Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned from all Google services

Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by snksnk on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:05PM (#15066362)

Do not rely on Google and its services if your public beliefs / opinions do not align with the establishment, are politically incorrect in even the slightest degree, or if you value your privacy. There are good alternatives (preferably open source).

https://www.privacytools.io/ https://www.prism-break.org/

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Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by brightball on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:27PM (#15066535)

Have there been some HN articles about good alternatives to Google services?

I seem to remember Mail-in-a-box getting some support for running your own server. I've also seen kolabnow.com looking promising.

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Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by prh8 on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:43PM (#15067206)

I moved to FastMail for email, it's been really great. I use it with a custom domain (multiple in fact) and its web and mobile apps are pretty good.

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Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by icu on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:45PM (#15066680)

I use protonmail.com and I'm happy with them vs Gmail.

Duck Duck Go is my default search tool.

I mainly use Firefox as a browser and I use my work Outlook for calendar/contacts.

I know I can use more open source/portable tools but it's gotten me out of the Google bubble.

Unfortunately I can't get away from Android... and I like Apple's ethics less than Alphabet, so I'm stuck there.

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Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by exolymph on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:18PM (#15067491)

Like prh8, I am super satisfied with FastMail. I've also heard good things about Protonmail.

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Re:Statistics professor at Columbia and Georgetown banned fr... by mdavidn on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:33PM (#15078319)

Like prh8, I too use FastMail. I trust the FastMail team, but a custom domain means I can switch e-mail providers without changing my e-mail address.

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