Jan-Lukas Else

Thoughts of an IT expert

Tags: Privacy


Pay for your emails

Published on in 💭 Thoughts

Yesterday, I wrote about Delta Chat and Chat over IMAP. To be able to chat using email, you need an account at an email provider.

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Saying Bye To Google Analytics & Disqus

Published on in 👨‍💻 Dev
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When you publish websites, write blog posts and make them available on the internet, it’s not uncommon, that you also want to get statistics about how many people read your stuff, how many people visit your website etc. And you also want to enable comments under your blog posts, giving people an opurtunity to ask questions or just leave a reply.

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For the Paranoids: Install Your Own Firefox Sync Server

Published on in 👨‍💻 Dev

Many people use Google Chrome, because they like it’s fancy syncing feature. You know, open a tab on your PC and just continue on your phone. Or because of the nice built-in password manager. Just save that damn password and it’s securely stored in your Google account and available everywhere.

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Less Privacy For More Privacy?

Published on in 📱 appydroid

As you may know, I have a new phone. And because it’s new I didn’t root it. Thanks to German laws and the merchant I have 24 months guarantee - so if it breaks itself, it’s not my fault. And because I didn’t root, I have to live with some of the manufacturer’s decisions. And that one includes the deep integration of the Google Assistant.

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Why I Try to Use Less Google Products - Escaping the data octopus

Published on in ✍️ Posts

Google search, Gmail, Android, Chrome — it is almost impossible to imagine life today without Google’s products. Every day we use products by the Mountain View company for hours without even being aware of it. Why I try to reduce my Google usage, here:

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