# How to Live Without Google and Other Evil Tech Giants **URL:** \ **Category:** Privacy\ **Created:** [April 21, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855 "2019-04-21T18:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulaFairphone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/paulafairphone/32/2797_2.png) [@PaulaFairphone](https://community.humanetech.com/u/PaulaFairphone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855/1 "2019-04-21T18:48:03Z")
I recently wrote an article about staying away from big tech companies that practice surveillance capitalism. > **[Best Privacy Tools & Software Guide in in 2025](https://www.privacytools.io/)** > > The most reliable website for privacy tools since 2015. Software, services, apps and privacy guides to fight surveillance with encryption for better internet privacy. [Here](https://write.privacytools.io/paulakreuzer/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants-part-2) is part 2 and I’m drafting further parts. Feel free to give me any kind of feedback. I guess there is a lot of congruence with @aschrijver’s “[awesome list](http://community.humanetech.com/t/list-of-awesome-open-source-humane-tech-projects/484)”. ---
**Author:** ![aschrijver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/aschrijver/32/1498_2.png) [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855/2 "2019-04-21T18:58:12Z")
Wow, this is a great, great writeup of some excellent tools, Paula! And it is written on [privacytools.io](http://privacytools.io) which is an excellent site in itself. Thanks for writing this down. This is worthy stuff for the Humane Tech Community to learn from! ---
**Author:** ![gkrishnaks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/gkrishnaks/32/2311_2.png) [@gkrishnaks](https://community.humanetech.com/u/gkrishnaks)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855/3 "2019-04-23T06:33:38Z")
@PaulaFairphone your article is also a “list of lists” as you have other lists section at the top. This can be added to Wikipedia’s “list of lists of lists” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broodwich](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/broodwich/32/2533_2.png) [@Broodwich](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Broodwich)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855/4 "2019-06-11T05:37:18Z")
A site like this I have always relied on for such alternatives is [https://prism-break.org](https://prism-break.org) from the homepage: Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora. Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services. ---
**Author:** ![Free](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/free/32/1247_2.png) [@Free](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Free)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants/3855/5 "2019-07-04T08:41:05Z")
There is a very knowledgable article posted today in the Guardian by Ask Jack. If anyone wants to collaborate, there is an email [Ask.Jack@theguardian.com](mailto:Ask.Jack@theguardian.com). > **[Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple?](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/can-i-buy-a-phone-that-does-not-use-anything-from-google-or-apple)** > > Steve does not like firms slurping up his data, so wants a device that respects his privacy