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Make your Gmail more private
Proton, the Swiss encrypted and privacy-aware email service, now lets you read and reply to your Gmail emails from within Proton. If you're looking to wean yourself off Gmail, or just curious about trying an alternative, this could be a good place to start: anyone you reply to will still receive your messages as Gmail,...googleprivacy
Owning My Corner of the Internet: Self-Hosting Decentralized Social Media
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When do we get a Privacy-Preserving CDN?
The surveillance-capitalism business model that defines the Internet today is only going to get more imposing. The vast majority of our online requests today are serviced and logged by centralized infrastructure - even more centralized than what we probably expect. While our collective hivemind takes rightful pride in the successful pushes that have improved this...programmingtech
Social Sync v0.5.0 — Identity & Consent
Rebranding to Social Sync, implementing a granular consent system, and moving to AT Protocol OAuth.socialsyncatproto
"But it's just Bluesky..."
We hear you. Here's what we've done about it, and what's coming next.Chunky GuysBluesky
Modular Android tablet promises to last a decade
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Boops: the story so far...
A small feature with a surprisingly complicated launch.Chunky GuysBluesky
Fighting back against techno-capitalist-authoritarianism
Lately I feel like the world's slow burn has been set to broil. Things are not good. And often times, I feel kind of hopeless, like we are going to have no choice but to succumb to authoritarianism and our new tech overlords. Sometimes it feels utterly impossible to do anything to shift the tide of doom. And that's the point. The people in control want us to feel hopeless, they want us to feel a sense of existential nihilism so that we don't fight back because we think it's useless to do so. Com...privacydemocracy
Publishing Without the Platform: What Leaflet.pub Does Differently Than Substack
Leaflet.pub builds on the AT Protocol to give you something Substack never will: content you actually own. Here's what that means for European marketers.AtprotocolLeaflet.pub
How an Instagram page became an app
A decade of building community, the principles that shaped it, and the platform that grew from it.Chunky GuysBluesky
Privacy-focused phone runs Android apps without intrusive tracking
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California's Age Assurance Lacuna
California's Digital Age Assurance Act presents new headaches and concerns for operating system maintainers and app developers. But is it the catastrophe some claim?essayprivacy
Introducing Linkname, a linkinbio alternative
Cookie-less analytics. Privacy by default.privacytech
BigTech independence update: cleaning house for local AI
Three months after my original BigTech independence article, here's what changed and why I'm building infrastructure for local AI.PrivacyOpen Source
App selection criteria
The last app I bought through Apple's app store was a client for my Audiobookshelf instance and this reminded me why I'd built a Navidrome client . I wanted to use the web application as a PWA, but Apple doesn't support continuous audio playback in PWAs or Safari on iOS. Audio plays, but it never advances to the next track.developmentwebdev
A practical guide to building your own antifragile tech stack
Seven principles for evaluating technology choices, reducing vendor lock-in, and building a more resilient digital setup. The decision-making framework behind the tools.PrivacyOpen Source
A Flock of prying eyes
The city of Camarillo (where I live) is planning to install 15 new Flock ALPR cameras , bringing the city's total installed base up to 20. The city is adding to a surveillance network that has already been abused and misused by agencies across the country.techpolitics
CAPTCHAs and the punishment of privacy-conscious users
I've been using an adblocker of some sort or another for roughly as long as I've been using the internet. It's become a necessary security measure and a necessary part of protecting your attention online. I also pay for and frequently use a VPN. Privacy should factor in to every decision you make online.techprivacy
How I reduced my BigTech dependencies in 2025 (and why you should too)
A detailed guide on moving away from vendor lock-in and Big Tech subscriptions to build a more robust, privacy-friendly, and antifragile tech setup using open source alternatives.PrivacyOpen Source
Awesome adblockers
Adverting sucks. It's insidious, pervasive and outright malicious. So, block ads.advertisingtech
Removing your house from street view
I've been on an adventure removing photos of our house from the internet. Street view, realty sites, whatever else I can find. I know what our house looks like, I know the address and only folks we share that information with actually need it.techprivacy