to complement your offline music collection with playlist support, theme options, multiple now playing screen, quick play shortcuts, QS tiles, sleep timer and lot of useful customisations.

Keybase

Encrypted chat like Signal with features like Slack. Does not require a phone number to sign up. Also has file storage. Note: Keybase was acquired by Zoom, Inc. in May 2020 (Keybase blog, Zoom blog). Thanks @notpushkin & @multimob.

Conversations

An open-source Android Jabber/XMPP client. It's a paid app on Google Play, but you can also build it from source for free if you want to.

Element

Android app - The open-source Android client for Element.

Jitsi Meet (F-Droid)

Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at meet.jit.si. (5-eyes server)

Jami

Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications.

Mumla (client for Mumble)

Third-party Android client for Mumble.

Briar

An open-source app which supports Peer-to-Peer encrypted messaging. No phone number required for signing up. If the internet’s down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the information flowing in a crisis. If the internet’s up, Briar can sync via the Tor network, protecting users and their relationships from surveillance. Can install through a third-party F-Droid repo.

Session

Open-source. It is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that removes sensitive metadata collection. No phone number required to create an account. Can be downloaded from the Play Store or as an APK file from GitHub. Also has apps for iOS and Desktop.

Jitsi Meet (F-Droid)

Jitsi is an open-source secure video conferencing platform. No account is needed to use it, simply enter a Room Name to join or host a meeting. The host is able to kick rogue users from the call. Works directly in your browser, with apps available for iOS and Android. It is not necessary to self-host, but self-hosting is an option for those who wish to. Very low latency and easy to set up. A free public server is available at meet.jit.si. (5-eyes server)

Jami

Audio / Video Calls, Conferences, Messaging app with peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted communications.

Mycroft Android

Android client for Mycroft. Must be built in IDE; no pre-built binaries are available.

Ara

Open-source virtual assistant for Android. Can replace Google Assistant (home button functionality) on most devices. Either uses the author's server by default, or you can run your own server. Thanks @FultonBrowne (author of Ara)

microG

A re-implementation of Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries. It allows to use more precise navigation (which is proprietary in standard Android ROMs) and optionally receive push messages (requires connection to Google's servers, but also supports routing this connection through Tor). Thanks @notpushkin

Shade Launcher

Open-source Android launcher styled after the Google Pixel launcher. Available to download from an alternative F-Droid, APK Mirror, or GitHub Releases.

Omega

Open-source launcher. Active development with lots of nice features. Downloads available from GitHub. Previously known as ZimLX which has since been replaced by Omega.

Lawnchair

Another open-source launcher, also built to look similar to Google's launcher (it is built off AOSP Launcher3). Available from F-Droid and also APKMirror. (thanks u/droidonomy)

KISS Launcher

Fast, open-source and small launcher. KISS mainly relies on an app-search-bar, which makes it very easy to open up apps quickly.

Unlauncher

A clean, simple Android launcher with a very minimalist design. Forked from Slim Launcher.

Nebulo

From GitHub README: "Nebulo is a free, open-source, no-root, light-weight dns-over-https, dns-over-tls, and dns-over-http-over-quic client for Android with emphasis on privacy and security. Nebulo is fast, highly-customizable, ad-free, efficient on the battery, contains zero analytics / tracking.

RethinkDNS + Firewall

From the website: "Rethink DNS + Firewall is the easiest way to monitor app activity, circumvent Internet censorship, block ads and trackers on your Android device."

TrackerControl

From the GitHub README: Allows users to monitor and control the widespread, ongoing, hidden data collection in mobile apps about user behaviour ("tracking"). To detect tracking, TrackerControl checks all network traffic against the Disconnect blocklist, used and trusted by the Mozilla Firefox browser. Thanks @E5dZEUpc3BKaJrHnQVZd5zE

EteSync

For Calendar & Contacts. Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.

EteSync (Notes)

For Keep. Secure, end-to-end encrypted, and open-source sync for your contacts, calendars, tasks and notes.

Purism Librem 5

From the company that makes Purism laptops. Runs PureOS. Thanks @brandonnodnarb

PinePhone

From the company that makes the Pine A64 Single Board Computer. Runs a variety of mainline Linux OSs with UIs adapted for mobile.

TUXEDO

Privacy-focused laptop maker out of Germany. Tech specs are very competent and can easily compete with other modern systems. Fully Linux compatible. They also offer desktops. (thanks u/itsec_ho)

Purism Laptops

Privacy-focused laptop running PureOS. Good designs and decent hardware.

Pinebook Pro

Mid-range Linux/FreeBSD alternative to Chromebook.

Slimbook

A Spanish laptop manufacturer which makes Linux native laptops.

Microsoft Wireless HDMI adapter

The only reason I'm recommending this Microsoft product is because there is no possible way for it to extract any data and ship it off to Microsoft. If anyone is able to find proof that it can, I will remove it.

Mycroft

Open-source virtual personal assistant. Can be run on a Raspberry Pi. (thanks u/Kentto7)

Home Assistant

Open-source home automation. (thanks u/bilange)

uBlock Origin

uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it's a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature.

Privacy Badger

Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers. Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger learns by watching which domains appear to be tracking you as you browse the Web.

Cookie AutoDelete

Control your cookies! This WebExtension is inspired by Self Destructing Cookies. When a tab closes, any cookies not being used are automatically deleted. Whitelist the ones you trust while deleting the rest. Support for Container Tabs.

DDG Privacy Essentials

Privacy, simplified. Our add-on provides the privacy essentials you need to seamlessly take control of your personal information, no matter where the internet takes you: tracker blocking, smarter encryption, DuckDuckGo private search, and more.

Cloud Firewall

Block connections to pages and web resources hosted in major cloud services if the user wishes to do so. Supports blocking Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Cloudflare.

CSS Exfil Protection

CSS Exfil is a method attackers can use to steal data from web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). This plugin sanitizes and blocks any CSS rules which may be designed to steal data.

Firefox Multi-Account Containers

Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously.

Skip Redirect

Some web pages use intermediary pages before redirecting to a final page. This add-on tries to extract the final url from the intermediary url and goes there straight away if successful.

Temporary Containers

Open tabs, websites, and links in automatically managed disposable containers. Containers isolate data websites store (cookies, storage, and more) from each other, enhancing your privacy and security while you browse.

Redirect AMP to HTML

This web extension enables users to choose to opt-out of using Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and choose to use the standard web instead.

Port Authority

Blocks websites from using javascript to port scan your computer/network and dynamically blocks all LexisNexis endpoints from running their invasive data collection scripts. Website, Source Code

I Still Don't Care About Cookies

A fork of "I Don't Care About Cookies" created after the original was acquired by Avast. Source code

CanvasBlocker

Removes fingerprint tracking from JavaScript APIs and WebGL. It is open-source.

user.js

This is not an extension, instead it is a Firefox user.js config file. This file is a template which aims to provide as much privacy and enhanced security as possible, and to reduce tracking and fingerprinting as much as possible - while minimizing any loss of functionality and breakage (but it will happen).

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden - 2019

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier - 2018

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff - 2019

The Attention Merchants

Tim Wu - 2016

Zucked

Roger McNamee - 2019

Privacy Is Power

Carissa Véliz - 2021

Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy

George Gilder - 2018

Google Chrome’s users take a back seat to its bottom line

Bennett Cyphers and Mitch Stoltz - EFF - 2018-11-01

Quitting Facebook & Google

J. Nathan Matias - 2018-12-08

How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer

Marko Saric - 2019-12-05

Should You Use GrapheneOS or CalyxOS?

Privacy Guides - 2022-04-21

How To Turn Off Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” Ad Tracking—and Why You Should

Thorin Klosowski - EFF - 2023-09-28

Google Breaks Promise to Block Third-Party Cookies

Lena Cohen - EFF - 2024-08-02

Practical GrapheneOS for the Paranoid

Ventral Digital - 2024-12-09

Alternatives to Google 2026: a service-by-service privacy migration guide

PrivSec Lab - 2026-06-11

Google Can Survive Too Much Innovation. You Can't.

Robert Sher - Forbes - 2012-05-15

The truth about Google's famous '20% time' policy

Jillian D'Onfro - Business Insider - 2015-04-17

The Binge Breaker

Bianca Bosker - The Atlantic - 2016-11-01

How Malware Keeps Sneaking Past Google Play’s Defenses

Lily Hay Newman - WIRED - 2017-09-22

Forget Killer Robots — Bias Is the Real AI Danger

Will Knight - MIT Technology Review - 2017-10-03

Google managers kept blacklists of conservative employees and one manager considered holding 'trials,' a new lawsuit alleges

Julie Bort - Business Insider - 2018-01-08

A longtime Google engineer quits, saying the company is ’100% competitor-focused’ and ‘can no longer innovate’

Jillian D'Onfro - CNBC - 2018-01-24

Facebook and Google are doomed, George Soros says

Hamza Shaban - Washington Post - 2018-01-26

Google Isn't Listening, So Its Employees Are Suing

Kate Conger - Gizmodo - 2018-03-26

Google sees major claims of harassment and discrimination as lawsuits proceed

Sam Levin - The Guardian - 2018-03-28

How to stop Google from tracking everything you do online

Todd Haselton - CNBC - 2018-05-11

Google will always do evil

Jessica Conditt - Engadget - 2018-05-24

Google’s new ‘AI principles’ forbid its use in weapons and human rights violations

Devin Coldewey - TechCrunch - 2018-06-07

Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal

Ryan Gallagher - The Intercept - 2018-08-01

Google’s China plan isn’t just evil — it’s bad for business

Josh Rogin - Washington Post - 2018-08-09

How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’

Daisuke Wakabayashi and Katie Benner - New York Times - 2018-10-25

A New Google+ Blunder Exposed Data From 52.5 Million Users

Lily Hay Newman - WIRED - 2018-12-10

Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech

Nitasha Tiku - WIRED - 2019-08-13

Google’s latest user-hostile design change makes ads and search results look identical

Natasha Lomas - TechCrunch - 2020-01-23

You Are Now Remotely Controlled

Shoshana Zuboff - New York Times - 2020-01-24

Google loses DOJ’s big monopoly trial over search business

Ashley Belanger - Ars Technica - 2024-08-05

Google broke law to maintain online search monopoly, US judge rules

Nick Robins-Early - The Guardian - 2024-08-05

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Violet Blue - WIRED - 2025-03-21

‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial

Dara Kerr, Nick Robins-Early, and Johana Bhuiyan - The Guardian - 2025-09-03

Google v. SerpApi: The Court Granted Our Motion to Dismiss

Julien Khaleghy - SerpApi - 2026-07-21