https://xavi.privatedns.org/ Recent content on Claiming the Internet back Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us CC BY-SA 4.0 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 03:34:20 +0200 https://xavi.privatedns.org/about/about/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 03:34:20 +0200 https://xavi.privatedns.org/about/about/ Hi! I am Xavi, a free software developer that enjoys self-hosting and helping others. One of the main reasons why I use and recommend free software is to remove the grip that Big Tech monopolies have on us, as well as to foster a healthy community environment where everyone can contribute. Aside from my day job, I write free software with the following requirements in mind: Portability. Minimalism. Ease of use, read and improve. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/twitch-chad/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 01:28:00 +0100 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/twitch-chad/ Typically, I reject the use of proprietary software or platforms that undermine user privacy and freedom. Unfortunately, most people do not share or understand such views, so a great amount of content is only available under such restrictive platforms. As a tradeoff, projects like Invidious or Libreddit do their best to return privacy to users by acting as a proxy. A list of similar projects for other platforms is available from The Simple Web project. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/small-web-browser/ Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:04:38 +0100 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/small-web-browser/ Background Almost a year ago, I had some ideas floating around about an alternative to the world wide web, where native executables were downloaded from servers, rather than a mix of HTML, CSS and JS. However, such alternative did not put any care to one of the (IMHO) most serious concerns with the current world wide web: user privacy. Gemini, on the other hand, preferred to design everything from scratch, effectively excluding web content from Gemini, and vice versa. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/hide-tab-bar-firefox/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:26:38 +0100 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/hide-tab-bar-firefox/ Quick note This article can be applied both to Firefox and any of its derivatives, such as LibreWolf or Waterfox. In fact, LibreWolf currently is my choice for a modern web browser, since it provides a cleaner experience than Firefox and also enables several privacy-enhancing features by default. Background The default interface for Firefox or LibreWolf that is shipped out-of-the-box features the tab bar, the back/forward and refresh buttons, and some more stuff. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/whatsapp-encryption/ Sun, 08 May 2022 03:05:01 +0200 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/whatsapp-encryption/ Disclaimer I am not a lawyer or a cryptographer - the following article is based on my current, superficial knowledge in computer science, software licensing and a tiny bit of common sense. Please feel free to contact me if there is any wrong or misleading statement in this article. TL;DR WhatsApp licensing (proprietary software) being incompatible with that of libsignal-protocol-java (GPLv3); libsignal-protocol-java being possibly licensed as proprietary software to Meta instead, giving them total control over it without contributing back to upstream e. https://xavi.privatedns.org/contact/contact/ Sun, 01 May 2022 12:08:20 +0200 https://xavi.privatedns.org/contact/contact/ Email OpenPGP public key XMPP Own server xavi92@slcl.privatedns.org OMEMO fingerprints 51a88b22 8e441627 88d213b6 37d8ac48 9194fc3f fd73c091 75216e64 31558300 54d9180d 10647bac c632340b 6d4a6833 0402e4bc 569fc0f4 6a917f1b 8432ff75 Third-party provider xavi92@yourdata.forsale OMEMO fingerprints 278468fd bdda8242 9e6ffff9 aa00e1ca c7038e12 7ae2e672 347a53cc 851e144c 7f53cbbe 9970d134 2115c2c5 f9741a6c 5c3fd7a3 34a529db e5ede40d 8a82e958 6016a0a0 91676f8d 4b604b1b 52093b87 d8bca6c6 9c147990 458ebdec 39448422 f713789b 68ee50b3 b3e67ca1 747def54 92fb5ac8 e7677bd5 1a497ca0 d9dc4632 Matrix @xavi92:tedomum. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/pinephone-tricks/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 17:58:38 +0200 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/pinephone-tricks/ For a few weeks now, I have been daily driving my (original) PinePhone to a certain extent, and I have compiled a brief list of scripts and tricks that might be helpful to others. Also, since I keep reflashing the operating system in it more often than I would like to, and it would be nice to a have a centralised place to store such stuff. Vibration for notifications When the phone is locked (e. https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/native-web/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://xavi.privatedns.org/blog/native-web/ Note: this article is a very early draft and limited to a conceptual level. There are no implementations around so far, although a reference implementation might be implemented in a near future. Suggestions are welcome! Background The World Wide Web (retroactively called web 1.0) was originally conceived as a convenient way to read documents by the use of a combination of HTTP over TCP for data transmission and the HTML language for content, using specialized software called “web browsers”.