Joel Almeida
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Joel Almeida
@bytebanker.bsky.social
Software engineer by day, tongue twister by night
Lisboa menina e moça
Vegan 🌱
Reposted by Joel Almeida
How we use the internet is largely shaped by a handful of US-based tech giants.

US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.

Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.

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March 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lagos, 20250328
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Lisboa, 20250323
March 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Terrifying and dystopian
proton.me Proton @proton.me · Mar 21
Cookies were just the tip of the iceberg.

The entire online tracking industry is just getting started, and this video proves what we've said all along: even without cookies, Big Tech finds ways to track you.
March 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Parque Silva Porto, 20250316
March 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Torres Vedras, 20250228
March 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lisboa, 20250226
February 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Lisbon, 20240223
February 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Green Affair, Chiado, Lisbon 20250223
February 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Apple joins Bluesky :)
👋 from the Swift team, now on Bluesky!
February 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Joel Almeida
To journalists:

Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th!

I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs:

www.flashes.blue
Flashes - A Photo & Video App for Bluesky
Flashes - A Photo & Video App for Bluesky
www.flashes.blue
February 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Queso Blanco Bowl with Crispy Kale , 20250216
February 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Time to let Google go and move on to better things
I had to check for myself. Yep. Google Maps changed the name to Gulf of America. But eggs?

We live in the stupidest timeline ever!
February 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Praia Nova, 20250208
February 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM