Great article! Definitely check out Known. Its what I use on my website – https://cleverdevil.io – and I've done a lot of work to make it integrate nicely with Micro.blog. There are still gaps, but overall, I am happy with it.
If you have a piece of tape covering your laptop webcam, but are still on Facebook, or use Google for search, I have some bad news for you... you've got your priorities wrong! #privacy
