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Security & Privacy. All summarized Hacker News discussions tagged with this topic.
Discover what to do when Google's policies prevent you from deleting an old app or closing your developer account. Learn practical solutions like unpublishing, transferring to a new account for privacy, or giving your project away.
Frustrated with constant GDPR and cookie consent banners? Discover the best browser extensions and settings that can automatically handle, block, and manage them for a cleaner browsing experience.
As governments mandate ID verification for online content, discover strategies to protect your privacy and the open internet. Explore political action, technical alternatives like the RTA header, and circumvention tools.
Discover the best self-hosted photo management solutions for 2025, from the feature-rich Immich to the privacy-focused Ente. Learn about the tools, AI models, and best practices for building your own private, intelligent photo library.
Explore a variety of personal data backup and sync strategies, from simple rsync scripts to advanced ZFS snapshots and encrypted cloud backups with tools like Restic, Borg, and Syncthing.
An exploration of a 'social mode' in AI chats, where the AI acts as a broker to connect users and ideas. This new paradigm could reshape social networks but faces major privacy and ethical hurdles.
Exploring methods and community perspectives on how to contact users about old online posts when direct replies are disabled, including workarounds and the debate around direct messaging.
Discover various parental control methods discussed by parents, including DNS filtering (Cloudflare, NextDNS), PiHole, Apple MDM, and crucial warnings about certain tools and kids' ingenuity.
A Hacker News discussion reveals strong recommendations for using a custom domain for your primary email and explores top provider choices like Fastmail, mailbox.org, and Proton Mail for enhanced security and control.
Discover the top Firefox add-ons recommended by Hacker News users for 2025, focusing on privacy (uBlock Origin, Containers), productivity (SponsorBlock, Dark Reader), and customization for an optimal browsing experience.
