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MembersBitchat: The Right App for a Situation Nobody Wants to Be In
What a government can and cannot switch off, and what that leaves for anyone standing in the dead zone.
Radar Chat Brings Bitcoin Payments to Signal Messaging
It runs on Signal, holds your keys, and slips a Bitcoin button next to the message box, no cash tag required.
Brave 1.92 Adds Built-In Containers for Desktop
Two accounts, one window, and none of the awkward mingling your logins usually do behind your back.
Volkswagen Punishes the Phones That Trust Google Least
The same company that leaked the parking spots of 800,000 cars last year now says privacy-focused GrapheneOS phones aren’t trustworthy enough for its app.
MembersWhat to Like and What to Question About Europe’s New Open Source Office Push
The same governments selling you a sovereign office suite are the ones legislating their way past the encryption it would run on.
MembersStop Renting Access to Your Own Movie Collection
Running it yourself means a price you set, a door only you hold the key to, and infrastructure that answers to no one but you.
Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
The company that decides whether you’re a bot now also requires you run its software to prove otherwise.
MembersBrave Now Has a Stripped Down Option — Here’s Who Should Care
It’s a surprisingly coherent product, but whether you actually need it depends entirely on which kind of privacy user you are.
MembersThe Opt-Out Button Is Decorative: A Guide to Hardening Your Browser
The opt-out button you’ve been clicking is decorative, so here is the browser build that stops asking nicely.
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.
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.