https://addy.io/faq/#whos-behind-addy-io

Who’s behind addy.io?

My name is Will Browning, I’m a web developer from the UK and an advocate for online privacy and open-source software. You can find me on Twitter although I don’t tweet that much!

  • Cadende [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    I was going to say it’s pretty ironic that a privacy focused provider would be based in the UK what with their laws lately, but apparently email providers are exempted from the bill I was thinking of (no general carveout though, they name emails, SMS and MMS specifically. If you want to create a new protocol that does the same thing as email, or as SMS, its regulated as social media for some reason…)

    Either way self hosting takes care of that problem. Neat!

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      7 days ago

      He is a UK dev but he may host elsewhere his services (sorry, too late for me to verify it)

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      6 days ago

      Just because our government are a bunch of raging arseholes, doesn’t make everyone else here the same.

      No one agrees with their policies, unfortunately all parties keep stepping on our necks so it ends up happening through a lack of choice.

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        6 days ago

        I think this is why reformUK support is skyrocketing, people are sick to shit of the LAB-CON roundabout and managed decline. Doubt REF will be any better tho.

      • Cadende [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        6 days ago

        note that I said provider not developer. Obviously people don’t have much choice and their location isn’t a reason to cast judgment on them, but what jurisdiction a service provider operates out of is pretty impactful. I’m certainly not envious of the current political situation in the Kid Starver regime