I wanted to utilise the IndieWeb to take ownership of my data and to make may site more connected. This post talks about how I’ve managed to do that. This website has been Webmention enabled for quite some time, but …
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I recently wrote a post explaining that I think Privacy & Security Are Different. Following that post I’ve received some feedback questioning my rationale. This post is a response to some of that feedback. Privacy is part of security A …
I regularly see people using the terms Privacy and Security interchangably online. I wanted to take a couple of minutes to explain the differences between the two. I hear statements like the one below more often than I’d care to …
There was a post on Fosstodon recently where one of our members shared their thoughts on what they think self-hosting is. Following the post, a conversation started about what different people considered self-hosting to be. The different trains of thought …
This post was last updated on 22nd December 2019. I was having a conversation with a friend of mine recently and they were asking me why I don’t use Facebook. Within my circle of friends, I’m the IT guy and …
I recently wrote a post called how online tracking works, that post mainly focussed on cookies and how they can be used to track you. But even if a site isn’t using cookies, browser fingerprinting can still be used to …
With the numerous Facebook snafu’s going around, as well the feeling that new data breaches are being reported daily, privacy is currently top of mind in the tech world. For many, privacy equates to advertising, cookies and tracking, but it’s …
Regular readers of this blog will know that I recently migrated from WordPress to Grav. One of the things I was really concerned about when migrating was the comments, as the WordPress commenting system is really good. I didn’t want …
I wrote an article a while ago about why I’m ditching Android. That article got numerous comments asking why I was so concerned about privacy and asking what I have to hide. I want to take some time in this …
I recently wrote about how I nearly lost all my data. Honestly, it was a blessing in disguise as I now have a far more powerful and capable server to store and backup my data. After a tonne of research …
