Privacy Respecting Tech Companies

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I currently am a programmer who wants to find a job that aligns with my personal beliefs for tech privacy. I see a few companies post here, but I don’t want to bother their PR team here as this isn’t a job posting board. I currently work at a company that doesn’t quite align with what I believe, and so it’s a bit depressing doing my work at times.

With that, how do you all evaluate if a general tech company doesn’t drive their users privacy to the ground to hit their bottom line? As I look around, I’m trying to get a gauge of how invasive a company is. Current idea is to see how much they scrape off of me with their homepage, and just general product evaluation.

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For starters, what do you actually want yourself? You should go look at the All Tech is Human Job Board.

You could also work in public interest technology and take a paycut to work at various nonprofit organizations or government.

Another option is to work for a company that provides services that are not consumer-facing. A software development at a cybersecurity or marketing B2B firm won’t always be opposed to your beliefs.

One notable exception is Palantir though :wink: