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Access control over personal data is the contemporary warfront for freedom. Encrypted messaging is a simple improvement anyone can make. Here are my top choices for private messaging. I’ll go into why I chose these particular apps and protocols a little further down. Signal Signal was chosen as the best overall practical option. This is a great option for talking to friends and family, people who would already have your phone number....

Pinephone is where I think personal tech should be headed. But we’re not talking about that here. This is going to be me nerding out and showing off this tinkerer’s dream of a phone. Pinephone by PINE64 The hardware is really not that impressive from a performance point of view. The mali GPU is quite dated and the camera’s really only function as little more than proofs of concept. You get bluetooth, wifi (2....