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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Crowd-sourcing the best parent tech tips: Rebel Tech Alliance (www.rebeltechalliance.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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hi everyone, We're on a mission to get as many people off Big Tech products as we can, and as many people away from the surveillance economy. And since that starts early we've made this page for parents to find the best tech tips to keep their children safe.

[Note on social media: we do not support a ban for social media, we think the tech companies should fix their products instead. But since that will probably never happen, and the best option - never use social media - is probably not practical for many families, we've listed alternatives on this page.]

We welcome any tips that parents here can share - stuff that's worked for you to keep your children safe from big tech. It doesn't have to be app alternatives - it can be habits / mindset stuff too. Or it could be stuff that's not worked / pitfalls.

Please also let us know if anything currently on the page looks wrong or misleading.

Be mindful that this is aimed at totally non-technical-minded parents.

Thank you!

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hey there, I wrote https://forum.techreclaimers.club/public/d/36-reclaming-for-kids and few replied back. You might find that useful.

[–] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

thank you! I like that you suggested irl activities like https://upperstory.com/en/turingtumble/

The point about games is a good one. Free games apps are terrible for collecting location data. Do you (or anyone here) know of a place/collection of open source games? They don't have to be free (£$ money free) but they would have to be open source to know they're not data harvesters.