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Why I left WhatsApp for Signal, what five years without it did for my privacy and focus, and the trade-offs when friends and family stay behind.
In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to imagine life without WhatsApp. The popular messaging app has become an integral part of our daily lives, allowing us to stay connected with friends, family, and colleagues no matter where we are. But what...
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How a browser-based, censorship-resistant app could use IPFS, OrbitDB, Tor and decentralized identity to work without central servers.
Imagine an application that could do it all… Something between reddit, instagram, telegram and eBay. Now imagine everyone on this platform can be anonymous - no IP log, no nothing. The application would not be served from a single server,...
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How I upgraded a €97 ThinkPad X230 with Coreboot, a classic X220 keyboard, custom boot art, an Atheros Wi-Fi card and an IPS display.
Ever since the end of the bush era 2008, every Intel chip comes with an embedded subsystem called the intel management engine. Every i3, i5, i7 and i9 processor has this engine. It is a black-box and has access to every peripheral device like...