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@handi@mastodon.ie
mastodon 4.6.6
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☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe?

Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom.

i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech.

Everything you need on one private homepage...

Check it out now!

11 Followers
62 Following
34 Posts
Joined June 16, 2026
Handi Homepage:
https://handihomepage.com
Handi Homepage Source Code:
https://codeberg.org/handi/ple
Our Privacy Policy (and mission statement):
https://handihomepage.com/privacy

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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Aug 03, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Ouch! 🖲🇮🇪 Fairly f**kin bad in all fairness... https://www.ontheditch.com/irish-state-increases-palantir-shareholding/ #ireland #genocide #palantir @palantirwatch@kolektiva.social @nhgrown@mastodon.online @muddle@infosec.exchange @GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 29, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @TallSimon@mstdn.ca
@TallSimon@mstdn.ca Hmmm...the AI industry does have the hallmark of a ponzi scheme. Nonetheless, there is utility in AI. The biggest issue i see; the Chinese are winning the online AI race hands-down IMO. They do it Better. Safer. Cheaper. The future of the industry is open-source, private, LLM's that run on the user's own GPU (computer graphics card). The data centers are just unnecessary edifices to #Trumptech
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 28, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @palantirwatch@kolektiva.social
@palantirwatch@kolektiva.social this rocks! 🤗🫡 PS: what about an RSS feed filtered by keyword? So i can add a widget to my WordPress website for example... => Palantir Ireland Watch Tool
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 27, 2026
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@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @paulk@writing.exchange
@paulk@writing.exchange lol. Funny, but true. 😅🤣😂 State of the art Firewall configured... ;-)
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 26, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @noybeu@mastodon.social
@noybeu@mastodon.social Great. The EU protects us from ad networks. ...now who protects us from the #eu ? 🤣😂🤔
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 26, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I think you meant to say..."a tmux running emacs over SSH". I challenge you sir, to a duel. Pistols at dawn! 🔫 😅🤣😂
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 26, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @LuisCrespo@mastodon.social
@LuisCrespo@mastodon.social who in their mind would loan money to Trump's USA? Even the bond market wouldn't lend to a corrupt, dictatorship run by a bankrupt? What rate of interest are they paying? Trump did the exact same thing with his casinos ie. went broke in this exact manner.
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 16, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @tux0r@layer8.space
@tux0r@layer8.space @Linux@planet.moe @jon@social.vivaldi.net Lol. I was thinking of doing the same. It's a sh*tshow I guess? 🤔
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 15, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @TCMuffin@toot.wales
@TCMuffin@toot.wales I completely understand your point of view. For me personally, I don't find the quote or account suspensions described in the Wikipedia article, particularly controversial or malicious. Privacy is not binary. Just because #Proton only gets 80% privacy score. it doesn't justify switching to #apple or #Google - both of whom score 0% IMHO. Maybe consider giving #Proton another look? 🤔🥰
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 15, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @TCMuffin@toot.wales
@TCMuffin@toot.wales ooh...iCloud? Apple? What about #Proton instead, Jayne? PS: the handi homepage is translated into Welsh now ;-) Screw U @nigel_farage@respublicae.eu https://handihomepage.com/
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 13, 2026
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@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
"Intel said demand for artificial intelligence is driving their investment in advanced silicon, which makes cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power AI factories." ...what's an 'AI factory'? My guess: a new name for 'data centre'... https://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-of-jobs-to-be-created-in-leixlip-as-intel-pledges-e5bn-investment-in-campus-7100225-Jul2026/
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @muddle@infosec.exchange
@muddle@infosec.exchange 'caging' means piggybacking
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @handi@mastodon.ie
@nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie @ronfromnl@mastodon.social @muddle@infosec.exchange Caging the building WiFi might be an issue. What if they change the password?
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @handi@mastodon.ie
@nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie @ronfromnl@mastodon.social @muddle@infosec.exchange shit just got REAL 😅 https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico-2/
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @muddle@infosec.exchange
@muddle@infosec.exchange @nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie @ronfromnl@mastodon.social Typo 😎
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @muddle@infosec.exchange
@muddle@infosec.exchange @nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie @ronfromnl@mastodon.social Agreed. It needs tweaking... Maybe add Tor to mask the server IP. The biggest issue is the possible hosting of illegal or unethical material... Two paradigms spring to mind: A community similar to couchsurfing where you build trust. Or a server version of dumpster diving. You find unused or hidden power sockets in busy buildings. Place a 'Do Not Unplug' sticker on the mini-PC and hope for the best... 😍
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/11/irish-datacenters-now-guzzle-23-of-the-countrys-electricity/5270013 @iballesty.bsky.social #datacenters #ireland #greens
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie

Smart phones: An Orwellian nightmare near you...

Location tracking, microphone listening, gyroscope movement tracking, keyword tracking, keyboard tracking, search tracking, camera tracking, network tracking, photo and video access, contacts lists, data aggregation, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, barometer, location history, telephone and sms access etc

Tracking Vectors:

1: GPS 2: WIFI 3: BLUETOOTH 4: CELL TRIANGULATION 5. GYROSCOPE 6: IP

@iballesty.bsky.social

Your browser does not support the video tag.
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 11, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
CRAZY IDEA #1: An international *Secret Server* community! What if we hosted mini-servers with friends from countries that respect data privacy? Eg. I send my Secret Server to Ingel in Iceland. He hides it in his home and connects it to wi-fi then leaves it. This private, tamper-proof server hosts eg. webmail, website server, safe chat, file hosting, AI etc I agree to update and maintain the mini-sever. Ingel (and his friends) get free access? @nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie @ronfromnl@mastodon.social #dataprivacy
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 10, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Does anyone know where I can find info on the new Irish digital surveillance legislation? #Ireland #dataprivacy #chatcontrol
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 07, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online 🎯 infinite scroll 🎯 autoplay videos 🎯 automatic photo filters #bigsocial is worse than #bigtobacco
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 07, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @blogdiva@mastodon.social
@blogdiva@mastodon.social he was shit in 2-and-a-half-men. singlehandedly killed the franchise.... didn't he shill for WeWork to protect his own equity? ie. told his investor fans their money was safe to prop up his own shares? ( it wasn't and they lost everything )
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 06, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social
@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social let's not forget. Trump has ruined his "star player's" career. #trump
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handi
🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 01, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie

What started as a passion project two months ago. Blossomed into a full-time obsession. I've enjoyed every minute of it though. Built as a solo-dev on a shoestring...

The Handi Homepage concept is simple. Can you replace #bigtech user features with safe and private alternatives?

YES. It turns out - you can.

Eg. a music player that plays files from your harddrive. A private chat feature over matrix. A #mastodon social media integration and lots more.

Check it out!

@maxschrems@mastodon.social @noybeu@mastodon.social @eff@mastodon.social

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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 01, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie

@maxschrems@mastodon.social what can #irish techies do to help the cause of #democracy and #freedom during the Irish #EU presidency?

@noybeu@mastodon.social

mastodon.social

Max Schrems (@maxschrems@mastodon.social) - Mastodon

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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 01, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @Nonilex@masto.ai
@Nonilex@masto.ai '...if you tolerate this; then your children will be next' 🎵
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jul 01, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie

As an Irish techie. I whole-heartedly agree with the author of this piece.

the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland needs to actually grow a pair of balls. It's embarrasing!

...for freedom of speech and democracy.

NB: the author didn't mention the time the Irish government took a case against the European Commission to disclaim the €13 billion awarded to the Irish people in outstanding corporate tax by Apple.

#ireland #eu #freedomofspeech
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/30/ireland-big-tech-lapdog-eu-presidency-digital-sovereignty

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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 22, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social well, if root is god; then sudo is jesus? 🤔⚡️🤣
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 22, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social
@GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social @palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran @iraq@mastodon.social @palestinenews@gts.liberated.press @BBC5Live@social.bbc @BBCRadio4@social.bbc @BBCNews@flipboard.com @AlJazeera@flipboard.com Lebensraum
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 21, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @JeGr@chaos.social
@JeGr@chaos.social @mike805@noc.social Well explained! Like the phone answering machine service that challenges callers to input the result of 5 + 5 to defeat auto-diallers...
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 21, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @JeGr@chaos.social
@JeGr@chaos.social @mike805@noc.social Thanks. What does "proof of work" consist of roughly? 🤔 There has to be a way of catching these companies in the act - maybe for a class action? Or, failing that, poisoning the data on a huge scale with cross company coordination? if ( (httpsConnection == incoming) && (cssFile != accessed) ) { return poisionData.html; } else { return realData.html; } For highly specialised category data this might work best? Eg. Sports results...
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 20, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social AI is becoming a cancer on humanity...
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🇮🇪 Web guy @handi@mastodon.ie · Jun 18, 2026
🇮🇪 Web guy
@handi@mastodon.ie

☘ I had a bruising encounter with a global company. I started to ask myself: is our personal data safe? Spoiler alert: No. No, it's not. And neither is our freedom. i'm also the founder of the Handi Homepage. A safe and open-source alternative to #bigtech. Everything you need on one private homepage... Check it out now!

mastodon.ie
Replying to @mike805@noc.social

@mike805@noc.social interesting thanks.

Which LLM companies would purchase residential proxy bandwidth?

What user-agent header would these scrapers use i wonder?

Would it be possible to reverse-engineer this network?

  1. Construct a website
  2. Block all traffic except residential
  3. See which LLM your data shows up on

Am i missing something? Also, whats the difference between a hijacked botnet node and a simple open peer-to-peer node eg. WebRTC, VOIP app, or crypto node?

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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange super-interesting, thanks. What is the residential proxy network Popa used for explicitly? Like you mentioned; possible uses would be ad fraud, cryptography, ddos attacks etc. Is Popa linked to IP Royal or another proxy site? This raises serious questions for the Data Protection Commissioner in Europe i'd imagine... Is the open-proxy hijacking of your tv system clearly spelled out in the terms and conditions of these apps? What does their privacy policy say?
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