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computer engineer & scientist | FOSS enthusiast & privacy advocat | recovering distro-hopper

"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy." - Phil Zimmermann

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bitsheriff.dev
My kind of deegoogling
September 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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proton.me
Instagram’s “Friend Map” sounds like a fun way for friends to share their location.

Unfortunately, Meta thinks your friends include Meta's own employees, advertisers, and cops.

Here’s why & how to turn it off 🧵

1/5
August 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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ente.io
AI age checks are expanding across Google, likely analyzing your photos. Ente protects your memories without profiling you
July 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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dietagespresse.com
Um Epstein-Liste zu schreddern: Trump lässt IT-Experten aus Meidling einfliegen dietagespresse.com/um-epstein-l...
Um Epstein-Liste zu schreddern: Trump lässt IT-Experten aus Meidling einfliegen
Die nichtexistierende Liste muss beseitigt werden. US-Präsident Donald Trump greift auf einen IT-Experten aus dem Ausland zurück.
dietagespresse.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️
Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"
June 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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tuta.com
🚨 EU citizens - Meta will start using your data for AI 🚨

Say NO and object!

Here's how 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

#MetaAI #EU #AI
Screenshot from the Meta page where you can object to your data being used for AI
April 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
bitsheriff.dev
Why do I love #podcast way more than YouTube videos? Because it is decentralized and an open standard. You dont like this Podcast app? Well, just use another one. You dont want to be censored? Just host it yourself with RSS. Life can be soo good without BigCorp....
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
bitsheriff.dev
alrighty #spotify, your podcast sucks more and more (now with additional ads, even for premium), back to my love @pocketcasts.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
bitsheriff.dev
#BuyFromEU
March 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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kattascha.bsky.social
Wenn wir schon über kritische Infrastruktur & Abhängigkeit von den USA sprechen: Warum nicht in Projekte investieren, die die digitale Souveränität stärken. Es braucht kein EU-Meta sondern Freie Software & offene Standards. Das allein schafft Synergien und hilft nachhaltig gegen technischen Lock-In.
March 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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ssp.sh
TIL—There's a calculator on the cmd-line with `bc`.

And you can calculate your text in Neovim by selecting the calculation and sending it to be with `!bc`. Booom, your calculation is now replaced with the result.

Thanks, prime!
Developer Productivity, v2 with ThePrimeagen | Preview
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February 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
bitsheriff.dev
I used the last days to revamp and re-discovery my bash scripts and I decided to share some of them.

Do you have scripts which improve your workflow in the terminal?
CLI Magic #1: Useful Bash Scripts
Some small bash scripts I use on a regular basis
bitsheriff.dev
February 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
bitsheriff.dev
wow @zed.dev is damn fast and good. Love that the configuration is so nice and easy
February 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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brodierobertson.xyz
ARCH #Linux USERS

You are now safe to update your system, a new patched kernel just came out and the FUSE regression has now been resolved.
February 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
bitsheriff.dev
I love the decentralization of git. With only one surviving version of the repository (if no shallow clone) you can restore the whole history of the repository. Feels so extremely secure and robust.
January 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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techlore.tech
It's never too late to start valuing privacy & security, we all started at step 1.
January 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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obsidian.md
2024 Obsidian Gems of the Year results are in!

Explore the 33 winning projects across seven categories:

– Best new plugins
– Best new themes
– Best existing plugins
– Best tools
– Best content
– Best templates
– Best integrations

obsidian.md/blog/2024-go...
2024 Gems of the year winners
Today we’re thrilled to announce the winners of our fifth annual Gems of the Year awards! After our panel narrowed down the selection and the community voted on...
obsidian.md
January 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
bitsheriff.dev
finished my first book this year #booksky
January 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
bitsheriff.dev
"new year" is when you do an empty commit to the blog, so the year in footer updates
January 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
bitsheriff.dev
just installed ghostty (already in the arch extra repository), looks and feels very snappy and fast. the kitty image protocol is a killer feature (forced me to use kitty until now) 👻
December 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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rawkode.dev
I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years.

Still, TIL

🤯
Screenshot revealing that |& is shorthand for 2>&1
September 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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orhun.dev
Curious where your open-source project stands among others? 👀

🗺️ Explore the Map of GitHub: anvaka.github.io/map-of-github

🌐 With over 400k projects, each dot represents a project. Dots are closer if they share stargazers.

⭐ Source: github.com/anvaka/map-o...

#github #map #opensource
December 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM
bitsheriff.dev
alright, migrated to @cloudflare.social without any problems, very nice. Now my blog should load even faster ⚡
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
bitsheriff.dev
that was an hour work, just to get the SSL-certificate working again.. damn it I am for sure no web dev
December 8, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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stephango.com
Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone.

Full essay:
stephango.com/self-guarantee
Companies break promises all the time. A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify a self-guaranteeing promise yourself. File over app is a self-guaranteeing promise. If files are in your control, in an open format, you can use those files in another app at any time. Not an export. The exact same files. It’s good practice to test this with any self-proclaimed file-over-app app you use. Terms and policies are not self-guaranteeing. A company may promise the privacy of your data, but those policies can change at any time. Changes can retroactively affect data you have spent years putting into the tool. Examples: Google, Zoom, Dropbox, Tumblr, Slack, Adobe, Figma. A self-guaranteeing promise about privacy gives you proof that the tool cannot access your data in the first place. Encoding values into a governance structure is not self-guaranteeing. Given enough motivation, the corporate structure can be reversed. The structure is not in your hands. Example: OpenAI. Open source alone is not self-guaranteeing. Even open source apps can rely on data that is stuck in databases or in proprietary formats that are difficult to switch away from. Open source is not a reliable safeguard against the biases of venture capital. Examples: Omnivore, Skiff. When you choose to use a tool, the future of that tool is always ambiguous. On a long enough timeline the substrate changes. Your needs change, the underlying operating system changes, the company goes out of business or gets acquired, better options come along. It is possible to accept the ambiguousness of a tool’s future if you choose tools that make self-guaranteeing promises.
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM