This is great for us. We understand these tools and can use them. But most people don't. So if all geeks switch to the things on this list, we've left most of society just as susceptible as before.
Other, possibly better, solutions:
1) If you work for one of the companies listed as "proprietary", you can do the most. Stand up and say you care in company meetings. Tell managers and executives that it's worth finding better ways to secure, anonymize, or not collect information in the first place. Even if it comes at the cost of profitably or usability.
2) Authors of lists like these: Instead of saying all commercial software is lousy, compare them to each other! Make having secure, private software an actual selling point that people can understand.
3) Developers, designers: make beautiful, usable software that is secure and anonymous by default. Don't have privacy as your ONLY selling point. We can only win if we're private and amazing.
Other, possibly better, solutions:
1) If you work for one of the companies listed as "proprietary", you can do the most. Stand up and say you care in company meetings. Tell managers and executives that it's worth finding better ways to secure, anonymize, or not collect information in the first place. Even if it comes at the cost of profitably or usability.
2) Authors of lists like these: Instead of saying all commercial software is lousy, compare them to each other! Make having secure, private software an actual selling point that people can understand.
3) Developers, designers: make beautiful, usable software that is secure and anonymous by default. Don't have privacy as your ONLY selling point. We can only win if we're private and amazing.