Taking Back Control of My Data. — The Journey Begins

So I’m not one for blogging I’ve always been a pretty vocal guy if there’s something I don’t like I’m not afraid of speaking up about it and this is one of those.

For far too long I’ve had big tech oversee whatever I’m doing, the places I go, the people I meet and speak too we’ve become accustomed to constant round the clock spying from governments and big tech in the guise of many things be it to stop terror or protect the kids, just to name a few but what does this consist spying really achieve? Terror attacks are still happening — just recently in my home country of Australia we had one in Bondi and children are still being taken advantage of even with a sweeping blanket act of social media ban where under 16’s now can’t access certain sites which has forced companies like Substack and X to now do age verification something I am not complying with.

This article is the start of my journey to take control of all my data not because I have anything to hide but because I should be the one in charge to give out what information and to whom. If police come knocking on my door wanting CCTV footage with a warrant I’m more than happy to comply but if you want to know what’s in the messages between my partner and I well then you can get lost because you shouldn’t be able to just get that data because you can.

I will be posting weekly on what I’ve done, how I’ve done it and any issues or shortcomings that arise from doing this so subscribe to follow the journey and contact me over on Mastodon if you want to say hey or talk about the series which will be named “Hardcore Apple User Goes Decentralised”

Justin is a privacy, cybersecurity, and open source advocate who is a indie podcaster and contributor from Adelaide, Australia. More information can be found about him here. — Like what I do? Donate to me via Libreapay or Buy me a coffee.