Ronald Rihoo
@ronaldrihoo.bsky.social
Technical founder. Privacy capitalist. Small Al models. Local offline Al tools.
The guy who'll get you the useful next gen tech that no one else will make, like robots that won't spy on you.
Privacy is a luxury.
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The guy who'll get you the useful next gen tech that no one else will make, like robots that won't spy on you.
Privacy is a luxury.
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Ronald Rihoo
@ronaldrihoo.bsky.social
· Sep 13
What I'm up to:
Products:
- full-privacy apps/gear
- productivity & personal health
- ML core w/ AI plugins
Services:
- media portal
- mini social
Open Source:
- modular tooling
- AI integrated inference environment
Market Development:
- local genAI book series
- topics: text, code, image, audio
Products:
- full-privacy apps/gear
- productivity & personal health
- ML core w/ AI plugins
Services:
- media portal
- mini social
Open Source:
- modular tooling
- AI integrated inference environment
Market Development:
- local genAI book series
- topics: text, code, image, audio
Uses Signal like a pro. 💪
Installs camera app that has free filters. ☠️
Has been launching Signal through the launcher that the filter app installs...
Installs camera app that has free filters. ☠️
Has been launching Signal through the launcher that the filter app installs...
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Uses Signal like a pro. 💪
Installs camera app that has free filters. ☠️
Has been launching Signal through the launcher that the filter app installs...
Installs camera app that has free filters. ☠️
Has been launching Signal through the launcher that the filter app installs...
A government entity must always be a first-party data collector, unless it gets its data from another entity of the same government.
It should most certainly not be a consumer of data sourced from third-party data collectors -- especially from the private sector. That is a nightmare scenario.
It should most certainly not be a consumer of data sourced from third-party data collectors -- especially from the private sector. That is a nightmare scenario.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A government entity must always be a first-party data collector, unless it gets its data from another entity of the same government.
It should most certainly not be a consumer of data sourced from third-party data collectors -- especially from the private sector. That is a nightmare scenario.
It should most certainly not be a consumer of data sourced from third-party data collectors -- especially from the private sector. That is a nightmare scenario.
It is not concerning to me that the gov't would have true data about me.
It is of a genuine concern to me that the gov't would have false data about me, because that is some scary s***.
(What does it say? Is it at least good stuff? Regardless, could cause inconsistencies somewhere down the line.)
It is of a genuine concern to me that the gov't would have false data about me, because that is some scary s***.
(What does it say? Is it at least good stuff? Regardless, could cause inconsistencies somewhere down the line.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It is not concerning to me that the gov't would have true data about me.
It is of a genuine concern to me that the gov't would have false data about me, because that is some scary s***.
(What does it say? Is it at least good stuff? Regardless, could cause inconsistencies somewhere down the line.)
It is of a genuine concern to me that the gov't would have false data about me, because that is some scary s***.
(What does it say? Is it at least good stuff? Regardless, could cause inconsistencies somewhere down the line.)
I cannot fathom how anyone who works for a government entity could possibly think that it's a good idea to integrate data from data brokers into the government's knowledge base. What a disaster.
Guess they really get sold on the garbage. It's packaged-up garbage with a brand name on it.
Guess they really get sold on the garbage. It's packaged-up garbage with a brand name on it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I cannot fathom how anyone who works for a government entity could possibly think that it's a good idea to integrate data from data brokers into the government's knowledge base. What a disaster.
Guess they really get sold on the garbage. It's packaged-up garbage with a brand name on it.
Guess they really get sold on the garbage. It's packaged-up garbage with a brand name on it.
Worst case scenario: a gov't takes bad data from some data broker, then makes decisions based on that bad data.
The government is scooping data that you probably didn’t know you were sharing.
For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
For thousands of families, that resulted in the UK tax agency HMRC wrongly suspending child benefit payments on the basis of incomplete and misinterpreted flight records.
privacyinternational.org/news-analysi...
HMRC 'function creep' means spying on your travel plans to block benefits
Governments weaponising data against people is one of the top themes of 2025. In this latest example, tax agency uses post-9/11 era travel surveillance to administer tax benefits, and to wrongly…
privacyinternational.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Worst case scenario: a gov't takes bad data from some data broker, then makes decisions based on that bad data.
If you prototype stuff, then don't waste your already-owned parts. Lots of good stuff in your old electronics.
(Opened this one for the DC motor, but grabbed the cameras, mic, and other parts, too.)
(Opened this one for the DC motor, but grabbed the cameras, mic, and other parts, too.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you prototype stuff, then don't waste your already-owned parts. Lots of good stuff in your old electronics.
(Opened this one for the DC motor, but grabbed the cameras, mic, and other parts, too.)
(Opened this one for the DC motor, but grabbed the cameras, mic, and other parts, too.)
A lack of communication and a surplus of f***-f*** games between AI companies seems to be causing some friction.
And I don't do smoke signals, so... I might have to consider a pivot on the AI side.
Regardless, my startup will deliver the most exciting s***, while everyone else tries to be fancy.
And I don't do smoke signals, so... I might have to consider a pivot on the AI side.
Regardless, my startup will deliver the most exciting s***, while everyone else tries to be fancy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A lack of communication and a surplus of f***-f*** games between AI companies seems to be causing some friction.
And I don't do smoke signals, so... I might have to consider a pivot on the AI side.
Regardless, my startup will deliver the most exciting s***, while everyone else tries to be fancy.
And I don't do smoke signals, so... I might have to consider a pivot on the AI side.
Regardless, my startup will deliver the most exciting s***, while everyone else tries to be fancy.
Can you believe that Llama 3.1 8b Q8 Instruct is still the best large language model to run locally? Even for code gen and debugging.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Can you believe that Llama 3.1 8b Q8 Instruct is still the best large language model to run locally? Even for code gen and debugging.
All we need is the free market.
The answer to everything tends to be in the trade routes.
The answer to everything tends to be in the trade routes.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
All we need is the free market.
The answer to everything tends to be in the trade routes.
The answer to everything tends to be in the trade routes.
The era of surveillance capitalism: 2001-2030
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The era of surveillance capitalism: 2001-2030
Prior to getting deep in the sauce, surveillance capitalists managed to build the best employment paths for a long time and attract some of the best talent.
This became a magnet for those who needed validation -- a support group that loudly implied, "You are brilliant!"
That's where it gets shaky.
This became a magnet for those who needed validation -- a support group that loudly implied, "You are brilliant!"
That's where it gets shaky.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Prior to getting deep in the sauce, surveillance capitalists managed to build the best employment paths for a long time and attract some of the best talent.
This became a magnet for those who needed validation -- a support group that loudly implied, "You are brilliant!"
That's where it gets shaky.
This became a magnet for those who needed validation -- a support group that loudly implied, "You are brilliant!"
That's where it gets shaky.
No one complains when I say privacy capitalism is incoming in the tech industry.
That's unusual, because there tend to be "holy war crusaders" around the topic of change in tech, but not for this situation.
That's because every person thinks, "I really hope it's coming soon."
That's unusual, because there tend to be "holy war crusaders" around the topic of change in tech, but not for this situation.
That's because every person thinks, "I really hope it's coming soon."
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
No one complains when I say privacy capitalism is incoming in the tech industry.
That's unusual, because there tend to be "holy war crusaders" around the topic of change in tech, but not for this situation.
That's because every person thinks, "I really hope it's coming soon."
That's unusual, because there tend to be "holy war crusaders" around the topic of change in tech, but not for this situation.
That's because every person thinks, "I really hope it's coming soon."
Taking this one for the road.
Referring to LLM text:
Referring to LLM text:
It is the ultra-processed food of literature
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Taking this one for the road.
Referring to LLM text:
Referring to LLM text:
Surveillance capitalism has gotten so bad that not even the circles that take action against it know what the hell's going on. (It's probably better that way.)
A market alternative could not come fast enough.
A market alternative could not come fast enough.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Surveillance capitalism has gotten so bad that not even the circles that take action against it know what the hell's going on. (It's probably better that way.)
A market alternative could not come fast enough.
A market alternative could not come fast enough.
If you want low-quality AI for a guaranteed loss in the AI race, then train AI models on private user data.
Garbage in, garbage out -- that is the adage of our day, w.r.t AI.
Garbage in, garbage out -- that is the adage of our day, w.r.t AI.
There'll come no AI advancements from siphoning people's private data. We're not even sticking to the current methods.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If you want low-quality AI for a guaranteed loss in the AI race, then train AI models on private user data.
Garbage in, garbage out -- that is the adage of our day, w.r.t AI.
Garbage in, garbage out -- that is the adage of our day, w.r.t AI.
Refrain from buying their bulls***.
They're collecting private data for more purposes than the ones they state. (Ads, business signals, proprietary data access, market modeling, private research, improvement of their products/services...)
They'll make use of it in the way that will benefit them.
They're collecting private data for more purposes than the ones they state. (Ads, business signals, proprietary data access, market modeling, private research, improvement of their products/services...)
They'll make use of it in the way that will benefit them.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Refrain from buying their bulls***.
They're collecting private data for more purposes than the ones they state. (Ads, business signals, proprietary data access, market modeling, private research, improvement of their products/services...)
They'll make use of it in the way that will benefit them.
They're collecting private data for more purposes than the ones they state. (Ads, business signals, proprietary data access, market modeling, private research, improvement of their products/services...)
They'll make use of it in the way that will benefit them.
There'll come no AI advancements from siphoning people's private data. We're not even sticking to the current methods.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
There'll come no AI advancements from siphoning people's private data. We're not even sticking to the current methods.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
AI is supposed to learn on its own, zero-shot.
In addition to that, private user data isn't just ethically wrong to use for AI training, it's technically inferior -- low quality.
Surveillance capitalists aren't really doing anything beneficial, economy-wise.
What I do know is that they'll be making it worse. A decline in consumer trust in technology is ahead of us.
What I do know is that they'll be making it worse. A decline in consumer trust in technology is ahead of us.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Surveillance capitalists aren't really doing anything beneficial, economy-wise.
What I do know is that they'll be making it worse. A decline in consumer trust in technology is ahead of us.
What I do know is that they'll be making it worse. A decline in consumer trust in technology is ahead of us.
I don't share enough.
I've got so much cool s*** to share, but going into "stealth mode" for years has put me into don't-share mode.
It was necessary to go into stealth mode. It showed me that my device is contributing to certain business entities behind my back.
It's not easy tracking that.
I've got so much cool s*** to share, but going into "stealth mode" for years has put me into don't-share mode.
It was necessary to go into stealth mode. It showed me that my device is contributing to certain business entities behind my back.
It's not easy tracking that.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I don't share enough.
I've got so much cool s*** to share, but going into "stealth mode" for years has put me into don't-share mode.
It was necessary to go into stealth mode. It showed me that my device is contributing to certain business entities behind my back.
It's not easy tracking that.
I've got so much cool s*** to share, but going into "stealth mode" for years has put me into don't-share mode.
It was necessary to go into stealth mode. It showed me that my device is contributing to certain business entities behind my back.
It's not easy tracking that.
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Some tech and human rights updates this week topped off with some exciting news about a beloved video app making a comeback ✨✊🏽
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Some tech and human rights updates this week topped off with some exciting news about a beloved video app making a comeback ✨✊🏽
From what I've gathered (as a common American), America's opponents have had one core objective against us since the previous century: to prove that freedom doesn't work.
That's because we are proof that it does work.
That's because we are proof that it does work.
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
From what I've gathered (as a common American), America's opponents have had one core objective against us since the previous century: to prove that freedom doesn't work.
That's because we are proof that it does work.
That's because we are proof that it does work.
Any objections?
Sounds produced by a private entity on own private property must be treated as private data.
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Any objections?
Sounds produced by a private entity on own private property must be treated as private data.
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sounds produced by a private entity on own private property must be treated as private data.
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
Private data must be considered private property.
Example:
If gov't agencies don't maintain superior capabilities, it might go in the direction of it being a drag on the people's ability to liberate each other from other people who own businesses that invade private property to steal private/proprietary data continuously.
Devices and data are property.
Devices and data are property.
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If gov't agencies don't maintain superior capabilities, it might go in the direction of it being a drag on the people's ability to liberate each other from other people who own businesses that invade private property to steal private/proprietary data continuously.
Devices and data are property.
Devices and data are property.
Backdoors are so lazy. Can't imagine them being effective where needed most. About to become irrelevant in the coming years anyway.
I hope US Intel is hiring top talent and maintaining hardcore skills in every domain, including tech. Purchase all required equipment for in-house use.
I hope US Intel is hiring top talent and maintaining hardcore skills in every domain, including tech. Purchase all required equipment for in-house use.
France's national government is pushing for encryption backdoors so it's more than only the law enforcement parts of the state doing it. Spain also has law enforcement that's contacting the media about GrapheneOS hostile towards it. Both countries support Chat Control.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Backdoors are so lazy. Can't imagine them being effective where needed most. About to become irrelevant in the coming years anyway.
I hope US Intel is hiring top talent and maintaining hardcore skills in every domain, including tech. Purchase all required equipment for in-house use.
I hope US Intel is hiring top talent and maintaining hardcore skills in every domain, including tech. Purchase all required equipment for in-house use.