A critique of DuckDuckGo's privacy and technical flaws, arguing for a new, truly open-source search engine with its own crawler.
Explores Google Analytics proxying, a technique to bypass ad-blockers for more accurate tracking, and discusses its ethical implications.
A developer recounts accidentally creating a spying app as a teenager while trying to solve the iPhone's 1000-SMS limit, exploring early mobile hacking.
Article critiques Google Analytics' privacy and performance costs, and explores ethical, self-hosted alternatives for website tracking.
A developer builds a privacy-focused web analytics system from scratch, avoiding cookies and PII to eliminate GDPR notices.
A review of privacy-focused alternatives to Google Analytics, including Plausible, GoatCounter, and Fathom.
A conceptual proposal for BitMaelum, a decentralized, privacy-focused email system designed to replace legacy infrastructure.
Analysis of Stripe's updated data collection disclosures and new opt-out feature for user tracking in their JavaScript library.
A developer shares the story behind building Writerie, a privacy-focused, distraction-free writing tool with Markdown and rich text editing.
Analysis of Stripe.js library's hidden data collection, including user browsing activity and mouse movements on client websites.
Analyzes the privacy and effectiveness issues of digital contact tracing, comparing location-based and proximity-based approaches.
A software expert's open letter opposing the EARN IT Act, arguing it threatens essential end-to-end encryption and digital freedoms.
A developer reflects on building and shutting down feediary, a privacy-focused RSS reader, due to low conversion to paid subscriptions.
A critical analysis of VPN services, highlighting privacy risks and the importance of researching providers before use.
NewPipe is a free, open-source Android app for YouTube that offers ad-free viewing, background play, downloads, and more, prioritizing user privacy and control.
A research project using Wi-Fi signals to estimate smartphone proximity, aiming to help identify potential perpetrators in assault cases.
A personal reflection on the importance of digital privacy, arguing it's a fundamental right and suggesting alternatives to major tech services.
Analyzes the performance and privacy costs of web tracking scripts for businesses and users, questioning their true value.
A critical analysis of Signal's security model, focusing on its reliance on Google Play Services and resistance to F-Droid distribution.
Research on using semi-adversarial neural networks to generate gender-neutral face images, enhancing privacy while preserving biometric utility.
