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Updated on March 28, 2023

Yes, you can live without Big Tech.

If data is the new oil, then I'm here to help you go electric.

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Tales

BBC Radio 4 Feature

March 28, 2023
Environmentally friendly lightbulb, lit up.
Philosophy

From Impact to Input: Why I'm Still Hopeful About the Future of Tech

March 19, 2023
Sad-faced cloud with text, There is no cloud it's just someone else's
computer
Reviews

iCloud or Your Cloud?

March 7, 2023
Cell phone with Disneyland app, cracked screen
Tales

Data-Free Disneyland

January 31, 2023
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tracking requests found, no third party requests. no companies are
trying to load tracking requests on this page.
Philosophy

Why this site isn't a Substack

January 30, 2023
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Reviews

The Opt Out Way to Use Email

January 9, 2023
A phone in the foreground loading a new operating system; in the
background, a laptop open with lots of text at the command line.
Phones

Seeking A Smarter Smartphone

January 8, 2023
Person on screen in mask and glasses at Target checkout, labeled
"recording in progress"
Tales

Adventures (and Misadventures) in Data Privacy

January 2, 2023
Collection of Amazon gift cards
Reproduction

How to: Shop Untraceably, Online

December 10, 2022
Toy shark, sixteen dollars in cash, two pairs of kids goggles and a
receipt.
Reproduction

How to: Shop Untraceably, Offline

November 17, 2022
An orange
Philosophy

What to Expect when you're Privately Expecting

November 9, 2022
Pregnant woman's belly with data stream inside
Reproduction

How to Have a Private Pregnancy

November 8, 2022
"your vote counts" badge
Philosophy

Why We Must Vote With Our Feet

November 7, 2022
A break-up movie poster, with Twitter substitute
Basics

How To: The Tech Break-Up

October 27, 2022
Three alternative cell phones, circa 2016
Basics

About the Opt Out Project

October 4, 2022
[No-Google-round-2]
Basics

Can you really opt out?

October 3, 2022
Lock and key
Philosophy

My Privacy Policy

October 3, 2022
Janet Vertesi with linux phone, logged in as root
Basics

Who am I?

September 28, 2022
Five generations of Sailfish Phones I have loved.
Phones

Sailfish: my fave iPhone and Android Alternative

September 28, 2022
Crossed out Google logo
Reviews

Google-Free Living (it's better here)

September 28, 2022
Would you rather ... have no cell phone or no computer?
Basics

Welcome to the Opt Out Project

September 13, 2022
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