Freddy @freddyym@social.privacytools.io

Making #apps that respect privacy is important, but if we want everyone from our kids to grandparents to use them, there needs to be a stellar user experience.

Not only does it need to be on-par with "the other" websites that everyone uses, the UX actually needs to be better.

Respect for the user's needs and desires is paramount to gain widespread adoption.

Here's to all the #dev folks that create easy to use, #opensource #software that respects #privacy.

There's some action on the Plausible GitHub page around the development of a Docker container for easier self-hosting. If you're interested do take a look and join the conversation. We're a step closer to the community developed self-hosted version!

https://github.com/plausible-insights/plausible/issues/26

"Hi, we've changed your #privacy settings."

Renewed my domain today. Having my own website where nothing but the legal system is there to moderate my thoughts, is great. No one trying to make a profit out of my content, no one who limits your reach in order to sell you "promoted" content space, no privacy intrusion.

My creation, My place, My rules! And everyone who finds a platform they don't consider to respect them, should start an own website.

@theprivacyfoundation
I'm currently working on an #elearning course called Digital Privacy Essentials. It'll be free under #GPLv3 and #CreativeCommons. Hoping to have it finished by end of summer, at which point I'll shout about it here and on my site: https://samhowell.uk

Quick introduction to #pihole!

https://yarmo.eu/blog/pihole

#100DaysToOffload

"In a world where anti-vaccination advocates and climate-change denialists persist, talking sense might seem hopeless, especially when social-media algorithms and deliberate bad actors amplify pseudoscience messages"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01266-z

New account, same OpenNIC https://www.opennic.org

There's lots of products I don't list on ThinkPrivacy for a long list of various reasons (or sometimes simply because less is more).

Nothing gets me as much hate and arguments as the decision not to list Brave.

There's a massive cult of usership there that cannot take an ounce of criticism over the browser.

Zoom acquired Keybase today.

Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.

Beware the Keybase formula:

1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded

@theprivacyfoundation One of the problems I often see is someone using a password manager but securing it with a password that's too simple. I always recommend that people use diceware to come up with a secure and memorable passphrase for locking their vault.