Slapping Signal on your phone doesn’t mean you’re safe. It’s not magic. It’s a tool and like any tool, it can be misused, misunderstood, or flat out weaponized against you if you’re sloppy.
The cloud is subpoena bait. Local is risk of loss. Pick your poison, then fix it.
Picocrypt isn’t perfect. No tool is.
But it’s pure function. No fluff. No corporate stink.
And sometimes, that’s enough.
Encrypt your files. Control the delivery. Claw it back.
This isn’t a “productivity hack.” It’s workflow sovereignty.
From Gmail to Tuta: Privacy-First Communication for Clients If you’re still using Gmail for client work, you’re not in control. Everything you write: invoices, legal details, confidential deliverables gets parsed, scanned, and logged. Even when encrypted in transit, your metadata isn’t. Google sees who you talk to, when, how often, and sometimes why. This isn’t … Read more
That NDA you signed? Worthless if your stack is betraying you.
You didn’t leak anything. You didn’t post it online. You didn’t even share it.
But your default tools did.
The promise of cloud backups is convenience. But the cost is control.
You’re not paranoid for wanting ownership. You’re not extreme for saying no to surveillance disguised as service. It’s your data.