I'm tryna change this and raise awareness about the importance of privacy through this open source project called idcaboutprivacy.
hiramfromthechi
Appreciate that. Got a backlog of 200+ topics I still need to write about, so little by little.
Fair enough. Sometimes it can make a difference though (speaking someone's specific platform language). But yeah, I get it.
Me too. I wrote a blog post about it with a similar title and would love some feedback. I'm sure it could be expanded even more to include stuff like this.
You can also be a jack of all trades, master of some. Or a lot. Or most. 🤝
For software, I started this directory: CookieSlayers
Most of the software there is open source, but not all of it. Nevertheless, it's about companies/services/products that operate a bit more ethically.
This is only for software, and focused around tracking cookies (or lack thereof), but maybe it can expand to consumer goods: CookieSlayers
I'd consider Signal to be the gold standard of secure communications.
You can describe it to them like WhatsApp, except it's private, secure, not Facebook-owned, nonprofit so it can't be bought or sold, etc.
Here's the blog post that I share with my friends comparing Signal to iMessage and WhatsApp when they ask me about it.
It usually answers most of their questions.
I'd consider Signal to be the gold standard of secure communications.
You can describe it to them like WhatsApp, except it's private, secure, not Facebook-owned, nonprofit so it can't be bought or sold, etc.
Here's the blog post that I share with my friends comparing Signal to iMessage and WhatsApp when they ask me about it.
It usually answers most of their questions.
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