Changelog

Password requirements now focus on length instead of forced character classes (uppercase, number, special character) - a 8-character minimum replaces the old checklist. This follows current security guidance (NIST), since character-class rules tend to push people toward predictable rather than genuinely strong passwords.

We also check new and changed passwords against known data breaches - without your password ever leaving our systems in plaintext.

Existing passwords remain valid; the new rule applies to new and changed passwords going forward.

The settings page had grown into one long, hard-to-scan list - now
split into five tabs: Account, Security, Privacy, Preferences, Data.
Every existing setting works exactly as before, just easier to find.

Help & Support and Premium sit as quick links outside the tabs;
deleting your account stays visible as its own section regardless of
which tab is open.

As of today, we check ourselves instead of just claiming it. At
scan.insteady.net we've published our own
sovereignty scanner - DNS, SPF chain, and ASN attribution, without a
single HTTP request to the domain being checked. No signup, no cookie
wall, no consent-banner rendering.

The scanner is fully open source (Codeberg,
EUPL-1.2 license) - the scoring formula, provider database, and every
curation decision are publicly auditable, not just the result. Scan
your own domain, read the code, or contribute a provider entry.

You can see our own score right on the homepage, next to the
independent verification badge - linking to the full, live-checkable
report.

insteady now runs its own mail server using Stalwart, hosted on Hetzner in Germany.

This replaces the previous Infomaniak setup and eliminates the last indirect US dependency (Amazon SES) from our infrastructure stack. SPF, DKIM (RSA + Ed25519) and DMARC are fully configured. TLS certificate issued by Actalis (Italy).

Our infrastructure is now entirely EU-native with zero US dependencies.

You can now add a description to each career entry - responsibilities, technologies used, and achievements.

The description appears on your profile and is included in the generated PDF CV. Use it to give recruiters and connections a clearer picture of what you actually did in each role.

Decide for yourself which items appear in the bottom navigation bar and the sidebar.

Premium members can upload up to five banners, shown as a slideshow.

A QR code business card, available directly on your profile page.

You can now change your username, once every 30 days and with a traceable history.

Full support for light and dark themes, with automatic detection of your system preference.

A new page explains insteady's European infrastructure and our environmental commitments.

Consistent post visibility enforcement, trust anchors for end-to-end encryption, rate limiting, and protection against SSRF attacks.

Add private notes and tags to your connections, and export contacts as vCard.

Members can suggest new topics and vote on proposals from the community.

The first 50 members and companies to publish a post get six months of Premium for free.

insteady goes live: professional profiles, a chronological feed, end-to-end encrypted messaging, topics, company pages, LinkedIn import, CV export as PDF, and full GDPR data export.