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he modern internet has a problem, it connects us like never before. This convenience comes the cost of digital soverency. Today, protecting your online privacy has shifted from a conspiricy-fueled choice to a now uphill battle against systematic surveilance capitalism. Online every click, purchase and search is logged by one or more party, now-a-days the internet is primarily made up of technologies and software owned by large tech companies (Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta - to name a few). Your data is compiled and catagorised before being monitized which is done by selling your personal information to hidden, private data brokers and tech conglomerates who use your data to determine the best adverts to show you. We no longer use the internet as a user-driven recreational thing, the internet is everywhere, used by everyone. The internet tracks, profiles and predicts your every move, turning the simple act of an expected right (the right to your own digital freedom & privacy). With each passing day privacy becomes less of a default and more of a luxury that we must now actively and exhaustivly.

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o, what can you do about it? If you use the internet and want to take control of your personal privacy - you could start by ensuring any online social/communication services do not use your personal name or any personally identifiable information. Rebbit is a public communications platform dissimilar to the norm. Services such as Reddit or Twitter, capture identifiying information about your session such as screen sizes and your IPv4 address. This information is sent to logging servers as frequently a per-second basis. Rebbit makes sure that you have the control. Rebbit is completly free and open source, Press on the Sign Up button (on the top navbar) to start now.

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bove is the logo of this organisation, this graphic is a metaphor refering to the stance of massive companies in modern internet infrastructure. The bird represents big tech companies and the frog represents you as a user.