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When a stranger, acquaintance, or even a friend borrows your phone to make a call, you want to make sure that they don’t go opening other apps (accidentally or on purpose). Android lets you do […]
Wireguard is less than half as old as OpenVPN’s 22 years, though it’s still proving to be fairly reliable. It’s also much leaner, at only 4,000 lines of code. That’s much easier to audit, incorporate, […]
Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travellers, tourists, hikers, drivers, and cyclists based on OpenStreetMap data created by the community. It is a privacy-focused, open-source fork of Maps.me app […]
The chat boasts many standard features, such as answering questions when searching on DuckDuckGo, and an interactive chat window. It offers a bare-bones, text-only experience with no multimedia support. The AI chat also includes a […]
This is a great solution for scanning or uploading any documents, images, e-mails, etc into your own self-hosted solution for home or business use. Nothing is shared out to other services, and being self-hosted, it’s […]
Keeping your online activities and data private is a top priority nowadays. VPNs, or virtual private networks, are one of the best ways to do this. Not only do they encrypt your internet connection, but […]
Apart from China and Russia, the USA also has some pretty invasive mass surveillance laws, some of which operate in secret. So seeing countries outside the Five-Eyes nations launching more privacy respecting services is always […]
The appeal of running Linux on personal devices lies in the freedom it offers. postmarketOS does not require account setups, does not push cloud storage, avoids pre-installed bloatware, and does not follow privacy-invasive AI trends. […]
If your computer keyboard doesn’t ask for internet access, neither should your mobile keyboard. FUTO Keyboard is a modern keyboard app with voice input and autocorrect, that is completely offline and never connects to the […]
You should know the risks when you use your phone to browse the internet on a public network. Turning on Private DNS ensures your queries are encrypted and protected from malicious actors. This guide shows […]