One thing that bugged me about Thunderbird was that your local network IP was always sent with your e-mail. I can’t think of any good reason to do this. If you look at the header from an e-mail sent from Thunderbird you will notice something like this. Received: from 192.168.1.100 ([1.2.3.4]) by your.mailhost.net Where 192.168.1.100 Continue Reading »
I heard news the other day of a new security chip Microsoft is pushing called Pluton. It sounds like bad news. This chip will be embedded into the CPUs and it looks like it can not be turned off by the user. It also seems to be blocking Linux installs. No longer owning your own Continue Reading »
Last week DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg admitted to manipulating search results. I knew they have been going down hill but I was kind of shocked they came right out and admitted this. On March 9th the CEO posted this on Twitter. I think we can all agree that what Russia is doing to Ukraine is Continue Reading »
Today I was reminded about how awful cloud storage really is. You trust that whatever files you put in the cloud will be safe. But the truth is we have no clue what these cloud storage companies are doing. Cloud Surveillance I always figured Google was looking at private files on Google Drive but today Continue Reading »
It’s been a long journey that I started late in 2018 and as of last month I’ve removed all traces of Google from my life. It all started when I made my own web app to replace Google Keep. After that I kept looking for or making Google alternatives. At last I’ve cut all ties Continue Reading »
