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Category: Free as in Freedom
How the US Government took control of the Internet
The Hacker Crackdown – an 18-month long collaborative effort of the United States Secret Service and broken-up AT&T to take control of the Internet in the early 1990s.
PeerTube app
Use the PeerTube player app available via F-Droid. I’ve been using it and it looks nice and works as expected.
Nothing to hide
If you’re one of those people who think privacy isn’t really an issue for you because you have nothing to hide, you should read this.
Why decentralisation matters
Why does decentralisation matter? A very clearly written article by the creator of Mastodon Eugen Rochko.
OpenArchive
Android app OpenArchive for uploading media to the Internet Archive using Tor.
Really nice app, makes it convenient to upload media from your phone.
Linux laptop – Pinebook
This review of the Pinebook (a cheap Linux laptop) sounds pretty positive to me.
NewPipe
For watching YouTube videos on my mobile phone I use NewPipe, a free and open-source media player app that is a YouTube client. It is only available in the F-Droid software repository and is therefore only installable on Android devices.
I reckon it’s great.
NewPipe website
Redecentralize
A collection of interesting new networks and tech aiming at decentralisation (in some form).
tilde.town
tilde.town is a computer meant for sharing.
tilde.town is an intentional digital community for making art, socializing, and learning. Unlike many online spaces, users interact with tilde.town through a direct connection instead of a web site. This means using a tool called ssh and other text based tools.