PictShare is a free, open-source file sharing platform you can host yourself. It supports images, GIFs, videos, audio, Markdown, and text snippets, automatically strips EXIF metadata, and gives you full control over your uploads.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=pictshare

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #FileSharing #FOSS #PrivacyTools #DigitalEscapeTools

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#Canonical wants enterprises to put #Ubuntu #Linux software distribution behind the firewall

https://nerds.xyz/2026/07/canonical-enterprise-store-ubuntu-pro/

#cybersecurity #FOSS

Introducing Native Containers in #Firefox153

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-containers-preview/

#Firefox #FOSS #Mozilla #privacy #security

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.19

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15019/

#privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #FOSS

We're getting very close to #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release! The first release candidate is now available, for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/22/libreoffice-26-8-rc1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Kudu is a free, open-source system cleaner and privacy tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

It removes temporary files, browser caches, leftover app data, and includes disk analysis, startup management, secure file deletion, malware scanning, and privacy controls, all without ads or telemetry.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=kudu

#OpenSource #Privacy #SystemCleaner #Windows #Linux #macOS #FOSS

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People crapping all over #Mozilla for having an X account now, yet I see #fedipeeps with X account links on their bios, #FOSS projects with X links on their homepages...

I despise X and Musk, but maybe be a little more consistent.

And I have publicly rebuked FOSS projects on #fedi for having X account links on their homepages, asking them just what Musk would have to do to get them to delete it.

If you're gonna go scorched earth, be consistent with it, otherwise it's just sparkling douchebaggery.

Like, if the Linux distro you use has an X or Meta account (and many of them do), but you haven't said anything about that... BRUH.
#kthxbai

Morphe is a free and open-source Android app for patching YouTube, YouTube Music, and Reddit without root.

Built on the foundation of ReVanced Manager, it adds a redesigned interface, a one-tap Simple Mode, an Advanced Mode with 100+ patch options, and more customization for power users.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=morphe

#Android #OpenSource #YouTube #YouTubeMusic #ReVanced #Privacy #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Morphe project page in dark mode. A large Morphe logo appears at the top, followed by buttons linking to the website, GitHub documentation, Reddit community, and translation project. Below, a description explains that Morphe is an Android app for patching YouTube, YouTube Music, and Reddit without root, removing ads and giving users more control over their experience.

Briar just went into maintenance mode, and their update named the problems they couldn’t get past. Some of them we’ve already shipped: account backup, attachments, reliable contact adding, channels.

For 3.0 we’re going further, replacing the inherited Briar/Bramble layers with our own protocol stack. Transport, wire format, sync, message model, all ours. Bramble stays the origin, but stops being the foundation.

triple ratchet PQ

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

(1/N) A #disturbing trend I observed over the last 30 years in leadership (speaking primarily of #FOSS #leadership) is a slow but steady tendency as leaders get more powerful, they become increasingly unwilling to admit they've erred. I've observed this both with prior generation of #FreeSoftware leadership (eg: Moglen, Raymond, Rosen, Stallman), & with FOSS leaders contemporary to me (eg: Behlendorf, Dolan, Torvalds, Zemlin). …

(This is N posts long; replying to helps threading.)

#OpenSource

RE: https://floss.social/@doctormo/116927739358578223

Ah, finally, they’re saying the quiet parts out loud:

“Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that’s a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.” – Linus Torvalds

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwi4zC%2BZe8e%2Bp3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

Now do you understand what I mean when I say “free” as in “freedom” versus “open” as in “open for business?”

#FOSS #freeSoftware #openSource #freedom

#Briar is in maintenance mode

https://briarproject.org/news/2026-maintenance-mode/

#privacy #cybersecurity #messaging #FOSS

Mullvad VPN Did A Complete F*CK-UP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmyDGjxO_s

„Mullvad founder and co-owner Daniel Berntsson donated five million Swedish Krona, ~$500k, to a local political party in Sweden. That on its own is a red flag to someone like me, who believes private donations to politicians and their parties should be illegal. But that’s not the biggest problem of this donation.

The biggest problem is what kind of a party this Mullvad owner personally donated to. It’s to the Örebro Party. A party with policies so broad and across the spectrum they seem to appeal to everyone all at once. But one of them, the key one in fact, stands out as the most incompatible with privacy and personal freedom. Values that the Mullvad company claims to uphold.

Örebro's political platform amounts to establishing a deeply authoritarian surveillance state in order to enforce their policies. If I just told you what it is you might not immediately see why it’s a problem so let me give you a deep political analysis of this situation."

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#mullvad #vpn #privacy #opensource #foss #surveillance #technology

Spotlight on a fellow OW2 project we really like: @CryptPad@social.xwiki.com

End-to-end encrypted, open source office suite for collaborative docs, sheets and more. Your data stays yours, no account needed to try it. If you care about privacy and free software, it is the real deal.

Nice to share the OW2 ecosystem with people building tools like this.

#OpenSource #FOSS #privacy #encryption

Briar is going into maintenance mode, only security fixes from here. Not for lack of skill. They had no funding and built it in their spare time for years.

Zerion runs on their Bramble protocol and we owe them for it. The gaps they listed as unsolved, account backup, attachments, reliably adding contacts, we’ve shipped. Our own protocol stack is next.

The foundation stays. The work keeps moving.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.18

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15018/

#cybersecurity #privacy #anonymity #FOSS

Many improvements, fixes and code cleanups are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to our worldwide community! Here's what they did in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/15/qa-dev-report-june-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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EU regulators declined to extend Digital Markets Act interoperability rules to social networks, leaving users with fewer options to switch platforms. 🌐
EFF says existing protocols like ActivityPub show interoperability is possible and could improve privacy, competition, and user choice. 🔓

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/european-commission-chooses-keep-eu-users-locked-big-techs-gates

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Interoperability #BigTech #Privacy #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA #Fediverse #OpenSource #DigitalRights #Technology #Security #WebFreedom #FOSS #UserControl #Freedom

Linus Torvalds on #Rust, #C, Bugs, and #AI Patch-Checking Tools

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/07/12/2126243/linus-torvalds-on-rust-c-bugs-and-ai-patch-checking-tools

#Linux #FOSS #cybersecurity

An independent security audit is the single thing standing between “trust us” and “verified.” It’s also what Privacy Guides, journalists and security reviewers rightly ask for before recommending any messenger.

We’re raising funds to have Zerion audited by Radically Open Security. Every finding gets published, good or bad. That’s the deal.

If Zerion is useful to you, this is the most direct way to push it forward:

zerion.chat/donate.html

BTC, XMR and ETH accepted.
#privacy #foss #tor #monero

Most apps keep a log of what you get up to in them. Catchlight keeps one too, built so it can never hold your notes.
When sync or storage hits a snag, it records the event, a timestamp, a category, a short message, and never the content of a note or your key. You can read the whole history in Settings and export it to attach to a bug report.
A diagnostics log that knows nothing about you is the only kind a privacy app should keep.
#Privacy #FOSS #BuildInPublic

Karrot is a free open source self-hostable platform for organising grassroots community activism. You can find out more at:

🌱 https://codeberg.org/karrot

You can follow the project at:

🌱 @karrot

If you don't want to self-host, there's a public server at:

🌱 https://karrot.world

#SelfHosting #Activism #Grassroots #CommunityHosting #FOSS