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2020-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
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https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/new-website-released
New Website Released
2020-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>Welcome to our new website! After more than six years we have decided to completely redesign our website and bring it into line with the new decade. We have used a new design and enriched the website with more information about our work and projects. To make sure that our old website is not completely forgotten we would like to immortalize it here:</p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/new-website-released/old_website.jpg" alt="Old Website"/>
<p>By the way, you are reading our first blog entry right now and more posts will follow soon. In the future we would like to inform you here about new projects, technologies or other news.</p>
<p>We would like to talk briefly about a currently very important topic: <span class="fw-bold">Data protection and privacy</span><br>These two issues lie very close to our hearts and we consider these two points to be a fundamental right for everyone. Every day, companies collect data about us and sell or misuse it. We are therefore committed to data protection in the digital world and in our everyday life. We only develop software that fully guarantees data protection and respects privacy. It goes without saying that our website does not contain any trackers, advertisements or other connections to third parties and does not collect and store any information about visitors. For the future we hope that more developers will follow our example and make their projects privacy friendly.</p>
2020-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/clean-up-the-web
Clean Up The Web
2021-04-18T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>For years, we have been passionate about developing websites and apps for our clients and millions of users worldwide. During this time, we have looked at hundreds of technologies and tools used or provided by others. Tools such as Google Analytics, Google Firebase, Zendesk, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare WAF and many more. <span class="fw-bold">Even though clients have already almost dictated that we should use one of these tools, we took a closer look and asked ourselves whether we can ethically justify the use of this technology.</span></p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/clean-up-the-web/linked_data_google.jpg" alt="Linked Data (Google)"/>
<p>As already emphasised in previous posts, data privacy is extremely important to us. Therefore, we have categorically excluded all tools that do not meet our level of data protection. Even if the software itself, such as Google Firebase, is fascinating and could save us a lot of work, we do not want to pass on any data to Google, as their handling of data is unacceptable. <span class="fw-bold">Therefore, we will always strive to use and financially support alternatives that respect privacy and are backed by trustworthy companies.</span></p>
<p>Unfortunately, many companies and developers alike overlook the importance of data protection. So it's high time to clean up the web and protect customers from data krakens.</p>
<h3>What can we do as developers?</h3>
<p>Check out the <a href="https://cleanuptheweb.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Clean up the web!</a> website and learn more about the responsibilities and opportunities you have as a developer.</p>
<p>Could we convince you? Share the knowledge you have just gained with others!</p>
<p>#Privacy #CleanUpTheWeb #FlocOffGoogle</p>
2021-04-18T00:00:00+00:00
https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/tor-relays-updated
Tor Relays Updated
2021-11-24T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>Two years ago, we put our first Tor relay server into operation. In addition to our financial support of the <span class="fw-bold">Tor Project</span>, we would like to enable people all over the world to use the Internet safely and without restrictions. For this reason, we have decided to operate two more Tor relay servers.</p>
<p>Of course, these are also located at the privacy-friendly provider Infomaniak in Switzerland. If our financial situation allows it, we will continuously start up more Tor relay servers.</p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/tor-relays-updated/list.jpg" alt="Tor Relays List"/>
<p>Who recognises the pattern in the choice of names? If not, it's high time to watch the corresponding series.</p>
2021-11-24T00:00:00+00:00
https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/ablota-website-released
Ablota Website Released
2021-12-30T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>Finally the time has come: The website of the product family <span class="fw-bold">Ablota&reg;</span> is finished and published! Ablota&reg; is the new brand under which we present privacy friendly, high quality and fair open source products.</p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/ablota-website-released/website.jpg" alt="Website"/>
<p>The best thing to do is to look directly at the new website and the values represented by the Ablota&reg; brand:</p>
<a href="https://ablota.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Website</a>
2021-12-30T00:00:00+00:00
https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/privacy-training-available
Privacy Training Available
2023-03-14T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>In order to offer our customers privacy-friendly products, websites and apps, we have to deal with security and data protection on a daily basis. It is not enough to only pay attention to this topic in the working world; it starts in our private lives. However, it is precisely in this context that many people do not know about the data collection and are therefore unable to correctly evaluate the dangers. So how can you protect your devices and data?</p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/privacy-training-available/website.jpg" alt="Website"/>
<p>We answer these and many other questions in our new privacy training and give step-by-step instructions for better protection on the internet.</p>
<a href="https://privacy-training.info/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Website</a>
2023-03-14T00:00:00+00:00
https://starapps-ltd.com/en/blog/spn-nodes-enabled
SPN Nodes Enabled
2023-11-13T00:00:00+00:00
Fabio
<p>In addition to our commitment to protecting privacy, we also campaign against censorship and defend anonymity on the Internet. For this reason, we set up our Tor Relay servers just over two years ago and have been offering three high-performance servers in Switzerland ever since.</p>
<p>In the meantime, we have been following the development of <span class="fw-bold">Safing</span>, a start-up that combines the speed of VPNs with the anonymity of Tor. The development of the <span class="fw-bold">Safing Privacy Network</span>, known as SPN, has now reached an advanced stage and the operation of nodes from the community was recently enabled.</p>
<img src="https://starapps-ltd.com/img/blog/spn-nodes-enabled/list.jpg" alt="SPN Nodes List"/>
<p>As we believe the project and its implementation are exemplary, we decided to offer Swiss nodes located at the privacy-friendly provider Infomaniak in Switzerland. We are already seeing a lot of traffic on our servers and we hope that this will increase as Safing becomes more widely known.</p>
2023-11-13T00:00:00+00:00