11 articles tagged "privacy"
A new RIPE Labs study shows email consolidating around two providers, and the takes write themselves. I have run my own mail server for two years, and the numbers describe a trend, while my inbox describes a choice.
Joplin keeps your notes as plain markdown files that sync across devices without a server in the middle. Pair it with Syncthing and a decade of notes becomes a folder you own, encrypted, searchable and immune to shutdowns.
Handy is a free, open-source dictation app that transcribes speech locally on your machine with Whisper and NVIDIA Parakeet models. Press a key, speak, and your words land in any text field without ever touching the cloud.
SearXNG is a self-hosted metasearch engine that queries Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and dozens of others on your behalf, strips the tracking and the ads, and hands you clean results from your own domain.
Google Analytics was slowing my site down and selling my visitor data. Plausible is privacy-first, lightweight, and self-hosted.
I installed Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi. It now blocks ads, trackers, and malware at the network level. Every device in my house is protected.
I stopped editing documents on Google Docs after realizing they train AI on my content. CryptPad is encrypted, collaborative, and self-hosted.
LastPass got breached. Then 1Password raised prices. I built my own password manager with Vaultwarden and it is actually better.
I needed my files on all my devices. I did not want to pay for Dropbox or trust Google. Syncthing syncs everything peer-to-peer.
Google Photos stopped being free. Then they started scanning my images. I left and built something better with Immich.
Cloud services are convenient — but at what cost? Here's why 2026 is the year to take back control of your digital life.