In order to have a truly privacy-preserving internet, it's essential for more privacy-focused providers to deliver the services we all rely on everyday.
If you are interested in switching over to privacy-preserving alternatives, we’ve compiled a short list of such alternatives for search, email, and internet browsers. Note, the list is not exhaustive and the services are a mix of paid and free.
Search
- DuckDuckGo - free for use, supported with non-targeted ads
- Neeva - relatively new in the market, subscription-based offering with a 3 month free trial
- Protonmail - Free-to-use, open-source encrypted email service, based in Switzerland
- Tutanota - Free-to-use, open-source encrypted email service, based in Germany
- Mailbox - subscription-based encrypted email service, based in Germany
- Posteo.de - subscription-based encrypted email service, based in Germany
- Mailfence - Free-to-use, open-source encrypted email service, based in Belgium
Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox - free-to-use privacy-preserving browser (most popular)
- Brave - free-to-use privacy-preserving browser with built-in ad-blocker and user rewards system
- LibreWolf - free-to-use open-source fork of Firefox