The Complete SimpleX Chat Hardening Guide (2025–2026)
SimpleX is the only messenger with no user IDs at all. Here's how to harden it — profiles, relays, Tor, and self-hosting — for real metadata privacy.
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A collection of 33 issues
Signal Messenger: 2026
Signal is the closest thing to a trustworthy commercial messaging app that exists. End-to-end encryption is on by default, the protocol is open and audited, and the organization behind it collects almost nothing about you.
Building a Self-Controlled VPN Jumpbox in Your Browser
Your laptop should not be the thing touching the internet. Move that job onto a box you own, reach its desktop from a browser tab, and the coffee-shop network never sees the work itself.
GrapheneOS: Post-Install Hardening and Usage Guide
Flashing the OS is the easy part. Without a real password, a Lockdown habit, and some discipline about what you install afterward, you are carrying a stock phone with a different boot logo.
Dormant Accounts: The Attack Surface You Forgot You Created
A forum login from 2013 that shares a password with something you still use is an open door. Nobody watches the accounts they forgot they made, which is exactly where credential stuffing starts.
Guide to Setting Up Tailscale for Secure RDP Access to a Home Windows Computer While Traveling
With Tailscale, you can securely and seamlessly RDP into your home computer from anywhere in the world. This setup provides private, encrypted remote access without exposing your RDP port to the internet, significantly reducing security risks.
Privacy Personas: Compartmentalizing Your Digital Signature
In a world of constant surveillance, protecting identity means fragmenting it. This post explores how one person can appear as many, using different digital personas, tools, and appearances, to preserve privacy, evade tracking, and maintain autonomy in a UTS-dominated world.
macOS Privacy and Security Hardening Guide
A Mac out of the box is tuned for Apple's convenience, not for your exposure. This is the list of changes that shifts that default, ordered so you can work through it with the machine in front of you.
Travel Router - Gli-Net
How to guide to configure a Gli-Net travel router for secure networking.
Wormhole Secure File Transfer
Secure file transfer. A secure way to send large files to various people.