Rick Findlay
Rick is a Reclaim contributor who's interested in the way censorship and top-down control of social platforms is encouraging a new future of decentralized tech. [email protected]
MembersF-Droid Grew Up. Not Everything Came With It.
F-Droid is betting that an app store can be easier to use without becoming another machine for harvesting attention and data.
At the Clinton Global Initiative, “AI Safety” Comes for Open Source
The emerging AI safety debate has a familiar shape: centralize power first, call the arrangement protection later.
Signal Beta Lets Android Users Create Accounts Without Phone Numbers
Signal is finally cutting the cord between private messaging and the phone company.
MembersSignal's Phone Number Problem Finally Has an Asterisk
Here's what to know, what to avoid, about Signal's move away from the phone number.
ZuckOff App Detects Nearby Camera Glasses Through Bluetooth Signals
It cannot tell you who is recording, but it can tell you that the future has wandered nearby.
MembersHow the AI “Safety” Push Creates New Gatekeepers
The biggest beneficiaries of tougher AI rules may be the very companies those rules are supposed to keep in check.
umbrelOS 2.0 Brings Cloud Like Ease to Self Hosted Servers
More than 300 apps, private folders, and a Photos app designed to make local storage feel oddly familiar.
MembersFor Many People, It Just Got Harder to Block Tracking Ads. Here’s What Still Works
Google calls it a security upgrade. Privacy tools see a much narrower browser.
Russia Blocks GrapheneOS Infrastructure, Forcing Two Server Moves
Russia’s filtering system is turning ordinary hosting decisions into collateral damage
Nitter Goes Dark After X Corp Cease and Desist Letters
There was no revenue here and no competing product, only a way to privately read public posts that the platform did not control.
Brave Adds Email Aliases to Hide Your Real Address
Brave 1.94 adds Email Aliases, giving users five free forwarding addresses to hide their real email from websites