--- title: Best Data Privacy posts of 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Data Privacy posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy/best-of/2022 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy/best-of/2022 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Data Privacy posts of 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Data Privacy posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Data Privacy — 2022 1. 1 [](/posts/google-analytics-declared-illegal-in-the-eu--bgtnhwc7b "Google Analytics declared illegal in the EU.") Article Hacker News · 5y Google Analytics declared illegal in the EU. The Austrian Data Protection Authority has declared Google Analytics illegal in Europe. Google is "subject to surveillance by US intelligence services and can be ordered to disclose data of European citizens to them" Google users can, however, make a setting in their Google accounts to stop Google from evaluating their use of third-party websites. 77 8 2. 2 [](/posts/appflowy-an-open-source-alternative-to-notion-f1n-6lpxz "AppFlowy: An Open-Source Alternative to Notion") Article It's Foss · 4y AppFlowy: An Open-Source Alternative to Notion AppFlowy aims to be an open-source replacement to Notion, providing you with better privacy. Built with Rust and Flutter, AppFlowy follows a minimal approach to simplify things yet with enough room for tweaks. Notion can directly access your private data in the cloud as closed-source software. 73 1 3. 3 [](/posts/lissy93-awesome-privacy-a-curated-list-of-privacy-security-focused-software-and-services-bm42simk "Lissy93/awesome-privacy: 🦄 A curated list of privacy & security-focused software and services") Article Changelog · 4y Lissy93/awesome-privacy: 🦄 A curated list of privacy & security-focused software and services A curated list of privacy & security-focused apps, software, and providers. Migrating to open-source applications with a strong emphasis on security will help stop corporations, governments, and hackers from logging, storing or selling your personal data. Remember that no software is perfect, and it is important to follow good security practices. 54 3 4. 4 [](/posts/1-932-remote-companies-ts8fnommw "1,932 Remote Companies") Article Hacker News · 4y 1,932 Remote Companies We'll send you a weekly email with the best new remote jobs on Himalayas. Icons/design/feather/send photos. Get newRemoteJobs.com in your inbox. Back to Mail Online home. Back To the page you came from. 33 2 5. 5 [](/posts/librewolf-sby5rktg1 "LibreWolf") Article Hacker News · 5y LibreWolf LibreWolf is an independent fork of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom. It is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances. 30 5 6. 6 [](/posts/12-simple-tools-to-protect-your-privacy-lwlattzyh "12 Simple Tools to Protect Your Privacy") Article It's Foss · 5y 12 Simple Tools to Protect Your Privacy Data is one of the most valuable assets available. To be practical, we need all sorts of data to analyze, study, and learn about things. While data collection methods have improved over time, they may not be entirely privacy-friendly. There are some simple tools to enhance your privacy, without compromising the user experience. 26 3 7. 7 [](/posts/no-code-ntdtpfnzl "No Code") Article DevOps.com · 5y No Code 23 8. 8 [](/posts/twitter-s-new-owner-elon-musk-wants-dms-to-be-end-to-end-encrypted-like-signal-xq5rucq43 "Twitter's New Owner Elon Musk Wants DMs to be End-to-End Encrypted like Signal") Article The Hacker News · 4y Twitter's New Owner Elon Musk Wants DMs to be End-to-End Encrypted like Signal Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and Twitter's new owner, called on adding support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to the platform's direct messages (DM) feature. "Twitter DMs should have end to end encryption like Signal, so no one can spy on or hack your messages," Musk said in a tweet. 21 3 9. 9 [](/posts/the-dark-truth-about-vpn-i-uknsvam "The Dark Truth about VPN") Article Geek Culture · 5y The Dark Truth about VPN The most common advice on the internet to protect your online privacy is to use a VPN. The purpose of VPN is literally baked into to the name Virtual Private Network. It was designed to create a tunnel directly from one network to another network without being snooped on by malicious actors. 21 5 10. 10 [](/posts/the-road-to-kubernetes-vfpjknswc "The Road to Kubernetes") Article DevOps.com · 4y The Road to Kubernetes 20 2 11. 11 [](/posts/4-of-the-leading-gmail-alternatives-available-and-why-you-d-want-to-use-one--hkzpqbgfj "4 of the Leading Gmail Alternatives Available (And Why You’d Want to Use One)") Article WordPress Kube · 4y 4 of the Leading Gmail Alternatives Available (And Why You’d Want to Use One) Gmail is a top-drawer service, and arguably the best of Google’s offerings. Since 2004, it has revolutionized both the User Interface (UI) and workflow you use with email. There are two main reasons why you’d want to choose a Gmail alternative instead. The usability gap between Gmail and other services isn’t as wide anymore. Google has a reputation for ‘lax’ handing of user data. It could be that you want to support other solutions that offer a viable product. 19 12. 12 [](/posts/chaos-engineering-hyimkh0ao "Chaos Engineering") Article DevOps.com · 4y Chaos Engineering 18 1 13. 13 [](/posts/web3-privacy-guide---creating-an-anonymous-identity-grnfnpdkm "Web3 Privacy Guide - Creating an Anonymous Identity") Article Hashnode Web3 · 4y Web3 Privacy Guide - Creating an Anonymous Identity This guide is for web3 developers, founders, and builders who prefer to operate anonymously for a variety of reasons. Because of tracking technology, you should compartmentalize your browsers based on your activity. To protect yourself, only use one browser for your anonymous persona and never mix it with other online activities. 16 1 14. 14 [](/posts/a-free-youtube-client-ptalnwtd0 "a free YouTube client") Article Hacker News · 5y a free YouTube client The application is open source and you can check on it at GitHub. Do you like watching videos on YouTube but want an intuitive, feature-rich and privacy friendly app for that? NewPipe has the purpose of getting the original YouTube experience on your smartphone without annoying ads and questionable permissions. 15 15. 15 [](/posts/bunny-fonts-css-tricks-fzk8xdue5 "Bunny Fonts | CSS-Tricks") Article CSS-Tricks · 4y Bunny Fonts | CSS-Tricks Bunny Fonts bills itself as the “privacy-first web font platform designed to put privacy back into the internet” It offers the same open source fonts and holds the same API structure used by Google Fonts. The possibility of Google collecting data through its Fonts API is hardly unsurprising or even unexpected. 14 16. 16 [](/posts/looking-for-a-google-analytics-alternative-build-it-yourself-in-3-minutes-tinybird-evhcx9w9i "Looking for a Google Analytics alternative? Build it yourself in 3 minutes.・Tinybird") Article Tinybird · 4y Looking for a Google Analytics alternative? Build it yourself in 3 minutes.・Tinybird Tinybird is a serverless data backend for building low-latency applications. It lets you ingest data from your apps, shape it with SQL, and publish the results as API endpoints. The next step is to create your Tinybird Workspace, which is basically a collection of Data Sources, Pipes, and Paste it in your website. 13 2 17. 17 [](/posts/privacytests-org-open-source-tests-of-web-browser-privacy-je9qkurex "PrivacyTests.org: open-source tests of web browser privacy") Article Pointer · 5y PrivacyTests.org: open-source tests of web browser privacy A common vulnerability of web browsers is that they allow tracking companies to 'tag' your browser with some data. When third-party trackers are embedded in websites, they can see this identifying data as you browse to different websites. Fortunately, it is possible for this category of leaks to be fixed by partitioning all data stored in the browser such that no data can be shared between websites. 14 18. 18 [](/posts/facebook-collecting-people-s-data-even-when-accounts-are-deactivated-heu7cxhfz "Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are deactivated") Article Hacker News · 5y Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are deactivated When people deactivate their accounts, their profile disappears from view of other people, but not Facebook. Facebook views deactivation as a sign that a user may return to reactivate the account at some point. While deactivated accounts are not visible to others, Facebook handles them just like an active account. 13 1 19. 19 [](/posts/release-management-oo97t6irz "Release Management") Article DevOps.com · 4y Release Management 12 1 20. 20 [](/posts/is-duckduckgo-duckduckdone--auv1tes-r "Is DuckDuckGo, DuckDuckDone?") Article Changelog · 4y Is DuckDuckGo, DuckDuckDone? DuckDuckGo have been effectively whitelisting Microsoft trackers in their browser as a result of their agreement with the tech giant. The privacy centric search firm have been found to be allowing trackers through their browser. 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