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Redeploying tor bridges using Terraform and Ansible

Posted on Fri 06 May 2022 in webapps • Tagged with freedom

Torbridges redeployed - more dynamic this time.

Privacy is a human right

Last year the Tor foundation tried to get more people to run Tor bridges. These are entry points for people that are unable to access the tor network via standard means. I deployed a bunch of them and they have been running for months …


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Deploying ten new tor bridges

Posted on Fri 19 November 2021 in webapps • Tagged with freedom

The tor project needs more bridges

Privacy is a human right

Some time has passed since I removed my last tor relay node. But apparently the tor project is facing a declining number of tor bridges, special nodes used by people unable to connect to the tor system in a more convenient/open way. So …


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Streaming issues in 2021

Posted on Sat 09 October 2021 in media • Tagged with freedom

Legal streaming options still limited.

After watching a new series on Netflix, I really wanted to see a movie from 2000 that clearly inspired the creators of said Netflix series.

I looked for the movie on Apple TV, on Netflix and other 'legal' streaming options in my country. None carried …


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Removing DRM from iTunes movies using Tuneskit M4V converter

Posted on Tue 22 October 2019 in desktop • Tagged with freedom

Tuneskit screenshot

People who have known me for longer then ten years may remember me wearing a pirate bay t-shirt. Pirating movies has since become mostly irrelevant for me when it comes to getting access to content. Al lot of paid services have popped up providing different types of ways to access …


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Tor relay node back in business

Posted on Sat 05 August 2017 in services • Tagged with freedom

When a leased server has bandwidth to spare, I try to give it to the tor network. Project servers come and go, but I am happy to report that my relay node is back in business.

Aug 5 14:45:48 droid Tor[8966]: Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
Aug 5 14 …

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