Articles by Tag #privacy
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I'm Passing on the GitHub CoPilot CLI Challenge
I'm an advocate of AI - both small and large language models. I'm also an advocate of dev.to, which I...
First steps towards Codeberg
A lot of Europeans are currently talking about Europe having to become more independent from US-based...
Why I Built Lens Browser: A Privacy-First Alternative in a World of Data Harvesting
The moment I realized we needed another browser I was sitting in a coffee shop, mindlessly...
Privacy for subdomains: the solution
Last week, I described a gloomy situation: all public TLS certificate providers log your requests. By...
🩸ChatGPT Privacy Leak: Thousands of Conversations Now Publicly Indexed by Google
Google has indexed thousands of ChatGPT conversations — exposing sensitive prompts, private data, and...
I built NYTM Tools -- 150+ free, privacy-first web utilities. Looking for ideas & contributors
Hey everyone — I’ve been working on a project called NYTM Tools (https://nytm.in). It’s a collection...
VLESS Protocol: How It Bypasses Censorship in Russia and Why It Works
Introduction In 2025, internet censorship has reached unprecedented levels in Russia,...
How I built a Serverless PDF Editor with Vanilla JS (and $0 cloud bills)
We all have that moment. You need to merge two PDF contracts or compress a video file, and you search...
Meet Marko Saric, Co-founder of Privacy-friendly Plausible Analytics
In this interview, Marko Saric shared his thoughts on privacy and running a bootstrapped SaaS...
Client vs Server-Side Encryption: The Real Meaning of End-to-End Security
In my early tech journey, I’d always see the phrase “End-to-End Encryption on WhatsApp” and feel a...
Client-Side Encryption for Healthcare Apps
Client-Side Encryption for Healthcare Apps I've had my data used against me in court. Not...
My Journey into Open Source: From Linux Basics to Self-Hosting SearXNG
My Journey into Open Source: From Linux Basics to Self-Hosting SearXNG By m.s.s.krishna reddy |...
The Quiet Shift: From Chrome's Noise to Thorium's Silence
Chrome devours RAM and data. Calculated switch to zero-telemetry Thorium—benchmarks inside.
I Got Tired of PDF Tools Uploading My Files, So I Built One That Runs Entirely in the Browser
Let’s be honest. Most “free PDF tools” are just thin UIs that: • Upload your documents to a...
Why Your Health Data Belongs on Your Device (Not the Cloud): A Local-First Manifesto
Let’s be real for a second. How many patient portals do you have logins for? I have one for my GP,...
I Built a Privacy-First Currency Converter in 2 Weeks
Last week I launched QuickCurrency.net after getting frustrated with existing currency converters...
I Built an Offline Voice Typing App for Linux - Speak to AI
https://github.com/AshBuk/speak-to-ai Despite the existence of various voice-to-text...
I Spent 80 Hours Building a Production-Ready Ad Blocker for Android (Here's How It Works)
Last week, I went from WakaTime global rank #135 to #2. Not by building some flashy new framework or...
Mengapa Saya Membuat Lens Browser: Alternatif Privacy-First di Dunia Penjarahan Data
Momen ketika saya menyadari kita membutuhkan browser lain Saya sedang duduk di sebuah...
We Need a Consent Layer for AI (And I'm Trying to Build One)
TL;DR The Problem: AI has no consent layer. Creators can't control how their data is...
Trauma-informed design left everyone asking: "How does it actually know I'm struggling without spying?"
This answers it—with real code and real ethics. The Question That Keeps Me Up at...
Synthetic Data Generator
By Oliver | November 7, 2025 The Problem: Why We Need Fake Data That Feels...
Privacy for subdomains: the problem
I recently learned about a new way to leak your privacy, and it's a scary one. Before going further,...
Kalynt: An Open-Core AI IDE with Offline LLMs , P2P Collaboration and much more...
I'm Hermes, 18 years old from Greece. For the last month, I've been building Kalynt – a...
How we built Afina and why WebRTC + QUIC actually matter
When we started building Afina, we didn’t plan to create “another antidetect browser”. Honestly,...
Privacy, Data Handling, and Regulatory Compliance in Angular Applications
Modern web applications collect, process, and transmit significant amounts of user data. In Angular...
Building EncroGram: A Messenger Where Servers Can't Read Your Messages
The Problem That Kept Me Up at Night As developers, we build "secure" messaging apps with...
I built this because I was tired of uploading my personal data to random converter sites. I'd love to hear if there are any other tools you think I should add. Thanks for checking it out!
Stop Uploading Your Data! Why I Built a Privacy-First Dev...
Practical Privacy and Sustainability Hacks
Why do developers, admins and managers love the cloud? Because it scales, and you don't need to pay...
7 Open-Source Apps I Recommend to Everyone Starting with Self-Hosting
If you’ve ever wanted to take control of your data, reduce reliance on Big Tech, or just learn how...