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WIRED
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Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

wired.comHow to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want ToAmid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

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Cameron Rayner
@cameronrayner.com

For those who want to make the jump, there are many great alternatives to big tech products. Gmail->ProtonMail, Twitter->BlueSky/Mastodon, Reddit->Lemmy, Windows->Linux. It sounds daunting, but the last few years have seen a big spike in user friendliness and usability for these alternate services.

Project Life
@project-life.bsky.social

Just remember, the government needs a warrant for US companies, the CIA doesn't ask foreign companies for data, they just take it. Or, more often, just pay a contractor for a copy. There is no safety online. Just varying degrees of who is scrutinizing you.

Mrau
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WIRED
@wired.com

We also have a guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance. Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

wired.comThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government SurveillanceDonald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸
@lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social

When citizens must learn counter surveillance techniques against their own government, we've crossed the line of no return .The state's information apparatus built for foreign threats turns inward, transforming ordinary privacy into resistance and basic digital hygiene into civil disobedience.