Welcome @xenumonero 🎉

I’ve written before that every technological evil has “a very simple engineering solution, but a hard collective action problem to fix”. This means that improving your own digital experience very often requires the cooperation and participation of others. This is the main reason why this project, the Libre Solutions Network exists. We need others to understand and value each other’s privacy, security, and digital independence. The first step is education, and we’re going to need a lot of teachers.

Inbox Question: Becoming computer literate

How does one master machines rather than be subject to them?

Lots to learn about Online Safety, AI, and the fall of institutions in our latest chat with VN Alexander.

We are not machines: Overcoming tyranny with VN Alexander

Reflecting on the fine details of thriving under technological adversity.

Fall recap is out!

Libre Solutions Network

Fall Mini-Update

Notes: https://libresolutions.network/videos/25-sept-recap/

You've self-hosted your own stuff. But are you self-hosting FAST?

Self-hosting: Speed, decentralization and efficiency

Your guide to getting the most out of your small-scale setup.

Fyi if you followed @Gabriel you'll have to follow @gabriel@fedi.libresolutions.network because the misskey instance is kaput.

Mitra - Libre Solutions Network

HEADS UP! My personal Misskey instance at mk.gabe.rocks is DEAD. - Post by @gabriel

HEADS UP! My personal Misskey instance at mk.gabe.rocks is DEAD. - Post by @gabriel

Thrilled to be mentioned in Anti-Moonboy news 44 for the piece on Zano https://antimoonboy.com/posts/amn44/

Would be neat to see a version of this that also includes data from #nostr relays

Chatbot psychosis is actually a really big deal

Hold your loved ones close

Our first #XMRChat is from Hunter! "Great work Gabe! Keep it up!" Thanks a lot Hunter! Very glad to see our page at

Tip lsn | XMRChat

is working!

This strikes at the root justification for ID verification online: the idea that it makes anyone at all safer. The tight intermingling of our real-world identities with the digital world has been a disaster for privacy and safety as a whole. The apathetic refrain “[they] can get everything anyways” says a lot more when “they” isn’t just intelligence agencies, but scammers and vindictive people online.

Teachable Moment: All is fair in love and war

A gender war flashpoint highlights the concrete privacy concerns of age verification

Now setup with #xmrchat

Tip lsn | XMRChat

Had a great chat with Anti Moonboy (Xenu) MP3: Notes:

Darknet Market Maximalism with Anti Moonboy (AKA Xenu)

Exploring the possibilities that remain for peer-to-peer digital cash

How do you #nostr folks know if you're actually getting all your notifications? It seems that #iris #ditto #primal will have different notifications with the same key. Are you supposed to collect dozens of relays to ensure you get all of them?

Had a great chat with @SimplifiedPrivacy.com about decentralization in practice. I hope you enjoy this deep dive on their project as well as the tech freedom space as a whole.

Decentralization in Practice: Pitfalls and Possibilities

Talking the finer points of freedom tech with Simplified Privacy

Gabe decided to take a look at #selfhosting #AIagents. Here's a first impression.

Experimenting with the dark arts

Gazing into the abyss of AI agents

A great mini-history lesson from Privacy International on the crypto wars.

Privacy International Media

The Cryptowars: A short history of encryption politics

Welcome to the last of our short series on encryption. This week we

#Crypto #Encryption #Privacy #History