Hack Club Hit With $200K Slack Fee Demand Spurs Urgent Switch to Open Source Tools
September 19, 2025
A $200,000 ultimatum forced Hack Club to confront the cost of convenience.
A $200,000 ultimatum forced Hack Club to confront the cost of convenience.
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A $200,000 ultimatum forced Hack Club to confront the cost of convenience.
Mullvad wraps WireGuard in QUIC to make VPN traffic blend in with normal internet traffic.
Daily encrypted backups now give users peace of mind without punching holes in Signal’s no-compromise encryption model.
Caught between draconian laws and their commitment to user privacy, Dreamwidth is choosing principle over profit.
A state digital ID law is now meeting the very structure of decentralized internet.
Apple quietly pulled the plug on iTorrent, exposing how fragile the “freedom” of third-party app stores really are.
A single state law just forced one of the internet’s most privacy-focused platforms to choose between its principles and its users.
Dodging digital ID checks could soon come down to a DNS setting instead of a passport photo.
The power to cut off payments has become the internet’s bluntest instrument of control.
Epic’s win cracks open Australia’s walled gardens, letting Fortnite slip back onto iPhones.
The verdict has turned an obscure crypto privacy tool into a litmus test for how far US law will reach into open-source code.
What starts as censorship “encouragement” from Ofcom often ends with a threat wrapped in bureaucracy.
No charges, no violations. Just a severed account and a vanishing explanation.
Brave turns every tab into a no-fly zone for Microsoft’s memory-hungry surveillance feature.
Proton’s Lumo goes all-in on privacy by skipping the data trade-offs baked into most AI assistants.
The US just embraced crypto, but only if it reports back to the motherland.
Apple’s browser shuffle leaves rivals tangled in technicalities while the real gate stays locked.
The partnership turns financial self-sovereignty into a built-in feature, not a rebellious add-on.
Offline and encrypted, Bitchat turns your phone into a walkie-talkie for the post-platform age.
The new system cuts out intermediaries, letting fans connect with creators on their own terms.
The Patriot Package transforms Truth Social from a platform into a parallel media universe.
Proton’s lawsuit paints Apple’s App Store as a tollbooth where privacy comes at a premium.
Every extra extension Google demands risks creating more cracks in users’ digital defenses.
Truth+ aims to turn its fight against Big Tech into a global streaming play.