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Passkeys and Tech Duopoly

Passkeys are vendor lock in and tries to turn a few big tech companies into critical infrastructure. I started to write this post in October 2022 when there was a huge push about the coming…

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searx.is is live

rainbow over mountains with black sand beach

I launched searx.is as a SearXNG instance registered and hosted in Iceland with pure 100% renewable energy powering the server. I wanted a better, more private search experience. And I wanted it resistant to censorship…

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Returning Online

After a wonderful time hiking through Lassen Volcanic Park, coming back online is an overwhelming experience. Some themed photo sets from the trip are available: Everyone saw the pictures of an orange/red sky over San…

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Threats! Everywhere!

Out of curiosity, I enabled all of the threat detection and reporting systems on my home firewall. As it turns out, the home network is under siege. The firewall is configured to report, but not…

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