# Digital Cleansing - Identifying services we use

# Black Lives Matter

# Digital Cleansing - Identifying services we use

# Digital Cleansing For Better Privacy

1. Identifying products and services we use
2. Finding/Offering alternatives
3. Moving to alternatives and helping my family to move as well

I will make a list of services I use or used in the past but didn't delete my account. For each service, I will look for alternatives, move my data to alternatives or deploy an instance of alternative on my server. I will use the alternatives for a while and learn more about how to use them properly. This way I will be able to help my family have a smooth transition.

Here is my list. This list may be different for you, therefore you should make your own list.
This list may get longer as I remember services I subscribed to but didn't use in a while.

1. Gmail
2. Google Drive
3. Google Photos
4. Google Contacts
5. Google Search
6. Facebook
7. Instagram
8. WhatsApp
9. WhatsApp (Voice/Video Call)
10. Zoom
11. Windows OS
12. Stock Android ROM (due to embedded Google services)
13. Mi account (because I used MIUI Android ROM)
14. ...
15. Note to self: Check archieved emails to find services you stopped using and request account deletion

Now I have a "list of service to opt-out from" to help me focus better. That being said, I started to de-google a while ago and replaced Gmail with Protonmail already. If you think Google is privacy friendly and no need to avoid Google services, here is why I decided to de-google. I will start with looking for alternatives to Google Drive.

If there is any other service you think I should stay away from, you can write to comment toot.
If you have written a blog post as an answer, mention that too.
If you think some of the services or softwares I mentioned here aren't that bad and I would be better of keep using them, please share why you think so. I want to keep an open mind and look at those services from your perspective too.

Day 3 of #100DaysToOffload

## Comments

Toot on this thread to comment. This blog is a static site. Comments won't appear here.

## blogroll

- Kev Quirk
- Mike Stone
- Yarmo Mackenbach

## social

- atom feed
- rss feed
- Fostodon

Ali Murteza Yesil I'm a student, privacy advocate and SysAdmin wannabe. I was born in Turkey but I live abroad. Blogging Open Source Software Privacy