Posts in the “General” category

I recently was approached by a friend who was trying to help someone in a complicated domestic situation, and my friend asked what advice I could give regarding securing their device and communications. While I am by no means an expert at the level to make any kind of guarantees around my recommendations, I did provide a short list of things that can help in a situation like this, and I wanted to turn those into a post so that others can benefit.

Countless words have been written about the importance of privacy in today's world. While many people might not realize privacy's importance, I do, and I have invested time and money in utilizing privacy-focused products. I don't want to rehash all the privacy arguments, we'll just take its importance as a given for the purpose of this article. Instead, what I'd like to do is relay my personal experience around Proton and why I decided to move away from it for my personal email, calendar, and storage needs.

In my work, I often have to open text files that do not have a file extension. My preferred text editor is Visual Studio Code, but it doesn’t have an option to open extensionless files, which means it doesn’t automatically show up in the Open With menu.