3. Use alternative to mainstream tools

Even though we gravitate to certain tools that everyone else is using, there are alternatives to mainstreams tools and services. If we want to minimise our digital shadows, then we need to limit the access commercial companies and third party trackers have to our data. We can do this by replacing the free commercial services we are currently using with alternative, free and open source services. There are different options out there depending on the device, operating system or tool we are currently using. Find out which alternatives can be recommended.