logo

Backlit Home

Backlit is an unbrainwashing resource, excavating the buried truths behind a corrupt cybertech facade. No political allegiance. No palm-greased shilling for brands. Don't believe anything. Anywhere. Read Backlit's research-led explorations and do your own thinking.

This is the homepage, where you can access all articles on the site. The list as a whole is not chronologically-ordered, but you will find the latest post at the top.

Currently on Backlit...

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  1 October 2023

X is going down. The only question is when.

Why the Former Twitter Cannot Survive

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  3 September 2023

Is Big Tech running a secret trade in intelligence data?

Big Snitch

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  27 August 2023

Is Node Package Manager the Facebook of geekworld?

The Developer is the Product

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  6 February 2023

One standard for them, and another for us.

The Weaponisation of Web Standards

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  26 January 2023

Interoperability - at your expense.

POSSE and the Indieweb is Big Tech Bullshit

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  8 January 2023

What goes around, comes around.

Hyperlink Poison: The 'Nofollow' Story

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  7 August 2022

Focus on the detail, and you won't see the trick...

Before You Use Tor... The Odds of Surveillance

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  10 July 2022

FrEe ShIt MaKeS mOrE mOnEy, apparently...

The Truth About Creative Commons

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  20 July 2022

A place where Big Tech cannot tread. Or is it?...

Is Geminispace The Great Escape From Nineteen Eighty-Four?

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  31 July 2022

How to break your own website...

The CDN Trap: Hazards of a Multi-Origin Web

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  6 July 2022

Two extra-marital affairs and a VPN please...

Privacy-Themed Tech Will Remain a Niche Market Until it Speaks to Women

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  21 August 2022

If this is the solution, give me back the problem...

The Privacy Nihilism Litmus Test

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  25 February 2022

If it can be used to spy on you, it will be used to spy on you...

About Backlit

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  19 June 2022

Sorry I killed your server-side spyware...

How to Fully Incapacitate Google Tag Manager and Why You Should

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  12 June 2022

If you don't put up barriers, stalkers gonna stalk...

How To Keep Big Tech Out of the IndieWeb

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  5 June 2022

If we really want freedom, we have to escape Big Tech's browser monopoly...

Cyber Freedom: No Gain Without Pain

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  17 January 2023

Information-laundering city.

The TRUE Reason Why Google Won't Integrate ChatGPT

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  25 February 2022

Google's lost the Internet, but don't worry - it's still there...

Search 101: How to Find the Lost Web

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  1 January 2023

Q. Why is privacy dead?... A. Because journalism is dead.

Will DIY Journalism' Save Privacy?

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  5 January 2023

Hey Google, log me into Mastodon!

Mozilla Mastodon Instance Redirects To Google

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  24 December 2022

First they ignore you... Then they embrace, extend and extinguish you...

Silicon Valley to Invade Mastodon

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  19 May 2022

What happens to Cloudflare when websites stop wanting to block bots?...

Is the Downfall of Cloudflare Nigh?

Backlit Blog
By Bob Leggitt  |  25 February 2022

If you want spyware, this is not the site for you...

Backlit Privacy Statement