Hi, I'm Michael. I'm a writer, photographer, and self-sovereignty guide, author of 2 books, and I talk about privacy, decentralisation, self-hosting, Linux, digital freedom, and Web3.
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That is not the point. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess According to BrowserGate, LinkedIn silently probes Chrome-based browsers for installed extensions when people visit the site, without consent or disclosure. Their database says the scan now covers 6,222 extensions, including job search tools, VPNs, ad blockers, and other signals that can reveal far more about a person than most people realise. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Julian's story hits because it is not really about getting rich quickly. It is about what happens when young people look at the traditional financial path, see debt, inflation, and shrinking opportunities, and decide to take a risk to try to break the script. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Europe is heading into another privacy collision. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This documentary draws a sharp contrast: Hungary treated border control as a sovereignty issue, while Britain treated it like an awkward administrative problem. That difference shapes everything. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Essex Police scanned around 1.3 million faces in public with live facial recognition. Yet the Cambridge evaluation found that, in its operating environment, it identified only about half of the people on its watchlist who passed the cameras. The same report found demographic performance differences and no statistically significant short-term reduction in crime. The ICO says deployments were paused over identified inaccuracy and bias risks. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This video feels painfully current because the prison it points to is not just a cell; it is modern life itself. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess A baseless copyright claim against a web host is a good reminder that too many copyright threats are built on fear, not fairness. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Big Brother Watch nails the real issue here. Apple's UK age checks are not just a child-safety feature; they push Identity checks down to the device itself. Adults may now have to prove they are 18 with a credit card or ID to keep full access to services and settings on hardware they already paid for. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Exactly. The issue is not just one freeze; it is the structure underneath it. If Europe is expected to bankroll its own defence while remaining exposed to US political mood swings, then this is not a balanced alliance; it is dependency with branding. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Exactly. Once housing is structured around extraction, the fallout is predictable: displacement, insecurity, and communities hollowed out for profit. Also worth noting, the link currently goes to a 404, which rather gets in the way of a useful discussion. Homes should be for living in first, investing in second. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Most modern control does not arrive looking like control. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess 🚨 GitHub users, opt out now. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Nothing about this week feels normal. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess We are told modern systems make life easier. Often they do. But what happens when that same convenience comes bundled with surveillance, digital Identity checks, behavioural shaping, and quiet dependence? npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Iran's wartime internet crackdown is a brutal reminder that digital rights matter most when everything else is falling apart. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Journalists working near borders face a very different kind of pressure. It is not only about reporting the story, but it is also about protecting your notes, devices, contacts, and sources. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess AI can be a useful tool, but the moment we outsource thinking itself, we risk giving up something essential. Bradley Rettler makes a sharp point here: if a handful of companies shape the systems people lean on to reason, write, and decide, that is not progress; it is centralised thought. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess 100% agree npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess i think you miss understand it would mean more not less npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess That's what I hope the newsletter will be for my friends. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Something new is coming to beitmenotyou.online. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Canada and the Nordic countries are moving closer in the Arctic, and that tells you a lot about where the world is heading. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Farage's plan to "Americanise" British politics should worry anyone who still wants Westminster to feel like a parliament rather than a permanent campaign. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess UK policymakers are drifting into dangerous territory. The government's own consultation now asks whether children's access to VPNs should be restricted or age-checked, even while admitting adult use of VPNs is lawful and legitimate. That matters because VPNs are not some shady loophole. The UK's own NCSC describes them as encrypted connections used by organisations to secure remote access and protect data in transit. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess BBC Wales asks whether Britain is becoming "too dog-friendly", while an MP complains that platforms like X make it too easy for people to have their views heard. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Iran's move in the Strait of Hormuz looks less like a blockade and more like a geopolitical toll booth. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This week's Surveillance Report hits like a warning siren. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Europe is being told to spend more, rearm faster, and shoulder a greater share of its own security burden. Fine. But if European money can be redirected, delayed, or left hanging while Washington still expects Europe to keep buying American weapons, people are right to ask hard questions. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess The housing crisis is not some natural disaster that just appeared out of nowhere. It is being shaped by incentives, planning choices, political cowardice, and a system that too often treats homes as financial instruments before it treats them as places to live. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess The financial system is changing in plain sight. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Linux gaming just got a serious lift. Wine 11.0 is here with NTSYNC support, full support for the new WoW64 architecture, around 6,300 changes, and more than 600 bug fixes. For anyone trying to run Windows games on Linux, that is a big deal. Better compatibility, better performance potential, and another reminder that Linux gaming keeps pushing forward. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess BlackBeltBarrister's "Blistering Attack from WITHIN!" taps into something bigger than one news cycle. The sharpest criticism often lands hardest when it comes from inside the machine itself. When insiders start speaking plainly, the public gets a glimpse of what spin was trying to hide. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Patrick Christys is tearing into Labour's so-called "new" migrant deal, and the criticism will land with many because the reality looks far less "new" than the spin suggests. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Not funny because a breach is good. Funny because the irony is ridiculous. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess One of the worst hacks of 2026 should be a wake-up call for every developer. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess 🚨 Before you send your friend a DM on Instagram, think twice. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Brian Cox's take on the Great Filter is genuinely unsettling. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess U.S. Crypto law is finally getting more explicit about something that really matters: there is a difference between intermediaries and self-custodial tools. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Big Tech keeps selling AI as magic, but too often the real business model is data extraction. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Freedom of the Press Foundation just published a sharp reminder that NSA surveillance is not some abstract issue. If governments can pull in huge amounts of communications, then your choice of tools matters right now. End-to-end encryption is not paranoia; it is basic digital hygiene. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess I've just posted a quote reply on Mastodon about privacy, surveillance, and the danger of governments building centralised databases filled with deeply personal information. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Today I’m marking Trans Day of Visibility with this image in the colours of the trans flag: light blue, pink, and white, woven together as a reminder that visibility matters, dignity matters, and trans lives matter. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess I posted from https://ditto.pub Maybe it added something during federation npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This is the kind of story that leaves people feeling sick, not only because of the allegation but also because of the secrecy surrounding it. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Ageless Linux is a brilliant bit of political theatre and a serious warning wrapped in a Debian-based protest project. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess California's A.B. 1043 shows where age-gating goes next: into the operating system itself. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Home Assistant just published a useful reminder: self-hosting is not only about convenience; it is about control. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Own the stack before the stack owns you. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess People heard “Proton” and assumed total safety. This case is a reminder that Proton Mail and Proton VPN are not the same thing, and privacy is not the same as anonymity. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess YouTube is drifting towards an internet where watching a video can mean proving who you are. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess KadNap is a reminder that the router in your home or lab is not just a utility box, it is part of your security boundary. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Every Bitcoin cycle creates the same seven characters, and this video absolutely roasts them before they roast each other 😅 npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Nostr: npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess I am new to Linux and wondering if there is a solution available. As for Linux Mint, I have had difficulty getting it to work on any device. I have tried using Wi-Fi, but I cannot get it to connect. I don’t have any external devices, like a webcam or USB drive, and on some devices, the live USB either does not work or fails to install completely. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Been testing Zorin OS and honestly, this is the closest I’ve felt to “Linux for normal people” without the usual headaches. It gives me that Windows 10 comfort, but without the bloat and nonsense. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This is interesting, I genuinely had no idea Punkt even made a proper "secure smartphone" like this. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess 5 reasons Bitcoin could go parabolic in 2026 👀 npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Yeah, this really is a piss take, and you’re right to be angry. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess That idea always gets people's attention, especially when you look at places that do manage with little or no income tax and still deliver a high standard of living. It sounds impossible at first, but it usually comes down to alternative revenue sources like natural resources, sovereign wealth funds, or strategic investment income. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This is a really common situation, and honestly it helps to frame it in a way that makes sense to a teenager’s world, not an adult privacy lecture. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess @nprofile…vu7k in the last few hours on any device dashboard 8 keeps giving me this error npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Awww npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess https://media4.giphy.com/media/ASGyFWC2Q2rY7NmlrV/giphy.gif?cid=4ea4f8d5jlfb4m7kadakap20sb921nw6olx8brr1qk9j6gw7&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g #nevent1q…am5d npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Indeed it does friend indeed it does #note1342…j9pz npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Bless but so true npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This is an interesting deep dive into what living fully on Bitcoin by 2026 could look like. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Thanks for the suggested I defo will npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess For me for some reason my hyper focus kicked in at school npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess This is bigger than just free speech or privacy killing countries. Something coordinated is happening. Control, identity, surveillance, all tightening at once. We should be paying attention. npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Small groups of talk where people in your area are interested npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Interesting thought I'll have to do more research but would be cool and needed for security and privacy and something we should think about before quantum computer become powerful enough to crack nostr #note18cf…sspu npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Not enough fait to buy it right away like me I can only buy £20 to £50 a month so I'm stacking slowly as right now I live paycheck to paycheck npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess To dam right npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess B npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Small bits of education and teach more about the tech and use cases then price npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess There has to be a better may like forcing everyone into the chain and making all coins move and not burning them who ddo not comply npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess From what I understand at the moment some LNURLs are having a strange issue creating invoices npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess https://media1.giphy.com/media/ZqlvCTNHpqrio/200w.webp npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Try again now I have changed it to the address that lighnig address redirected to npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Thanks I'll let @npub1kmw…xqk9 know npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt Michael J Burgess Good thing I am from the UK this at least will not be forces apon us unless the Labour government buts back I. 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