Cassidy’s Blog
Privacy
Posts about privacy and sometimes security
Use GrapheneOS to extend the life of a Pixel Fri, Sep 23, 2022
The security- and privacy-focused OS can be bent back into a Pixel experience
Important Update As of August 18, 2022, the GrapheneOS project considers their support of Pixel 3 finished, and effectively says users should stop using…
Ephemeral 7.1 is Out Now Thu, Mar 25, 2021
Introducing “Automatically Open Site Externally”
There’s a new update for the always-incognito web browser for elementary OS! Ephemeral 7.1 integrates even better into your workflow by introducing a new…
Ephemeral 7 is Here Mon, Oct 5, 2020
Developer tools, hard refresh, latest WebKit updates, support for elementary OS 6, and new site suggestions
It’s been nearly two years since I first released Ephemeral—the always-incognito web browser for elementary OS—on AppCenter. In that time, I’ve added zoom, a…
De-Googling: Chrome Fri, Aug 14, 2020
Probably the easiest migration
Moving away from Google Chrome was probably the easiest migration in my de-Googling efforts. I’m not a huge user of bookmarks, history, or extensions,…
De-Googling Fri, Aug 14, 2020
…if only just a bit to start
I don’t believe corporations can be inherently “good” or “evil.” However, I believe it is important to consider the motivations behind companies’ business models,…
Re: Email Thu, Feb 6, 2020
Hey, I loathe the experience of email. I have an unending, bottomless ocean of email. Inbox Zero is a myth that would require archiving…
What’s New in Ephemeral 5 Wed, May 15, 2019
New features and snazzy UI refinements
Today I’m happy to announce the latest release of the private-by-default browser for elementary OS. Ephemeral 5 brought some useful new features, and 5.1…
Major Updates to Ephemeral Sat, Feb 23, 2019
What’s new with the always-incognito web browser
In case you’ve missed it, I’ve been actively developing Ephemeral, the always-incognito web browser, for elementary OS. My vision for version 1.0 was simple:…
Privacy and elementary OS Wed, Jan 9, 2019
How we protect your data from ourselves and others
With the release of elementary OS 5 Juno still fresh, I wanted to take a moment and talk about our continued privacy focus with…
Introducing Ephemeral Wed, Jan 9, 2019
The always-incognito web browser
Ever since Firefox Focus landed on Android, I’ve been a fan. It’s an interesting idea of making privacy a habit by default instead of…
Secure By Default: Disk Encryption Wed, Jan 24, 2018
It’s time to better protect user data by default.
elementary and System76 got together last month to discuss and continue hacking on a new installer for future releases of Linux-based operating systems like…
Secure by Default Wed, Dec 21, 2016
Easy Security UX Improvements to Modern OSes
I’m a UX architect at elementary (developers of the Open Source elementary OS) and a front-end web developer at System76 (manufacturers of powerful computers…