NextDNS Launches DNS-Based Age Verification Bypass to Protect User Privacy Amid Online ID Laws
August 21, 2025
Dodging digital ID checks could soon come down to a DNS setting instead of a passport photo.
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.
What starts as censorship “encouragement” from Ofcom often ends with a threat wrapped in bureaucracy.
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.
Apple’s browser shuffle leaves rivals tangled in technicalities while the real gate stays locked.
Rumble and Truth Social dig in as the last line of defense against Brazil’s censorship reaching American soil.
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.
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.
A self-hosted F-Droid repo lets Brave sidestep gatekeepers while keeping updates firmly in its grip.
The Digital Services Act is a velvet glove over a closed fist.
Twenty minutes in, Vance discovered that Bluesky’s tolerance for dissent ends where its branding begins.
Google pulls Pixel support from Android 16 AOSP, pushing GrapheneOS to consider building its own secure phones.
France’s treatment of Durov reads less like justice and more like a warning to platforms that won’t play censor.
A decentralized internet gets a backbone as Rumble Cloud plugs into TRON’s sprawling blockchain ecosystem.
Trump Media expands Truth+ to Roku, Samsung, and LG connected TVs, extending its proprietary streaming platform’s device reach.
Journalists sidelined by tech giants carve out a sovereign corner of the internet to publish on their own terms.
A covert bid to muzzle Romanian conservatives collides with Telegram’s stance on free speech.
Google backs down after a prolonged permissions blockade left over 800,000 Android users with a neutered Nextcloud experience.
Proton threatens to abandon its home base as Switzerland flirts with surveillance laws resembling Russia’s.
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.
What starts as censorship “encouragement” from Ofcom often ends with a threat wrapped in bureaucracy.
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.
Apple’s browser shuffle leaves rivals tangled in technicalities while the real gate stays locked.
Rumble and Truth Social dig in as the last line of defense against Brazil’s censorship reaching American soil.
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.
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.
A self-hosted F-Droid repo lets Brave sidestep gatekeepers while keeping updates firmly in its grip.
The Digital Services Act is a velvet glove over a closed fist.
Twenty minutes in, Vance discovered that Bluesky’s tolerance for dissent ends where its branding begins.
Google pulls Pixel support from Android 16 AOSP, pushing GrapheneOS to consider building its own secure phones.
France’s treatment of Durov reads less like justice and more like a warning to platforms that won’t play censor.
A decentralized internet gets a backbone as Rumble Cloud plugs into TRON’s sprawling blockchain ecosystem.
Trump Media expands Truth+ to Roku, Samsung, and LG connected TVs, extending its proprietary streaming platform’s device reach.
Journalists sidelined by tech giants carve out a sovereign corner of the internet to publish on their own terms.
A covert bid to muzzle Romanian conservatives collides with Telegram’s stance on free speech.
Google backs down after a prolonged permissions blockade left over 800,000 Android users with a neutered Nextcloud experience.
Proton threatens to abandon its home base as Switzerland flirts with surveillance laws resembling Russia’s.
