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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.
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.
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.
The Privacy Phone Is Going Mainstream: The Deal That Could Change De-Googled Phones Forever
For the first time, the most hardened mobile OS in existence has a manufacturer behind it with genuine reach in all major markets.
Rumble Shorts Is Everywhere Now, and It’s Coming for TikTok
The launch puts a swipeable, short-form feed on every major platform just as TikTok’s year of turbulence has left creators actively looking for somewhere else to go.
The FSB Has a New Word for Encryption: Terrorism
The man who outlasted a French arrest now faces a Russian prison threat from the country he left behind two decades ago.
MembersThe Best Discord Alternatives to Reclaim Control
Our list favors projects that hand you the keys to the infrastructure rather than another polished cage with different branding.
Russia Restricts Telegram Access to Push Citizens Toward State-Controlled Max App, Pavel Durov Says
Durov’s defiance comes as Moscow tries the same playbook that failed in Iran, only this time with a homegrown WeChat waiting in the wings.
MembersLinux Has One Job in 2026: Make It Easy to Say Yes
What 2026 will really measure is how Linux can survive contact with non-enthusiasts.
New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools
A law meant to block untraceable weapons might instead erase the right to tinker with your own tools.
Uganda Imposes Nationwide Internet Shutdown Ahead of 2026 Election
Cut off from the digital world on the eve of the vote, Ugandans are improvising new ways to stay visible in a nation intent on going dark.