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Kalvin Carefour Johnny<p>I’ve learned that self-hosting should empower, not exhaust. Hosting intentionally is my new strategy. </p><p><a href="https://paper.wf/kalvins-journal/my-self-hosting-realizations-and-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paper.wf/kalvins-journal/my-se</span><span class="invisible">lf-hosting-realizations-and-strategy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YunoHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YunoHost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minimalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minimalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechReflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechReflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ServerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServerLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPSHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPSHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModerationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModerationMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalWellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalWellness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntentionalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntentionalTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BurnoutRecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BurnoutRecovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HostingWisely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HostingWisely</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoloInstance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoloInstance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunitySupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunitySupport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalGarden</span></a></p>
Kalvin Carefour Johnny<p>I am not sure if they understand English or not. Return my data. My data belongs to me and does not belong to them at all. My trust is manipulated rather than me genuinely trusting them. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MyDataMyChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MyDataMyChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrustBetrayed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustBetrayed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InformationControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsentMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsentMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthicalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeBackYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TakeBackYourData</span></a></p>
Kevin Dominik Korte<p>The weird moment, where a Kansas Republican starts calling for rethinking data ownership and challenging tech monopolies.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dataownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataownership</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cjonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/07/12/why-kansas-must-bust-big-techs-ai-monopoly-opinion/84495622007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjonline.com/story/opinion/col</span><span class="invisible">umns/2025/07/12/why-kansas-must-bust-big-techs-ai-monopoly-opinion/84495622007/</span></a></p>
Neural<p>Morgane Billuart – Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed Inquires in Female Health Technologies</p><p><a href="https://neural.it/2025/07/morgane-billuart-cycles-the-sacred-and-the-doomed-inquires-in-female-health-technologies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neural.it/2025/07/morgane-bill</span><span class="invisible">uart-cycles-the-sacred-and-the-doomed-inquires-in-female-health-technologies/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/cyberfeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberfeminism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/technofeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technofeminism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/womenintechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>womenintechnology</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/feministfuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feministfuture</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/techethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techethics</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/datasovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datasovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/dataownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataownership</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/biopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/datafeminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datafeminism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/criticaltheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticaltheory</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/criticalinformationstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalinformationstudies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/mediatheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediatheory</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/mediastudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediastudies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/digitalhumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalhumanities</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/digitalstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalstudies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/dataethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataethics</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/informationoverload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationoverload</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/mediaconsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediaconsumption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/medialiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medialiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/hacktivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacktivism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/hacktivismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacktivismo</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/digitalactivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalactivism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/mediaactivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mediaactivism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/commoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commoning</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/neuralarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuralarchive</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/neuralmag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuralmag</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud</p><p><a href="https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inkandswitch.com/essay/local-f</span><span class="invisible">irst/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalFirst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataOwnership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
xoron :verified:<p>Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer &amp; Messaging PWA</p><p><a href="https://positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">positive-intentions.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CrossPlatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossPlatform</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> (self compile)<br> * App store, Play store (coming soon)<br> * Desktop<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> (self compile)<br> * run `index.html` on any modern <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralized</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NoCookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCookies</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encrypted</span></a><br> * No registration<br> * No installing<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a><br> * Group Messaging (coming soon)<br> * Text Messaging<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multimedia</span></a> Messaging<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Screensharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Screensharing</span></a> (on desktop browsers)<br> * Offline Messaging (in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> phase)<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FileTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileTransfer</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VideoCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalls</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataOwnership</span></a><br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SelfHosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosted</span></a><br> * GitHub pages Hosting<br> * <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LocalOnly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalOnly</span></a> storage</p><p>Check them out!</p><p>(Degoogled links to the apps)<br>- P2P Chat: <a href="https://chat.positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chat.positive-intentions.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- P2P File: <a href="https://file.positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">file.positive-intentions.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- Encrypted drive storage: <a href="https://dim.positive-intentions.com/?path=/story/usefs--encrypted-demo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dim.positive-intentions.com/?p</span><span class="invisible">ath=/story/usefs--encrypted-demo</span></a></p><p>- GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/positive-intentions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/positive-intentions</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>IMPORTANT NOTES (PLEASE READ!):<br>* These are NOT products. It's for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/demonstration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demonstration</span></a> purposes only.<br>* They have NOT been reviewed or audited. Do NOT use for sensitive data.<br>* All functionality demonstrated is experimental.<br>* This is NOT meant to replace robust solutions like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VeraCrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeraCrypt</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Simplexchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Simplexchat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whatsapp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/wetransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wetransfer</span></a>. It's just a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/proofofconcept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofconcept</span></a> to show what's possible with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/APIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APIs</span></a>.</p><p>(Boosts appreciated)</p>
xoron :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encrypted</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secure</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/filetransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filetransfer</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messaging</span></a> app. (because thats the only type worth working on)</p><p>I've highlighted some features below:</p><p>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralized</span></a><br>- No <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encrypted</span></a><br>- No <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/registration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>registration</span></a><br>- No <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/installing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>installing</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GroupMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GroupMessaging</span></a> (coming soon)<br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TextMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextMessaging</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MultimediaMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultimediaMessaging</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OfflineMessaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfflineMessaging</span></a> (in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> phase)<br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FileTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileTransfer</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VideoCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCalls</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataOwnership</span></a><br>- Optional <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a><br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Screensharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Screensharing</span></a> (on desktop browsers)<br>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p><p>Check it out!<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a>: <a href="https://positive-intentions.com/blog/introducing-decentralized-chat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">positive-intentions.com/blog/i</span><span class="invisible">ntroducing-decentralized-chat</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a>: <a href="https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/positive-intentions</span><span class="invisible">/chat</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demo</span></a>: <a href="https://chat.positive-intentions.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chat.positive-intentions.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(Boosts appreciated)</p>

Weekly output: IOWN, eSIMs, Android sneak peek, Ranking Digital Rights, Web3, data ownership in Brazil, Elon Musk’s DOGE detour, blanding, passkey adoption, Google’s AI Mode, Read AI bundles two more AI platforms

Even subtracting the posts written in previous weeks (the first and second links below) and the time I spent moderating panels at Web Summit Rio (the fifth, sixth and eighth links below), this was a busy week. And yet I wish I’d had time to write about one more thing: the brutal ruling that Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down Wednesday against Apple in the long-running Epic v. Apple case. In that opinion, which essentially destroys a large part of Apple’s rent-seeking App Store strategy, the judge condemned multiple levels of Apple duplicity that included one vice president lying under oath and concluded that Apple thinking “this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation.”

Patreon readers got an extra post from me this week: a recap of how Web Summit Rio highlighted the useful and cringe-inducing-to-outright-offensive sides of cryptocurrency advocacy.

4/28/2025: NTT’s IOWN pitch: long on possibilities, sometimes short on metrics, Light Reading

I wanted to get an outside perspective on the sales pitch I got from NTT at its Upgrade 2025 conference in San Francisco in mid-April (for which the Japanese telco covered my travel expenses), and the one I got from my tech-analyst pal Mark Vena pointed out some non-trivial gaps in NTT’s presentation.

4/28/2025: Why You Should Use eSIMs When Traveling Internationally, AARP

Most of the research for this happened during MWC Barcelona in early March, but various hangups in AARP’s story-assignment machinery held up the piece for a while.

4/28/2025: Why Wait? Google Teases Android 16 Sneak Peek Ahead of I/O, PCMag

This was one of the shortest posts I’ve ever filed for PCMag, owing to the lack of details in this Google announcement.

4/28/2025: More Breakdowns Than Breakthroughs in Latest Big Tech Digital Rights Scorecard, PCMag

The Ranking Digital Rights project posted its first assessment in about two and a half years of the commitments tech companies make to uphold human rights. Spoiler alert: This survey found no heroes.

4/28/2025: Does Web3 represent an opportunity or a risk?, Web Summit Rio

The last panel this conference asked me to moderate came first on the schedule–and then I went from having two fintech investors to quiz to having one, Kaszek partner Santiago Fossatti. My worries that I’d have to improvise at length to fill this timeslot evaporated once I saw how he’d answer my questions at length.

4/29/2025: Owning your own data, Web Summit Rio

I’ve been watching and moderating Web Summit panels about data ownership and privacy for years, but this one–featuring Brittany Kaiser, co-founder of the Own Your Data Foundation; Rodrigo Assumpção, CEO of Brazil’s social-security firm Dataprev; and Gustavo Franco, former governor of Brazil’s central bank–outlined some real-world steps happening in Brazil to make that vision a working reality that might yield some modest extra income for citizens who opt in.

4/30/2025: 100 Days of DOGE: Is Elon Musk’s Protective Layer of Sycophants Thinning?, PCMag

I wrote up a very good panel featuring New York Times tech reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, in which the authors of the book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter unpacked how Musk has given the federal government the same treatment he inflicted on Twitter.

4/30/2025: AI and the rise of blanding, Web Summit Rio

Title notwithstanding, this panel with Camila Moletta, CEO of More Grls, and Lisa Smith, global executive creative director of Jones Knowles Ritchie, was less about AI than about graphic design in advertising.

5/1/2025: 75% of People Are ‘Aware’ of Passkeys, But Are They Actually Using Them?, PCMag

I wrote up an embargoed copy of a survey about passkey adoption that had some stats that confused me, so I e-mailed the publicist to get more context and then quoted his explanation in the post. After publication, the PR guy asked if we could take his name out of the story because he works for an outside PR firm; I replied that my editor would probably be fine with that (which was true), but that he needed to make that request upfront instead of incorrectly assuming some default setting of anonymity for PR types.

5/1/2025: Google Drops AI Mode Waitlist, Adds Shopping Tools: Here’s How to Try, PCMag

I filed my last copy for April from my hotel room in Rio a little before midnight on April 30. Being able to put one last bit of work on a monthly invoice can be a powerful motivation.

5/2/2025: Why Have One AI Service When You Can Have 3? Read Bundles GPT-4.1, Claude, PCMag

I didn’t have this on my story-possibilities list for Web Summit, but I got into a conversation with the CEO and publicist of the AI service Read on a shuttle from the convention center back to the hotel, which led to the publicist asking if I’d like cover Read’s imminent announcement of it bundling two other AI services, which led to my quizzing Read CEO David Shim in the speaker lounge Wednesday.

Rob PegoraroWeb Summit Rio – Rob Pegoraro
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Hello, I'd like to ask you to help me rectify my general plan or maybe the whole intention of to install freebsd to rpi4 as a server where I'd like to have jail for nextcloud, jail for homeassistant and nas. I'd like to use for freebsd the ssd storage with zfs 1TB (connected by USB), data encrypted, set wireguard to my external vps to be able to connect from anywhere. The whole idea is powered to learn something and really own my data.
plan:
1) dd rpi4 image of freebsd to SD card
2) boot SD card
3) manually set zfs to ssd connected by usb. set encryption to everything else than / /usr and /boot, if I used FDE I am unable to connect just with ssh then
4) manually install freebsd without bsdinstall command because of encryption. I am not sure about this point how to do it
5) reboot to sd card again, import zpool = mount the ssd disk
6) set correctly boot files (copy) the rpi4 it should be copy of u-boot.bin and maybe other files from github.com/raspberrypi/firmwar
but I am also not sure about this point what is the right solution. When I ve just install the freebsd to ssd with bsdinstall without encryption the freebsd did not boot from ssd even though I set ssd as first to boot in order with rpi-eeprom. so some tweaking is needed I suppose

It looks like that running encrypted freebsd on rpi4 on separately ssd disk is not easy so maybe the whole idea is wrong.

Thank you for advices

This repository contains pre-compiled binaries of the current Raspberry Pi  kernel and modules, userspace libraries, and bootloader/GPU firmware. - raspberrypi/firmware
GitHubfirmware/boot at master · raspberrypi/firmwareThis repository contains pre-compiled binaries of the current Raspberry Pi kernel and modules, userspace libraries, and bootloader/GPU firmware. - raspberrypi/firmware

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run `index.html` on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check it out!

positive-intentions.com

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- Chat: chat.positive-intentions.com
- File: file.positive-intentions.com
- GitHub: github.com/positive-intentions

I've build a stack for an open productive environment 🚀

- Core (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Adminer und Traefik)
- Website: Drupal
- Version control: Gitlab
- Mail: Mailcow
- Drive: Nextcloud
- Office: OnlyOffice
- Project management: OpenProject
- Notes: Hedgedoc

It needs 6cores-16GB-RAM-something to run 🏃

If this works out: good bye github, google, onedrive, msoffice!

gitlab.nasarek.dev/rnsrk/open-

GitLabRobert Nasarek / Open Productive Stack · GitLabGitLab Community Edition

This morning, I was on the phone with a potential client, and I suggested they migrate to a NextCloud solution instead of their current cloud provider. When I explained that one of the main reasons, in my opinion, is to remain the owner of their own data, they reacted ironically, saying that at that point, people like me would have access to all their data. They seemed less worried about a large cloud provider than about a company "closer" to them.

I explained that they could encrypt everything, but they weren’t entirely convinced.

We parted ways on good terms, but with little hope.

Two hours later, they called me back. They did some research and asked a few colleagues. They’re now considering the idea and even apologized for the joke.

There was nothing to apologize for; it's just that some dynamics can be unclear (especially since we're so used to the promises of salespeople, often far from reality).

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

positive-intentions.com

A p2p encrypted file transfer and messaging app. Here are some features below:

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run `index.html` on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check it out!

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- Chat: chat.positive-intentions.com
- File: file.positive-intentions.com
- GitHub: github.com/positive-intentions

positive-intentionsDecentralized P2P Chat & File Transfer - Secure Messaging Without Central Servers | positive-intentionsExperience secure P2P chat, file transfer, and video calls without registration. Built on decentralized architecture with end-to-end encryption and complete data ownership.

One of the things I've been advocating for years - and where I want to raise my voice even louder - is the importance of owning your data. #OwnYourData

Over the past few days, I’ve come across two examples of how misinformation is causing immense damage, leading people to believe that there's no alternative but to hand over their data to big corporations, putting themselves entirely in their hands.

- A well-known lawyer, just before a meeting, warned about using Teams and its new "virtual assistant," which joins conferences before anyone else and transcribes everything. When I pointed out that it would be wise to use alternative tools (like Jitsi, for example, but there are others), he abruptly ended the conversation, saying, "We've lost this war. There's no alternative anymore."
That wasn’t the right moment for a detailed discussion, so I just noted that alternatives do exist - but if no one starts using them, and if we passively accept certain behaviors from certain companies, things will never improve for us.

- Just now, I received another one of those emails that hurt more in the heart than in the wallet: "Our e-commerce is taking off, so we’re moving it to Shopify to better manage our growth."
I replied, trying to explain that handing over a growing e-commerce business to a third-party company (right now, they have full access to their own server - meaning all their databases, data, etc., are under their control) means losing ownership of it. Prices could change at any moment, contract terms could shift negatively, and, worst case scenario, if Shopify itself faced issues (which seems impossible today, but think of giants like Kodak), they could lose everything. Of course, they’ll do what they think is best, but I feel obligated to warn them.

Luckily, others are making the opposite choice. But I keep wondering: since these big platforms aren’t exactly cheap, rather than "selling themselves" to them just for (potentially) fewer headaches, wouldn’t it be worth paying someone (not me, of course, but someone working exclusively for them) to handle these things - ensuring they retain full ownership of their business and their data?

Selhosted P2P E2EE File Transfer & Messaging PWA

positive-intentions.com

A p2p encrypted file transfer and messaging app. Here are some features below:

* #OpenSource
* #CrossPlatform
* #PWA
* #iOS, #Android, #Desktop (self compile)
* App store, Play store (coming soon)
* Desktop
* #Windows, #MacOS, #Linux (self compile)
* run `index.html` on any modern #browser
* #Decentralized
* #Secure
* #NoCookies
* #P2P #encrypted
* No registration
* No installing
* #Messaging
* Group Messaging (coming soon)
* Text Messaging
* #Multimedia Messaging
* #Screensharing (on desktop browsers)
* Offline Messaging (in #research phase)
* #FileTransfer
* #VideoCalls
* #DataOwnership
* #SelfHosted
* GitHub pages Hosting
* #LocalOnly storage

Check it out!

(Degoogled links to the apps)
- Chat: chat.positive-intentions.com
- File: file.positive-intentions.com
- GitHub: github.com/positive-intentions

positive-intentionsDecentralized P2P Chat & File Transfer - Secure Messaging Without Central Servers | positive-intentionsExperience secure P2P chat, file transfer, and video calls without registration. Built on decentralized architecture with end-to-end encryption and complete data ownership.