❌ New Year, New Me ❌
✅️ New DIDay, Better Privacy ✅️
For the first #DigitalIndependanceDay of this year: Share which of these Big Tech apps you replaced & with what!
#NewYearNewMe #PrivacyMatters #DIDay #DigitalIndependenceDay
❌ New Year, New Me ❌
✅️ New DIDay, Better Privacy ✅️
For the first #DigitalIndependanceDay of this year: Share which of these Big Tech apps you replaced & with what!
#NewYearNewMe #PrivacyMatters #DIDay #DigitalIndependenceDay
2025 was a year of radical change for me. Despite a UCTD flare up, I lost 50 lbs and took the vital step of cutting ties with toxic family to protect my mental health. Most importantly, I finally came out openly as Queer. I am omnisexual, and living that truth has been a major part of my journey this year.
I also finally deGoogled. It was a hard but cathartic experience. I deleted my accounts with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, moving my digital life to privacy-respecting, left-leaning services. Embracing FOSS, Debian, Docker, and Proxmox has been an incredible learning journey.
Moving to the Fediverse has been life-changing. For an introvert, finding a home here and posting regularly has been huge!
For 2026, I’m leaning toward the analog. I want to solidify my journaling habit, read more, and start walking in the beautiful park near our new home. I am even hoping to pick up a 35mm film camera.
Thank you to everyone I have interacted with here for giving me such a great outlet. I look forward to more conversations in the coming year.
Happy New Year and stay safe!
♿️ 🏳️🌈
#noAI #DeGoogle #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosted #PrivacyMatters #Linux #DigitalSovereignty #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #UCTD #Disability #Journaling #AnalogLife #FilmPhotography #Fediverse #Mastodon #Humanism #Queer #NewYear2026 #Omnisexual #ComingOut
2025 was a year of radical change for me. Despite a UCTD flare up, I lost 50 lbs and took the vital step of cutting ties with toxic family to protect my mental health. Most importantly, I finally came out openly as Queer. I am omnisexual, and living that truth has been a major part of my journey this year.
I also finally deGoogled. It was a hard but cathartic experience. I deleted my accounts with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, moving my digital life to privacy-respecting, left-leaning services. Embracing FOSS, Debian, Docker, and Proxmox has been an incredible learning journey.
Moving to the Fediverse has been life-changing. For an introvert, finding a home here and posting regularly has been huge!
For 2026, I’m leaning toward the analog. I want to solidify my journaling habit, read more, and start walking in the beautiful park near our new home. I am even hoping to pick up a 35mm film camera.
Thank you to everyone I have interacted with here for giving me such a great outlet. I look forward to more conversations in the coming year.
Happy New Year and stay safe!
♿️ 🏳️🌈
#noAI #DeGoogle #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosted #PrivacyMatters #Linux #DigitalSovereignty #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #UCTD #Disability #Journaling #AnalogLife #FilmPhotography #Fediverse #Mastodon #Humanism #Queer #NewYear2026 #Omnisexual #ComingOut
@BeAware I think we can use the Fediverse for two-way media. We can contribute to the internet, not just from the media providers themselves. Two-way. You can come back here to the Fediverse if you feel like creating content without the need for elites claiming the data is theirs or their products! 😄☀️
#Fediverse #DecentralisedWeb #DigitalRights #OwnYourData #NoAlgorithms #OpenWeb #UserControl #EthicalTech #DataOwnership #SocialMediaRevolution #Decentralisation #PrivacyMatters #Web3
🇬🇧 UK & 🇦🇺 Australia have the worst anti-encryption laws among democratic countries.
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining them with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
#Encryption is under attack worldwide. Our new global overview shows why Europe remains the best place for encrypted services.
➡️ Check the global overview:
https://tuta.com/blog/encryption-legislation-global-status
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I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance
I wish there would be end-to-end encrypted, federated micro-blog social media. Social media entries and media aren't stored in plain text, but rather encrypted on the server, and only users who have subscribed to them have the ability to decrypt it.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #DecentralisedWeb #EndToEndEncryption #PrivacyMatters #SecureSocialMedia #ActivityPub #DigitalRights #DataOwnership #OnlinePrivacy #FederatedNetworks #CryptoSocial #PrivacyFirst #SelfHosting #OpenSource #DigitalFreedom #SafeSpacesOnline #EncryptionNow #SocialMediaReform #UserControl #NoSurveillance #DecentralisedSocial #TechForGood #PrivacyTools #DigitalSovereignty #StopDataHarvesting #OwnYourData #SecureMessaging #PrivacyActivism #DigitalJustice #Web3 #InformationSecurity #CyberSecurity #OnlineFreedom #ResistSurveillance
🇬🇧 UK & 🇦🇺 Australia have the worst anti-encryption laws among democratic countries.
🇨🇦 Canada risks joining them with Bill C-2.
🇺🇸 US still relies on secret orders under FISA & CLOUD Act.
🇨🇭 Switzerland is no longer the privacy paradise it was claimed to be.
#Encryption is under attack worldwide. Our new global overview shows why Europe remains the best place for encrypted services.
➡️ Check the global overview:
https://tuta.com/blog/encryption-legislation-global-status
🎈Happy 13th birthday to @ @threemaapp 🎂, the messenger that's been keeping our conversations private and secure for over a decade! Here's to many more years of protecting our digital freedom! [link] #ThreemaBirthday #DigitalPrivacy #SecureCommunication
#PrivacyMatters
#SecureMessaging
#DigitalSecurity
#PrivacyFirst
#PrivacyRevolution
#SecureOnline
#PrivateCommunication
🎈Happy 13th birthday to @ @threemaapp 🎂, the messenger that's been keeping our conversations private and secure for over a decade! Here's to many more years of protecting our digital freedom! [link] #ThreemaBirthday #DigitalPrivacy #SecureCommunication
#PrivacyMatters
#SecureMessaging
#DigitalSecurity
#PrivacyFirst
#PrivacyRevolution
#SecureOnline
#PrivateCommunication
Working on @privacysafe alongside a couple copies of a modern classic by @pluralistic . It's a solid way to gear up for the event in #Madison Connecticut tonight! 🤓 #privacymatters
Working on @privacysafe alongside a couple copies of a modern classic by @pluralistic . It's a solid way to gear up for the event in #Madison Connecticut tonight! 🤓 #privacymatters
The free software movement shaped by GNU/Linux reminds us that control over our digital tools is essential to our freedom. Today, at the heart of this ongoing struggle, Jami embodies this philosophy by offering a genuinely free way to communicate.
Read our article Jami and the GNU/Linux Spirit: https://jami.net/jami-and-the-gnu-linux-spirit/
😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the #government is using #CollegeFootball games as a testing ground for #MassSurveillance. From #FacialRecognition to #stingray devices, our every move is being monitored.
✊It's time to push back against the Panopticon!
#Surveillance #Privacy #GovernmentSpying #TaylorLorenz #BigBrother #Orwellian #CivilLiberties #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #BigTech #SurveillanceState #PrivacyConscious
😡 1984 is Here 😡
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social 's latest video reveals how the #government is using #CollegeFootball games as a testing ground for #MassSurveillance. From #FacialRecognition to #stingray devices, our every move is being monitored.
✊It's time to push back against the Panopticon!
#Surveillance #Privacy #GovernmentSpying #TaylorLorenz #BigBrother #Orwellian #CivilLiberties #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #BigTech #SurveillanceState #PrivacyConscious
