Claude isn't private.
Cloud AI never will.
Local AI already is.
I installed Brave Origin on Linux to give it a try, and the most private search engine on the most private browser dropped me this. I love it.
What is happening to freedom worldwide?
The last two weeks in privacy
๐บ๐ธA federal judge called Flock indiscriminate mass surveillance.
๐บ๐ธTSAโs vendor extracted your passport photo without TSA knowing.
๐คChatGPT reads your prompts to target you with ads.
๐ฎ๐ฑAn Israeli ad firm delivered spyware to journalists. No click required.
๐ฆ๐บAustralia is suing five platforms over a ban with an 81% bypass rate.
๐ฉ๐ฐDenmarkโs population register was breached with the password 123456.
๐บ๐ธThe US government scans visa holders for criticism of the president. A judge called it unconstitutional.
๐จ๐ฆCanada is forcing the tool that protects 20 million dissidents to leave.
๐ฒ๐ฆMorocco sold pre-infected phones through secondhand dealers.
The vendor is the surveillance layer
The database outlasts the protection
Did we miss something?
GrapheneOS is Linux.
Replying to @pgattic1
GrapheneOS is Linux. Linux is already enough of a problem without adding the mess of systemd, GNU, GNOME and similar software. We don't want any of that and it should be replaced on the desktop too. Linux should be replaced with a microkernel. It's all increasingly doable now.
AdGuard DNS at 94.140.14.14 and 94.140.15.15 remains fully available in France today. It is not covered by the Paris court orders that forced Quad9 to withdraw service for French users from 24 November.
The operator is based in Cyprus. Its public servers keep no individual logs. French tech outlets still list it as a working alternative while Quad9, Google, and DNS4EU apply or face the beIN Sports blocking rules.
Future pressure is possible. A no-logs VPN remains the stronger layer if court orders expand.
quad9 ๐ฏ
IPv4: 9.9.9.9
IPv6: 2620:fe::fe
A privacy-first DNS resolver just chose to leave an entire country rather than lie to its users.
Quad9 is shutting off its free DNS service in France on November 24, after a French court ordered it to block domains that BeIN Sports claimed were facilitating sports piracy.
Quad9 refused.
"We categorically refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations."
The court had actually reduced the fine to just โฌ1,000 per day. Quad9 still walked away. Because the real problem was not the fine. It was the precedent.
Complying would mean either applying French copyright law to Quad9's global DNS infrastructure, or using geo-blocking methods that Quad9 considers technically unreliable and ethically compromised. Either way, the integrity of the service breaks.
This is what it looks like when a privacy tool takes its mission seriously. Most services would have quietly blocked the domains and moved on. Quad9 chose to exit instead ๐
the right to satire doesn't exist in the UK nowadays
























