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Written guides, in-depth reviews, and long-form analysis on privacy, security, and digital rights. Move beyond the headlines and get the practical knowledge to take back control of your digital life.
22 posts
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Go Incognito Section 1 is live
Section 1 is live! Jump in, say hi, and leave your questions as you go.
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Meet Go Incognito V2
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Folding Phones Are the Worst Thing to Happen to Smartphones
Folding phones are the most fragile, least repairable, most expensive phones ever made.
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Cory Doctorow's Right About Data Brokers. He's Wrong About DROP. Here's Everything You Need to Know About California's Opt-Out Tool.
Cory Doctorow says California's DROP tool is "privacy theater." I was skeptical too, so I asked the executive director behind DROP. Welcome to my deep-dive on how DROP works and why I decided to start using it.
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Techlore v2026.08: 100+ New VPN Pages, a Smarter Quiz, and a Faster Site
This update brings 100+ new VPN pages you can browse without JavaScript, a smarter Quiz that stops recommending tools you already use, three new privacy tools, and a noticeably faster site across the board. Plus: a heads up on why v2026.09 might be late.
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Steam Deck & Framework Data Breaches: What To Do And How To Prevent The Next One
Steam Deck and Framework owners both got caught in data breaches, but the plot twist is neither company was directly hacked. Here's exactly what to do if you were affected, step by step. From phishing to aliasing to password management.
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Five Years Later, Why We're Scrapping Our Nextcloud Series
In November 2021 I promised a Nextcloud series. Today, after five years, two restarts, and a few lessons already in the can, I'm scrapping it. Here's what went wrong, why none of it is Nextcloud's fault, and why knowing when to drop something is a skill I wish I'd learned sooner.
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A Vulnerability Hit Our PeerTube: Here's What Happened & What It Teaches About Self-Hosting A vulnerability hit our self-hosted PeerTube in May. Here's exactly what happened, what was (and wasn't) at risk, and what it can teach about self-hosting.
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Age Verification Laws and Free Software: A Legal Expert Tells Us What's Actually at Stake
Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.