Private & User-Focused Services
Private & User-Focused Services
A quote from the book Digital Disconnect by Robert W. McChesney: Regardless of what a progressive group’s first issue of importance is, its second issue should be media and communication, because so long as the media is in corporate hands, the task of social change will be vastly more difficult, if not impossible, across the […]
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This site — Library Genesis — contains the largest index of e-books I’ve come across. It includes many out-of-print books, textbooks, magazines and comics. It’s actually kind of amazing. I have no idea who built it, but it is hosted in Ecuador. If you find yourself making use of this index, please use responsibly. I
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The Blackphone is a pro-privacy phone being developed by Spanish startup Geeksphone, in partnership with Silent Circle using an Android build called PrivatOS. The phone features Silent Phone and Silent Text for secure, encrypted telephony and messaging — using Silent Circle’s secure network — so that only you and someone also using a Blackphone or
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WhisperSystems is a useful suite of apps for mobile security.
WhisperSystems: A Suite Of Apps For Mobile Security Read More »
Internet access in the United States is controlled by monopolies that stifle more efficient alternatives.
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Various media corporations have twisted copyright laws into malevolent beasts that actively thwart their original purpose. The laws are ruining the creativity they were originally intended to foster. They criminalize acts that have been prevalent in human culture for thousands of years. The public is being hoodwinked into a set of ideas that only benefit
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Many people have questions about downloading from Usenet. Hopefully these answers will help clear things up.
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The Best VPN For Android The VPN Providers listed below have the best Android support. You can read my full reviews of these VPN providers in my article The Best VPNs. Private Internet Access: Has a dedicated app for Android, provides very solid VPN connections, puts a lot of emphasis on privacy, costs only $6.95 per
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