John Fastman
Scientist, blogger, hacktivist and all-round computer whizz-kid. In my spare time I'm a model (mainly for pathology textbooks).
- Level 8
Recent activity
- Deleted an app
Commented on CrypteeI love where Cryptee is going...
The world needs an encrypted Evernote replacement
The world needs a privacy-respecting Evernote replacement. Evernote is the market leader in note-taking apps and has some tremendous features. However, it stores user data unencrypted on web-facing servers, it's been hacked and lost user data, and the CEO only reversed [a policy decision to allow employees to read user...
Commented on BearUpdate:
Below is my 2017 review of Bear, privacy concerns and all. A particularly vocal critic of my view seems to imply that my criticism is against the Italian origins of the Bear app. Even a cursory reading of what I wrote will show this is not the case. I have nothing against Italians. I was merely imploring the potential customers of Bear to consider that their data might be subject to Italian law, about which most will know very little.
Nearly three years later, I can offer more...
Updated oneheap- Added Support for MarkDown as a feature to Write.as
Liked Write.as- Commented on Software for Privacy
I have tried Joplin. I think it's a good app. I had it in this list before, but prefer Crypt.ee. But there's nothing wrong with Joplin.
Calendaring is something I am so angry about, you have no idea. Absolutely no privacy-oriented service provides a fully-featured, synced calendaring option, despite it being the back-bone of many people's online work flow. The closest thing used to be Countermail's calendar, which was zero-knowledge encrypted and built into their...
Liked OpenConnect
Downvoted a comment on Maxthon Browser as an alternative to Vivaldiactually it really is an good alternative whenever there's a problem and you notify them you'll get respond within real short time to solve whatever problem you have
Liked Mozilla Firefox
Updated Proton Mail Bridge- Liked Proton Mail Bridge
- Added Proton Mail Bridge
Liked GOG.com, Wolfram Alpha and Simplenote
Liked Semaphor
Reviewed Proton VPNProtonVPN is a VPN service run by the creators of ProtonMail. It's part of their wider efforts to give people options for protecting their online privacy and anonymity.
The Good
- Easy and intuitive to use clients for Windows and Mac
- Support for Linux via configuration files for use with OpenVPN
- Connections made on Linux (which I've tested more than others) are rock solid stable for days
- Open source software (more trustworthy)
- Company based in...
Upvoted a comment on Proton MailI try as much than I can't to avoid big corp like GAFAM and at the same time looking for open source and great product. I leave in Switzerland, which is a great country for individual privacy. Just for you info, Phil Zimmermann, the inventor of PGP, move from US to Switzerland to be more able protect his privacy.
I have few account with ProtonMail but, never use them on my smart device simply because I don't have Google Play on these device and when I download the ProtonMail APK...
- Reviewed Proton Mail Bridge
Protonmail have done a lot to promote online privacy. They have done this by developing an email service intended to challenge the likes of Gmail and other "free" online services that violate the privacy of their users. They are not the only company to do this, but they should be praised for pursuing a laudable goal, making more people privacy-aware and for providing a viable way to protect privacy.
However, their team leave many unanswered questions on their forum, so here are...
Added Enigmail, Mailvelope and GPGMail as alternative to Proton Mail Bridge
Liked Kube