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 where: It’s only self-hosting if you have physical access and complete control over the server. […]
Category: Privacy
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 most of them aren’t really into IT, let alone privacy or security. So this person thought Facebook was great. I disagree. I get it, […]
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 track you. What is browser fingerprinting? Browser fingerprinting is the process of collecting information about […]
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 so much more than those three things alone. Having said that, they certainly don’t help […]
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 to go back to Disqus because of a number of privacy and security concerns with […]
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 article to explain why each and every one of us has something to hide and […]
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 and a few trips to the post office to return hardware, I think I now […]
Around 6 weeks ago I decided I was ditching Android in favour of iOS. I bought myself a cheap iPhone SE and set about migrating from Android. I don’t really want to drag this out, but I did promise in the last article that I would provide an update, so here it is. Long story […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that I went through a process of de-Googling my life a while ago. For the most part I think the process was pretty successful, however there were some things that I couldn’t replace. Fast forward a year, and after a lot of trial and error I’m ready to […]
It has been 6 months since I decided to de-Google my life, so I thought I would do an update post to let you guys know how I’m getting on, what’s changed since my last de-Googling post, and most importantly, have I gone back to the big blue G? Recap Now I know every single […]
