Excited to share my Techtonic interview with @cyberlyra - aka Janet Vertesi - founder of the #optout project and #techreclaimers .

Janet explains WHY and HOW to get off of Big Tech, and onto community-minded alternatives.

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-03-23-janet-vertesi-founder-of-the-opt-out-project/

Thanks to @markhurst for having me on Techtonic this week!! You can listen to me wax poetic about the #optout project and #techreclaimers here:

https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-03-23-janet-vertesi-founder-of-the-opt-out-project/

@TheBulletin

Digital Resistance Tip #1: One system at a time!

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/w/jgr2nhMiFvfv6HpokJ9GHe

@janet and @andy announced #TechReclaimers to the world at #defcon33

Now you can watch our video on #Peertube

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/w/gJoNQQB6CABxLAGJhkDmtX

Join us on Discord and #reclaimcontrol of your digital lives:

https://discord.gg/5AhGRMVDBR

#reclaimcontrol #defcon #reclaimtech

@TheBulletin
After the DEFCON talk, I was excited to switch OS on my Pixel phone. But, after backing up and wiping everything I found out the bootloader is hard locked by Verizon.
🥲 Really don't want to buy a new phone so I'll keep this Pixel 7 until it breaks.

It did give me a chance to be more aware of the apps I use and how to get back into my phone if I were to lose access to all my accounts.

No graphene OS for me so I'm looking at F-Droid, fediverse, and other FOSS apps to try out and start fresh. Finally made a mastodon account and getting excited about exploring a better side of the tech future.
#techreclaimers #enshitification #righttorepair

@meg Hey there!

Our mission at #TechReclaimers is to help people do exactly that.

Is there any advice that you'd give to someone just starting out on this journey?

Hello to our new followers!

Will anyone be at #DEFCON in Las Vegas this week?

Stop by and catch @janet and @andy talking about the vision and plan for #TechReclaimers. We'll be presenting from the Community Stage on Saturday August 9th at 14:30 Pacific.

https://hackertracker.app/event/?conf=DEFCON33&event=61575

We'd love to meet you, listen to your ideas, and answer all your questions.