From fe7877b801d02db66bb6188469c2dbde4bd04d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pluja <64632615+pluja@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:00:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add TOSDR badges for social media --- README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9d5da56..23c8269 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ You can use these tools to automatically redirect any links to privacy-respectin - [UntrackMe](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/) - Transform Youtube, Twitter & Instagram links to their free and open source alternatives. ### Instagram + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_219.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/219) + Don't use Instagram (or at least the official client). Instagram is a very privacy-invasive app with biased results and feeds based on user profiles, it is also used as a manipulation tool and has a lot of censorship going against free speech. Lastly, it has an addictive and toxic UI design. **Instead use** @@ -719,6 +722,9 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt - [Librarian](https://codeberg.org/librarian/librarian) - An alternative frontend for LBRY/Odysee. Inspired by Invidious and Libreddit. ### YouTube + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_274.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/274) + Don't use YouTube (or at least the official client). YouTube is very privacy invasive, it generates a very accurate profile based on your interests. Also it is a [radicalization tool](https://www.pcmag.com/news/does-youtubes-algorithm-lead-to-radicalization) which shows [biased content to users](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) in order to get more engagement and to get them to watch more and more content creating an [addiction](https://medium.com/dataseries/how-youtube-is-addictive-259d5c575883). It never shows you [alternative opinions](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.08313.pdf) to your ideology/bias. YouTube censors a lot. YouTube collects a LOT of your data: interests, free time, ideology, likes, dislikes, music taste, etc. **Instead use** @@ -743,12 +749,17 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt ### TikTok +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_1448.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/1448) + Avoid using TikTok, it is a toxic-designed application that harms not only the user privacy but also user integrity. You can take a read on [these several posts](https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/r/privacy/search?q=tiktok&restrict_sr=on&sort=top&t=all). **TikTok alternative frontends (web-based):** - [ProxiTok](https://github.com/pablouser1/ProxiTok) - Open source alternative frontend for TikTok ### Twitter + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_195.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/195) + Avoid using Twitter official app / website. It tracks users and creates user profiles based on what they follow, retweet and like. Twitter harms and violates user privacy with their policies. **Alternatives to Twitter:** @@ -766,6 +777,9 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt - [Kizie](https://kizie.co) - Cleaner, better and privacy focussed Twitter client for Web. ### Reddit + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_194.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/194) + Try to avoid using Reddit or at least avoid their official clients as they are plenty of trackers, ads and share unnecessary user data with their servers. **Reddit alternatives:** @@ -780,6 +794,9 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt - [Slide](https://github.com/ccrama/Slide) - Slide is an open sourced, ad free Reddit browser for Android and iOS. ### Streaming Platforms (Twitch) + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_200.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/200) + Avoid using platforms as Twitch, Patreon, YouTube as they are very privacy-invasive with your viewers (and you!). Instead, you can try using some self-hosted platforms that do take care of everyone's privacy. **Alternatives:** @@ -787,12 +804,18 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt - [livego](https://github.com/gwuhaolin/livego) - Live video streaming server in golang. ### Wikipedia + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_265.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/265) + Read more about the issue with Wikipedia on the [Wikiless manifesto](https://codeberg.org/orenom/wikiless#why-i-should-use-wikiless-instead-of-wikipedia). **Alternatives:** - [Wikiless](https://wikiless.org/) - A free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy [Source Code](https://codeberg.org/orenom/wikiless). ### Imgur + +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_325.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/325) + Imgur website is plenty of bloat, gifs, cookies, javascript and trackers. **Alternatives:** @@ -801,6 +824,8 @@ Odysee website contains some trackers and is a heavy site. You can use these alt ### Medium +[![](https://shields.tosdr.org/en_1003.svg)](https://tosdr.org/en/service/1003) + Medium website has Google trackers and ads. **Alternative frontends:**