Rogue1.it

For a Web Without Borders

Like in Rogue One (directed by Gareth Edwards, Lucasfilm, 2016), where a small group of rebels challenged an apparently invincible Empire, this blog was born to give voice to those who still believe in a freer, more open and decidedly less monopolised web.

Once upon a time the Internet was built on open protocols: email, web, chat. Anyone could create a compatible service and run it from their garage. Today we often find ourselves inside closed ecosystems that give you a lot but leave you very little control.

Rogue1.it is here to offer you alternatives: concrete solutions, straightforward (but not trivial) guides, and tools to understand — and choose — decentralised technologies. The mission? More freedom, more privacy, fewer surprises.

If you have some familiarity with technology, you will also find ideas here for building your own services, using open source software and without having to sign a pact with the dark side.

This is not an anti-big-tech crusade: some services and software are excellent and I have used them for a long time myself. But the real problem arises when you can no longer leave without losing data, time or mental health. The notorious lock-in is insidious, and recognising it in time is already half the solution.

And then there is also the nerd side: articles on TV series, a lot (really a lot) of gaming, retrogaming and cinema. In short, what I am passionate about and what perhaps you are passionate about too.

Welcome to Rogue1.it.

Paolo “Volt”