The Exit Strategy: Life After the Social Media Ban
I’ve spent the morning staring at the news, and I’m honestly just exhausted by it. The UK government is basically banking on us being too comfortable to move. They’re betting…
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The “Nude” Ultimatum: My Phone is Not a Government Narc
The UK government has officially gone off the deep end, giving Apple and Google a three-month ultimatum: build device-level scanning to detect “illegal images” or we’ll pass laws to force…
From Tailscale to WireGuard: Why I Built a Private VPN with Two VPSes
In my ongoing quest for digital sovereignty, I recently replaced Tailscale with a plain WireGuard setup that I control myself. No third-party control plane, no extra SaaS layer, no mystery…
The End of an Eighteen Year Honeymoon
Mitchell Hashimoto is moving Ghostty off GitHub. For a developer who has been on the platform since 2008 declaring it no longer a place for serious work is a massive…
Brave Origin Nightly: The Good, The Bad, and the Minimalist
I have been using Brave Origin Nightly as my main browser for a week now, and the short version is that it has been excellent. Fast, clean, and, crucially, it…
The Browser Sync Privacy Rabbit Hole
It started at 5am. I was up before the rest of the family, so I did what any sensible person with poor sleep habits and a mild obsession with privacy…
Reclaiming the Desktop: A Practical Guide to Linux Migration
Windows has been getting in the way for years. It’s not just about telemetry or what’s happening “under the hood”, it’s the forced adverts in your Start menu, settings that…
I Don’t Use Twitter or Microsoft. My Logs Disagree.
It is 21:45 on a Saturday evening. I am the only person actively online in the house. My phone is the only device I am using. The kids’ tablets are…
Little Snitch on Linux: A Proprietary “Solution” to a Solved Problem
The arrival of Little Snitch on Linux is a sign that the mainstream is finally waking up to the “chatty” nature of modern software. But we do not need to…
Privacy Myths: Expectations vs. Technical Reality
After a string of posts about age verification, DNS safety nets, and Google’s ongoing war against sideloading, it is probably time for something slightly less “heavy.” Many people rely on…