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R_Spaghettion Cloudflare Drop

I dropped a static html page and all I got was Cloudflares well known 'Performing security verification' (and so did a Google pagespeed check).

R_Spaghettion Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

this is what we need

R_Spaghettion European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps

why is it hosted by cloudflare (us company) in stead of http://bunny.net ?

https://info.addr.tools/only-eu.eu

R_Spaghettion Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS

I'm not sure whether Microsoft, the makers of Windows 95 (after which I stopped taking them seriously), are the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to security.

R_Spaghettion European Alternatives

I checked the first 3 companies I saw with the label 'EU hosted'. bunq.com and lifebit.ai are hosted on AWS, and tomtom.com is hosted on Azure.

https://info.addr.tools/bunq.com https://info.addr.tools/lifebit.ai https://info.addr.tools/tomtom.com

R_Spaghettion Cloudflare CEO on the Italy fines

Another reason to dump an american big tech firm and switch to Bunny.net for example. Better a democratic based error than an american greed based CEO.

R_Spaghettion Improving the Trustworthiness of JavaScript on the Web

As a further addition, Google does this for show (it’s not their business model) and is not equipped to deal with the criminals at Meta, as recently became apparent from, among other things, this disclosure: https://archive.is/nWpDZ https://localmess.github.io

R_Spaghettion Why Self-Host?

You write: I'm fortunate enough to work at a company (enum.co) where digital sovereignty is not just a phrase.

info.addr.tools shows [1]: MX 1 smtp.google.com. TXT "mailcoach-verification=a873d3f3-0f4f-4a04-a085-d53f70708e84"

TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all"

TXT "google-site-verification=TTrl7IWxuGQBEqbNAz17GKZzS-utrW7SCZbgdo5tkk0"

This is not just a phrase, it is a DNS entry. Using the most evil in phrases of digital sovereignty.

[1] https://info.addr.tools/enum.co

R_Spaghettion Show HN: Write It Down – Personal finance tracker

In red on your site: > Other Finance Apps: > Risk of sharing personal data with third parties In green: > Write-It-Down.com > Built on Google Sheets

I agree that putting your personal data into a free Google account indeed isn't a risk of sharing it with third parties. It is a guarantee.

R_Spaghettion Why haven't local-first apps become popular?

This is the reason why I'm reading this site - this is such a brilliant idea, super simple and without any vendor lockin at all.

R_Spaghettion SynthID – A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI

It only works across Google shit.