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f883213931 Move creation of table of contents to header file. 2025-10-23 16:37:54 -07:00
d5e60b5677 Provide more email content. 2025-10-23 16:35:58 -07:00
78c5ff810a Give a summary for the conclusion. 2025-10-23 16:03:46 -07:00
c29945b98b Add content related to pen and paper. 2025-10-23 16:02:29 -07:00
ad11d9cd06 Begin adding content related to getting off Big Email!! 2025-10-23 16:02:12 -07:00
d929ec6967 Include all content for each referenced section, not only the first file of it (such as 00-09, not just 00). 2025-10-23 15:38:37 -07:00
31c6eaa172 Remove old reference to status variable. 2025-10-23 15:35:55 -07:00
7566b3c279 Make spacing more consistent. 2025-10-23 15:34:45 -07:00
f1c480411b Enhance output. Fix new file size check. 2025-10-23 15:34:10 -07:00
8eb2974aa3 Ignore the export folder. 2025-10-23 15:30:39 -07:00
04e43ba524 Use an export directory rather than project root. 2025-10-23 15:30:03 -07:00
bd96a6cdb5 Label the files better. Sort the file sizes. 2025-10-23 15:19:00 -07:00
758e8ed5db Add a TODO for who made the quote, even though everyone says it now. 2025-10-23 15:18:32 -07:00
c70353a78a Add an extra newline to combat the BOM character at the beginning of the files. 2025-10-23 15:15:06 -07:00
b3ccf9c163 Add other versions of the eBook. Add an explicit All to the main version. 2025-10-23 15:14:41 -07:00
1fad54824d Add a newline before each section so that combined Markdown is better formed without programming newlines in the build script. 2025-10-23 15:06:57 -07:00
5e279c9176 Ignore the build folder and its contents. 2025-10-23 15:06:13 -07:00
5770640a2d Add mobile version. Movie build process to be in the local directory, build folder. 2025-10-23 15:05:38 -07:00
91e7cf4451 Create the eBook based on the individual files. 2025-10-23 14:51:27 -07:00
faab02438c Break the eBook out into multiple files so that it can be put together in different dynamically generated versions. 2025-10-23 13:40:39 -07:00
908ed2e356 Implement new margin and font size standard based on recent printing tests. 2025-10-04 18:19:56 -07:00
8d6eac3272 Change pdfbook2 command to not crop which was messing with margins. 2025-10-04 08:07:31 -07:00
8f375f5348 Ensure conversion takes place in the correct folder. 2025-10-04 06:54:47 -07:00
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# Generated Files
*.pdf
export
# Working Files
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# Problem Statement
> "If it's free, you're the product."
>
> -- *some guy* [TBD/TODO]
## Privacy vs Security
There is a distinct difference between two methods of hardening (making more protected) a device. One focuses more on keeping your metadata safe, and the other your data. Many [TBD/TODO: solutions?] handle both at the same time, such as using a VPN.
`Privacy` is the first; it means that you would like to prevent others from seeing what you are doing, keeping others' **eyes** off your data. You would like your web browsing experience to be *confidential*. `Privacy` involves using browsers which delete sensitive data, messengers which use `end-to-end encryption` (`E2EE`), etc.
`Security` is the latter; ensuring that your device and its content are not accessible from others. This is more related to keeping others' **hands** off your data. Having proper `security `prevents your devices from being hacked and your online accounts from being breached. This would be more related to using a `passcode` on your device, having strong passwords, and [TBD/TODO].

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# Email
Changing email services is actually much easier than most people think.
It's really only a few steps.
1. Create a new account.
2. Set up your old account to forward to the new account.
3. Begin using your new account, exclusively using it to read and reply.
4. Commit to only using the new account consistently.
## Recommended Mail Providers
This article from 2015 lists two of the same hosts that I'd recommend, showing that they've been around for a while and likely aren't going anywhere.
[How private is your email? Not very | Hacker News : `https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9811311`](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9811311)
### Proton
A highly popular choice in today's world. When emailing other Proton users the messages are E2EE, meaning that even Proton cannot read the contents.
The service must be used from their website or app, they do not provide IMAP/SMTP to the general public. Their interface is actually pretty good though, and using it means less setup in the long run.
They also offer enterprise email hosting solutions if you have your own domain.
If only set up for yourself it's actually quite affordable, starting around $60 USD in 2025.
Other than email, Proton offers a respectable VPN, a 2 factor authenticator (2FA), a password manager, and many other solutions that people tend to look for.
[Sign-In : `mail.proton.me`](https://account.proton.me/mail)
[Information : `proton.me/mail`](https://proton.me/mail)
[Other Services: `proton.me`](https://proton.me)
### Riseup
## Mail Forwarding
Below are links on how to set up mail forwarding in common service providers.
Proton provides an explanation with easy to follow instructions when migrating from any of the Big Three below.
[Switching : `proton.me/easyswitch`](https://proton.me/easyswitch)
### Google: @gmail.com
[TBD/TODO]
### Yahoo: @yahoo.com, @myyahoo.com, @ymail.com, @yahoo.*
1. Log in to your Yahoo Mail account.
2. Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner and select "More Settings".
3. In the left-hand menu, click on "Mailboxes".
4. Under the "Mailbox list," select your primary Yahoo mailbox account.
5. Scroll down to the "Forwarding" section and enter the email address where you want your messages to be forwarded.
6. Click "Verify." Yahoo will send a verification email to the address you entered.
7. Log in to the destination email account, open the verification email from Yahoo, and click the verification link to confirm ownership.
8. Return to your Yahoo Mail settings, enable forwarding, select the verified address, and click "Save" to activate the feature.
[Enable automatic email forwarding in New Yahoo Mail : `https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN36684.html`](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN36684.html)
[Enable automatic email forwarding in Yahoo Mail : `https://help.yahoo.com/kb/auto-forwarding-address-sln29133.html`](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/auto-forwarding-address-sln29133.html)
### Microsoft: @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @live.com, @msn.com
[TBD/TODO]

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---
# Font sizes can only be 10pt-12pt (https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#fonts)
fontsize: "11pt"
geometry: "margin=1in"
#title-meta: "Template Project"
date-meta: "\\date{\\today}"
author-meta: 'Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood'
subject: 'Big Tech Alternatives by Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood'
title: "Big Tech Alternatives"
subtitle: "*Projects and services for avoiding data harvesting and technocracy.*"
author: 'by `Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood`'
date: "Last Revised {REVISION_DATE}"
keywords:
- ebook
- hyperling
- hypervegan
- chad michael greenwood
- technology
- big tech
- android
- ios
- iphone
- samsung
- motorola
- google
- lineageos
- grapheneos
- calyxos
- degoogle
- microg
- root
- hack
- crack
- privacy
- private
- security
- secure
---
# Problem Statement
> "If it's free, you're the product."
>
> -- *some guy*
## Privacy vs Security
There is a distinct difference between two methods of hardening (making more protected) a device. One focuses more on keeping your metadata safe, and the other your data. Many [TBD/TODO: solutions?] handle both at the same time, such as using a VPN.
`Privacy` is the first; it means that you would like to prevent others from seeing what you are doing, keeping others' **eyes** off your data. You would like your web browsing experience to be *confidential*. `Privacy` involves using browsers which delete sensitive data, messengers which use `end-to-end encryption` (`E2EE`), etc.
`Security` is the latter; ensuring that your device and its content are not accessible from others. This is more related to keeping others' **hands** off your data. Having proper `security `prevents your devices from being hacked and your online accounts from being breached. This would be more related to using a `passcode` on your device, having strong passwords, and [TBD/TODO].

# Mobile
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### Markor
### Squircle CE
# Desktop
## Operating Systems
### Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / etc
### Fedora / Red Hat
### Arch / Manjaro
## Cloud Storage
### Nextcloud
## Office Suites
### LibreOffice
### Collabora
### Collabora (via Nextcloud)
# Offline Solutions
## Pen & Paper!

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# Desktop
## Operating Systems
### Debian / Ubuntu / Mint / etc
### Fedora / Red Hat
### Arch / Manjaro
## Cloud Storage
### Nextcloud
## Office Suites
### LibreOffice
### Collabora
### Collabora (via Nextcloud)
# Offline Solutions
## Pen & Paper!

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# Server
## Docker
## Office
### Nextcloud

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# Offline Solutions
There are also alternatives to consider that avoid using electronics completely!
## Pen & Paper
A small notepad and a set of good pens can cost under $5 USD.
Some may consider this wasteful, but at the end of the day, it saves:
- time from the lack of distractions,
- energy since it is easier to focus on, and
- electricity since devices need power to run.
Even though your electronic may not waste any physical resources, it requires power to run, which needs to be fueled somehow.

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# Conclusion
Making the jump to alternative technologies is not something which happens overnight.
Leaving large platforms such as Google's suite can take weeks if not months to completely migrate from.
The important part is that progress is being made.
Eventually it will happen in full if the commitment is taken seriously.
Then once it's over, you're done! Other privacy and security minded people will respect that you've taken the time to improve your tech stack while respecting their time and data.

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# 2024-03-06 Hyperling
# PanDoc Usage: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#general-writer-options
## Setup ##
DIR="$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
DIR="`pwd`"
echo "$DIR"
date
ebook="TechnologyAlternatives.pdf"
if [[ -e $ebook ]]; then
echo -n "Old: "
du -h $ebook
rm -v $ebook
## Global Variables ##
header="header.md"
work_dir="$DIR/build"
export_dir="$DIR/export"
ebook_prefix="TechnologyAlternatives"
## Functions ##
function log {
echo -e "*** $1 ***"
}
# Start Log Section
function logs {
echo -e "\n***** $1 *****"
}
# Finish Log Section
function logf {
echo -e "***** $1 *****\n"
}
# Copy a file into another file.
function insert {
input="$1"
ebook="$2"
log "Adding '$input' to '$ebook'."
cat "$input" >> "$ebook"
}
# Compile all the snippets into one Markdown file.
function combine {
ebook="$1.md"
logs "Combining documents to create '$ebook'."
shift
for addition in "$@"; do
insert "$addition" "$ebook"
done
logf "Done!"
}
# Create the PDF and booklets them move them back to the project directory.
function convert {
source="$1"
version="$2"
out_dir="$export_dir"
ebook="${source//.md/.pdf}"
logs "Creating '$ebook' from '$source'."
book="${ebook//.pdf/-book.pdf}"
booklet="${ebook//.pdf/-Booklet.pdf}"
rotated="${ebook//.pdf/-Rotated.pdf}"
log "Set VERSION to '$version'."
if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
log "Version is null, removing the extra space."
space=" "
else
space=""
fi
sed -i "s/$space{VERSION}/$version/g" "$source"
log "Compiling '$source' to '$ebook'."
pandoc "$source" \
-s -N --toc-depth=4 \
-o "$ebook" \
>/dev/null
status=$?
log "Creating booklet of '$ebook'."
pdfbook2 -n "$ebook" >/dev/null
mv -v "$book" "$booklet"
log "Creating rotated booklet of '$ebook'."
pdfbook2 -ns "$ebook" >/dev/null
mv -v "$book" "$rotated"
log "Moving '$ebook' and its booklets to '$out_dir'."
mkdir -p "$out_dir"
mv -v *.pdf "$out_dir"/
logf "Complete!"
}
## Cleanup ##
logs "Clean PDFs"
echo "Old:"
find "$DIR" -name "*".pdf -exec du -h {} \; -delete | sort -h
logs "Clean working directory '$work_dir'"
if [[ -e "$work_dir" ]]; then
rm -rv "$work_dir"
fi
cp ebook.md /tmp/
sed -i "s/{REVISION_DATE}/`date +'%Y-%m-%d'`/g" /tmp/ebook.md
pandoc /tmp/ebook.md \
-s -N --toc --toc-depth=4 \
-o $ebook
status=$?
## Main ##
pdfbook2 $ebook
mkdir -pv "$work_dir"
cd "$work_dir"
cp -v "$DIR/$header" ./
sed -i "s/{REVISION_DATE}/`date +'%Y-%m-%d'`/g" "$header"
echo "Completed with status '$status'."
# Primary, All In One (AIO)
name="$ebook_prefix""_AllPlatforms"
combine "$name" "$header" `ls "$DIR"/content*.md`
convert "$name.md" ""
echo -n "New: "
du -h $ebook
# Secondary, Mobile
name="$ebook_prefix""_MobileOnly"
combine "$name" "$header" "$DIR/content0"* "$DIR/content1"* \
"$DIR/content7"* "$DIR/content9"*
convert "$name.md" "(Mobile Only)"
# Secondary, Desktop
name="$ebook_prefix""_DesktopOnly"
combine "$name" "$header" "$DIR/content0"* "$DIR/content2"* \
"$DIR/content7"* "$DIR/content9"*
convert "$name.md" "(Desktop Only)"
# Secondary, Server
name="$ebook_prefix""_ServerOnly"
combine "$name" "$header" "$DIR/content0"* "$DIR/content3"* \
"$DIR/content7"* "$DIR/content9"*
convert "$name.md" "(Server Only)"
## Finish! ##
cd "$DIR"
echo "New:"
find "$DIR" -name "*".pdf -exec du -h {} \; | sort -h
date
exit $status
exit 0

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---
# Font sizes can only be 10pt-12pt (https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#fonts)
fontsize: "12pt"
geometry: "margin=0.5in"
#title-meta: "Template Project"
date-meta: "\\date{\\today}"
author-meta: 'Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood'
subject: 'Big Tech Alternatives {VERSION} by Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood'
title: "Big Tech Alternatives {VERSION}"
subtitle: "*Projects and services for avoiding data harvesting and technocracy.*"
author: 'by `Chad Michael "Hyperling" Greenwood`'
date: "Last Revised {REVISION_DATE}"
keywords:
- ebook
- hyperling
- hypervegan
- chad michael greenwood
- technology
- big tech
- android
- ios
- iphone
- samsung
- motorola
- google
- lineageos
- grapheneos
- calyxos
- degoogle
- microg
- root
- hack
- crack
- privacy
- private
- security
- secure
comment:
- Unsure how to comment the page numbering commands below. Undecided on using them.
---
\pagenumbering{roman}
\tableofcontents
\pagenumbering{arabic}