Private Messaging (revisited)

The fight for freedom today is about system access control and personal data. Messaging protocols are something that will continuously evolve over time. There’s no avoiding it. I like this resource for comparing popular apps. https://www.securemessagingapps.com/ My Recommendations Email with PGP — A little old fashioned, but reliable. Plus everyone has email. Signal — Practical and modern. Basically replaces iMessage/RCS/WhatsApp. Other Technologies I Like SimpleX — Likely the next step in messaging tech....

January 25, 2025

B E Y O N D _ C Y P H E R P U N K

Digital technology threatens important values and concepts like free will, bodily autonomy, private property, identity, and rule of law. Digital personhood is the necessary response. It is simultaneously a philosophy of what a person is, a politics of data, and a technology stack for networked personal computing devices. This is my formulation of — and elaboration on the cypherpunk vision. Cypherpunk: (Not cyBerpunk) CyPHerpunk is a movement that started in the 80s which purports that encryption is needed by everyday people to preserve their privacy....

May 18, 2023