Axel

@axels
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Strategic consultant with 25 years of expertise in #OpenSource, #CyberSecurity & #privacy. Axel Segebrecht delivers technical sovereignty and resilience for SMEs.
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The frontier models are priced below cost to get you hooked. When pricing changes, you'll pay whatever they ask or rip out a load-bearing part of your operation. And every time you connect your data to a cloud AI, your competitive advantage becomes someone else's training data.

Here're my thoughts: https://bebraver.to/ca7t3f

What's your approach to AI in your business? I'd love to hear what's working — and what's keeping you up at night.

#AI #Cybersecurity #SmallBusiness #DataProtection

Autonomous robots are already on our streets. AI drones are already on the battlefield. But who actually controls them — and what happens when a hostile state flips the switch?

My latest article explores the uncomfortable truth about autonomous systems. Read the full article on my blog.

https://www.axelsegebrecht.com/posts/2026-03-13-autonomous-robots-are-already-here/

#Cybersecurity #SupplyChainSecurity #AutonomousSystems #AIGovernance #NationalSecurity

No garden? No experience? No problem. An old bucket, a sprouting potato, and a sunny windowsill are all you need to start growing your own food. It's cheaper, easier, and more rewarding than you think.

https://www.aerouant.cloud/digging-in-why-you-dont-need-a-green-thumb-to-grow-your-own-food/

#aerouant #GrowYourOwn #FoodResilience #BeALittleBraver

Digging In: Why You Don’t Need a “Green Thumb” to Grow Your Own Food - Aerouant

Think you don't have a green thumb? Learn how to grow food in small spaces using upcycled buckets, pool noodles, and old potatoes. A low-cost, beginner-friendly guide to starting your own home food revolution today.

Microsoft has rebranded Office into "Microsoft 365 Copilot" and now forces your documents through its AI — processing confidential business data on US-controlled infrastructure. A major law firm is already preparing to sue over AI training data practices.

If you handle sensitive client or employee data, you owe it to your business to understand what is happening and consider European alternatives.

https://www.axelsegebrecht.com/posts/2026-02-21-why-microsoft-is-becoming-a-security-liability/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=why-microsoft-is-becoming-a-security-liability

#DataSovereignty #GDPR #Microsoft365 #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

Climate marches aren't working. The people in power aren't listening. So maybe it's time to stop asking for permission and start building resilience from the ground up.

https://www.aerouant.cloud/forget-climate-action-we-need-climate-resilience/

#aerouant #CommunityResilience #ClimateAdaptation #Preparedness

Forget Climate Action — We Need Climate Resilience - Aerouant

Why community resilience matters more than climate action — practical steps to prepare your neighbourhood for disruption, from knowledge vaults to mesh networks.

Turn a Raspberry Pi 5 into a portable mesh router, ad blocker, offline wiki, and media server — all in one box. Take your internet with you, or build your own when there isn't any.

https://www.aerouant.cloud/build-your-own-home-and-travel-router-with-a-raspberry-pi-5/

#aerouant #RaspberryPi #MeshNetwork #CommunityResilience

Build Your Own Home & Travel Router with a Raspberry Pi 5 - Aerouant

A complete guide to building a portable, self-contained router that serves as your main home router for trusted devices day-to-day, then unplugs and travels with you — providing Wi-Fi, mobile data failover, ad-blocking, encrypted networking, and a library of offline content.

The new booking widget has an additional feature where it creates a combined free/buy calendar feed you can offer to people to subscribe to.

All this is free at https://www.statichost.uk. If you have a static site, you can find a new UK-based home for it that puts privacy first!

You can preview it on my website (www.axelsegebrecht.com) if you like ;-)

you can see it in action here: https://www.axelsegebrecht.com
Axel Segebrecht

Resilience, Privacy, and Security in the Age of AI.

Axel Segebrecht
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Most commercial VPNs give you an illusion of privacy, not the real thing.

My latest post covers the tools worth knowing about: Tor for anonymous browsing, self-hosted WireGuard VPN on Iceland-based infrastructure, Quad9 for private DNS, and even why an SD card can outperform any digital tool when things get serious.

What're your favourite tools?

https://www.axelsegebrecht.com/posts/2026-02-18-my-top-censorship-busting-tools-stay-private-online/

#OnlinePrivacy #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #SelfHosted #OpenSource