Reminder: While we're debating whether Proton or Tutanota has better encryption, many people are still using Gmail with password123 and wondering how their bank account was drained.
The weeds are fun to be in, but don't forget to look up once in a while 🌿
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If you don't have a custom domain, you don't really own your email inbox.
New service shuts down? Your address is gone forever. Provider changes terms? You're stuck. Want to switch? Good luck updating every account. A $10/year domain gives you email independence for life.
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Signal just rolled out secure backups, a heavily requested feature! Your message history can finally survive phone disasters. End-to-end encrypted backups that refresh daily, with a 64-character recovery key that never leaves your device.
Free tier: 100mb of messages + last 45 days of media
Paid tier ($1.99/month): Full media history backup
Signal says media storage costs real money, and as a nonprofit that doesn't sell data, they need to cover those costs somehow.
The privacy implementation is solid: Your recovery key stays on your device only. Signal can't access your backups even if they wanted to. Lose the key = lose the backup forever.
Starting with Android beta, coming to iOS and Desktop soon. Future plans include saving backups to your own storage and seamless device transfers. Full blog: signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups/
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Google quietly scrubbed its 2030 net-zero pledge from its website after AI data centers made those goals "impossible" 🤐
AI profits & data collection > climate promises
Source: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/04/investigations…
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People can't agree on anything these days..except that Windows sucks and switching to Linux is amazing. Literally the only universal agreement I see. Crypto bros, privacy advocates, random tech Twitter - everyone has the "why didn't I do this sooner" energy. SWITCH TO LINUX 🐧
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You know what's TOTALLY WILD? There's this completely hypothetical video platform that rhymes with "ShmeerTube" that's open source, without algorithmic manipulation that works with RSS & no accounts needed. Just found this cool channel on it: techlore.tv/c/techlore/videos
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🚨 WhatsApp just patched a critical "zero-click" vulnerability that was actively being used to hack Apple devices with spyware
This sophisticated attack required zero user interaction - no clicking links, no downloads. The details:
• Targeted "specific individuals"
• Chained with an Apple iOS/Mac vulnerability (also now patched)
• Could steal ALL data including messages
• Less than 200 users were notified they were targeted
Key takeaways for our community:
✅ Enable lockdown mode + use Signal
✅ Update WhatsApp, iOS & macOS immediately if you haven't
✅ Remember: Even "secure" apps can have zero-days
Source: techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/whatsapp-fixes-zero-clic…
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🚨 Google is tightening the screws on Android freedom! Starting next year, they're blocking sideloading of "unverified" apps which requires all developers to identify themselves to Google. Goal is global 2027 rollout.
What does this mean for users with devices that have Google Play Services?
- F-Droid apps could be harder to install
- Custom APKs might be blocked
- Google gets even more control over what you can run on YOUR device
For our community: Start exploring alternatives now if this impacts you. This is tied to Google Play Services. Look into custom operating systems, F-Droid, and other ways to maintain control over your devices. Don't wait until these restrictions are fully in place. Graphene, Calyx, Lineage, etc.
Video coming soon!
Source, Ars: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-…
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Just a quick interview I did a few weeks ago at the P2P summit to touch on why P2P tech is essential in building resilient tech 💪 watch video on watch page
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Hey everyone, Henry 👋 I'm sad to share that my family recently experienced a loss. It's been a hectic couple days with some lingering things still happening, so there won't be a privacy wins stream this week. I have two really exciting videos in the works though, and plan to be back with privacy wins next week. Thanks so much for your patience and support during all of this, and I'm excited to be back with you all soon 👊
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