Freedom Tech Weekend

• Get AirDrop-like abilities to any device: LocalSend & Magic Wormhole Guide - FTK 7

  Need to send files to non-Apple devices? 🎉 In this bite-sized Freedom Tech Weekend episode, Marks streams from an airport layover to show how anyone—on iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or macOS—can swap files instantly without AirDrop. We compare two open-source, cross-platform tools: LocalSend – a polished desktop & mobile app that uses local Wi-Fi to beam files peer-to-peer with no central server Magic Wormhole – a CLI powerhouse that transfers anything from photos to entire folders by exchanging a simple one-time code You’ll learn how AirDrop actually works and where LocalSend or Wormhole shine—especially offline situations with mixed company. Drop a comment if you’ve tried either tool and tell us what privacy-first tech you want next week! 📡 Follow Me X/Twitter: @marks_ftw Nostr: [email protected] Get confidential AI for free: https://trymaple.ai

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• Privacy Email Hacks: Guerrilla Mail, Proton & SimpleLogin DEMO - FTK 6

  Welcome back to Freedom Tech Weekend! In this episode, Marks from Maple AI shows you how to take control of your inbox with privacy-first email tools you can try today. Learn the pros and cons of disposable emails versus long-lived email aliases, see live demos of Guerrilla Mail, Proton Mail, and SimpleLogin, and discover how aliases protect you from spam, data breaches, and unwanted tracking. We also cover why services sometimes block throw-away addresses and how to choose the right option for your threat model. ► Play along this weekend and test the tools yourself—then pair them with Maple AI’s end-to-end-encrypted chat for a fully sovereign workflow: https://trymaple.ai Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell so you never miss a Freedom Tech Weekend deep-dive into open-source, privacy-preserving tools. 📡 Follow Me X/Twitter: @marks_ftw YouTube: @marks_ftw Nostr: [email protected] Get confidential AI for free: https://trymaple.ai

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• Ultimate Password Manager Showdown - Bitwarden vs. The Rest - FTK 5

  Ready to break free from closed-source password lockers? In Episode 5 of Freedom Tech Weekend, we dive straight into Bitwarden—the leading open-source password manager—and its self-hosted sibling Vaultwarden. 🚀 📡 Follow Me X/Twitter: @marks_ftw Nostr: [email protected] Get confidential AI for free: https://trymaple.ai

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• The Most Private Browser Yet? Live Testing Kagi's Orion Browser App - FTK 4

  Welcome to Freedom Tech Weekend! In this live session we put Kagi’s new Orion Browser through its paces and ask a simple question: can you finally ditch Chrome, Firefox or Brave without sacrificing speed? You’ll hear: Real-time install & first-launch on macOS A deep dive into Orion’s zero-telemetry promise and the independent Size-of-Cat privacy audit Side-by-side comparison with Firefox, Brave and Safari privacy matrices Live network-traffic sniffing that instantly flagged a tracker on my own site (😅) How Orion’s built-in content blocker, WebKit engine and iCloud-synced keychain work together Why paying for software like Kagi Search flips the incentives in your favor Stick around to the end for a sneak preview of next week’s Bitwarden + Vaultwarden password-manager showdown and a quick demo of Maple AI — our fully encrypted AI chat that keeps client data off Big Tech servers. Try it free at https://trymaple.ai. Freedom Tech Weekend is all about helping you migrate off proprietary, data-hungry services and onto sovereign, open-source tools you control. Hit Subscribe and ring that bell so you never miss a privacy upgrade! 📡 Follow Me X/Twitter: @marks_ftw Nostr: [email protected] Get confidential AI for free: https://trymaple.ai

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• Ditch QuickBooks: Take Back Control with Firefly III - FTK 3

  Welcome to Freedom Tech Weekend — your weekly dose of open-source tech you can run yourself. In this episode, we explore Firefly III, a powerful, privacy-first alternative to tools like QuickBooks and YNAB. This open-source, self-hosted personal finance app gives you full control over your financial data with no monthly fees and no data harvesting. We walk through setup, features like transaction importing, budgeting, piggy banks (goal tracking), API usage, and how Firefly III stacks up against proprietary platforms like Intuit's QuickBooks. If you’re tired of subscription bloat and privacy invasions, Firefly III might be the finance tool for you. 🔗 Firefly III: https://firefly-iii.org We also demo Maple AI, a confidential AI assistant that helps answer questions privately with zero data logging. 🔗 Try it free at https://trymaple.ai 📡 Follow\ X/Twitter: @marks_ftw\ Nostr: [email protected]\ Watch episodes on the Freedom Tech Weekend playlist Let’s migrate off closed systems — one tool at a time.

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