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I don’t use Google, but do use DuckDuckGo, still getting used to the bangs (!) thanks for the !g tip. 
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I didn’t even know I could use any specific DNS server. 
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I do have one Gmail account, but I used it strictly for unimportant stuff. I use accounts through my website, and have a zoho.com account for private email. I am nearly done getting rid of the gmail account, but have one single site I need to change it on: Craigslist, as soon as I can change it. I tried once, but it didn’t work, and have to wait a whole month (a few weeks left) to try again. I do know why it failed and will get it right next time. Then I am going to start using Bitwarden with a Yubikey for password management. Oh, and I knew Google were spies all the way back in the late 90’s when they launched their search engine! 
I was also onto Microsoft way before Win10 launch and got rid of everything related a long time ago.
I already switched from YouTube to LBRY/Odyssey and Bitchute, and am going to delete my rarely used Google+ account, and will be completely Google free 
It’s actually spelled Googol, meaning 10^100; Idiots!
I have a MeWe account and am close to nuking Facebook too, other than that I don’t do social media at all, and never used Facebook for much either, just to find some of my old friends I had lost track of over the years, many in Germany, including my first girlfriend! 
. Most of them have my email address and/or phone number already, but there’s still a few left, I need to give it to, or convince to use MeWe.
- Never have used chrome, Internet Explorer or Edge! I have been on Firefox for decades, and Tor when I need to!
Other than that, I don’t do “the cloud” or any online services that are not FOSS, never trusted IOT like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant (as if they give correct answers 
), not even home security systems like “Ring”, linked to any corporations (All freaking spies!). I’m an electrician, and have that covered on my own terms. My phone is an oddball (Galaxy J7), and as soon as I can find a Linux or other spyware free OS that will run on it, I will nuke Android too, and install it.
I also found this site a few days ago:
Techlore
Their motto: Spreading privacy & security to the masses.
They or he, has videos on YouTube and LBRY, and a bunch of tutorials on how to secure your devices and privacy, and go “incognito” on his site, and I am going to go through them all, and shore up any odds and ends.
I have been computing since 79, and have always paid attention to what’s going on, and played it much safer than most, yet not entirely perfect: It’s not easy, and hard to keep up with all of the new tricks those crooks come up with. 
