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Closed Network podcast Episode 36 - MODPOD - Moderators Interviews
Show notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-36-modpod-moderators-guest-show/100
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Chat with the Closed Network Podcast Moderators!
Items Discussed:
Logseq - https://logseq.com/
Paperless NGX - https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/
Joplin - https://joplinapp.org/
AnyType - https://anytype.io/
AppFlowy - https://www.appflowy.io/
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
CalyxOS - https://calyxos.org/
GrapheneOS - https://grapheneos.org/
Immich Photo App - https://immich.app/
Meshtastic Mesh Map - https://meshmap.net/
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Closed Network podcast Episode 35 - Mid year Privacy Check -
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Privacy isn't about hiding. It's about revealing what you want to whom you want on your terms.
Data Breaches:
Hackers Demand as Much as $5 Million From Snowflake Clients
As many as 10 companies are being extorted with stolen data
Scammers previously made death threats against researchers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-17/hackers-demanding-as-much-as-5-million-from-snowflake-clients
Privacy News:
California Lawmakers Should Reject Mandatory Internet ID Checks
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/california-lawmakers-should-reject-mandatory-internet-id-checks
Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now!
https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/stop-chat-control
Tuta Mail Put Out A YouTube Video on "Chat Control"
Google - Massive leak of it's search algorithm documentation
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166177/google-search-ranking-algorithm-leak-documents-link-seo
MySudo UK Numbers - KYC Required
Talking Tech:
Microsoft quietly updates controversial Windows 11 Recall feature – but not with the changes that are really needed:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-quietly-updates-controversial-windows-11-recall-feature-but-not-with-the-changes-that-are-really-needed
Apple Rolling out AI - "Apple Intelligence"
- Apple's "Trust me bro" privacy stance with AI
My privacy game plan for remaining of 2024
- Implement 2 NAS systems
- Continue to experiment with moving from MacOS to Linux for Work including Video editing
How I use personal email.- Register a domain, setup MX records to use domain with Tuta / Proton.
- Setup simple login to use for email aliasing with your custom domain
- Use an email alias for every new account you create along with strong password
- Password manager - KeypassXC / Bitwarden
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Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Let's Talk About V4V - NOSTR - Podcasting 2.0
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In this episode I check in with my brother Michael on his 2 year privacy journey thus far using GrapheneOS on his Pixel phones as well as Linux as his primary laptop operating system
Roku Wants to Use Home Screen for New Types of Ads to Customers While Also Improving Content Discovery
https://thestreamable.com/news/roku-wants-to-use-home-screen-to-new-types-of-ads-to-customers-while-also-improving-content-discovery
FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/fcc-fines-carriers-200-million-for-illegally-sharing-user-location/
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Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Let's Talk About V4V - NOSTR - Podcasting 2.0
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Samourai Wallet Developers Arrested
The founders of the bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet were arrested on April 24. According to the indictment, they were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate unlicensed money-transmitting business offenses and face up to 25 years for the alleged crimes.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/24/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/
US House passes FISA Section 702 reauthorization bill (Due to expire April 19)
The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act reauthorizes Section 702 for two years, through April 2026. The ACLU and its partners will work until then to ensure that Congress is finally able to address the severe and long-standing constitutional problems with this authority.
FBI Alert Number: I-042524-PSA
April 25, 2024
Alert on Cryptocurrency Money Services Businesses
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2024/PSA240425
Phoenix Wallet to be removed from US app store after Samourai crackdown (April 26)
Phoenix Wallet, a non-custodial Bitcoin lightning wallet, has announced that it’s being removed from US-based app stores and encouraged users to make sure to empty their wallets.
https://cryptonews.net/news/security/28927230/
ZKSNACKS IS NOW BLOCKING U.S. RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS
Saturday, April 27th 2024—Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.
https://wasabiwallet.io/
Saturday, April 27th 2024—Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.
Consensys Sues SEC Over ‘Unlawful Seizure Of Authority’ Over Ethereum. (April 25)
By offering their MetaMask wallet software, the SEC says Consensys is acting as an unregistered securities broker.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/25/consensys-sues-sec-over-unlawful-seizure-of-authority-over-ethereum/
🚨MASSIVE BRREAKING: The State of Oklahoma, with an 81-1 vote in Favor, Passes a Bill To Protect Your Fundamental #Bitcoin rights out of the State House.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oklahoma-leads-us-with-groundbreaking-bitcoin-rights-bill/ar-BB1k9yj8
https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1783946973122605455
Section 702 - AKA THE PATRIOT ACT 2.0
A quick breakdown of the recent renewal of FISA 702, and the implications it has on the civil rights of American citizens.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/the-patriot-act-2-0
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Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Be A Superfreak - Signature Reduction - Delete OneSelf
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Facebook Gives Netflix Access to Texts; Google Deletes Incognito Data | Vantage with Palki Sharma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-_Td1Eekg
SELF HOSTING
My experiment with StartOS by Start9 Labs
- Setup SimpleX Server now accessing via over TOR
- Setup NOSTR relay that now is backing up all my notes over TOR
-Setup Nextcloud Server
My Shopping experience thus far with https://anonshop.app
Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/
🐬 Government wants to ban Flipper Zero
TLDR: The Canadian government has proposed a ban on Flipper Zero because it claims the device is being used to steal cars.
Stop the Absurd Ban of Flipper Zero in Canada
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-absurd-ban-of-flipper-zero-in-canada?ref=blog.flipper.net
If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google
https://mashable.com/article/google-ordered-to-hand-over-viewer-data-privacy-concerns
Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/
Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/
Inside Grindr's plan to squeeze its users
https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-monetization-paid-taps/
How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them
Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/this-device-can-update-new-iphones-while-theyre-still-in-the-box/
Sse "Just Delete Me"
JustDeleteMe
A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.
https://justdeleteme.xyz
The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/white-house-wrong-section-702-needs-drastic-change
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Looks like we are losing Gabriel Custodiet - Waatchmen Privacy.
New kid on the block - Ray (The Lockdown Podcast) - https://lockdown.media
We are considering setting up Discourse for a community forum. MAybe keep Mastodon? Maybe ditch it? What are your thoughts?
New FAVORITE FOSS App - LocalSend -
Now is the time to start learning how to manage your networks and your data.
US v. Apple: everything you need to know - https://www.theverge.com/24107581/doj-v-apple-antitrust-monoply-news-updates
EU committees approve ban on anonymous crypto transactions via hosted wallets - https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-enacts-ban-on-anonymous-crypto-transactions-via-self-custody-wallets
Apple, Google stocks jump on reported talks of iPhone/Gemini AI partnership - https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/apple-google-ai-gemini-partnership
GrapheneOS - Screenshot editing using the Apps > Markup tool >
Image editor from the stock Pixel OS. App isnt' available through Play Store so GOS provides a mirror to offer a safe place to obtain it witih the automatic updates.
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.WNY6.1fEAGvGKLlWF&smid=url-share
FORBES - Google Update Shows How Bard AI May Work With Your Messages App
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/?sh=4b8ff2637a94
BBC - Apple says UK could 'secretly veto' global privacy tools
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68128177
ADGUARD - How mobile carriers make money off your data behind your back
https://adguard.com/en/blog/mobile-tracking-verizon-tmobile.html
Unpatchable security flaw in Apple Silicon Macs breaks encryption - https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/22/unpatchable-security-flaw-mac/
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Closed Network podcast Episode 30 - Your Data & The Third Party Doctrine
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- GrapheneOS adds Android Auto Support
- Discussion on the Ethos of Closed Network Podcast and community
- Reflecting over 2023 - Why so long since last show, and the Closed Network Open Bar Hangouts
- 2024 Plans and goals for sustainability and less reliance on external services:
- streaming
- cloud services, data, email, communications
- communications education, mesh radio, mesh internet etc
- Why My Push To Self Host Everything or as much as I possibly Can
My Current Setup:
- Nextcloud for contacts, and calendars. I sync with my Pixel 7 Pro running GrapheneOS using DavX. Photos are backed up to Nextcloud and I use ente.io as a safety backup.
- Bitwarden for my password manager
- VPNS: Mullvad (paid wtih Monero and 10% discount), iVPN.net & Proton VPN (though I don't use much they are slow)
- Media Server: CasaOS running on Ubuntu Server with JellyFin and Plex Docker images
- Bitcoin node running on Umbrel also running Dojo Ronin Server for my Samourai wallet running on older Pixel with no service.
We will be moving Mastodon server from VPS to hosted locally to save money and have more storage
Massive network upgrade that I will be discussing. I'll be using a combination of PfSense and UniFi equipment from Ubiquity. (I'll explain)
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4th Amendment & Third Party Doctrine -
Key issue the court had was the third party doctrine and how it impacts 4th amendment.
Unites States v Miller, 1976 - A person has no reasonable expectation of privacy as it relates to banking and bank records.
The third-party doctrine says there is no expectation of privacy in information voluntarily provided to others.
On June 22, 2018, as the 2017-18 term wound down, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Carpenter v. U.S.[1] The Court held, 5-4, that when the police obtain cell site location information (CSLI) about a person's cell phone usage, that action constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.
https://www.radford.edu/content/cj-bulletin/home/august--2018--vol--3--no--2-/carpenter-v--u-s----obtaining-extensive-cell-site-location-data-.html#:~:text=On%20June%2022%2C%202018%2C%20as,search%20under%20the%20Fourth%20Amendment.
Where We Go from Here: The Third-Party Doctrine and Location Tracking After Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVD9PEiY0o
Example of Google using actual data to act on customers Google and Fi account
Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked
Framework discloses data breach after accountant gets phished
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/framework-discloses-data-breach-after-accountant-gets-phished/
Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/tech/china-apple-airdrop-user-encryption-vulnerability-hnk-intl/index.html
How to create strong passwords you’ll actually remember
https://proton.me/blog/create-remember-strong-passwords
The Feds can see your notifications:
https://youtu.be/vg9ETJkeaTE?si=HYuU__w8Y6Ljpj8v
Wi-Fi hacking like Mr. Robot:
https://youtu.be/TZcgvi_KRvY?si=cGY6dVyJDHZrSxXy
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Michael Bazzell - Irish Exit
https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2023/11/20/my-irish-exit/
Matt Hill on Twitter. - https://twitter.com/_matthill_
Start9 - https://start9.com/
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Nikki Haley Makes INSANE DEMAND For ID Verification On Social Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMMN5tk8R0
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Somebody's Watching Me...
https://open.spotify.com/track/3vrm4dNThrhQ0BArrLIUOV?si=ed57fa5cde0d45a6
0:31 / Fade In
Firewalls and Network Monitors:
Windows / Linux - Portmaster by Safing.io
MacOS - LuLu is the free, open-source firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections, protecting your privacy and your Mac! https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-rcs-coming-to-iphone/
Cool App Of The Podcast: - Get macOS ‘Quick Look’ on Ubuntu with GNOME Sushi
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/gnome-sushi-mac-quick-for-ubuntu
"Quick Look"
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Agency Of Technology - Become A Hacker
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Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-privacy-meeting/
Car Companies: Stop Your Huge Data Collection Programs - " Add your name to ask car companies to stop collecting, sharing and selling our very personal information. "
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/car-companies-stop-your-huge-data-collection-programs-en/
T-Mobile users say other people’s account information is appearing in their app
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23881825/t-mobile-account-security-breach-customer-information-leak
MULLVAD VPN
We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/9/20/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/
THREEMA USERS
Threema for iOS: Chat on the Computer Without a Connection to the Smartphone
https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/ios-new-desktop-md
Why self host?
You're data can never be sold.
You never know what "privacy" company you are relying on now decides to sell.
Google has only got to the behemoth that they are because they have acquired business. Same with Apple.
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow
The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4
The Hacktivist, Award Winning Short Film Documentary:
Celebrity hacker Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang first clashed with US tech giant Microsoft for teaching others how to modify the Xbox. Almost 20 years later, he is suing the US government to push for the right to use and own technology, all while creating hackable hardware with other tech superstars like whistleblower Edward Snowden and firmware hacker Sean Cross.
Bunnie is convinced that, “If you can’t hack what you have, you don’t own it.” This documentary tinkers with the hacker’s mind on issues around transparency and privacy in the hardware world, all while Bunnie dismantles his childhood, his philosophy, and his controversy.
Precursor
Mobile, Open Hardware, RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) Development Kit
https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor
https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYsVeYzbik
Opening Sound Clip: - Lee Tien - Senior Staff Attorney - EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
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WHONIX
https://www.whonix.org/
Phone Number Verification Service: https://sms4sats.com/
Shop Amazon Anonymously with Anonshop
https://anonshop.app/
Request "Off the Record"
https://brave.com/privacy-updates/26-request-off-the-record/
Security versus Privacy with your laptops / computers:
If you're running Linux, it is important to realize you really need to secure your system yourself, it is not as secure a Mac or Windows out of the box.
With any installation of Linux consider installing and configuring the following:
- App Armor ( https://apparmor.net/ )
- Clam AV Antivirus - ( https://www.clamav.net/ ) Cross Platform
- Firejail Security Sandbox ( https://firejail.wordpress.com/ ) open applications like FireFox in a sandboxed environment
Null Byte has an older but still great tutorial on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQo9PEdVuIw
How to Lock Down Your Ubuntu Through App Hardening & Sandboxing
Full Tutorial: https://nulb.app/x4bl0
Google: All your content are belong to us
ON JULY 4, 2023 BY
https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/04/google-all-your-content-are-belong-to-us/
Signal on encryption
https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@JamesBaker/110661123573401526
Britain is writing the playbook for dictators
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/
Damian Collins
Damian Noel Thomas Collins OBE (born 4 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as a junior Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between July and October 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament
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Topics:
- General Banter - What current projects or research is piquing your interest right now?
- Privacy influencers and their speculation responsibility in the community
- Accepting sponsorship
- Selling products directly
- Affiliates and paid ad placements
- Business models and financing of projects to the topic on influence and responsibility?
- Is session safe to use with it being an Australian based company?
- Mobile devices
- TOR vulnerabilities and attack vector
- Q/A from listeners:
- Question from "the_tinkerer" to all: What made you guys walk the journey of privacy and security? Is there an incident that happened in our life or something that we saw / realized, an event, that led us to walk on the path of privacy & Security?
- Question from "tsugu" Question directed to THO, what is your opinion on the GNU Jami messenger, a very solid (also open source) cwtch alternative. It's peer to peer, supports every major feature of any mainstream messenger, and the account creation is anonymous as well.
Article References:
Apple Scanning?
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/21/tests-confirm-macos-finder-isnt-scanning-for-csam-images
Jeffrey Paul Article: https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/
Eclectic Company Article: https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/
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Closed Network Privacy Podcast - 'That Hated One" comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon
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This week I sit down with my mom who has spent the last year transitioning away from using Apple iPhone / Apple Watch to using a Google Pixel 6 with GrapheneOS and a Garmin watch. She discusses her journey and challenges in her privacy adventure.
Topics We Discuss On This Episode: Privacy.com, Bitwarden, GrapheneOS, Garmin, Nextcloud, MySudo
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I mistakenly said "episode 21" I meant "Episode 20" ... My Bad.
Entering a season where we will be spending time with friends and family, let's talk about Privacy & Security.
** This episode is a bit of a ramble brain dump.
It's hard not to talk about politics when it comes to "Privacy" related matters.
A war on centralized services and content moderation.
Turkey's New Disinformation Law Spells Trouble For Free Expression
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/turkeys-new-disinformation-law-spells-trouble-free-expression
- Visited Guadalajara for a week. - why they all use Whats App - Still using plans limited by minutes and texts.
- Tested INVISIV PGPP out of the country
- Tested Silent Link out of the Country
- Twitter Drama - Why Mastodon?
- BTCPayServer.PodServer/v0.1.0 (PodServer allows you to self-host your podcast and earn sats via the Podcasting 2.0 features. ⚡️
Enjoy censorship resistance: You are in control of the feed and files! 💪
v0.1.0 is the initial release 🥳
Please test, report issues and send feedback!)
https://github.com/dennisreimann/btcpayserver/releases/tag/BTCPayServer.PodServer%2Fv0.1.0
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Facebook logins compromised from 400 identified apps across Google Play & Apple App Store - https://about.fb.com/news/2022/10/protecting-people-from-malicious-account-compromise-apps/
Note Taking Applications: Standard Notes, Joplin, Skiff, Nextcloud, Logseq (Currently Apple Only)
Photo Management: I've been using Ente (https://ente.io) for the last couple of weeks and it has been a great solution to sync photos out of Apple and be available for desktop and to access from my Google Pixel 6 Pro running GrapheneOS.
Self Hosted - Photo Prism (Web based solution that runs on your own server) - https://photoprism.app/
Fitness Tracking Apps I will be evaluating - List here: https://medevel.com/12-android-sport-apps-that-respect-your-privacy/
I'm currently using Garmin Connect with my GrpaheneOS Pixel 6 Pro in conjunction with the Garmin Instinct Tactical and Garmin Epix Gen2
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In this episode on the Closed Network Privacy Podcast I talk about how I've setup a Google Pixel 3a XL that I purchased in cash and then setup PGPP by INVISIV for a more private focused phone. I also talk about Bitwarden updates with SimplLogin and Fastmail integration as well as exploring Ente.io which is a new photo and video backup service I have been using.
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Topics:
- My Pixel setup with GrapheneOS - PGPP - MySudo
- Testing new self hosting solutions on a new / used computer
- Notesnook (encrypted note taking)
- Using Ente.io for encrypting and backing up photos and videos from a mobile device
- Using Bitwarden integration with SimpleLogin and Fastmail to generate unique emails along with passwords for your website logins
- Malicious Life Podcast episode on 2FA / MFA
** Apologies for the mic being a little "hot" on this episode, I am in a new space and working out the production kinks.
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Correction on Tornado Cash
Tornado Cash was a DeFi app for mixing Ethereum. I said on the previous episode that it was for Bitcoin but I want to be clear that it was being used for Ethereum mixing. Essentially the system worked using smart contracts to send and receive ethereum.
When you deposit your funds, it issues a receipt to withdraw the same amount. It breaks the chain of ownership or anonymize your funds by breaking the connection to the original wallet.
So because the US Treasury has sanctioned the use of Tornado Cash then anyone who has received any ethereum could be sanctioned. But Tornado Cash is still functioning because it runs on the block-chain and is accessible via IPFS network. IPFS is a peer-to-peer (p2p) storage network. Content is accessible through peers located anywhere in the world, that might relay information, store it, or do both. IPFS knows how to find what you ask for using its content address rather than its location.
These three principles build upon each other to enable the IPFS ecosystem. Let's start with content addressing and the unique identification of content.
Mental Outlaw Breakdown Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gaqhF-wrQ
GrapheneOS Update - Upgraded to Android 13
Benefits of owning your own domain
- Less likely to be blacklisted from using email for services
- You own your domain and can always move your email to any other service
- You can create custom email addresses for friends and family
- It's cool AF
Matrix Chat Room Topics:
- PGPP / GrapheneOS
- Anon / Sudo Anon Purchasing Options
- Contact Management / Protonmail - Doesn't encrypt the contact data during upload, could impact your social graph association
iOS Leaks data even when using a VPN
- Originally Reported by ProtonMail - https://protonvpn.com/blog/apple-ios-vulnerability-disclosure/
- Ongoing Research - Michael Horowitz - https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php
Reset your password now! Plex suffers data breach
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/08/reset-your-password-now-plex-suffers-data-breach#:~:text=In%20an%20email%20sent%20to,including%20emails%20and%20encrypted%20passwordsLast Pass Data Breach
https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/08/notice-of-recent-security-incident/
No signs of encrypted vaults seem to be impacted. Hackers did get access to source code. Use open source applications whenever possible.
Leaked Docs Show Spyware Firm Offering iOS, Android Hacking Services for $8 Million
https://www.securityweek.com/leaked-docs-show-spyware-firm-offering-ios-android-hacking-services-8-million#:~:text=Home%20%E2%80%BA%20Cyberwarfare-,Leaked%20Docs%20Show%20Spyware%20Firm%20Offering%20iOS,Hacking%20Services%20for%20%248%20Million&text=Leaked%20documents%20appear%20to%20show,million%20
The Session Tapes: - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxenNetwork
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