WireMin
@wiremin.bsky.social
A decentralized social network that puts you in control, not any central authority.
No phone numbers. No data collection. No algorithms.
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No phone numbers. No data collection. No algorithms.
👉 wiremin.org
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
How about a peer-to-peer game distribution platform—where no company can just take down a game randomly?
Not Visa, not Mastercard, no one.
#steam #itch #censorship
Not Visa, not Mastercard, no one.
#steam #itch #censorship
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
How about a peer-to-peer game distribution platform—where no company can just take down a game randomly?
Not Visa, not Mastercard, no one.
#steam #itch #censorship
Not Visa, not Mastercard, no one.
#steam #itch #censorship
Censorship always starts with “weird porn” and ends with everything they don’t personally like.
#itch #censorship
#itch #censorship
Anti-censorship advocates flooding Visa and Mastercard's hotlines over the Steam and Itch.io NSFW purges claim it's having an impact as reported call center confusion turns to frustration in some cases.
It comes as games like Vile: Exhumed get banned.
It comes as games like Vile: Exhumed get banned.
The War Over Credit Cards Censoring Games Is Just Getting Started
Free expression advocates are flooding Visa and Mastercard call centers hoping to break through
kotaku.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Censorship always starts with “weird porn” and ends with everything they don’t personally like.
#itch #censorship
#itch #censorship
Now it's like every part of the internet is getting parental locked by corporates and banks.
Let’s stop normalizing invisible moderation and justifying black box takedowns.
Let’s stop normalizing invisible moderation and justifying black box takedowns.
July 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Now it's like every part of the internet is getting parental locked by corporates and banks.
Let’s stop normalizing invisible moderation and justifying black box takedowns.
Let’s stop normalizing invisible moderation and justifying black box takedowns.
What a surprise
Meta's promise "that it’s adding ads to WhatsApp with privacy in mind does not make me trust this new feature,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @fastcompany.com. “Ads that are targeted based on your personal data are a privacy nightmare, no matter what app they’re on.”
Meta is bringing ads to WhatsApp. Privacy experts are sounding the alarm
The company says personal messages will remain private, but critics warn the data used for ad targeting could still put user privacy at risk.
www.fastcompany.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a surprise
Imagine a city where every car’s movement is tracked in real time.
Policymakers must prioritize data minimization: collect only what’s strictly necessary.
Policymakers must prioritize data minimization: collect only what’s strictly necessary.
June 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Imagine a city where every car’s movement is tracked in real time.
Policymakers must prioritize data minimization: collect only what’s strictly necessary.
Policymakers must prioritize data minimization: collect only what’s strictly necessary.
22,777 users in just 3 months. Telegram calls it “transparency”.
We call it a reminder: when your messages live on someone else’s server, so does your freedom.
WireMin doesn’t store so nothing can be taken.
We call it a reminder: when your messages live on someone else’s server, so does your freedom.
WireMin doesn’t store so nothing can be taken.
May 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
22,777 users in just 3 months. Telegram calls it “transparency”.
We call it a reminder: when your messages live on someone else’s server, so does your freedom.
WireMin doesn’t store so nothing can be taken.
We call it a reminder: when your messages live on someone else’s server, so does your freedom.
WireMin doesn’t store so nothing can be taken.
Governments keep pushing age verification in the name of safety.
But is losing anonymity really the only path forward?
@eff.org outlines smarter, privacy-respecting alternatives.
#FreeSpeech #OnlineSafety #Privacy
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
But is losing anonymity really the only path forward?
@eff.org outlines smarter, privacy-respecting alternatives.
#FreeSpeech #OnlineSafety #Privacy
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Keeping People Safe Online – Fundamental Rights Protective Alternatives to Age Checks
This is the final part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In part one, we give an overview of the political debate around age verification and explore the age verific...
www.eff.org
May 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Governments keep pushing age verification in the name of safety.
But is losing anonymity really the only path forward?
@eff.org outlines smarter, privacy-respecting alternatives.
#FreeSpeech #OnlineSafety #Privacy
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
But is losing anonymity really the only path forward?
@eff.org outlines smarter, privacy-respecting alternatives.
#FreeSpeech #OnlineSafety #Privacy
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
#WhatsApp offers no cryptographic control over group messages.
Telegram lacks end-to-end encryption for group chats.
Signal requires a phone number that exposes your identity.
Time to switch to wiremin.org
Everything encrypted. No signup. No leaks.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Telegram lacks end-to-end encryption for group chats.
Signal requires a phone number that exposes your identity.
Time to switch to wiremin.org
Everything encrypted. No signup. No leaks.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages
The weakness creates the possibility of an insider or hacker adding rogue members.
arstechnica.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#WhatsApp offers no cryptographic control over group messages.
Telegram lacks end-to-end encryption for group chats.
Signal requires a phone number that exposes your identity.
Time to switch to wiremin.org
Everything encrypted. No signup. No leaks.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Telegram lacks end-to-end encryption for group chats.
Signal requires a phone number that exposes your identity.
Time to switch to wiremin.org
Everything encrypted. No signup. No leaks.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
Free speech shouldn’t need permission.
Centralized platforms = surveillance pipelines.
This is why we built wiremin.org — censorship-resistant, decentralized, surveillance-proof.
#censorship #freespeech
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Centralized platforms = surveillance pipelines.
This is why we built wiremin.org — censorship-resistant, decentralized, surveillance-proof.
#censorship #freespeech
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Trump Administration’s Targeting of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech and Privacy Online
The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors. The administration has initia...
www.eff.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Free speech shouldn’t need permission.
Centralized platforms = surveillance pipelines.
This is why we built wiremin.org — censorship-resistant, decentralized, surveillance-proof.
#censorship #freespeech
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Centralized platforms = surveillance pipelines.
This is why we built wiremin.org — censorship-resistant, decentralized, surveillance-proof.
#censorship #freespeech
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Bluesky has begun complying with government censorship requests, restricting access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the behest of Turkish authorities.
It’s not decentralized, it’s centralized control behind a ‘federated’ mask.
#News #Bluesky #Privacy
techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
It’s not decentralized, it’s centralized control behind a ‘federated’ mask.
#News #Bluesky #Privacy
techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.Earlier this
techcrunch.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Bluesky has begun complying with government censorship requests, restricting access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the behest of Turkish authorities.
It’s not decentralized, it’s centralized control behind a ‘federated’ mask.
#News #Bluesky #Privacy
techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
It’s not decentralized, it’s centralized control behind a ‘federated’ mask.
#News #Bluesky #Privacy
techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
Bluesky is now complying with takedown requests from the Turkish government.
If your platform can silence voices on command, it’s not yours.
We need real decentralization—like wiremin.org —where no one has that power. Not even us.
#Bluesky #Turkey #Freedom
If your platform can silence voices on command, it’s not yours.
We need real decentralization—like wiremin.org —where no one has that power. Not even us.
#Bluesky #Turkey #Freedom
April 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bluesky is now complying with takedown requests from the Turkish government.
If your platform can silence voices on command, it’s not yours.
We need real decentralization—like wiremin.org —where no one has that power. Not even us.
#Bluesky #Turkey #Freedom
If your platform can silence voices on command, it’s not yours.
We need real decentralization—like wiremin.org —where no one has that power. Not even us.
#Bluesky #Turkey #Freedom
They say it’s not used for training—yet.
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads
Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads
Please don’t target ads to me in my robotaxi.
buff.ly
April 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
They say it’s not used for training—yet.
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
They say it’s not used for training—yet.
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads
Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads
Please don’t target ads to me in my robotaxi.
buff.ly
April 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
They say it’s not used for training—yet.
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
But the moment Waymo’s camera is in your car, it can record faces, voices, conversations.
How long before it feeds their AI?
This isn’t innovation.
It’s surveillance—on wheels.
#privacy #surveillance #AI
When your real-world ID is linked to online access, one breach can expose everything.
The fix? Decouple.
WireMin’s decentralized ID lets you stay fully anonymous—no phone numbers, no emails, just privacy.
Unlink, decentralize, and take back control.
cybernews.com/security/fac...
The fix? Decouple.
WireMin’s decentralized ID lets you stay fully anonymous—no phone numbers, no emails, just privacy.
Unlink, decentralize, and take back control.
cybernews.com/security/fac...
FacePass security lapse exposes users' identification data
FacePass ID verification app leaked millions of files including passport photos, selfies and AWS credentials, putting users at risk of identity theft.
cybernews.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
When your real-world ID is linked to online access, one breach can expose everything.
The fix? Decouple.
WireMin’s decentralized ID lets you stay fully anonymous—no phone numbers, no emails, just privacy.
Unlink, decentralize, and take back control.
cybernews.com/security/fac...
The fix? Decouple.
WireMin’s decentralized ID lets you stay fully anonymous—no phone numbers, no emails, just privacy.
Unlink, decentralize, and take back control.
cybernews.com/security/fac...
When anonymity is weakened, your messages, finances, and identity are exposed to surveillance and control.
Privacy isn’t negotiable. WireMin is built to resist.
No phone numbers. No emails. Just full anonymity.
#encryption #anonymity
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Privacy isn’t negotiable. WireMin is built to resist.
No phone numbers. No emails. Just full anonymity.
#encryption #anonymity
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Secure encryption and online anonymity are now at risk in Switzerland – here's what you need to know
NymVPN, Proton, and Threema are ready to fight back
www.techradar.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
When anonymity is weakened, your messages, finances, and identity are exposed to surveillance and control.
Privacy isn’t negotiable. WireMin is built to resist.
No phone numbers. No emails. Just full anonymity.
#encryption #anonymity
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Privacy isn’t negotiable. WireMin is built to resist.
No phone numbers. No emails. Just full anonymity.
#encryption #anonymity
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Cloud is not your friend. Server is not your friend.
Decentralization is the future.
🔒 Take back control with wiremin.org
#Google #Privacy #Decentralization
www.theverge.com/news/634442/...
Decentralization is the future.
🔒 Take back control with wiremin.org
#Google #Privacy #Decentralization
www.theverge.com/news/634442/...
Google confirms it accidentally deleted Maps Timeline data for some
The data is gone forever in certain cases.
www.theverge.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Cloud is not your friend. Server is not your friend.
Decentralization is the future.
🔒 Take back control with wiremin.org
#Google #Privacy #Decentralization
www.theverge.com/news/634442/...
Decentralization is the future.
🔒 Take back control with wiremin.org
#Google #Privacy #Decentralization
www.theverge.com/news/634442/...
Meta wants UK users to pay for privacy. Funny how that works.
On wiremin.org, privacy isn’t a premium feature—it’s the default. No ads, no tracking, no nonsense. Just real freedom.
#privacy #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
On wiremin.org, privacy isn’t a premium feature—it’s the default. No ads, no tracking, no nonsense. Just real freedom.
#privacy #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to stop targeting UK citizen with personalised ads after settling privacy case
Facebook and Instagram owner reaches legal agreement with human rights campaigner in case that could set precedent for millions
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Meta wants UK users to pay for privacy. Funny how that works.
On wiremin.org, privacy isn’t a premium feature—it’s the default. No ads, no tracking, no nonsense. Just real freedom.
#privacy #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
On wiremin.org, privacy isn’t a premium feature—it’s the default. No ads, no tracking, no nonsense. Just real freedom.
#privacy #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#freedomofspeech
Planning to join a social protest?
To protect yourself from #surveillance and #censorship, turn off your mobile devices, switch them to flight mode, or leave them at home.
If you must use your phone, follow these precautions👇
Planning to join a social protest?
To protect yourself from #surveillance and #censorship, turn off your mobile devices, switch them to flight mode, or leave them at home.
If you must use your phone, follow these precautions👇
March 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#freedomofspeech
Planning to join a social protest?
To protect yourself from #surveillance and #censorship, turn off your mobile devices, switch them to flight mode, or leave them at home.
If you must use your phone, follow these precautions👇
Planning to join a social protest?
To protect yourself from #surveillance and #censorship, turn off your mobile devices, switch them to flight mode, or leave them at home.
If you must use your phone, follow these precautions👇
'Unlike X, we do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.'
That was Bluesky's promise, just a few months back.
Promises are easy, keeping them is not.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/b...
That was Bluesky's promise, just a few months back.
Promises are easy, keeping them is not.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/b...
Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether they want their posts and
techcrunch.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'Unlike X, we do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.'
That was Bluesky's promise, just a few months back.
Promises are easy, keeping them is not.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/b...
That was Bluesky's promise, just a few months back.
Promises are easy, keeping them is not.
techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/b...
Shocking truth: Google's surveillance starts before you even log in.
Android tracks you with 5 different identifiers without consent—and you can't opt out.
#Google #Censorship #Freedom #BigTech
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Android tracks you with 5 different identifiers without consent—and you can't opt out.
#Google #Censorship #Freedom #BigTech
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Android devices track you before you even sign in
Google spies on Android device users, starting from even before they have logged in to their Google account
www.malwarebytes.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Shocking truth: Google's surveillance starts before you even log in.
Android tracks you with 5 different identifiers without consent—and you can't opt out.
#Google #Censorship #Freedom #BigTech
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Android tracks you with 5 different identifiers without consent—and you can't opt out.
#Google #Censorship #Freedom #BigTech
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Governments are getting bolder in their privacy intrusions, and big tech is giving in.
WireMin, instead, is decentralized without central servers. This means no user data is ever stored in any facility controlled by us.
We don't have anything to share.
#Privacy
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
WireMin, instead, is decentralized without central servers. This means no user data is ever stored in any facility controlled by us.
We don't have anything to share.
#Privacy
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
The government wants your data — here’s how to protect your privacy
If we don’t protect tech sovereignty today, we are going to regret it tomorrow.
thehill.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Governments are getting bolder in their privacy intrusions, and big tech is giving in.
WireMin, instead, is decentralized without central servers. This means no user data is ever stored in any facility controlled by us.
We don't have anything to share.
#Privacy
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
WireMin, instead, is decentralized without central servers. This means no user data is ever stored in any facility controlled by us.
We don't have anything to share.
#Privacy
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
TLDR:
Web-archiving: Wallabag
Messaging: @signal.org (or @wiremin.bsky.social 🫣)
Dropbox: @nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy
Password manager: @bitwarden.bsky.social
Notebook: Notesnook or @joplinapp.bsky.social
Photo storage: Ente
Ads blocker: Pi-hole
#alternativeapps
techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/t...
Web-archiving: Wallabag
Messaging: @signal.org (or @wiremin.bsky.social 🫣)
Dropbox: @nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy
Password manager: @bitwarden.bsky.social
Notebook: Notesnook or @joplinapp.bsky.social
Photo storage: Ente
Ads blocker: Pi-hole
#alternativeapps
techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/t...
These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance | TechCrunch
Not every app or service wants to monetize your personal data. Here are some of our favorite alternatives to popular apps.
techcrunch.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
TLDR:
Web-archiving: Wallabag
Messaging: @signal.org (or @wiremin.bsky.social 🫣)
Dropbox: @nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy
Password manager: @bitwarden.bsky.social
Notebook: Notesnook or @joplinapp.bsky.social
Photo storage: Ente
Ads blocker: Pi-hole
#alternativeapps
techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/t...
Web-archiving: Wallabag
Messaging: @signal.org (or @wiremin.bsky.social 🫣)
Dropbox: @nextcloud.com.web.brid.gy
Password manager: @bitwarden.bsky.social
Notebook: Notesnook or @joplinapp.bsky.social
Photo storage: Ente
Ads blocker: Pi-hole
#alternativeapps
techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/t...