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Here I write mainly about all topics related to this site. It will be mostly technical in nature, but also about everything else that interests me, which is a lot: politics, art, philosophy, current events from the news, and always whatever is personally on my mind. And know ye: I am a Jack of many trades and a master of none. So take everything I say with a healthy dose of scepticism and a generous helping of suspicion. And if it doesn't taste right, feel free to add more salt.
If Nobody Does It, Do It Yourself - pdf-encrypt-lib
I published my first JavaScript library: pdf-encrypt-lib brings AES-256 PDF encryption to pdf-lib, filling a gap that most PDF libraries leave open.
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How Democracy Abolishes Itself - Again - and Slides Into Authoritarian Rule
The German government is working to effectively abolish the IFG, while the EU is once again pushing to extend and expand Chat Control.
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250 Years of the Declaration of Independence, Democracy Gone Astray
The USA celebrates 250 years of independence and democracy. But was the country ever a true democracy? A critical assessment from Roman roots to financial oligarchy.
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Nostr and Tor Against Big Data and Techno-Feudalism
Nostr and Tor are the architectural answer to techno-feudalism. On decentralization, cryptographic identity, and escaping Big Data's feudal grip.
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The Digital Estate: Seed Phrases and/or Passwords Could Drive Your Family to Despair
Between 2.3 and 3.7 million Bitcoin are gone forever - not hacked, but because no heir knew the keys. Shamir Secret Sharing fixes that.
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Publishing and/with AI - Poetry, Authorship, and Questions we need to answer
A reflection on publishing poetry before AI changed everything, and the open questions around AI-generated content, media literacy, and authorship.
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The Invisible Memory of Your Photos
Photo may carry hidden metadata. GPS coordinates, camera model, timestamps, author details. What EXIF data reveals, why WebP is affected too, and how to remove it cleanly.
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Why Our Stegofile Tool Failed With Brave
Brave Shields protects against canvas fingerprinting but breaks pixel-accurate canvas operations in the process. How the Stegofile tool was affected and how it was solved by bypassing the canvas API.
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From Pixels to Characters, from Characters to Pixels
Two new browser tools on ascend: the Asciifile-Creator turns images into ASCII art, the QRcode-Generator creates QR codes with no account, no tracking, fully offline.
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Four Years of Tail Emission
Monero celebrates four years of tail emission. What it is, why PoW consensus without a permanent miner incentive is structurally fragile, and why the Monero community got this right from the start.
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