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]
AltStore PAL Plans Expansion to Japan, Brazil, Australia by 2025, UK in 2026
AltStore’s next act is less about beating Apple and more about building its own internet.
BitChute Launches Revenue Share Program
A bid for independence in an online economy increasingly shaped by platform gatekeepers.
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Slams French Investigation, Warns of Global Crackdown on Privacy and Free Speech
In a defiant interview, Durov warns that Europe’s push for surveillance risks normalizing the very authoritarianism it claims to fight.
Brave Browser Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Users
Growth like this suggests privacy isn’t niche anymore, it’s mainstream.
Google’s New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid, Says Open-Source Advocate
A crackdown framed as security could erase one of the last open doors left in the Android world.
Proton Mail Rolls Out Offline Mode, Faster Navigation, and Unified Design in Major Mobile App Update
Proton Mail’s redesign swaps clutter for speed, giving privacy-first email its smoothest mobile experience yet.
Hack Club Hit With $200K Slack Fee Demand Spurs Urgent Switch to Open Source Tools
A $200,000 ultimatum forced Hack Club to confront the cost of convenience.
Mullvad Introduces QUIC-Based WireGuard Obfuscation to Bypass Censorship and VPN Blocks
Mullvad wraps WireGuard in QUIC to make VPN traffic blend in with normal internet traffic.
Signal Introduces Encrypted Chat Backup With Paid Media Storage Option
Daily encrypted backups now give users peace of mind without punching holes in Signal’s no-compromise encryption model.
Dreamwidth Blocks Mississippi Users, Limits Tennessee Signups Over Digital ID Laws
Caught between draconian laws and their commitment to user privacy, Dreamwidth is choosing principle over profit.
MembersHow to: Ditching Your Phone Number Might Be the Smartest Privacy Move You Make
A phone number once felt like the passport to modern life, but it’s starting to look more like a relic people keep carrying out of habit.
Mississippi’s Digital ID Law Hits a Wall With Mastodon
A state digital ID law is now meeting the very structure of decentralized internet.