rclone Crypt: Encrypted Cloud Buckets That Stay Yours
Client-side encryption with rclone crypt keeps your cloud backups opaque to providers. Key management, filename encryption, and restore drills for B2, S3, Drive.
Tag: privacy
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The Free Tier Rug Pull
Free AI tiers are loans against a future price, paid in your data, your architecture, or your time. Here's the collateral to check before you build on one.
Local Voice Assistant: Whisper + Piper + Home Assistant
Ditch Alexa and Google Home. Build a fully local voice assistant with Whisper STT, Piper TTS, and Home Assistant using the Wyoming protocol.
DIY Perplexity: SearXNG + Local LLM = Private Web Search
Replace Perplexity with SearXNG + a local LLM for private, cited web search. Full Perplexica/Morphic deploy walkthrough, Ollama, latency tradeoffs.
Mozilla Sync Server Self-Hosted: Still Viable?
Firefox Sync still works self-hosted in 2026, but the setup is more involved than it looks. Here's the real story, plus whether it's actually worth it.
Mullvad VPN Containers via Gluetun: Per-App VPN
Route specific Docker containers through Mullvad VPN via Gluetun, keeping Plex and everything else on your home WAN. No iptables nightmares, no tunneling drama.
Vaultwarden Behind Authelia: 2FA That Holds
Lock down your Vaultwarden with Authelia forward auth, two-factor authentication at the proxy layer before a single byte reaches your password vault.
Joplin Server vs Trilium vs Standard Notes
Three self-hosted note apps, one winner for your setup. Compare Joplin Server, Trilium, and Standard Notes on sync speed, E2EE, and real working Docker deploys.
Invidious, Piped, Redlib, Nitter: 2026 Status
Invidious, Piped, Redlib, and Nitter status in 2026: which privacy frontends still work, which died from API changes, and how to self-host the survivors.
BTCPay Server: Self-Hosted Crypto Payments
Run your own Bitcoin and Lightning payment processor with BTCPay Server, zero middlemen, zero percentage fees, and no Stripe account getting frozen at 2 AM.
LibreSpeed: Hosting Your Own Speed Test
Stop trusting speedtest.net numbers. Host LibreSpeed to measure real LAN, VPN, and ISP throughput with zero ads, no telemetry leaks, and a quick Docker deploy.
LibreTranslate: Local Translation Without Google
Run your own translation API with LibreTranslate and Argos Translate. No Google involved, no data leaks, and no surprise per-character billing on your bill.