

Guess I’m using Links2 now…


Buy and use a burner phone while you’re there, and remember that VPNs are illegal.


Ah. That’s not an issue for me, per se, but it is wholly unethical. I guess I’ll stop using it then…


Damn


No, I mean hacking. Breaking into computers remotely, malware production, etc.
SimpleX?
Tox would also be fantastic, but they need to improve their encryption and get it audited. Also, some nicer UIs in the various clients would be nice.


If you’re just writing those languages, here are my picks:
For Linux and Unix:
For Windows:
For macOS:


NOTE: URLs written in italics are unofficial/self-hosted instances of their respective version control systems.
My firewall varies from installation-to-installation, as it’s always client-side with a custom DNS provider. Right now, I’m using YaST Firewall on my main machine, iptables on my old ThinkPad, and my other machines are currently between operating systems. In the past, I have also dabbled in ufw, pf, and awall.
In addition to that, I generally use NextDNS (though I also get excellent results with Mullvad DNS).
My policy is simple: reject all incoming connections, except for Torrent and Syncthing.


This was mentioned in Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. So, what do we do about it?


Yeah, this is so fucking annoying. I’ve been banging on about Signal for years, but everyone except a small handful of my wisest friends insist upon using WhatsApp and Discord.
Almost everyone I know also uses Instagram, and no other social media. I am yet to meet someone in real life who even has Mastodon.


Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the actual fuck, Google‽
I swear to Hephaestus, at this point I’m considering switching to UBPorts or Sailfish OS or something…


I2P is brilliant, yes, but I can’t use it for clearnet sites.
Besides, in this case I would be using it purely for tunneling without detection by my ISP. Anonymity would be more of a bonus.


I’m already using the Shadowsocks bridge in Mullvad. If things get more serious, I’ll do some research and consider switching to Tor with either obfs4 or WebTunnel on Tails, and Snowflake on mobile.
Not with that attitude, I won’t.
Enbies