Hello, fellow conscientious objectors! Welcome back to more news from the Opt Out Project.

This list has been quiet of late if only because it has been a busy time launching my new non-profit, Tech Reclaimers — a peer-to-peer initiative that helps us reclaim control over our technologies and our digital futures, together. Opting out is hard to do alone, so now we have a supportive group to work with as you go through your own journey.

You’ll find resources, a community forum to share ideas, a Signal chat and Discord for help and community building, and of course Mastodon and Bluesky for announcements. If that’s not enough, on our Peertube you can find videos and clips, including my new tips for digital resistance.

By the way, thanks to Mark Hurst for hosting me on Techtonic.fm this week! YOu can check out my hour long interview about how to get off Big Tech Systems — and where to move your digital life instead.

Here are some more opt out stories from around the web:

• In a momentous week for conscientious objectors to Big Tech, a jury found Meta and Google responsible for the mental health challenges induced by their behaviorally addictive platforms! We should expect more to follow this precedent.

• What are the Big Tech oligarchs doing with their private spaceflight industries? In this piece for Tech Policy Press I argue that space is the new railroad. As more of our internet infastructure moves into space, we must secure the integrity of our network infrastructure.

• The new Jolla smartphone — developed by the people formerly known as Nokia who make my smartphone operating system — is still available for pre-order. The phone is privacy-centric, built entirely in Europe, runs on Linux, and priced mid-range. It can run Android apps without requiring a Google store or any Google, Android, or Apple tech. Currently marketing and shipping in the EU, the cellular bands should work in the US and Canada as well as other global centers.

• Pokémon Go, the augmented reality sensation, was never just about catching Pokémon. It was about training automated delivery robots! Yes, if you or your friends played Pokémon Go, your interactions with the game instructed machines in the fine art of seeing and detecting obstacles or pathways through a visual field. It’s a great example of how data-reuse violates our sense of contextual integrity: how we feel when our data is collected under one purpose, then used for another.

• Punching Up Press has developed a 5-week plan to get off Google. Check it out and see what you think. I also have resources at the Opt Out Project and through the Cybercleanse.

As the wave of techlash grows, I’m glad you’re here and working toward digital freedom and a better technological future.

Happy Friday, hang in there, and don’t lose sight of where your data is!