How many times have you been redirected to an interesting article and immediately blocked by a paywall? Many, the same happened to us too. This is why we offer you this short article with some techniques to read articles protected by paywall for free and without inconvenience. With some extensions, through a website, or thanks to a simple trick, below[…]
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WhatsApp alternatives that respect your privacy
In 2020 the world of messaging, VoIP calling, and video calling has literally exploded. On a corporate and business level, giants such as Google, Microsoft, and Zoom, have made it the masters with their stocks that have literally exploded on the stock exchange, while Apple and Facebook which, like small children, have been fighting to the sound of user privacy[…]
Read moreLulu. A fully open-source firewall for macOS
LuLu is the free, shared-source macOS firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections unless explicitly approved by the user. Any unknown outgoing connections, until approved by the user, are blocked by default. While it was designed to generically detect malware by flagging unauthorized networking connections, LuLu can also be used to block OS components or 3rd-party applications from transmitting[…]
Read moreM1 Macs maintain a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple
In case you didn’t know, here you can find some very useful information about the new Apple M1 Macintosh and all the privacy related things about it. Big Sur on M1 (and possibly on Intel) maintains a persistent, hardware-serial-number linked TLS connection to Apple (for APNS, just like on iOS) at all times when you are logged in, even if[…]
Read moreRetrocoding fun. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads
Learning to code in the 1980s meant learning BASIC. No installations, no dependencies, no downloads. Just you, some type-in listings, and an 8-bit computer. It’s coding like it’s 1985. BASIC is a fun, easy to learn language that was standard on 80s home computers and inspired a generation to program. BASIC means Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and identifies a[…]
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