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]
US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification
Buried in the definitions is a mandate that reaches every laptop, console, smart TV, and car infotainment system in the country.
Tuta Announces Quantum-Resistant Encrypted Cloud Storage, Tuta Drive
Ten million users already trust Tuta with their email, and now the same quantum-resistant math covers everything they store.
MembersYou Don’t Own Your Kindle Books. Here’s What You Can Do About It.
The open source ebook ecosystem now has a genuine answer for every piece of Amazon’s walled garden, if you care enough to look into it.
Your Old Kindle Still Works Perfectly. Amazon Is Killing It Anyway
Every internet-connected device in your home carries an expiration date.
MembersHow Your Weather App Became a Surveillance Machine — and How to Escape It
The forecast is free, but you’ve been paying for it with every place you’ve ever visited.
Apple Removes Bitchat from China App Store at Cyberspace Administration Order
The app that needs no internet, no servers, and no user accounts turned out to be exactly the kind of thing Beijing can’t let exist.
GrapheneOS Defies Age Verification Surveillance Pressure
GrapheneOS is doing what Apple and Google won’t: treating market access as a worthwhile price for not building a government ID layer into your phone.
Google’s Android Sideloading Will Now Require 10 Steps and a 24-Hour Wait
The ten-step process includes a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for something Android users have done with a single toggle since the platform launched.
MembersLinux Distros Are Mounting a Response to the Age Verification ID Laws Coming for Your OS
One developer has already registered their distribution under the law’s own definitions and declared intentional noncompliance on the front page.
MembersHackers Are Compromising Signal Accounts. Don’t Be Next.
Attacks are usually from human error, not technology, which is why a five-minute audit is the most important thing you should be doing.
Australia VPN Boom as “Age Verification” Law Takes Effect
The law successfully drove millions of Australians to VPNs and unregulated sites.
MembersHow to Actually Disappear on Proton Mail
Proton Mail’s encryption held perfectly in a recent case. Here’s everything else that didn’t, and how to fix it.