Patrick Leavy

Save democracy - Switch away from Big Tech products at https://rebeltechalliance.org/ (where I'm a co-founder)

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2026-07-22 18:15:46 GMT

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@nprofile…hfl4 @nprofile…x6j3 great to hear about the partnership! 🥳
Why are phones so big these days though? I'm wanting to move on from my Samsung S23 and at 6.1" the screen is big enough. Are no new phones coming out that are that size?

2026-06-27 11:53:04 GMT

What do people make of this?
https://www.flamman.se/techprofil-ger-miljoner-till-orebropartiet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Party that party seems quite extreme...
I use Mullvad. Which other VPNs have no logs policies and are regularly audited? We list some here but maybe it needs an update:
https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/vpn.html
#vpn @nprofile…0a0c #extremepolitical

2026-06-16 07:28:28 GMT

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@nprofile…4gcp @nprofile…72ar fair. No, not the beginning. But perhaps a tipping point?

2026-05-09 08:26:40 GMT

@nprofile…60xv is there any chance you could remove the API that exposes battery % to websites? According to this site
https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken
"Firefox removed this API in 2016. Your browser still exposes it."
Same goes for exposing the GPU.
That would go some way to reducing the fingerprinting.
For everyone else: imo this is why you should always use a VPN - IP address cuts to the chase for the creepy surveillance economy (they don't need to try so hard with fingerprinting if they have that)

2026-04-24 15:28:17 GMT

@nprofile…60xv forgive my ignorance but will it ever be possible to install extensions in Vivaldi mobile, like we can in Firefox-based mobile browsers?
I know your ad+tracking blocker is pretty good, but it's a shame not to be able to also bust out Privacy Badger or Ublock Origin on mobile.

2026-04-16 14:01:13 GMT

yes #bigtech cannot be trusted. The only way is to sidestep them!
Find alternatives at https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html
or for a fun way to interrogate our site's content, choose 'Big Tech Alternatives' in the red options at the top of the chat box and chat with the bot about what alternatives are out there: https://mollyvsthemachines.com/home
To see which phones can do the Easy Install (web installer) for Iode - look here: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/mobileos.html
#nevent1q…s277

2026-03-20 13:05:02 GMT

😂
#nevent1q…4704

2026-02-27 23:06:19 GMT

This is great! A Norwegian report, aimed at EU policy makers, explaining why everything on the internet is so shit now. Inspired by the great @nprofile…ugpy theory of #enshittification
https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-free-pathways-to-a-fair-technological-future.pdf
In the meantime all the good alternatives are here:
https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech-walkout-2026/
#privacy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #ads #surveillance

2025-12-23 05:14:31 GMT

"LLMs are structurally indifferent to the truth"
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-chatbot-journal-research-fake-citations-1235485484/
Academic journals being invented, and now those citations contain bullshit #AI citations, giving legitimacy to a string of bullshit papers.... Flooding the zone with shit.
The cynic in me thinks this could be deliberate - by those who want to make the 'post-truth age' a reality.
#LLM #academic #research #truth #bigtech

2025-12-12 22:37:17 GMT

@nprofile…998y I was just reading your recent article
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/11/nothing-personal/
and when you got to the bit at the end about how to stop them using surveillance pricing by not leaking so much personal data...
... for a second I thought you were going to recommend RTA's #BigTechWalkout2025 programme!
https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech-walkout-2025
Regulation isn't happening so unfortunately it's on us citizens to take evasive action!
Use #ethicaltech instead of #bigtech 😁

2025-12-12 07:59:05 GMT

The UK health service #NHS is using an #AI tool made by Anima. It hallucinated a set of false diagnoses for a patient, and backed it up with a fake hospital and fake address! The poor dude thought he had diabetes and angina 😱
https://fortune.com/2025/07/20/uk-health-service-ai-tool-false-diagnoses-patient-screening-nhs-anima-health-annie/
https://www.animahealth.com/
#bigtech #reversecentaur

2025-12-10 21:20:41 GMT

UK residents! Tell your MP to attend the debate on the Online Safety Act
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-online-safety-act
#osa #privacy #cybersecurity #bigtech

2025-11-26 11:53:16 GMT

Looking at the announcement for a new browser from Kagi, I'm wondering "Doesn't @nprofile…7m8a already do this?
@nprofile…9p4s can you please confirm that Vivaldi is doing the same thing - full functionality but with zero telemetry?
#kagi #vivaldi #privacy
Announcement: https://blog.kagi.com/orion
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/615/850/394/979/247/original/8be14d08ac9e2611.png

2025-11-12 08:47:46 GMT

@nprofile…5nnv Hi there, Rebel Tech Alliance are thinking of getting a documentary together about why people should leave #bigtech - might you be able to come out of retirement to lend some off those film making skills?
https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

2025-11-04 23:20:24 GMT

#AI bubble? The guy The Big Short was based on thinks so:
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/big-short-michael-burry-put-option-bet-palantir-nvidia-bubble-2025-11
#aibubble #aihype

2025-10-15 10:36:03 GMT

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@nprofile…le5s @nprofile…zu2g what does it mean?
(I've just ordered that other t-shirt 🥳)
I was thinking of getting merch with BOLLOCKS TO BIG TECH on it, but never got round to it... Anyone fancy making that? I'll buy it and promote it 😁

2025-10-15 10:20:34 GMT

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@nprofile…le5s and some interesting hardware for tech sovereignty 🥳

2025-10-15 09:24:53 GMT

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@nprofile…le5s OMG yes! That's amazing! I'd not heard of NitroKey. Will check them out.
And will definitely get that T-shirt!

2025-10-05 18:48:20 GMT

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Our non-profit the Rebel Tech Alliance now has a #Ghost blog: The Rebel Blog
Find it here https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org
(or by clicking the BLOG menu button on our main site https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/ )
And because it's a Ghost blog you can follow it from the fediverse at the handle @nprofile…kqt4 💥
We'll be blogging about all things #privacy and ethical tech - and anything that shows how bad #bigtech is, and how we can undermine #surveillancecapitalism

2025-10-03 07:18:41 GMT

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@nprofile…qz4x imagine if all that #AI hype money was invested into #solar 🤯

2025-08-10 12:06:54 GMT

#mosstodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/004/381/891/481/930/original/a4b1e68d4e60d3e1.jpg

2025-03-15 08:25:34 GMT

I've seen the best #AI models do amazing things, especially when they've been fine tuned and they are in the hands of an experienced prompter.
But that is not what's going to happen at scale, and especially not within government. The UK are pushing for this too, which is why I support this statement by @nprofile…9nj5
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-nsf-ai-action-plan-must-put-people-first

2025-02-16 23:36:05 GMT

#Metadata that #WhatsApp collects:
- IP address (so infer location)
- phone number
- who you have spoken with/messaged
- when you spoke to them/messaged them
- how long you spoke/texted for
- all the details of all your contacts
- your phone's advertising ID
- whether you reacted to a message
- how long the message was
- how long between replies
- if messages are read or not
- details of the network & ISP you're using
- the browser you use
- other identifiers linked to other Meta products

2024-12-10 21:44:29 GMT

#deathmetal albums I've purchased recently on #Bandcamp
All thoroughly recommended!
I don't like screechy goblin vocals, just the low gutteral stuff, so it you like that then this bunch of albums will satisfy.
If I had to pick the TOP vocals of the bunch, it's a stand off between Feral and Sepiroth.
Both are monstrous!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/630/691/416/691/135/original/ded495c3d8201eb4.jpg

2024-11-23 15:13:18 GMT

#DontGiveYourselfToTheseMachineMen This hashtag identifies posts about not ceding power to #bigtech
This time: #teachers and #educators being wooed by #OpenAI to use #AI in their classrooms
https://lnkd.in/eUunQevJ
The message: #DontGiveYourselfToTheseMachineMen
You'll just end up #RentingIntelligenceOwningIgnorance

2024-11-16 11:51:06 GMT

@nprofile…qz4x I would just like to say thank you for your long form writing - it is excellent!
I've taken your advice and follow it via an RSS reader. That's great, but it also means you don't know I'm reading your work.
So I'm publicly thanking you here 🙏
#CoryDoctorow, you da man 👊
Here's a good example:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/15/radical-extremists/
(About the terrible #DMCA 1201 copyright law)

2024-04-01 09:03:28 GMT

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@npub1sqf…5skr how about in Europe?