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The Future of PrivacyTools

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Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#11

Post by Radim »

freddyym wrote: post #5
kashura wrote: post #3

What happened to the founder and their involvement?

We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.

Ha! That explains why I never heard back from him in my emails.

Freddy, do you mind reaching out to me at radim@pii-tools.com? I'd like to discuss options of support / partnership, for the (formerly) PrivacyTools.

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#12

Post by freddyym »

Radim wrote: post #11
freddyym wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.

Ha! That explains why I never heard back from him in my emails. Freddy, do you mind reaching out to me at radim@pii-tools.com? I'd like to discuss options of support / partnership, for the (formerly) PrivacyTools.

If you wait until the new name is decided, then you can get in contact with me via email: hello [at] freddym [dot] xyz

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#14

Post by Rd6n6 »

freddyym wrote: post #5
kashura wrote: post #3

What happened to the founder and their involvement?

We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.

How is privacy tools operated? What is the organization behind it? Is it a business or a group or volunteers?

I’ve been visiting for years, it’s a good site

Edit: looks like it’s becoming a business?

> The PrivacyTools team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no tracking, no third-party requests of any kind

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#15

Post by ignoramous »

freddyym wrote: post #9
counternotions wrote: post #4

Weird they are taking this so seriously. I thought this was just another one of those spam VPN review sites?

I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs used to play a large role in the site (they no longer do), but we've never accepted any affiliate requests. (We do however operate a sponsorship programe which we are working on making a criteria for). [2,3] We have a strict criteria for the few VPNs we do list…

(freddy-m: first-up, thanks for your work on ptio)

I hope the process around software-suggestions gets clearer with this move; the backlog has been growing steadily for over a year [0] with developers left hanging without any follow-up (for ex, a suggestion I submitted hasn't been looked at in over 6 months).

[0] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9...

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#17

Post by freddyym »

Rd6n6 wrote: post #14
freddyym wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix chat about three times). This affected fundamental tasks like updating the site and having our servers for our services work.

How is privacy tools operated? What is the organization behind it? Is it a business or a group or volunteers? I’ve been visiting for years, it’s a good site Edit: looks like it’s becoming a business? > The PrivacyTools team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no track…

Currently it is a not-for-profit organization, though we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability.

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#18

Post by freddyym »

ignoramous wrote: post #15
freddyym wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs used to play a large role in the site (they no longer do), but we've never accepted any affiliate requests. (We do however operate a sponsorship programe which we are working on making a criteria for). [2,3] We have a strict criteria for the few VPNs we do list…

(freddy-m: first-up, thanks for your work on ptio) I hope the process around software-suggestions gets clearer with this move; the backlog has been growing steadily for over a year [0] with developers left hanging without any follow-up (for ex, a suggestion I submitted hasn't been looked at in over 6 months). [0] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/labels/%F0%9...

One of the first things we plan on doing with the new organisaion is creating a criteria for each section. (We already do this for some sections, e.g. email and vpns). That way we can just judge each software suggestion against our guidelines and bypass all the fuss. And then we can focus on more exciting things like expanding the site and working on the community.

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#19

Post by kosasbest »

I have adopted many of the tools found on that site, and the novelty of it has worn off. It's rare now that new tools come along in the privacy space. It's a bit of a golden age / renaissance of privacy tools and there are more than enough tools now to be very private online. Some would argue the opposite, but if you put the work in, you can avoid the gaze of Big Brother.

Re: The Future of PrivacyTools

#20

Post by freddyym »

kosasbest wrote: post #19

I have adopted many of the tools found on that site, and the novelty of it has worn off. It's rare now that new tools come along in the privacy space. It's a bit of a golden age / renaissance of privacy tools and there are more than enough tools now to be very private online. Some would argue the opposite, but if you put the work in, you can avoid the gaze of Big Brother.

> I miss the old version of PT where everything was all on one page, and I could just save the page for some offline reference.

See here: https://privacytools.io/classic/

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