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Tag: privacy

Veilamp is an open source music player that also streams your music to friends

2026-09-292026-09-29 Danie
Veilamp music player showing Bon Jovi’s “(You Want to) Make a Memory,” Grammy nominees artwork, VU meters, equalizer, and playback controls.

You really have to see this cross-platform player to believe everything it does. Apart from all sorts of technical music listening tweaks, it can act as a headless music server on your own network, or […]

Leave a commentBlogmusic, opensource, privacy, technology

OSS Document Scanner is an open source mobile app to scan documents to PDF

2026-09-222026-09-22 Danie
Promotional graphic showing the OSS Document Scanner app on two smartphones, with scanned documents displayed against a turquoise background.

This mobile app does largely what Adobe PDF Scan or similar apps do, but your scans stay private and offline. It runs on Android and iOS, with the Android app being available from a variety […]

Blogdocuments, opensource, privacy, technology

Grist is an open source self-hosted spreadsheet with a database hiding underneath

2026-09-202026-09-20 Danie
Laptop displaying a spreadsheet on a wooden table, flanked by two large pine cones, with home decor in the background.

“Grist is a relational spreadsheet-database app that I can host on my own server. When I first tried it, it felt familiar because the basic idea is still the same: I get rows, columns, cells, […]

Blogopensource, privacy, selfhosting, spreadsheets, technology

FairEmail is an open source privacy orientated email app

2026-08-152026-08-15 Danie
Hand holding a phone displaying the FairEmail app page on the Google Play Store with an install button visible.

“Setup was IMAP credentials for each of my personal accounts. There’s no account to create with the developer or a sign-in step before you can reach your inbox. Two things in the listing made it […]

Blogemail, opensource, privacy, technology, vendorlockin

I turned my security cameras into AI assistants with open-source LLM Vision

2026-08-092026-08-09 Danie
Smartphone screen showing a Home Assistant notification about black trash cans visible by the front door.

“LLM Vision is a free, open-source Home Assistant integration that lets an AI model examine the images from your cameras and describe what is happening in those images. LLM Vision doesn’t replace systems like Frigate; […]

BlogCCTV, opensource, privacy, technology

LG Monitors Fill Windows PCs With Adware, and It’s Not Just Recent Displays

2026-07-302026-07-30 Danie
Curved monitor displaying a first-person car racing game, with a steering wheel and dashboard visible, set against a pink LED-lit desk.

“If you’re using an LG monitor and you suddenly see blaring ads for McAfee scam protection, it’s not because your PC’s been hacked (or, rather, not hacked by some unknown third party). LG, the maker […]

Blogprivacy, technology, tracking

Africa’s most popular phones have a tracking problem and explains where data disappears to

2026-07-252026-07-25 Danie
Close-up of a concerned young man with blonde hair talking on a phone against a bright orange background.

“Roughly one in two smartphones sold in Africa is made by a company most buyers have never heard of. Transsion, a Shenzhen-based manufacturer, owns the Tecno, Infinix and Itel brands, which together accounted for about […]

Blogafrica, privacy, technology, tracking

Euki Period-Tracking App Actually Keeps Your Data Private

2026-07-212026-07-21 Danie
Alt text: Screenshots of a menstrual tracking app showing symptom logging, privacy settings for data deletion, and a confirmation prompt for permanent data removal.

“Period tracking is a simple job that plenty of apps can do. But most apps these days—including those that track health data—store information about you on their own servers and sometimes even share that data […]

Bloghealth, privacy, technology

HeliBoard is a privacy-conscious and customisable open-source keyboard for Android

2026-07-112026-07-11 Danie
Screenshot of a Telegram channel message discussing AI uses, linking to an article on AI disruption and tagged with #ai #technology.

This is a very feature packed and functional keyboard. I’ve found its word suggestions as good as GBoard and other Big Tech keyboards. I managed to import an Afrikaans dictionary and HeliBoard handled multilingual typing […]

Blogandroid, opensource, privacy, technology

Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

2026-07-092026-07-09 Danie
A person stands facing a giant digital tablet screen displaying a close-up of a blue human eye.

“Meta has filed a patent for a system that records your voice and surroundings all day, then uses an AI to analyse your mood. The patent’s stated, theoretical goal is for Meta, a company that […]

Blogmeta, privacy, technology

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