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Claw Back Your Data With Cyd (HOPE 2025)

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redshiftzero @redshiftzero.bsky.social · Aug 17

Gave a talk with @yaelwrites.com and @micahflee.com at HOPE about breaking free from Big Tech

Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 16

Interested in what Cyd is, how it works, and other Lockdown Systems projects? We gave a talk at HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH! Check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnbw... @micahflee.com @redshiftzero.bsky.social @yaelwrites.com

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Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 16

Interested in what Cyd is, how it works, and other Lockdown Systems projects? We gave a talk at HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH! Check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnbw... @micahflee.com @redshiftzero.bsky.social @yaelwrites.com

Claw Back Your Data With Cyd (HOPE 2025)

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · Aug 16

Lockdown Systems spoke at HOPE (me, @redshiftzero.bsky.social and @yaelwrites.com)! Watch it here: Claw Back Your Data With Cyd www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnbw...

Claw Back Your Data With Cyd (HOPE 2025)

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Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 14

The collective that writes my code will be speaking at Hackers on Planet Earth this weekend in NYC! And check out their new project, the ICE Detention Map lockdown.systems/cyd-at-hacke...

Cyd at Hackers on Planet Earth, the ICE Detention Map, and the Lockdown Systems Collective

This weekend, most of the Lockdown Systems collective will be at Hackers on Planet Earth, a hacker conference in New York City. We'll be giving a talk and a workshop called Claw Back Your Data From Bi...

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hippievan.bsky.social @hippievan.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good morning,

Day 1.

I deleted Twitter last night. But before doing that I used Cyd @cyd.social to delete all my posts. Cyd works great, highly recommend it.
Hooray for Cyd, that they built their app.

#FuckElon #Twitter #socialmediaisasocialdisease
#orwellian

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Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 11

Cyd 1.1.18 is released. This one is a small bug fix docs.cyd.social/blog/cyd-1.1...

Cyd 1.1.18 released | Cyd Docs

We're pleased to announce Cyd 1.1.18 is released. Here's what's new:

Cyd 1.1.17 released | Cyd Docs

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · Aug 10

Lockdown Systems and @cyd.social representing at DEFCON

Photo of sticker wall with stickers for Cyd and Lockdown Systems, and “we are clean on OPSEC”

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Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 5

A small but important bugfix update: Cyd 1.1.17 is now released! docs.cyd.social/blog/cyd-1.1...

We're pleased to announce Cyd 1.1.17 is released. Here's what's new:

Cyd 1.1.17 released | Cyd Docs

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Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 5

I'm so sorry! We just fixed this bug with a new release. Basically Cyd supports browsing for a zip file, and it unzips it for you into a temp folder and deletes the temp folder when it's done. The bug is, it deletes the folder even when it's not a temp folder docs.cyd.social/blog/cyd-1.1...

We're pleased to announce Cyd 1.1.17 is released. Here's what's new:

Cyd 1.1.16 released | Cyd Docs

Cyd @cyd.social · Aug 3

Cyd 1.1.16 is out. If you've already deleted your X account, you can still migrate your tweets to Bluesky now! docs.cyd.social/blog/cyd-1.1...

We're pleased to announce Cyd 1.1.16 is released. Here's what's new:

Cyd is desktop app available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jul 30

For Linux we only have apt and rpm. I’d make sure you have the Lockdown Systems repo added to your computer. Here’s the Linux install docs docs.cyd.social/docs/getting...

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Elon Musk's Tesla Diner Is the Cybertruck of Restaurants

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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · Jul 27

I reviewed the Tesla Diner, congrats to me on my new career as a food critic

Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner in Hollywood: long lines, chaotic service, disappointing food and a puzzling design with drive-in movie screens.

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kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲 @adrierising.bsky.social · Jul 18

i found a free way to delete all of your tweets in one go. 10/10 would recommend @cyd.social. there's a paid version to migrate all of your tweets to bluesky, remove all of your likes, and unfollow everyone but the free version works very well. takes about a day to get your data archive.

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Cyd - Claw back your data from Big Tech

Automatically delete your data from tech platforms, except for what you want to keep

Our Privacy Expert Tried, and Failed, to Disappear From the Internet

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jul 14

Wirecutter's @maxeddy.bsky.social tries to disappear from the internet.

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Tackling X, formerly known as Twitter, proved to be another taxing task. I’d made my first tweets by text message, patiently pushing the keys of a flip phone to find the right letters. I had 103,000 tweets, 40,000 retweets, and 130,000 likes that I needed to remove. Deleting the account would have taken mere seconds, but I wanted to keep the account alive but inactive to ensure that no one would try to impersonate me in the future.
Preparing to delete my data from X, I was reminded of my friend who had vanished from the web. Even in the early 2000s, they were careful about their online presence. They used Twitter, but they deleted their tweets and changed accounts regularly. If I posted something about them, a picture or even just a passing reference, they called — on the telephone — and politely asked me to take it down. I thought it was odd at the time, and I sometimes resented it a little. Now, facing down the task of deleting over 100,000 tweets, I think they were on to something.
There was no way that I could possibly remove that many posts on my own. So I enlisted the help of Cyd.
An open-source tool, Cyd (which stands for “claw back your data”) automatically deletes X posts, interactions, bookmarks, and direct messages. Based on my experience, Cyd can clear out 70,000 tweets in about three and a half hours. You can find other tools for deleting old tweets, such as TweetDelete, but I opted for Cyd because I’d had a good experience using it to clean up a personal Twitter account. I also liked that Cyd didn’t need to store any of my personal information; the entire process is managed in an application on my computer, not a service on the cloud.

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adam offitzer @aoffitzer.bsky.social · Jul 10

FYI, I am using @cyd.social to archive all my tweets + RTs and then subsequently delete them all, if anyone is looking for a similar tool

Cyd @cyd.social · Jun 26

Nice shoutout from @nytwirecutter.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

It’s not as simple as deleting a few accounts.

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Boris @bmann.ca · Jul 7

I've paid for @cyd.social to help delete my tweets and transfer my archive to my @bmannconsulting.com account.

They're looking at Facebook, Instagram, and other migration and data deleting features. Fill out the survey with your thoughts.

Micah Lee @micahflee.com · Jul 7

There's one more day to fill our @cyd.social survey and help shape the future direction of the project! cyd.social/help-shape-t...

Fill out our user survey to help us decide what features to build next.

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jul 7

Cyd 1.1.15 released! My app looks way prettier now docs.cyd.social/blog/cyd-1.1...

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · Jul 7

There's one more day to fill our @cyd.social survey and help shape the future direction of the project! cyd.social/help-shape-t...

Fill out our user survey to help us decide what features to build next.

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jul 7

Tuesday, July 8th is the last day to fill out our user survey! Help us decide what to build next here: cyd.social/help-shape-t...

Fill out our user survey to help us decide what features to build next.

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Carl Knecht @rialtus.com · Jul 3

Found the time to actually delete all of my Twitter data, leaving behind a shell of an account with no content. Thank you @cyd.social for a simple way to leave behind a shell of an account on Twitter!

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jul 2

Reminder to fill out our survey by July 8 to help us decide what to build next! cyd.social/help-shape-t...

Fill out our user survey to help us decide what features to build next.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship explodes on test stand

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jun 27

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on its test stand on Wednesday, sending a large fireball into the sky. The company had cleared personnel from around the site.

The failure sent a giant fireball into the sky over the company’s South Texas launch site.

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Cyd @cyd.social · Jun 26

Please fill out our user survey if you haven't already!

Cyd @cyd.social · Jun 24

Want support for Bluesky in Cyd? Or to migrate your photos from Instagram or Facebook to something better? Fill out our user survey to help us decide what to build next: cyd.social/help-shape-t...

Fill out our user survey to help us decide what features to build next.