WhatsApp never could be trusted in the first place. Telegram is even worse. No end-to-end encryption at all. Only if you use private chats and they break every time you switch the device. Signal, SimpleX and soon White Noise are the way to go if you want to protect your privacy. View quoted note →

@calle @jack Bitchat in Uganda: government is celebrating how they managed to contain bitchat. have you heard of this, anything true or just usual government speak?

Nilepost News

The IT taskforce behind the Bitchat block: Uganda’s homegrown cyber defense triumphs

The success of this approach was crucial in maintaining a stable digital environment during the elections, preventing the potential spread of false...

# Easy In, Impossible Out It's easy to fall into the trap of convenience. Signing up for a free online service, because it's much more convenient than setting up a self-hosted version and costs nothing compared to paid products. It's easy, but it's not simple to ever leave that service again. Over the years you added functionalities, expanded the use into even more interconnected free services, you even onboarded your small company or project. It's very practical. But you always know something is wrong. Things that offer so much can't be without costs. Even in economies of scale, where each user added comes at low cost. There is a price to pay. And you pay. With your soul, because you are the product. You gave up sovereignty over your data, over your deepest thoughts and habits. We don't see it, but every click, every scroll is being recorded. What you do, where you are, with whom you are. We have collectively lost power and the price is our dignity. It's hard to change. To disentangle all the services. Fighting against a system designed to make leaving impossible. The exit doors exist. Most of us just pretend we can't see them. #Dailyish

When as many LLMs as Altcoins?

Trump and Putin’s end goal is to split Europe between each other. Mark my words. After WWII Austria was split into 4 zones. The northeast where my family comes from was occupied by Russia, the northwest by US. South by the British and west by France. I wouldn’t want to live in a Russian zone after what my grandparents told me about this time. But it was better than the Nazis.

Nothing new in Uganda. Sadly the same tactics in all authoritarian regimes. Surveillance, brutality, lies, corruption.

the Guardian

Uganda’s president calls opponents

Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout

Mood in Europe

Is there a tool that takes a website RSS feed and posts long-form articles on Nostr automatically?

Only when people have agency and security they can be resilient in the face of change. View quoted note →

Congratulations to all projects receiving a grant from @HRF! Especially to @Bitcoin Famba in Mozambique, we @Bitcoin for Fairness supported them from day zero and will work with them in Maputo. Bitcoin Indonesia @bitcoinhousebali. They went from zero to 38 meetups all over Indonesia educating people. Some of them are in our @Crack the Orange program. View quoted note →

Elections in Uganda today. View quoted note →

# The little things Small actions can have a big impact - either through volume, where repeating exercises during the day can be as effective as if you’d spent one hour in the gym, or because they eliminate one crucial component, like turning off location services on your mobile to protect your privacy. You don’t need perfection or a full privacy phone to get results. Taking small steps is better than doing nothing at all. #Dailyish

Wine is being named after me. 😜

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Build relays. Challenge in 2026. Onwards! View quoted note →