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            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1760</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Anna&amp;#039;s Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-322-million-spotify-piracy-case-without-a-fight/" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Spotify and several major record labels have secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna&amp;#039;s Archive.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-18T14:25:20+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1608</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://agelesslinux.org/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1608"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            <updated>2026-03-14T09:03:49+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1582</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[System76 on Age Verification Laws]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1582"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-06T18:27:52+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1550</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone&amp;#039;s data protection]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1550"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Age verification is forcing companies to undermine data privacy laws.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-24T14:10:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1541</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.sambent.com/a-botnet-accidentally-destroyed-i2p-the-full-story/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1541"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[On February 3, 2026, the I2P anonymity network was flooded with 700,000 hostile nodes in what became one of the most devastating Sybil attacks an anonymity network has ever experienced. The network normally operates with 15,000 to 20,000 active devices. The attackers overwhelmed it by a factor]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-22T15:46:55+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1539</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here&amp;#039;s what I handed over]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1539"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-22T14:08:45+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1525</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.tomaszdunia.pl/grapheneos-eng/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1525"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[🇬🇧-&amp;gt;🇵🇱 Przejdź do polskiej wersji tego wpisu / Go to polish version of this post]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-18T14:13:08+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1523</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Use protocols, not services]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://notnotp.com/notes/use-protocols-not-services/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1523"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The Internet is almost anonymous and privacy-preserving by design. I mean, unless some administrator actively tries to track you, there is no built-in...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-17T14:11:01+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1303</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Ubuntu&amp;#039;s New Telemetry Tool Will &amp;#039;Phone Home&amp;#039; Monthly - OMG! Ubuntu]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-insights-telemetry-26-04-lts" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1303"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Changes to Ubuntu&amp;#039;s telemetry with the new Ubuntu Insights tool include more frequent reporting, more controls and more transparency on what&amp;#039;s collected.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-12T19:04:09+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1279</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Be Like Clippy]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://be-clippy.com/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1279"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Join the Be Like Clippy movement to make technology more user-friendly and transparent. Including a list of custom clippy profile pictures]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-30T13:39:23+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1217</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Perkeep – Personal storage system for life]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://perkeep.org/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1217"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            <updated>2025-11-12T18:33:57+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1215</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Firefox expands fingerprint protections: advancing towards a more private web]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/fingerprinting-protections/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1215"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[With Firefox 145, we’re rolling out major privacy upgrades that take on browser fingerprinting — a pervasive and hidden tracking technique that lets we]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-12T06:30:58+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1212</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Time to start de-Appling]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1212"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-12T00:25:38+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1190</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Info - Sailfish OS]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://sailfishos.org/info/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1190"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-02T11:21:38+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1140</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Show HN: Timelinize – Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://timelinize.com" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1140"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Timelinize (&amp;quot;time-lynn-eyes&amp;quot;) is an open source personal archival suite, designed for modern family history. It organizes all your data onto a single, unified timeline on your own computer.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-12T17:33:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1108</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Helium Browser]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://helium.computer/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1108"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise. Fully open source.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-09-25T13:55:59+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1076</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[GitHub - zedless-editor/zed: (WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://github.com/zedless-editor/zed" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1076"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[(WIP) Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first - zedless-editor/zed]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-08-21T05:52:55+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1047</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Do not download the app, use the website]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://idiallo.com/blog/dont-download-apps" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1047"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Apps often demand excessive permissions, accessing your contacts, location, and more. Discover why sticking to your browser offers better privacy and control.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-07-26T09:05:55+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1037</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Fully Homomorphic Encryption and the Dawn of A Truly Private Internet]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://bozmen.io/fhe" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1037"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Barış Özmen Blog]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-07-18T18:59:21+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/955</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Meta Pixel halts Android localhost tracking after disclosure • The Register]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_pauses_android_tracking_tech/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/955"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-08T20:36:10+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/950</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://localmess.github.io/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/950"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Facebook and Yandex link Web and App usage via a localhost network connection]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-10T08:50:32+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/880</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://w3ctag.github.io/web-without-3p-cookies/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/880"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:09:03+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/768</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[VC&amp;amp;G | » The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/the-pc-is-dead-its-time-to-make-computing-personal-again" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/768"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Adventures in vintage computers and retrogaming.  Includes articles on classic games and obsolete computers.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T00:50:09+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/711</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[privastead/privastead]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://github.com/privastead/privastead" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/711"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Contribute to privastead/privastead development by creating an account on GitHub.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-26T04:00:30+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/558</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[ASIO director-general Mike Burgess issues warning to big tech companies they may soon be forced to u]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-05/asio-chief-mike-burgess-warns-tech-companies-encrypted-chats/104308374" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/558"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[ASIO boss Mike Burgess says he may soon use powers to compel tech companies to cooperate with warrants and unlock encrypted chats to aid national security investigations.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-24T04:00:43+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/542</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[What to know about messaging platform Telegram and the arrest of its founde]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-26/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested/104269480" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/542"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The founder of encrypted messaging service Telegram has been detained in France as part of an investigation into a lack of moderation and criminal use of the platform.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-25T04:00:12+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/536</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Proton VPN Finally Adds WireGuard Support for Linux Users]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://news.itsfoss.com/protonvpn-wireguard-linux/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/536"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Proton VPN gets better for Linux users.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-20T16:00:33+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/406</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[LibRedirect]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://libredirect.github.io/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/406"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc. requests to alternative privacy-friendly frontends]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-26T06:00:29+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/351</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Invidious - An open source alternative front-end to YouTube]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://invidious.io/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/351"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Invidious is an open source alternative front-end to YouTube.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-21T06:00:27+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/239</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-ubuntu-pi-hole-for-cloudflare-dns-over-https/amp/?__twitter_impression=true]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/configure-ubuntu-pi-hole-for-cloudflare-dns-over-https/amp/?__twitter_impression=true" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/239"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-24T16:00:08+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/121</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2017/11/15/favourite-block-lists-cryptoaustralia/]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2017/11/15/favourite-block-lists-cryptoaustralia/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/121"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-20T06:00:37+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/96</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[https://jigsaw.google.com/]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://jigsaw.google.com/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/96"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Jigsaw is an interdisciplinary unit within Google that builds technology that inspires scalable solutions.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-18T10:00:36+10:00</updated>
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