@KarMarJo57 I do believe they (large corporations, including and possibly in particular Microsoft!) are all corrupt. If it's about big money and/or some sort of power over the people, it's the devil's bailiwick.
@HopefullyDevoted So, our options are to stop using the internet or why?
@HopefullyDevoted In my previous post I wrote 'why' when it should read 'or what?' We have enough some town stores in our area I had thought this morn I'm going to work with them even if it's a bit more cost. Do you use a house phone or flip phone. (I have only a flip and it's off as much as possible - but I don't get a lot of calls/texts. And I have to agree, this site is SOOO helpful. Anyone have better ways for security? We've mentioned Duckduckgo and tor. Any other suggestions?
@KarMarJo57 @HopefullyDevoted
I have found signal to be the best text app. I switched from typical sms texting to signal
@HopefullyDevoted Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm looking into it more.
@KarMarJo57 yes, me too. . .local small stores as much as possible. Farms too. I have both a house phone and a 3G phone (blackberry style). It won't be supported after 11/21, I believe. So I will go without after that. When we travel, it is a hassle to not have the smartphone when every business seems to expect everyone to have one. But it's ok. . .we manage. I'm thinking about a VPN. I use a browser right now called Vivaldi. There is a browser called Brave people like for security.