GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in(github.com)

261 points by 6581 2 years ago | 170 comments

Public Signal Backups Testing(community.signalusers.org)

42 points by blendergeek 1 year ago | 15 comments

You can no longer browse open source code on GitHub without logging in first(github.com)

26 points by confusing3478 1 year ago | 8 comments

Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)(community.signalusers.org)

62 points by mindracer 3 years ago | 62 comments

Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended(github.com)

63 points by justsomehuman 4 months ago | 24 comments

Codeberg Reconsidering OSI License Approval in Terms of Use(codeberg.org)

46 points by pabs3 2 years ago | 10 comments

Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message(discuss.privacyguides.net)

575 points by negura 5 months ago | 427 comments

Privacy Guides forum thread discussing Google account registration now requiring users to send an SMS from their phone (via QR code) rather than receive one.

Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames(signal.org)

1330 points by Josely 2 years ago | 798 comments

Signal blog post from February 2024 announcing usernames and settings that let users keep their phone numbers private from contacts.

By default, Signal doesn't recall(signal.org)

432 points by feross 1 year ago | 327 comments

Signal blog post from May 2025 explaining that Signal Desktop on Windows now blocks screenshots by default to keep chats out of Microsoft Recall.

I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets(github.com)

202 points by trvrprkr 9 days ago | 155 comments

A closed GitHub issue on the home-assistant.io repo in which a user complains that an integration scanning their secrets was enabled without authorization, calling it a privacy invasion.

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree(f-droid.org)

1284 points by gumby271 1 year ago | 472 comments

F-Droid blog post responding to Google's new requirement that Android app developers register with Google, and its impact on F-Droid and free software apps.

Shreddit is a Python program to remove all your Reddit comments(github.com)

335 points by wgx 3 years ago | 207 comments

GitHub repository for Shreddit, a Python tool using PRAW to delete your Reddit comment history, since deleting an account does not remove comments.