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The excuse is always "online safety." But these laws make you hand over your ID or scan your face to use the internet, then go after VPNs so you can't opt out.
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VPNs are used by journalists, activists, businesses and ordinary people to protect their traffic, access information and make surveillance harder.
Privacy tools shouldn’t become illegal just because they make surveillance harder.
Greece is now pushing social media age verification and calling for EU-wide tools. Ireland is testing digital ID for the same purpose.
I’m fed up with this direction. Every few months, another government seems to decide the answer to online safety is more ID checks, more verification layers, and more infrastructure tying real-world identity to everyday internet use.
Protecting kids matters, but protecting peoples privacy matters as well.
HUGE RELEASE: Obscura VPN is now on Android 🥳
To celebrate, we're offering 25% off any Obscura subscription or top-up with code ANDROID26
👇 Links below for Google Play or Obtainium (more stores coming)
Legitimately fuck Meta.
Architectural privacy >> “trust me” privacy policy.
For anyone wondering how to download Obscura WITHOUT Google Play Store!
All you need is Obtainium -> add app and the following in the screenshot:
There's a difference between "we don't log" and "we can't log."
One is a policy. The other is architecture.
Obscura is finally on Android! 🤩
Come test out our Android Alpha. We're bringing privacy that’s more than a promise to your pocket.
Link: https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/65f098c8ad3fc3da
KYC requirements are killing the open web.
Every time a platform forces you to submit government ID just to exist online, they're building a surveillance database that would make the Stasi jealous.
And the worst part? They're doing it "for your safety."
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They can see you're browsing from a wealthy neighborhood? Price goes up.
They know your employment history from LinkedIn? Adjusted accordingly.
They tracked your purchase patterns? Congrats, you just qualified for the "this person will pay more" tier.
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This is already happening with basic tracking. Now add mandatory identity verification to the mix.
They won't just know what you clicked. They'll know your age, address, income bracket, and exactly how desperate you are for what they're selling.
Previously, our Android Alpha connection was fragile. It randomly dropped and broke on refresh or network changes.
That is fixed.
The Android Alpha now just works (for the most part).
You can try our Alpha here:
https://appdistribution.firebase.google.com/pub/i/65f098c8ad3fc3da
Here’s something to consider with Discord alternatives: are they centralized or decentralized? If they’re centralized, the same issue is going to happen.
It is much harder (basically impossible) to KYC a protocol that's decentralized, so use decentralized social media.
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Once sites know your real identity, things get really fun.
You know how airlines charge different prices based on your browsing history? Now imagine that but for EVERYTHING.
Same product, different price, all because they know exactly who you are.
We've come across some cursed stuff while developing Obscura. What's the weirdest thing you've seen in the wild? Here's ours:
Surely just some metadata couldn't hurt right?
Ex-NSA Chief: