Big Tech Connections?

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This is a running list of applications and services and any ties they may have to Big Tech companies.
To quickly find an application or service, press Ctrl+F and start typing!

Bandcamp

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Code: Closed Source
Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA, USA
Ownership: Private
Founder: Ethan Diamond

  • Uses [GOOG] APIs for their login process. (Discovered by SBHX using Privacy Badger.)
GoDaddy

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Code: Closed Source
Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Ownership: 99% Owned by Shareholders [ ref ]
Largest Shareholder: Vanguard
Founder(s): Bob Parsons

  • Moved the majority of it’s hosting to AWS (Amazon Web Services) [ref]
NextCloud

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Code: Open Source
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Ownership: Private
Founder(s): Frank Karlitschek

  • No known Big Tech connections
NordVPN

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Code: Closed Source
Headquarters: Panama
Ownership: Private
Founder(s): Tom Okman

  • No known Big Tech connections
OVH Cloud

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Code: Closed Source
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  • Requests a Government Issued ID and Last 4 Digits of a Credit Card upon signing up. (While this is unusual, it is standard practice for this company to protect against DDOS attackers. They are quite rigid about it. Look here.)
ProtonMail / ProtonVPN

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Code: Open Source
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Ownership: Private
Founder(s): Andy Yen

  • No known Big Tech connections
  • On 5 September 2021, ProtonMail confirmed it was forced to hand over IP addresses of French activists charged with theft and destruction of property after receiving a legally binding Swiss court order. Since article 271 of the Swiss Criminal Code prohibits Swiss companies from giving data to foreign authorities, French authorities asked the Swiss government for assistance. A similar request for assistance was made by the US government to the Swiss government in an August 2021 case involving death threats made against well-known immunologist Anthony Fauci. In that case however, ProtonMail was only able to provide a date of account creation. [link]
Spotify

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Code: Closed Source
Headquarters: Luxembourg
Ownership: 60% Ownership held by Shareholders (ref)
Founder(s): Daniel G. Ek, Sven Martin Lorentzon

  • Option to use [FB] for login
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