To blur or remove images of your house, license plate, etc. from online maps... Listing just the top-3 in market share, which covers over 95%. If you would like to see another provider listed here, reach out through the guestbook link with the relevant info. Apple Maps: Last Updated: July, 2026 Ref: https://maps.apple.com/imagecollection/ Directions: Email: MapsImageCollection@apple.com Provide your address, confirm that you own the home, and request that they blur the image. Note: yo...

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These are tools / projects / orgs that make some incredible contributions to civil rights and privacy-respecting tech. If any of these have made a positive difference in your life, and you'd like to throw a little support their way, I hope you'll consider donating. I'm listing just those that accept crypto here. If you know of a worthwhile organization that accepts crypto donations that you'd like to see here, send me a FYI in the Guestbook and I'll take a look at it! BleachBit | https://www...

Comrades, I'll plan to start using this blog soon to put some privacy / related info up that we're talking about at work & in the community -- especially as we head into contract bargaining season. Folks are getting interested of late, for a number of reasons -- major themes include: personal and community safety meaningful dialog about consent employers' perceived entitlement to employee cell phones coupled with their absolute lack of understanding or concern about individual privacy (o...

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WHAT is an APK? An APK file is essentially an app installation file (code, resources, manifest, etc. all zipped-up) meant for Android users. It stands for "Android Package". If you have always gotten your apps from an app "store", you might not have come across this term before. WHY would I use an APK? You already do, to put it simply. What you may not have done before is to download them outside of an app store. When you use an app store, it will handle most of the steps for downloadin...

This list is meant for normal every-day users. School teachers, custodians, parents, neighbors, gas station attendants, college students, protesters, martial arts instructors, store clerks, service workers...you get the idea. I've opted, at least so far, not to list specific negative recommendations here. Generally speaking, the big-tech options are a no-go; closed-source un-audited options can be sketchy; reputation matters; and business ethics and practices also make a difference. That sai...

Mugging as a feature, not a bug... This post isn't going to go far in what financial privacy is or why it matters -- though if readers wanted to engage on privacy tools, news, strategies, philosophy, I would love to talk about it, and hope you'll reach out through the Guestbook. There are also some great books and information pieces you can find online from university researchers, private investigators, legal or law enforcement professionals, famous hackers, and so on. I preface with this bec...