Category: #lookingforsolutions
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Oneswarm: private BitTorrent
http://www.oneswarm.org/Although widely used, currently popular peer-to-peer (P2P) applications offer no user privacy. By design, services like BitTorrent and Gnutella share data with anyone that asks for it, allowing a third-party to systematically monitor user behavior. As a result, using a P2P network means that your online activities become public knowledge. OneSwarm is a new peer-to-peer […]
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Owncloud
I just discovered OwnCloud and ThinkUp. They both look like neat solutions to many problems I had. Going to tinker around with them and will let you know what I think of them sooner or later Owncloud – use it to create your own cloud to backup files, sync a calender or create your own […]
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Encrypted server – The problem
I want an encrypted server. Why?– I want to store data of people I don’t know. If someone physically obtains my server, I don’t want them to get all the stuff on it. Where to start?– Asking people if this is even possible… How do you combine sharing stuff and privacy? – How do I […]
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Privacy, Moglen, @ioerror, #rp12
It seems it had fallen to us to break a little bad news. Here it is. – We are not progressing from a primitive era of centralized social media to an emerging era of decentralized social media, the reverse is happening. – Surveillance and control of users is not some sort of unintended consequence of […]
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Building a WordPress Security Plugin: The Basics | Wptuts
WordPress is open source, which means that everyone, including hackers with a malicious intent, can scour the source code looking for holes in its security. In this set of tutorials, we will be going through the process of creating a WordPress plugin to detect and fix any security flaws that may lie in your WordPress […]