Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives

2 years ago by Nemeski to c/privacyguides

There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day. These privacy-centric recommendations come from a variety of European-based companies and organizations, that you should definitely consider checking out!
MolecularCactus1324 7 points 2 years ago
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merde 15 points 2 years ago

American tech is on track to dominate the world.

American tech used to dominate the world. It's the Chinese tech that "is on track to dominate the world".

Things are clearer when you're from neither.

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biofaust 4 points 2 years ago

What I always miss in these lists is an alternative to Slack, which I also think would be one of the most important to get right since:

  • Slack is used in companies and to transfer operational information, therefore contains both HR (personal) data and sensitive business data
  • Slack generates a lot of data now used to train LLMs and other ML applications
  • Slack is seen as a must-have in most companies and it gets in at an affordable price point which still could be lowered by an EU solution.

I have looked into Whaller, but would still prefer an EU-made open-source version of something like Mattermost.

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Ulrich 2 points 2 years ago

Remind me which country is trying to dismantle encryption? 🤔

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merde 7 points 2 years ago

Remind me which country* is trying to dismantle encryption? 🤔

which countries!

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Ulrich 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I still don't know what the EU even is.

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lemmeBe 3 points 2 years ago

I'm from around here, and I still have my doubts.

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merde 2 points 2 years ago

i wish EU was more about this ☞ baarle

than this ☞ 666

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ThatGuyNamedZeus -3 points 2 years ago

if it ain't swiss, it ain't shit

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