https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ Recent content on Simplified Privacy Hugo en-us Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-and-what-is-arweb/arweave-website-creator.html Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-and-what-is-arweb/arweave-website-creator.html Crackdown on Speech Donald Trump was famously banned from Twitter. Only to return to the stage, and ban criticism of Israel’s genocides on college campuses. Europe is getting even worse [1] You can’t trust Elon Musk, he censored for Brazil. From Reuters: My friend lost 17 years of her photos, When she was banned from Facebook and Instagram. AI moderators The worst part is she was banned by a bot. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweb/arweave-web-designer-faq.html Fri, 23 May 2025 10:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweb/arweave-web-designer-faq.html Q: What is ArWeb? This is both a service and an app. The Service: a) Listens to your ideas and desires b) Creates a Custom Design, based on your needs c) Provides customer service for revisions or tech help d) You’d then take your new custom design, and plug it into our app The app: a) Makes it easy to add new content b) Uses Hugo & an Arweave wallet https://simplifiedprivacy.com/even-without-linux/why-use-this-vpn.html Wed, 21 May 2025 13:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/even-without-linux/why-use-this-vpn.html Q: I’m NOT using Linux. Why should I use Simplified Privacy’s VPN, if I can’t use the Linux fingerprint app HydraVeil? A: First of all, as newer VPN provider, we have less restricted IP addresses, which means you can sign-up and use more services with less hassle. Often Reddit, Google accounts, Google captchas, Cloudflare, Telegram sign-ups, and many other services will give you a far more difficult experience if you’re using an IP address that someone else did abusive behavior from. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-windows.html Wed, 21 May 2025 10:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-windows.html Warning: Microsoft Windows is NOT as private as Linux, but we offer this VPN service for people unable to switch for various reasons. First, Please go to the billing website to get a subscription: Click this Link Select your Location & How Long: In this example, we selected Iceland and one month. Note: this is a screenshot, do not push buttons on these screenshots. You’d do so on the website. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/joe-biden/had-cancer-all-along.html Mon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/joe-biden/had-cancer-all-along.html In my subjective opinion, you’re only finding out about it now, because they want to use a physical disability to excuse the mental issues. They needed a way to distract from the news stories that even his aides are now finally coming out and saying that ALL ALONG Joe Biden was inept and mentally disabled. Yet they got the same political positions as him! That is the real scandal!! https://simplifiedprivacy.com/server-side-code/questions-and-answers.html Mon, 19 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/server-side-code/questions-and-answers.html The HydraVeil client is open source, with a copyleft GNUv3 license. But some ask, Q: Is HydraVeil’s server-side code also open source? A: The answer is that the server-side billing code is unrelated to HydraVeil itself. Because: Any Config Files The app draws upon the WireGuard or proxy configs in the profiles folder. ANY wireguard configuration or ANY socks5 proxy can be inserted into those folders. Specifically the folder is: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-apple-iphone.html Sun, 18 May 2025 10:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-apple-iphone.html Warning: iPhones are NOT as private as DeGoogled Androids, but we offer this VPN service for people unable to switch for various reasons. First, Please go to the billing website to get a subscription: Click this Link Select your Location & How Long: In this example, we selected Iceland and one month. Note: this is a screenshot, do not push buttons on these screenshots. You’d do so on the website. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-apple.html Sun, 18 May 2025 10:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-apple.html Warning: Apple is NOT as private as Linux, but we offer this VPN service for people unable to switch for various reasons. First, Please go to the billing website to get a subscription: Click this Link Select your Location & How Long: In this example, we selected Iceland and one month. Note: this is a screenshot, do not push buttons on these screenshots. You’d do so on the website. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-other-devices.html Sat, 17 May 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-tutorials/for-other-devices.html Linux: Linux users get subscriptions inside HydraVeil. Non-Linux Billing Website: But VPN service is also available for Android, iPhone, Mac, Windows, and Routers, through our website: Billing Website Link Android: Instructions for WG Tunnel Use the VPN with F-Droid’s WG-Tunnel on Android iPhone: iPhone (iOS) Instructions Windows: Microsoft Windows Instructions MacOS: Apple’s Mac Instructions Even without Linux, why use our VPN? Link Phone vs PC: Why Isolate Subscriptions? How Isolated Subscriptions Can Radically Improve Privacy https://simplifiedprivacy.com/meet-hydraveil/our-brand-new-vpn-fingerprint-app.html Fri, 16 May 2025 20:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/meet-hydraveil/our-brand-new-vpn-fingerprint-app.html Big Announcement Our Fingerprint VPN app is renaming. Our organization is staying Simplified Privacy, but our app’s new name is HydraVeil. Reasons for the name change: Many “Faces” Our multiple profiles give you many identities, similar to the many faces of Hydra. We wanted to make it clear this is more than “just a VPN” Traffic Obfuscation Strategy Our strategy of split traffic to hide packet sizes, is symbolically shaped like a Hydra. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/hydraveil-upgrade/rollout-instructions.html Fri, 16 May 2025 09:05:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/hydraveil-upgrade/rollout-instructions.html Important: If you are brand new, skip to step 2. Step 1 is only for already existing subscriptions. Step 1: Transfer Over Profiles The first step for existing clients to transfer over their subscriptions and profiles to the new system and app. If you hit “sync” under “Create Profile”, it will take you to the transition dialogue. Optional CLI command: If you have 6 profiles already, and therefore can’t “create” a new one to sync, try this command in your terminal from within the folder with the original AppImage: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn.html Fri, 16 May 2025 06:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn.html Linux: VPN service is one feature of our fingerprint app HydraVeil. So if you’re using Linux, then buy subscriptions through the app itself. Non-Linux: But VPN service is also available for Android, iPhone, Mac, Windows, and Routers, through our website: Billing Website Link Tutorials We have visual tutorials for many platforms found here: [Tutorials Page] Benefits: Decentralized Data Centers As we discussed in our Epic Pitch, most VPN providers such as Mullvad, IVPN, and Proton just resell service from the same huge international providers. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-install/manual-prereqs-on-website-command.html Fri, 16 May 2025 06:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-install/manual-prereqs-on-website-command.html From Install Page: This is linked from the main install page. Manual Website OPTION: Doing it from within the AppImage is the easiest method. But another option is manually with these instructions on our website. Debian This includes Debian 12, Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, Zorin, and any other Debian based distro. sudo apt install -y bubblewrap iproute2 microsocks proxychains4 ratpoison tor wireguard xserver-xephyr Make sure you’re using a supported distro, especially if it’s older than Ubuntu 22. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whonix-support/socks5-proxies-browser-fingerprints.html Fri, 16 May 2025 05:05:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whonix-support/socks5-proxies-browser-fingerprints.html Why use HydraVeil on Whonix? a) Evade Tor Blocks b) Browse sites broken in Tor Browser c) More options, as there’s better security for Chromium based browsers. d) Chromium browsers normally have issues with proxies e) Avoid websites hazing you for blocking JavaScript or using Tor IPs d) Get GUI Isolation. Whonix uses X11, which has no graphical or keyboard isolation Uncheck Tor Select a normal connection to fetch/sync data from the billing server, because you’re already using Tor. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tuxedo-os-support/instructions-for-this-distro.html Fri, 16 May 2025 04:05:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tuxedo-os-support/instructions-for-this-distro.html Instructions for TuxedoOS Support: We support TuxedoOS, however it requires the following steps. Note: this is only for TuxedoOS, for other distros please ignore this article. 1) Open up a terminal window, and run the following command: kwrite /etc/apparmor.d/bwrap 2) Paste the following snippet into the text editor: abi <abi/4.0>, include <tunables/global> profile bwrap /usr/bin/bwrap flags=(unconfined) { userns, <br/> # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details. include if exists <local/bwrap> } <br/> Text File Version: You can also find a txt file of this here to avoid formating issues: text file https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-install/easy-one-command.html Fri, 16 May 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-install/easy-one-command.html Note: You Pay In the App Itself You Get Pre-reqs in the App Itself Download: https://api.simplifiedprivacy.is/downloads/linux-x86_64/clients/v1.0.0/appimage/hydra-veil-x86_64.AppImage Verify If you wish to verify it, you may run this command: shasum -a 256 [filename] Should spit out this for version: 1.0.0: 3fc48253f7b114cae75e82d0384e1e8f3bab49a5b241420cdf56e36d70872b9e This is Easy Supported Distros: Please see this page on what distros are supported: [Link]. Keep Existing VPN? You can keep your existing systemwide VPN on if you like. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/upgrade-notice/billing-downtime.html Thu, 15 May 2025 07:07:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/upgrade-notice/billing-downtime.html !!! Upgrade Notice !!! The billing server (for new subscriptions and that also serves browsers) will have a scheduled maintenance downtime for the transition today/tonight. Existing VPN and proxy traffic should not be affected, and would NOT go down. Just make sure you already have a browser. Not Affected: VPN subscriptions already active Proxy subscriptions already active Affected: New Subscriptions Downloads of Browsers Deleting or Rotating your Wireguard Keys https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-price-is-wrong/misunderstood-on-exchange.html Thu, 15 May 2025 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-price-is-wrong/misunderstood-on-exchange.html Criminals? Some view privacy in the context of criminals trying to hide I have the opposite worldview. The government, Big Tech, and Banks are leeching criminals. I promote privacy to shield productive agora businesses from their oppression. Wrong Price for Monero! These cryptocurrencies are worth MORE than they are listed on exchanges. You can objectively hire people cheaper. People are willing to work harder for less, IF it’s under more free conditions. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-use-the-forum/nostr-client-posting.html Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-use-the-forum/nostr-client-posting.html This guide will show you how to: -Generate a Nostr keypair -Use it on the forums -Post to Nostr directly Links: Try it out: Chromium (Brave) Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nos2x/kpgefcfmnafjgpblomihpgmejjdanjjp Firefox (Tor/Librewolf) Extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nos2x-fox/ Get an extension The easiest extension is Nos2x, it’s available in both the Chromium and Firefox stores. This tutorial shows “Nos2fx” which is just the firefox version, but Chromium is the same concept. Generate Key Open the browser extension, and hit “Generate Key”. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/forum-is-open/now-its-a-nostr-client.html Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/forum-is-open/now-its-a-nostr-client.html Big News: Our web forum is now also a native Nostr client. Features: -Post to the forum, and to directly to Nostr relays at the same time -Replies from (non-forum) Nostr users are also visible on the forum, pulled from the Relays. -This is like a Combo of Reddit/Twitter into one Perks: -You can get Discovery and the topic focused conversation like a forum, -But keep your voice, brand, independence, and followers like a regular Nostr client. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-signal-telemessage-scandal/is-about-iran.html Tue, 06 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-signal-telemessage-scandal/is-about-iran.html The scandal is much deeper than it seems. But the crowd is drawing the wrong lessons.. Trump & his team actually used “TeleMessage”, which was a modified version of Signal. And this modified “TeleMessage” was hacked and is insecure. [1] "404 Media reported at the weekend that TeleMessage had been hacked and that an unknown person had access to numerous chats, including from US authorities and the US Congress, NBC News has now learned of another intrusion" [2] Deeper Issues: HOWEVER, the MUCH DEEPER ISSUE, is that Trump did NOT bomb Iran. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/rules-for/group-chat-and-social-media.html Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/rules-for/group-chat-and-social-media.html These are the guidelines and rules regarding our interactions in group chats and social media. Scope: Technology, Privacy, Security, Agora, relevant politics related to privacy/economics Out of Scope: Darknet Drug Markets, Religion, Nazi, Jews, anything else Group Chats: 1. Don’t promote illegal services or vendors We are regulated by XMRBazaar. If you can’t list it on XMRBazaar, then you can’t list it in our group chat. 2. Add Value. Don’t Spam. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/denmark/deepfake-ban.html Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/denmark/deepfake-ban.html Quote ZME: "Under the new rules, anyone caught publishing manipulated content like deepfakes — without the subject’s permission — would be ordered to take it down. Tech platforms, including major social media companies, would be legally obligated to remove flagged deepfake content when requested." [1] They also want to stop “misinformation” [2]. This is a very slippery situation, as currently the law excludes “satire” that is labeled as such, but can quickly turn into a vehicle to stop criticism of the government. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/update-legacy-client/phase-out.html Thu, 01 May 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/update-legacy-client/phase-out.html We’re Upgrading: We are undergoing a huge upgrade to transition to a new framework for a decentralized traffic system. This new framework is not only the blueprints for these positive changes, but also will see fixes and dramatic improvements in performance for existing features. This is NOT that upcoming upgrade, This is the last update on the previously existing system, which has a tool to transfer your existing subscriptions over to the new system. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/watchman-privacy-loves-twitter/as-elon-musk-uses-spy-satellites.html Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/watchman-privacy-loves-twitter/as-elon-musk-uses-spy-satellites.html Elon Musk is putting spy satellites in the sky These look down, and take close-up pictures, to centralize and gather data for the US-gov. But yet.. Within this context, some “privacy” tech influencers still only use Twitter. As they think that’s where all the people are. But sometimes, still even that is not enough. The “Watchman Privacy” podcast is considering quitting, because he’s not making enough money, promoting privacy services primarily on Twitter. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-browser-os-spoof/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-browser-os-spoof/ The new update stops lying that your operating system was Windows, when it’s really Linux. Ultimately to sum up their move in a single sentence, They are trying to avoid bot detection hazing users for clearweb use, at the expense of no-JS darknet buyers. IF you had Javascript ENABLED, then websites could have figured it out before. So this is NOT a big change. Because as I’ve been shouting from the rooftops, user-agent spoofing doesn’t fool sophisticated scripts. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/which-freedom-tech/is-better-at-what.html Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/which-freedom-tech/is-better-at-what.html Stop asking which one is better, Instead ask: Which one is better at what? Messengers Session is better at resisting censorship of a business SimpleX is better at being invisible Briar is better at resisting internet/network-level censorship Signal is better for normie calls, like your family XMPP/Matrix are better for self-hosting (like groups/teams) Social Bastyon is better at paying to advertise a business Nostr is better at growing organically through reposts https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave/Arweave-QA/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave/Arweave-QA/ Note: This article was originally written on 2024-08-17, but is updated 2025-04-17 Arweave Q&A We also have a podcast episode on this content. Why should I care about Arweave websites? Arweave offers unprecedented freedom for both the website visitor and the content creator. Visitor For the website visitor, it’s unprecedented privacy. Never before in the history of the internet has the website VISITOR been able to pick the location, ISP, and jurisdiction where they want to RECEIVE the content FROM. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/real-id/digital-id-tyranny.html Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/real-id/digital-id-tyranny.html Warning: Real ID is being forced upon US citizens Flights The Trump administration is forcing US citizens to get “Real ID” to fly domestically. A regular driver’s license will no longer be accepted. [3] Thomas Massie Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, warned that the REAL ID may be implemented in an attempt to “control” Americans, quote: “Real ID isn’t a database. It’s proof that your physical person matches an entry in the digital database. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-tarrifs/trade-deficit/circle-of-life.html Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-tarrifs/trade-deficit/circle-of-life.html China Buys -> US Treasury Bonds US Treasury Pays -> Welfare to Americans Trump Rednecks Buy -> Walmart Goods Walmart Buys -> Chinese Stuff Here’s the point: The trade deficit is the Chinese literally giving the US items, in return for IOUs. It’s not being “ripped off”. And if you cut them off from collecting those IOUs, then they’ll cash out sooner, React Add your own quotes, memes, or replies: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-tarrifs/icons-react.html Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-tarrifs/icons-react.html Reactions to Donald Trump’s Tariffs Rand Paul: “This is bad economically, and politically.” Dave Smith: “If I buy stuff from Starbucks, I have a trade deficit with Starbucks. That doesn’t mean they are ripping me off in trade” Due Dissidence: “Over 50% tariffs on China? You’re talking about a Depression” Chinese Minster: “We’ll impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports.” Fictional Quote Liar: “34% is tame. The Chinese should have done 70% and replied “Grab her by the p*ssy” https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-signal/why-xmpp-is-better.html Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/trump-signal/why-xmpp-is-better.html Ridiculous This whole “Trump leaked war plans on Signal” fiasco is to distract you from the real question: How does bombing starving civilians in Yemen, “Make America Great Again”? Because Barrack Obama did the same yemen routine, but labeled it “change” Why is XMPP More Secure than Signal? But Trump’s Signal leak is a great time to educate you on XMPP. Why is it better? Server Control Signal is hosted on an external power (Amazon) that you have no control over. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/myths-of-privacy/fake-or-unrealistic-solutions-smashed.html Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/myths-of-privacy/fake-or-unrealistic-solutions-smashed.html Myth: Cookies is the Threat All along Google fingerprinted.. only now they admit to it, Before their lies were more honest, Source: [11] Interesting word choices, “subverts user choice” You can’t just customize your browser to resist fingerprinting Because then you’re even more unique, as the only one doing those modifications Source: [10] Myth: Browsers can Fool AI by “Spoofing” Reality: Spoofing is just lying with your words. Even back in 2016, Google could detect spoofing PeakHour Quote: The Google Picasso fingerprinting method, is a lightweight device class fingerprinting protocol that verifies the software and hardware stack of a mobile or desktop client. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protocols-over-pictures/session-arweave-nostr-monero-xmpp.html Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protocols-over-pictures/session-arweave-nostr-monero-xmpp.html Signal Signal is on the CIA contractor Amazon, and tries to use “sealed sender” to hide the metadata. However it’s flawed. XMPP XMPP is well-trusted, but the OMEMO encryption dies with the domain it’s linked to. This means XMPP is nothing more than end-to-end encrypted email (with rotating keys). Learn about XMPP here SimpleX SimpleX splits up messages into a give and take. It’s similar to a double-federated model. SimpleX users can change the relays mid-conversation, but new incoming messages are tied to government domains that can be censored. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/interview-session-messenger/keejef-vs-simplex.html Tue, 04 Mar 2025 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/interview-session-messenger/keejef-vs-simplex.html Interview Simplified Privacy’s Shadow Rebel sat down with Session’s developer KeeJef Timestamps: 5:36 - File server Structure (When you send a file) 8:42 - Bootstrapping Nodes (How you find other nodes, When you first start Session) 17:02 - Rotating Encryption Keys 37:00 - Session Bots, automation 45:01 - Spam in Groups Click to Play Then the Bottom right icon launches full-screen These pictures help to understand the structure of the different messengers. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html Browser Fingerprints are Misunderstood People think they have way more protection than they actually do. You’re likely living in the Matrix. LibreWolf is marketed as “anti-fingerprint”, but this web browser can’t even beat fingerprint-com’s free demo, I closed Librewolf, then re-opened it. And that same ID comes up on repeat visits, even in private mode. New VM But then Librewolf installed on a different VM: with the same default settings and version, produces a DIFFERENT UNIQUE fingerprint, Brave Brave Browser is also vulnerable to complete fingerprinting. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/openmonero-peer-to-peer/easy-for-beginners.html Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/openmonero-peer-to-peer/easy-for-beginners.html Legal Disclaimer I am excited about legal compliance and this is educational journalism I observed. Simplified Privacy is engaged in free speech journalism. We never take custody or coordinate trades in any way. This article is only for residents of international waters. Developers Own Words I was able to observe the developer of OpenMonero speaking publicly in a chat room. I copy-pasted his free speech so I can consult my lawyer and find out if OpenMonero is right for me in international waters. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/openmonero-interview-with-the-dev/compared-to-reto.html Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/openmonero-interview-with-the-dev/compared-to-reto.html Legal Disclaimer I am excited about legal compliance and this is educational journalism I observed. Simplified Privacy is engaged in free speech journalism. We never take custody or coordinate trades in any way. This article is only for residents of international waters. Developers Own Words I was able to observe the developer of OpenMonero speaking publicly in a chat room. I copy-pasted his free speech so I can consult my lawyer and find out if OpenMonero is right for me in international waters. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-ceo/we-will-leave-sweden/mullvad-next.html Tue, 25 Feb 2025 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-ceo/we-will-leave-sweden/mullvad-next.html New Law Sweden’s government is pushing through new legislation that forces Signal, WhatsApp, and all other messengers to SAVE all messages for the government to gather. [1] Mullvad Once again, I encourage you to check out our recent podcast on Mullvad, whose home is in Sweden, and this exact criticism was laid out (predicting this news story based on how the countries voted in past legislation). And that was the least of the criticisms. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/creating-profiles/what-is-sync-button.html Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/creating-profiles/what-is-sync-button.html No Internet Calls on Start-up The app does not make any internet calls when it first starts up, since it’s not yet known which profile you want to connect as. When you open the app, there are no internet calls. This is because you have not identified which profile you’d like to use. And by keeping all data on your local device, it avoids connecting any two profiles as you (unless you literally open both of them at the same time during beta, while we’re still running all servers). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/managing-profiles/settings-tab-tutorial.html Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/managing-profiles/settings-tab-tutorial.html No Internet Calls on Start-up The app does not make any internet calls when it first starts up, since it’s not yet known which profile you want to connect as. Bottom Right Settings Tab You can find the settings tab in the bottom right. The settings tab allows the user to easily manage profiles and subscriptions. Bottom Left Profile Expiration If a profile is selected, then it will tell the user when it expires while offline. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-deposit-with-xmrbazaar/renewed.html Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-deposit-with-xmrbazaar/renewed.html 6 Months ago 6 months ago, when we deposited with XMRBazaar, I had no idea if this idea would work. We needed to find a way to have a legal system outside the corrupt banking system, but at the same time, people don’t trust sending cryptocurrency to strangers. Today I was (and still am) surprised by how successful this parallel economy idea has turned out to be. A huge thank you to everyone who trusted XMRBazaar, us, and this new legal system. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-pgp-insurance/2025.html Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-pgp-insurance/2025.html PGP Registration Key Simplified Privacy has deposited 2 Monero with an arbitrator from XMRBazaar and registered it with our PGP key. Receipt All customers get a PGP receipt for VPS setups, phones, or other tech services. This receipt protects the purchase even if it is not made through the XMRBazaar website and even if it’s in a different cryptocurrency. If you do not know how to verify a PGP receipt, we have an easy graphical tutorial found here: link https://simplifiedprivacy.com/profiles-vs-subscriptions/understanding-payments.html Sun, 16 Feb 2025 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/profiles-vs-subscriptions/understanding-payments.html Subscriptions A subscription is access to the VPN service. Each subscription is tied to one location, and you can have as many subscriptions as you like. Fingerprint Data The data for a browser fingerprint is stored locally on your device. It is NOT stored on the cloud. Profiles The concept of a Profile is a browser fingerprint stored locally on your device, PLUS access to the VPN subscription. Subscriptions vs Profiles So only the VPN (or Socks5 Proxy) subscription info is saved on the cloud. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-do-systemwide-vpn/layer1-tutorial.html Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-do-systemwide-vpn/layer1-tutorial.html Create a Profile Step 1 is to hit “Create Profile” Select WireGuard Select “Wireguard” and then hit “Next” in the bottom right Select Systemwide Select “Systemwide” and then hit “Next” in the bottom right. Pick a Location This example selects Iceland, but pick a location as close to you as possible. Name the Profile You can pick any name, but “systemwide” make it easier. If you’re doing a phone or router, maybe name it that. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-payments-work/for-vpn-proxy-app.html Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-payments-work/for-vpn-proxy-app.html If you had no VPN, then: -Home ISP sees home traffic -Celltower ISP sees cell traffic and where you go -People in other countries have different ISPs -SSL traffic hides from the ISP, whose talking to each other on web apps With OTHER VPNs, everything you do goes on the same billing ID. So Mullvad can see: -Your home traffic -Your cell (web) traffic, such as apps like Signal -Where you travel to Wifi https://simplifiedprivacy.com/better-android-support/one-dollar-vpn.html Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:07:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/better-android-support/one-dollar-vpn.html Better Android Support! We’ve streamlined EVERYTHING to avoid conflicts with Android clients! Updated 6 global locations, billing, and even the Linux client to match it, This update also brings faster initial connections Although this may not be a lot of words I’m typing out right now, holy shit we made progress these past 2 weeks. If you had ANY kind of issue before, try this now bro!!! Love you, Update 1. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-our-vpn-on-android/wg-tunnel.html Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-our-vpn-on-android/wg-tunnel.html VPN website: First get a subscription for $1 through our website. Select Android And then “Request configuration. After you pay, it will give you a QR code to scan for the Wireguard config. Or you can hit the save button, and save the *.conf file. Download WG Tunnel from F-Droid Allow Network Permission Allow Connection It will prompt you to allow a connection. Then in the network settings, set it to always on. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-our-vpn-on-android/wireguard-official-app.html Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-our-vpn-on-android/wireguard-official-app.html This is Easy Format: You buy a subscription the Linux client, then plug that file into an Android app. Note for Non-Linux Users: We are working on a website for billing, however in the meantime you can get a quick WG config from our over the counter service via any contact method on our website: SimpleX, Session, Signal, ect. Reach out: contact Separated? Optional: If you want to separate your home Wifi IP, from your Android celltower identity, then you could get two $1 subscriptions and toggle between them. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/web-browsers-become-the-new-os/and-the-program-is-tyranny.html Sun, 09 Feb 2025 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/web-browsers-become-the-new-os/and-the-program-is-tyranny.html Full Dark Fi Quote: "The Web is monopolized by Big Browser. We essentially have three companies developing infrastructure (web browsers) that the entire population of the Internet blindly uses for all aspects of their lives. Personal data is stored everywhere without concern for privacy or security." [2] Conflict of Interest Google’s revenue is ads. That’s a conflict of interest to design a browser to hide your activity from Google, even if the direct Chrome spyware is removed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tutorial/how-to-disable-ipv6-linux.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tutorial/how-to-disable-ipv6-linux.html VPN Our VPN does not support IPv6 during beta; please be sure to disable IPv6 if it’s enabled on your system. If you are unsure, you can test via whatsmyipaddress.com or dnsleaktest.com This Tutorial is Easy How to Disable IPv6 on Linux Step 1: Open config file: sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf Step 2. Add this to the end of the Config file: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1 net. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/identify-suspect-through-a-vpn/travis-west-interview.html Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/identify-suspect-through-a-vpn/travis-west-interview.html Travis West caught our attention with the following quote: "A common mistake I have seen people who want to remain anonymous online make is using a VPN consistently with burner accounts, but then they use the same VPN with the same IP address at around the same time to access accounts already associated with them, such as their online banking or a Gmail they have used since they were a teenager. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why/this-vpn-browser-combo.html Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why/this-vpn-browser-combo.html Fingerprinting 101: They Update Your Fingerprint Every 5 Minutes Like the Matrix, the Machines Eat Your Data. 8-minute read Fast Overview How They Sell Your Data How to defend yourself from Big Tech abusively selling your sensitive data. 5-minute read The Myth of Mullvad Podcast Form: Mullvad empowers the NSA This focuses on Mullvad’s servers and their DAITA protocol. 12-minute listen Article Form: The Epic Pitch This covers the suppressed truth on VPN surveillance, and how it can be solved. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cloudflare-and-signal/leak-user-location.html Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cloudflare-and-signal/leak-user-location.html Anyone can triangulate your city location?!! Do you use Signal or Discord? Then a random attacker can abuse Cloudflare to find out which Cloudflare server you’re pinging images from. Even on Signal, the attacker can triangulate your city location (or VPN exit). Images To do the Signal attack, they need to only send you an image. Then see which Cloudflare server you download the image from. This shows the danger of Cloudflare’s centralization, which I’ve bitched about 1000 times to deaf ears. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/supported-distros/what-we-support.html Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/supported-distros/what-we-support.html HydraVeil Currently Supports: Debian Based Debian Debian 12 Debian Sid Ubuntu Ubuntu 24 Ubuntu 23 Ubuntu 22 Mint Mint 22 Mint 21 Other PopOS PureOS Zorin 17.2 Whonix We support socks5 proxies inside Whonix. This helps evade Tor blocks. Instructions found here: [link] TuxedoOS: We support Tuxedo! Please see this article with: instructions. Older Versions: Much older Debian-based distros, for example Ubuntu 20 (or Mint 20) and below, are NOT currently supported. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/our-code/links-to-code.html Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/our-code/links-to-code.html Source Code on Self-hosted Git It’s written fully in Python, using clear and easy to read variable names. This makes it so that even beginners can evaluate our work. How to Run it From Source Our System maximizes your freedom by empowering you to run it directly from the Python Code, without compiling it. The code is copyleft GNU/GPLv3. While the art, logo, and graphical designs are copyright protected. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fast-overview/how-it-works.html Thu, 16 Jan 2025 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fast-overview/how-it-works.html Websites Sell Your Browser Fingerprint Oracle is the 3rd largest software company in the world. With the CIA as Oracle’s first customer, they have been in the data surveillance business from the beginning. Oracle is operating behind the scenes on many Big Tech websites collecting your data. They have over 4,600 partnerships with companies like: TikTok, Adobe, Google, Slack, Shopify, LinkedIn, DropBox, Pinterest, Visa, Zoom and Microsoft, just to name a few. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-docs/overview.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-docs/overview.html Docs (Behind the Tech) Note: You don’t need to read this stuff to use it. It’s like driving a car, where you can just hop in. But if you want to know how it works under the hood, here it is: What do you mean by “Isolated Encrypted Proxies”? Float like a Proxy Butterfly, But Sting like a Virtual-Machine Bee. Podcast: Blueprints to Beat Surveillance Get the tech spoon-fed to you in an easy format. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nsa-taps-ocean-cables/so-we-have-a-two-layer-split-traffic-approach.html Fri, 10 Jan 2025 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nsa-taps-ocean-cables/so-we-have-a-two-layer-split-traffic-approach.html This content is available as a video, podcast, and article. Video Form Podcast Form: We have a podcast with further information on this topic: https://podcast.simplifiedprivacy.com/ocean/index.html Article Below Continue Centralized Taps Global governments can not tap and record every router and switch on the planet earth, so they have to do it at large centralized locations. Ocean Cables There are cables that connect different continents’ internet. These are centralized choke points that can be easily be monitored. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/secret-elite-blueprints/behind-the-vpn.html Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/secret-elite-blueprints/behind-the-vpn.html How can you compete with giants? The new secret blueprints of this elite tech are spilled in this exclusive podcast. Born from the genius of anonymous engineers, who never speak on record. This brilliant tech stack needs to be explained in simple layman terms. Shadow Rebel steps in the boxing ring, to dance with the devil, and deliver you the blow-by-blow on how this revolutionary new VPN can aid even the most basic newbie, to defeat oppressive international surveillance giants. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-browser-tutorial/easy-to-use.html Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-browser-tutorial/easy-to-use.html Install Install & Download How to Download and Install it. Supported Distros We support Debian, Arch, Whonix, and Fedora based distros. Get the full list here. 1 PreReq Command The prereq command is easily copied from the App itself. But we list it here as another option. Payments Payments 101: Subscriptions vs Profiles How Payments Work, and the concept of a Subscription vs a Profile. Phone vs PC Subscriptions How Isolated Subscriptions Can Radically Improve Privacy https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-faq-and/logistical-info.html Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-faq-and/logistical-info.html Logistical & Legal VPN FAQ Frequently asked Questions regarding the Company, WireGuard keys, terms, using it on Android, and other questions. Terms of Service You must follow the laws of the country the IP address is in. Please review our policies. Legal We respond to DDoS and some copyright infringement requests. Please review our policies. OTHER services FAQ Frequently asked Questions regarding OTHER services such as Decentralized Email and DeGoogled Phones. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/initial-release/beta-live.html Tue, 07 Jan 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/initial-release/beta-live.html Simplified Privacy beta goes live today. Anti-Fingerprint Profiles Change Your: -Screen Resolution -Browser Type & Version -Time Zone (Matches Chosen IP) -Secure & Isolated Filesystem -Stay Logged in with Isolated Cookies Mullvad Browser The difference between our system and something like Mullvad Browser, is their browser just lies and blocks. We realistically recreate an environment in-between the underlying operating system and the browser, which can not be detected. With 2-Layer Split-Traffic Networking: -Your Home ISP and VPN Datacenter Routers see different packet sizes, this throws off surveillance https://simplifiedprivacy.com/run-vpn-from-source-code/without-compiling.html Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/run-vpn-from-source-code/without-compiling.html Run Simplified Privacy from Source No Compile OTHER programs often require the end-user to compile them in order to use them. This creates complexity and consumes your time and system resources. Simplified Privacy Our System maximizes your freedom by empowering you to run it directly from the Python Code, without compiling it, and without performance drag. Additionally, you could customize the GUI to your liking. Step 1: Get the Code & Resources Files Get the AppImage: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/everything-you-know-about-vpns-is-a-lie/fast-easy-video.html Mon, 06 Jan 2025 02:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/everything-you-know-about-vpns-is-a-lie/fast-easy-video.html Simplified Privacy goes live into beta Premise In this easy to digest video, we’ll go over some of the biggest misconceptions about privacy and freedom that you need to know. Article Format This is the video video, of our previous article found here: /how-this-vpn-works/epic-pitch.html Full Screen Click the bottom right of the video to make it full screen. Summary Anti-Fingerprint Profiles Change Your: -Screen Resolution -Browser Type & Version https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fairmail/best-android-email-client.html Sun, 05 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fairmail/best-android-email-client.html FairEmail Bro, you gotta check out FairEmail. Everybody knows about Radical-Left Mozilla’s Thunderbird, now that they’ve taken over K-9. But, What you didn’t know is that FairEmail has the best security features, privacy perks, and is completely FOSS. Here’s some examples of FairEmail’s features: Thunderbird With OTHER email clients such Thunderbird, when you recieve stuff, you are clueless if you’re getting legit content from the owner of that domain. Or are you getting spoofed fake bullshit from any assclown trying to scam you? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-web-browser/how-we-configure-browsers.html Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-web-browser/how-we-configure-browsers.html Rampant Abuse Many use Linux for privacy, but the vast majority of Linux distros are negligent and corrupt when it comes to distributing browser software. Firefox For example Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and many other distributions include the stock version of Mozilla Firefox. This stock version (from Mozilla) has rampant spyware, telemetry, and bogus invasive settings. So if the primary purpose of Linux is privacy, then why do all of these distro packagers package a version that’s not private? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wireguard-without-sudo-as-a-proxy/wireproxy.html Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wireguard-without-sudo-as-a-proxy/wireproxy.html Let’s first look at a regular VPN. Regular WireGuard Pro The advantage of regular WireGuard is that your whole system’s traffic is encrypted, so the ISP can’t see what websites you visit. Con The disadvantage of just regular WireGuard is that to connect or disconnect, it requires temporary root access to privileged protected folders and your real networking interfaces. If hacked, these files and interfaces have direct and real access to your real underlying networking information. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/just-my-one-thing/disease.html Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/just-my-one-thing/disease.html Don’t make these mistakes. The Bull Dies in Spanish Bullfighting Because it’s so focused on the Red Silk, that it misses the sword Dave Smith Nearly every podcast from Libertarian Dave Smith is sponsored by Proton. Buy Protonmail he tells his audiences. Yet Dave Smith uses Gmail in Real Life: If you go on LinkedIn or Job Boards, nearly every company is using Gmail. Even if companies use their own domain, it’s really pointed to Google. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-add-podcast-rss-to/antennapod.html Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-add-podcast-rss-to/antennapod.html Single Gateway Arweave RSS feeds can be added to AntennaPod, however keep in mind that you’re fetching it from a single gateway. No Redundancy AntennaPod does NOT have built-in redundancy, so if in the future, you suddenly stop seeing posts then try adding a different gateway. Add Podcast by RSS Arweave Domains The Arweave domain for the AntennaPod RSS feed is SimplifiedPrivacy The Arweave domain for a Web Browser to navigate episodes is Shadow https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-podcast/more-private.html Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-podcast/more-private.html The US military made the internet you’re used to. On the Government Internet, A domain name that they own and rent to you, is pointed to a Single IP address. This means: Any random clown can see what website you’re visiting based on what IP address you’re connecting to. VPNs You can try to hide this with a VPN. But then the VPN can see, and the packets can be traced by on-lookers. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/podcast.html Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints/podcast.html It wasn’t just Elon Musk that bought Twitter. Among the largest contributors was Larry Ellison, previous CEO of Oracle. Oracle not only contracts with the CIA, and sells browser fingerprints. But Larry publicly downplayed Edward Snowden’s leaks, and said the NSA spying was good. You might think this is a lone incident with Twitter’s takeover. But actually the VAST MAJORITY of services use browser fingerprinting, and aggregate data with each other. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/setup-profile/how-to.html Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/setup-profile/how-to.html Video Format: Sync When you hit “Create Profile” it prompt you to first sync with the billing server. This is to get what locations and plans are available. Pick Protocol Browser-Only Profiles are currently being offered for WireGuard or Tor Datacenter Proxies. In this tutorial, we’ll pick WireGuard. But these same concepts apply to proxies. Pick a Country Pick what country to connect to. In this tutorial, I’ll select Malaysia as an example. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-profiles/evade-tor-block.html Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-profiles/evade-tor-block.html Video Version: Click play then hit the bottom right to make it full screen. FOSS Proxies Our proxies can not only can help you get around Tor bans, but hide that different profiles are you, by using isolated browser fingerprints. Billing Server The billing server is giving you a subscription code, a cryptocurrency address, and enabling you to download the browsers from it. While as the individual VPN or proxy servers do not have browsers or crypto nodes. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-legal/complaints-requests.html Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-legal/complaints-requests.html Legal Requests Simplified Privacy is a no logs VPN provider. We can not help any entity recover logs. However, we do respond to: DDoS If your server is being DDoS attacked from one of our IPs, please contact us immediately by texting on Signal, Session, or Email. Signal or Session texts will get a much faster reply than email. Copyright Infringement If your organization is threatening a take-down over Copyright infringement, please email us. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/terms-of-service/vpn.html Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/terms-of-service/vpn.html Legal Authority Simplified Privacy is under the legal jurisdiction of XMRBazaar. Our arbitrator is AlliA, as per our outline Terms of Service We Agree to: No Logs No record is kept of traffic. WireGuard peers are removed and then re-added after 5 minutes of no activity. Transparency We agree to open and clear transparency about our service. Open Source We agree to PGP-sign the application as presented in our open source code. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-faq/questions.html Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-faq/questions.html VPN Service What cryptocurrencies do you accept? Monero, Bitcoin Lightning, Bitcoin, and Litecoin. If you need Monero, then free speech advocates have discussed OpenMonero. Do you accept fiat money? Not directly because this requires bank accounts, which forces the organization to comply with gagged data requests. However, for an order over $50 we can accept a gift card, which we’ll resell on the secondary markets. What data is collected about me? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-gateways/list.html Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-gateways/list.html 2 Steps Step 1) Pick a Domain, based on what kind of content you’d like to view. Step 2) Pick a Gateway, based on your preferred location. Step 1. Domains Podcast Website The domain for our podcast website to browse or download podcasts is Shadow For example if you were to pick arns-gateway.com then: Shadow.arns-gateway.com Podcast RSS The domain for the podcast RSS feed, for any podcast app such as AntennaPod, Apple podcasts, or any other player is simplifiedprivacy https://simplifiedprivacy.com/kyc-truth/joe-biden-hypocrite.html Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/kyc-truth/joe-biden-hypocrite.html And today.. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-vs-socks5-proxy/evade-tor-or-vpn-bans.html Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-vs-socks5-proxy/evade-tor-or-vpn-bans.html Bans LinkedIn LinkedIn makes more money off selling user data, then they do from paid job ads. Twitter Twitter’s valuation collapsed after Elon Musk’s takeover, but then yet according to Fidelity, it got a rebound from Musk’s training his AI startup on your data. Restrict It should not surprise you then that both LinkedIn and Twitter, restrict many VPNs for new sign-ups. They don’t care if you use a VPN once you already have an account, and they already got the data to sell. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/eu-thugs-chat-control/us-thugs-promote-encryption.html Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:10:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/eu-thugs-chat-control/us-thugs-promote-encryption.html Opposite reactions from corrupt government thugs. European Union In the EU, a bill dubbed “Chat Control” by critics, seeks to ban end-to-end encryption, unless it has a backdoor for government client-side scanning. [1] This controversial bill was originally killed, after critics pointed out the technical issues with ending encryption. [2] Coming up on Thursday, Dec 12, there will be public voting on the issue. [3] United States In the US, Chinese hackers have infiltrated the phone lines, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-spike/why.html Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-spike/why.html Price Talk? Monero users often hate discussion of investing and the price, but an awareness of what’s going on, may better help inform your decisions with real world cash use. Often financial media pundits will be quick to assign causality to random price movements. But I do have some thoughts on this issue. Fears On the biggest factors holding back investors into Monero, was the idea that it’s being delisted and potentially sanctioned. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/ The Truth Why should you have a self-hosted email? Because without it, you don’t own anything. Most websites force you to link an email, and the email can reset the password. And because email forces you to trust the provider, the provider really owns your accounts. Don’t use Protonmail. Protonmail’s encryption is a conflict of interest. As they are protecting you from themselves. By registering a legal company, this forces them to comply with invasive orders from corrupt governments in violation of their own laws. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-bitcoin-maxi/currency.html Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-bitcoin-maxi/currency.html Dear Bitcoin Maxis, Arweave is NOT a currency Protocol The protocol earns REVENUE that’s locked in a pool, To algorithmically deliver the SERVICE of file storage. So it’s a decentralized trustless service provider, and NOT a central bank. The earned revenue is locked in the pool, to pay out the providers. To Investors, Now that Gary Gensler is gone, we can be honest and say, To an investor, Arweave is like stock in a decentralized company, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-podcast/life-changer.html Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-podcast/life-changer.html With Crypto Rising, It’s never been more critical to secure your wallets with Linux. With Nostr Rising in Popularity, It’s never been more critical to keep ownership of your identity. Algos But Big Tech doesn’t want you to know this. Their recommendations via search, podcast, and youtube want to keep you trapped in their own ecosystems. Linux groups Even worse, in Linux groups on Lemmy and Reddit, where there should be critical education. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-chrome-doj-breakup/sell-chrome.html Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-chrome-doj-breakup/sell-chrome.html Department of Justice Ruling Sell Chrome US DoJ ruled Google must sell Chrome, as part of it’s anti-trust case. [1][3] Price Tag The Chrome division would be sold off, with some analysts at Bloomberg citing $20 billion as a potential price-tag.[1] Future: Sell Android? The DoJ left the door open for selling Android as well in the future. [1][3] Mixed Reaction This is a mixed reaction from me, as on the one hand it’s supposedly a private company, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-this-vpn-works/epic-pitch.html Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-this-vpn-works/epic-pitch.html Explain it to me in the least amount of words On the client, Simplified Privacy’s HydraVeil lets you manage different undetectable browser fingerprint identities On the server, Simplified Privacy uses small 1-country “underdog” datacenters, that AVOIDS situations where the website you’re visiting, uses the same large datacenter router as your VPN Together, By splitting up your traffic up to different underdogs, combined with using different fingerprints, it presents a realistic, yet easy-to-use solution, to the rising threat of AI surveillance https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-post1/first.html Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-post1/first.html I have to tell you something. For the past 3 years, our team of 3-4 devs and artists have been working on an original VPN. I did not tell you about this before, because to be honest with you, I didn’t know if we would succeed For technical, financial, and logistical reasons. It was so hard, I can’t even begin to tell you the problems we overcame. But it’s like that old Thomas Edison quote, “I have not failed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protonmail/propaganda-unencrypted.html Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protonmail/propaganda-unencrypted.html Protonmail is Propaganda This is an article to go with our new podcast on this subject. Enters as Plain Text It enters as PLAIN TEXT unencrypted. Then they claim to encrypt it. As per own their blog: Quote: "The email is encrypted in transit using TLS. It is THEN UNENCRYPTED and re-encrypted (by us) for storage on our servers using zero-access encryption. Once zero-access encryption has been applied, no-one except you can access emails stored on our servers (including us). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/podcast/freedom-open-source.html Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/podcast/freedom-open-source.html New Podcast Covering: -Linux -VPNs -Phones -Agorism -Email -VoIP -Open Source Tools -Decentralized Social Networks -Circular Crypto Economy -Making a Website -Persuading friends and family -Advanced Tricks First episode is up: https://podcast.simplifiedprivacy.com/ Don’t miss out on the upcoming ones. On AntennaPod or Apple hit “Add Podcast by RSS feed” and copy-paste in this link: RSS: https://podcast.simplifiedprivacy.com/index.xml https://simplifiedprivacy.com/celltowers-wifi/imei-mac.html Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/celltowers-wifi/imei-mac.html Intro In this post, I’m going to teach you what data is being shared from cell towers vs WiFi, and what your options to reduce that are. The end has 3 example setups for the average person, somewhat savvy, and tinfoil hat. Cell Towers When you connect to cellphone towers: IMEI You’re using the modem which has an IMEI identification number. Using a DeGoogled phone and a VPN does NOT change this from revealing info about the hardware TO the TOWER, such as where it was bought. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/zenaku/spanish-monero-nostr.html Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/zenaku/spanish-monero-nostr.html Often developing countries have less resources for privacy and freedom technology. WhatsApp is extremely common in South America. Among major providers, there are typically less VPN locations. And often companies try to take advantage of the lack of knowledge, for example custodial bitcoin wallets. The people’s data is abused, but often the political situations may actually need the protection to protect journalism and free speech. It is in the midst of this crisis, Simplified Privacy’s Zenaku has risen to the challenge. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/digital-agora/basics.html Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/digital-agora/basics.html I’m a Digital Agora My core positions: Don’t waste time with politics. Vote with your actions. Don’t buy crypto, Earn it. Start accepting it. Transcend locations with Encryption as identity, over protocols with redundancy Physical locations are bad, because they are censored and controlled by a political thugs. If you CAN’T transcend locations, such as Email, then self-host it, to a VPS you control. Everyone should have a little digital home. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bastyon-works/how.html Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bastyon-works/how.html Daniel Satchkov Simplified Privacy had an opportunity to sit down with Daniel Satchkov the lead developer and creator of Bastyon. Rather than use a traditional Q&A format, instead we will summarize and simply the technical information we learned from him about the protocol. Off-chain data Posts are transactions Every post is a transaction on the blockchain and costs a tiny bit of Pkoin, Bastyon’s native cryptocurrency. Pkoin is Proof of Stake, and the nodes serve the social media content. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-peer-to-peer/avoid-flagging.html Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-peer-to-peer/avoid-flagging.html Legal Disclaimer: This is a fictional story for residents of Cambodia. We do not promote illegal activity. Please consult a lawyer in your country before doing anything, as our organization can not be held responsible. We are in full compliance. Peer-to-peer Legal It is legal in most western democracies to trade cryptocurrency peer-to-peer, for personal liquidity. Despite it’s legal status, many banks and payment vendors are interested in preventing you from exiting their corrupt system. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bitcoin-transparent-monero-taxes/cash-use-case.html Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bitcoin-transparent-monero-taxes/cash-use-case.html Note: this is a guest article by anon-bobo, and does not reflect the website operator’s views. It is only directed at residents of Fiji Dear Fiji residents, Be honest Which of these seems like a better hypothetical pitch to a normie? a) Bitcoin When you spend Bitcoin, it creates tiny capital gains taxes, which are not realistic to keep track of for tiny daily purchases. In fact, some wallets won’t even tell you the price you received it at. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/freedom-through-technology/encryption-identity.html Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/freedom-through-technology/encryption-identity.html What do I want? Self-sovereignty over my life & Political Freedom How do I express that? Not by voting, but through depriving Governments of power with Technology What defines tech freedom? Encryption as Identity Open Source Permissionless Decentralized How do I live? End-to-end encrypted messengers Encryption based social media Encryption based contracts Linux DeGoogled Android Self-hosting my email Self-hosting my website Reject government money Reject government domains How do I reject government domains? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/conservatives/big-tech.html Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/conservatives/big-tech.html Why is it so important for conservatives to get off Big Tech? (Linux, degoogled phone, decentralized social, ect) a) Your enemy controls your means of finding news and publishing your content b) Your enemy oversees everything you’re doing and can later jail you. Even if you think you’re doing nothing wrong, some complex cryptocurrency transaction tax can be used years later to silence you. Look at Roger Ver who was jailed a decade later for Bitcoin taxes, even after renouncing US citizenship. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linked-in-data-collection/digital-id.html Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linked-in-data-collection/digital-id.html Microsoft’s Tyranny Agenda: a) Create a culture where you’re discriminated against employment unless you have a Linked-In b) Force you to verify your real details on Linked-In. c) By agreeing to be on Linked-In, you agree to train AI on your data, and monitor the web of all human interaction d) Allow radical woke socialists to view your real job details, so they can cancel and control you. This purges “freedom speech” from positions of power. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/hate-speech-reactions-decentralized-social/nostr-farcaster-bastyon.html Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/hate-speech-reactions-decentralized-social/nostr-farcaster-bastyon.html If someone posted the N-word, the reaction would be: Twitter: Ban. Gab: It’s their god-given right to say it. Mastodon: If you don’t ban that meme, we will isolate you from society Nostr: So? Just don’t follow that guy. Why should I accept a moderator for MY content, just because THAT guy is dumb? If you think about it, taking away my freedoms over that guy, is like the very slavery you claim to be against. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-totalitarian/evil.html Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-totalitarian/evil.html The police dragged Google’s internal employees out of the building in handcuffs, just to get them to stop protesting. As we’ll get to in a moment, that’s just the visible physical world, the real censorship you never hear about is digital. In this juicy article, we’ll cover: a) Election Manipulation b) Surveillance and Substitution to “Program the population” c) Removal of Translation Dictionary Words for politics d) Blocking the words “cure cancer” https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wired-attacks-simplex/evgeny.html Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wired-attacks-simplex/evgeny.html The Attack It doesn’t surprise me that, SimpleX is under attack by corrupt liar Wired: Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat https://www.wired.com/story/neo-nazis-flee-telegram-encrypted-app-simplex/ The Reaction What DOES surprise me is the reaction of developer Evgeny Poberezkin, Here’s the quote from the article: "And Poberezkin believes that the current limitations of his technology will mean these groups will eventually abandon SImpleX. “SimpleX is a communication network, rather than a service or a platform, where users can host their own servers, like in Open Web, so we were not aware that extremists have been using it,” says Poberezkin. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/digital-agora/path.html Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:01:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/digital-agora/path.html These political activists on Twitter and Reddit mouth off, But if people were using PGP arbitration, Monero/lightning, Nostr/Bastyon, Arweave websites, YaCy search engines, Self-hosted emails & docs, and XMPP/SimpleX/Session, then: What does it matter whose in charge? Governments would have no way to control the population. The printing money would be meaningless. Given this technology already exists, Then: The main obstacle is cultural. Therefore: If you refuse to use freedom technology, or even worse try to haze it, you aid the oppressor in the war for our minds. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/california-id/digital.html Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/california-id/digital.html New Bill AI for kids Disguised as a bill to stop addictive AI for children, the bill would have no way to be enforced without requiring identification to use Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. The bill has the government acting as a parent, forcing companies to stop sending notifications too late during a school night. [1] Apple Watch Equally chilling is Apple rolling out their Digital ID watch at the same time. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/elon-musk-brazil/odysee-tweets.html Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/elon-musk-brazil/odysee-tweets.html Elon Musk Reversal Before: Previously the narrative was that Elon Musk was going to stand up to censorship, and things were going to turn around for free speech. As I had said numerous times prior, no one man or company can stand-up to the oppression of the empire. And instead, we need decentralized solutions. Now: Now Twitter is giving in to demands from Brazil, to quote the New York Times: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-code-release/open-source-code.html Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-code-release/open-source-code.html CODE DROP TODAY!~ Arweave’s CDN I’ve searched far and wide, and I can tell you Arweave’s new Global CDN has the most potential for websites, podcasts, and video to defy oppressive censorship. It’s a game changer. But in it’s current form, UPDATING new content to your RSS feed on Arweave SUCKS. I’ll explain it like this: Example: If a German wishes to speak to a Japanese girl, he needs a translator. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-update/manifest.html Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-update/manifest.html Warning: This Guide requires Linux knowledge at an intermediate level Previous: As we covered in our previous article, getting your website on Arweave is going to be challenging, especially until more Hugo templates are developed to work in serverless mode. Updates your Manifest The Simplified Privacy team has automated updating your website so you do not have to manually search for the dataTxIds and copy paste them over. This is useful for RSS feeds and sites with news. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-instructions/upload.html Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-instructions/upload.html Warning: This Guide requires Linux knowledge at an intermediate level These are the steps to get your website on Arweave. Once you complete them, it’s easy to update. Why CLI? You want to avoid the ArDrive web app because it’s not only on Google Cloud, but they do not have the functionality to UPDATE your website with new content. You need the CLI (command line interface) for that. Step 1) Getting a Static Website Hugo Hugo is the best here. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/airplane-mode/myth.html Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/airplane-mode/myth.html The Myth of Airplane Mode WiFi Triangulation You’re being lied to. Airplane mode does NOT hide your location. Google and Apple continue to collect it, by seeing what WiFi endpoints are near you, and then figuring out where you are through a process known as “WiFi Triangulation”. [1] Baseband Modem Further, phones have two “brains”, and the part that connects to the cell towers does NOT have to obey Airplane mode. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-yacy-works/search.html Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-yacy-works/search.html Google is a dictator The issue with Google, is they favor the same large websites like Wikipedia, CNN, and Reddit. These large powerful players are not infinitely wise, and so usually generative AI or low quality content is shoved in people’s faces just so they stay on top. And even worse, Wikipedia, CNN, and their ilk will push pro-authority propaganda in a neutral tone, to train audiences that obedience is the norm. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-id/chrome.html Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-id/chrome.html Chrome introduces Digital ID Chrome devs rolled out a new digital ID feature, that they are touting on their blog. This corrupt power grab is an attempt to legitimatize Google being the overseer of all identification through their browser and mobile platform. They are rolling it out for mobile first via Chrome. Power Grab This power grab is broken down into: a) Presenting their rotten technical solutions b) Pushing on legislators and partners to force adoption https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crowdstrike/data-collection.html Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:02:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crowdstrike/data-collection.html CrowdStrike is Operating System level surveillance, that reports back to this single company, the actions of ALL these different devices around the world, even when they are offline. If your job forces you to use it, you got 3 options: KVM a) You can use KVM Linux and do your job in a CrowdStrike Windows VM. It can’t do cross-OS AND breakout. VPS b) Rent a VPS physically near you, put CrowdStrike on it, and remote into it. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-big-tech/truth.html Sat, 07 Sep 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-big-tech/truth.html Be honest, you’re using Big Tech because: a) You think it’s hard to switch b) You think there won’t be the software you need on Linux c) You think nobody is using encrypted messengers d) You say privacy is a nice idea, but I don’t really need it e) You tell yourself you’ll learn later, which turns to never. But every one of the statements is a lie. It’s NOT hard to switch, Linux is easy man, my mom uses it, and she’s older than computers existing. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/transaccion-monero/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/transaccion-monero/ https://simplifiedprivacy.com/criptoviaje/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/criptoviaje/ Tendrá usted un boleto de ida, pero no de regreso Es un viaje largo, un rumbo lejano. Un viaje turbulento, con altibajos, donde dejarás atrás muchas cosas que antes creías esenciales. No hay retorno, solo un camino hacia lo incierto. Y al mismo tiempo, ¿quién podría arrepentirse de un viaje hacia lo desconocido? Es el primer paso en el Criptoviaje. Un viaje que, a pesar de ser complicado y lleno de dudas, tiene algo profundamente atrayente. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/clase-monero-2/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/clase-monero-2/ New User: ¡Es genial la idea de ser anónimo en internet y poder efectuar transacciones irretrazables y sin miedo! Quiero iniciar. Tengo una pregunta, Monero es dinero en internet, ¿dónde se guarda? Mr. Monero: El registro de transacciones de Monero se guarda en una cadena de bloques inalterable. Tus fondos se almacenan en una billetera (wallet), es decir, tu dinero está en una billetera bajo tu custodia, que se conecta a la blockchain para verificar los registros. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-sheets/hacked.html Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-sheets/hacked.html Hackers abuse Google sheets to impersonate tax authorities Warning: If the government emails you asking for money, I can finally legally advise you (for security purposes) to ignore them. Negligent Vulnerability Remote Code There’s a new 0-day in negligent Google sheets that is YET ANOTHER reason to completely abandon their invasive Workspaces. The bug allows hackers to remotely mass email, by enabling a Python script to masquerade as a PDF on Windows, from Google sheets. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-amazing/ar.html Fri, 30 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-amazing/ar.html Why Arweave is Amazing Normally websites force you into submission, which usually means a rectal exam by Cloudflare, Google capcha, and AWS. Instead with Arweave, the visitor picks the terms. Arweave has: No Forced Locations No Lag No DDoS No Cloudflare No Censorship No Tor Ban No IP Logs No cost to view Instead, Governments are not relevant. You get as much speed and privacy as you want. And your public key is what you make of it. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/dinero-con-estroides/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/dinero-con-estroides/ Bitcoin es una moneda creada para transaccionar por internet, para comprar y vender libremente, sin restricciones de ningún tipo. Es una herramienta valiosa, muy fuerte y robusta, pero nadie va a comprar una chupeta con bitcoin; eso lo hace difícil de gastar. Este problema lo han querido solucionar con monedas como Bitcoin Cash. Tal vez Satoshi pensaba en dinero efectivo, pero el tamaño de bloque de Bitcoin hizo lenta la red. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ecosistema-digital/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ecosistema-digital/ La privacidad es un derecho humano básico. Cada ser humano debería tener la capacidad de navegar por un espacio digital abierto con total privacidad, para expresar sus pensamientos y compartir información sin ser rastreado, vigilado o censurado. No debería permitirse que nadie sea objeto de intromisiones arbitrarias en su vida privada, en su familia, en su domicilio o en su correspondencia. Cada individuo tiene un derecho inalienable a su protección. Como soberano en esta era moderna, proclamo que el respeto a la privacidad es esencial para preservar la dignidad y la libertad de cada ciudadano en nuestra sociedad globalizada. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/russia-legaliza/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/russia-legaliza/ El 8 de agosto de 2024, Rusia, bajo la dirección de Vladimir Putin, sancionó una legislación que regula el uso de criptomonedas para pagos internacionales. Este movimiento surge como respuesta a las sanciones impuestas por Estados Unidos, que incluyen el bloqueo del sistema de mensajería interbancaria SWIFT, limitando significativamente el comercio internacional de Rusia. Contexto Internacional Rusia enfrenta restricciones severas en su comercio con otros países, siendo China uno de sus principales socios comerciales. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bastyon-telegram/investment.html Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bastyon-telegram/investment.html Critical Disclaimer I advocate for using cryptocurrency, and NOT just gambling on price. I honestly use and like this project, and THAT’s why I’m promoting it. This being said, this an undeniable good play, and what better way to motivate people to learn about it. Russian Nostr Bastyon is the “Russian Nostr”, and it’s rising in popularity. It gives the user a public/private keypair and a wallet with it’s native crypto Pkoin. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wordpress-sucks/why.html Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wordpress-sucks/why.html Why does WordPress suck? Slower for visitors You’re selling less business, people are walking away from your malware that loads slow. Search engines punish slow speed. Slower to make I hope you like carpel tunnel. WordPress forces you to go in a browser and manually modify shit with a mouse, which is proven to hurt your hands in the long term. Plus it’s slow load speeds to work on something constantly reloading on a remote server, so you’re urinating on your own time. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/historia-cifrado/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/historia-cifrado/ El cifrado ha sido una herramienta fundamental en la comunicación segura a lo largo de la historia. Desde los primeros métodos hasta las sofisticadas claves PGP actuales, el cifrado ha evolucionado enormemente. El Cifrado Bilateral de Francis Bacon El cifrado bilateral es un método de comunicación de mensajes desarrollado por Francis Bacon, descrito en su obra De argumentis Scientiarum en 1623. Esta es una versión ampliada de su obra anterior The Advancement of Learning. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/posts/nostr/spam-scams/spam-scams-article/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/posts/nostr/spam-scams/spam-scams-article/ Nostr Nostr and Lens solve the “spam and scam” problem by having the client decide. For example Amethyst for android will hide posts from accounts that others report as scams. These “others” are defined by people you follow, but this essentially puts it up to a community vote of large influencers to silence you. Lens On Lens, once you’re labeled spam, you appear in the “show more” of comments. This is a huge turn-off to new users with no followers, who are treated like lower class citizens. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/joe-biden-id/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/joe-biden-id/ Executive Order According to NOTUS, they previewed a draft executive order that Joe Biden is trying to push through on his way out, [1] Flawed Program Force States This unconstitutional, insecure, and objectively-invasive program would force states to issue digital identification on smart phones instead of physical driver licenses. What is not mentioned in any of these articles, is how they are going to deal with hackers only having to steal a file. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/negligent-google-play/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/negligent-google-play/ Program Ends The program paid devs up to 20k to locate vulnerabilities in popular Android apps. Google says they’re “winding down the program due to a decrease in actionable vulnerabilities reported by security researchers” [1] Rampant Malware This is surprising given the massive increase in malware on Google Play. In March of this year Toms Guide reported on the rampant Google Play hack apps. [4] Further, BleepingComputer recently reported on 28 VPN apps that were hidden proxies for malware. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/haveno:-no-kyc/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/haveno:-no-kyc/ Haveno Reto Open Source This is journalism of publicly available open source software on Github and their website: https://haveno-reto.com https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto Overview Haveno is a peer-to-peer marketplace to buy Monero without official KYC processes. It works using multi-signature wallets with arbitrators over Tor. You buy Monero (XMR) from a random dude, with it locked in an arbitration wallet in-case he doesn’t deliver after you send fiat. Both the trades and the servers are peer-to-peer. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/clase-monero-1/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/clase-monero-1/ Mr. Monero: Monero es sinónimo de privacidad; fue creado específicamente para garantizar transacciones que no puedan rastrearse. New User: ¿Puedes explicarme cómo funciona una transacción en Monero? Mr. Monero: Claro, en este ejemplo, vamos a hablar sobre una transacción entre dos personas, Bob y Cindy. New User: Perfecto, estoy listo para aprender. Mr. Monero: Cuando Bob envía una transacción a Cindy, esta no llega directamente a su destino. Primero, entra en algo llamado “RingCT” (Ring Confidential Transactions). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/simplified-privacy-is/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/simplified-privacy-is/ Simplified Privacy is now regulated… Just not by the government. Think about it, people pay the government to register a business, but when the customer is cheated, does the customer get any of those corporate registration funds? No, the government and lawyers squander it, and then more must be collected via violent threats. Even worse, “privacy” companies register to get fiat investments, which then forces them to compromise their product at arbitrary corrupt request. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-pgp-insurance/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-pgp-insurance/ PGP Registration Key Simplified Privacy has deposited 2 Monero with an arbitrator from XMRBazaar and registered it with our PGP key. Receipt All customers get a PGP receipt for VPS setups, phones, or other tech services. This receipt protects the purchase even if it is not made through the XMRBazaar website and even if it’s in a different cryptocurrency. If you do not know how to verify a PGP receipt, we have an easy graphical tutorial found here: link https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-verify/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-verify/ How to Verify PGP Simple PGP is very simple, there’s a public key and a private key. Anyone can verify if a signature is legit for a public key, even if you do not have the private key. There are a few different programs that can verify any PGP signature. One easy to use graphical program is Kleopatra. Step 1) Get the PGP key First get Simplified Privacy’s public key. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-directory/august-10.html Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-directory/august-10.html New Update! This is the update for August 2024. To read about why this directory exists click here New Addition: Bitcoin Electrum (4.5.5) Updated: KeePass XC (2.7.9) Session (1.12.5) Tor Browser (13.5.2) Whonix (17.2.0.7) Same: Feather Wallet (2.6.7) Monero-Official (0.18.3.3) VeraCrypt (1.26.7) SimpleX (just have key) How to View it on IPFS Brave Browser We highly recommend you view it on Brave Browser with the IPFS extension. This IPFS browser extension is already built in to Brave, you just have to enable it, and it will resolve the domain SimplifiedPrivacy. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto/monero-peer-to-peer.html Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto/monero-peer-to-peer.html No KYC, Peer-to-peer groups, to buy Monero or BTC Anyone can observe with publicly available information that, Price You can get a better price in the groups than hitting the exchanges directly, because you’re getting it from a random dude who wants out, while as the exchange has pro vendors charging double. Pro vendors want more to take on the risk of their Zelle/Paypal/SEPA/ect getting frozen. Random dude is more concerned with theft. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-crypto/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-crypto/ Wrong Mindset Some say “Cryptocurrency is only used by drug dealers” And my reply is,“But they roll up US dollars to snort cocaine, so let’s ban that first” Ok seriously, Why use Cryptocurrency? Ownership -You don’t own bank deposits, they can rip it away Privacy -You have no financial privacy with bank promises Inflation -They are inflating your life’s work. Politicians are urinating in your face Genocide -You’re supporting genocide. Wars only continue due to central banks buying bonds. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Monero-Japenese-Yen/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Monero-Japenese-Yen/ Front-page XMR Today Monero is listed as a front-page trending coin on Coinmarketcap But it isn’t rising that much ($148.81 from the low of $137), it’s just that it didn’t collapse with coins primarily traded on centralized exchanges. Monero’s attitude of “use it” over hodl & leverage keeps it stable. Japanese Yen And unique to this situation, as I’ve written about earlier, this entire collapse is triggered by Japanese yen carry trades. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Japanese-Yen/market-collapse-why.html Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Japanese-Yen/market-collapse-why.html Recap Monero down 5.71% - $144.53 Bitcoin down 15.74% - 51,593 Nasdaq down 3.33% S&P500 down 3.66% Japan’s Nikkei 225 down over 12% in its biggest-ever daily loss Fast History: –From 1993 to 2021, Japan had essentially no inflation –From 2021 to now, Japan’s inflation is rising In response to this: –Bank of Japan raised interest rates –This strengthens the Yen At the same time: –US Federal Reserve is lowering https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/ With a stock version of Android or iPhone, Google/Apple can see: –Everything you say and who you said it to on every app. –All push notifications you get –24/7 location tracking with who is standing next to you –You don’t own anything, Google or Apple see all passwords –You don’t own cryptocurrency, they see your private keys –You don’t own Nostr accounts, they see your private keys With a regular Android or iPhone, you’re basically a Big Tech slave. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-cloudflare-cdn.html Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-cloudflare-cdn.html Our new website is on Arweave, a solution to Cloudflare. Let’s break it down: Problem: Cloudflare breaks SSL encryption and acts as a man-in-the-middle to see all passwords. And by seeing the bulk of all traffic, they are able to do mass surveillance. Issue: When you bring up getting off Cloudflare with website creators, they say “But what about DDoS?”. And then you’re just directing them to less centralized alternatives, which could become the “next cloudflare” if they got popular. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/contact/matrix.html Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/contact/matrix.html Matrix Here’s the 1-on-1 Support This is direct to a single person from Simplified Privacy to help you: @Support:Matrix.SimplifiedPrivacy.is _______________________ Here’s the Group Chat: This has many people. Keep in mind the group chat is public and unencrypted. Go to join group, then enter this into your client: public:matrix.simplifiedprivacy.is Rules: These are the rules regarding spam, illegal, or prohibited content: /rules-for/group-chat-and-social-media.html https://simplifiedprivacy.com/contact/signal.html Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/contact/signal.html Signal Here’s the 1-on-1 Support This is direct to a single person from Simplified Privacy to help you: +855 68 504 905 (Note: Spacing matters for Signal) Here’s the Group Chat: This has many people. Keep in mind the group chat is public: https://signal.group/#CjQKICKP4m5jPiL-RdDH1Nx9ZapzJxd_YHwqsNVwGx-ABrezEhDuGkf93QWDpMQNjyMc_Nhy Group Rules: These are the rules regarding spam, illegal, or prohibited content: /rules-for/group-chat-and-social-media.html https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-tor-servers/opposites.html Sat, 20 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-tor-servers/opposites.html Tor & IPFS are opposites Tor Onions Tor Onions are famous for "No JavaScript" since JavaScript can be used to fingerprint your browser and identify you. While most darkweb markets completely avoid JS, many other sites such as WordPress can achieve this same trick. Our team did it a year ago by moving the WooCommerce code to the SERVER side, so the client's browser does NOT have to do it. IPFS IPFS is the opposite. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/custom-consult/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/custom-consult/ These are just a few examples of the many things we can help with: Phones DeGoogle your Phone Anonymous phone numbers, service, & evading geolocation Isolating spyware apps using virtual emulated phones Routers Avoid ISP surveillance of your devices & MAC addresses Install an open source operating system on your router Tech support for privacy routers Putting a VPN on your router Anonymity Hosting Websites/Blogs Anonymously & Censorship-resistance Evade global internet monitoring (global passive adversary) https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-tech-support-info/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-tech-support-info/ These are just a few examples of the many things we can help with: Installs Coming from Windows? Dual Partition Installs/Repairs Coming from Mac? Get help setting up your system to look just like iOS. Fixing Errors We’ll solve your headache Save yourself time Free Quotes Find out how involved it is Variety Server or Home PCs Huge variety of distros (such as Debian, Arch, Mint, Ubuntu, Whonix, Tails) Support via audio or text https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-telegram-horrible/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-telegram-horrible/ No MetaData Protection (Who and When) Only Mobile is Encrypted (Phones have insecure hardware) [1] Invented their own encryption algorithm Unaudited with a history of security vulnerabilities [2] Most VoIP Numbers Blocked This how you could use crypto to hide who you are. Tor Often Blocked Very strict “spam” filters, even if you just write one person. History of handing over to police [3] Centralized Telegram has a dictorship control over you. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/leaked-google-lies/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/leaked-google-lies/ Lied that they track users clicks as a factor for search rankings [1][3] Lied about using data from Chrome browser for search, including clicks. This contradicted their sworn testimony to the Department of Justice on anti-trust. [1][3] Lied about having a sandbox (to prevent “some” or new sites from ranking) [1][2][3] Purposefully gave smaller “personal” sites their own category which ranked lower, EVEN IF they had more relevant information. To favor larger brands. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-tips-rebelnet/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-tips-rebelnet/ RebelNet goes live with Monero tips. Here’s the information: Question: How do I tip others? Answer: First hit the Monero icon at the bottom of the post. The address and an uptrend button will appear. Copy paste the XMR address into your off-platform wallet, and then hit the uptrend button to signify you sent it. It will prompt you to sign with your SOCIAL keys (Nostr or Eth) and then you know it’s sent when it increases the counter. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/instagram-social-engineering/ Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/instagram-social-engineering/ We all know that Meta and other Big Tech social media algorithms will “customize” the feed for each individual account, which is a fancy slang phrase for customized propaganda. But what you may have been unaware of is that NOT ONLY are the posts themselves altered, but also the COMMENTS. If ever there was a better reason to switch to Nostr… New evidence of social engineering in the comments section has come forth (see below), and this has shocking ramifications for the ability of governments and Big Tech to manipulate and distort our entire worldview of how popular certain concepts are. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/libertarian-convention/ Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/libertarian-convention/ The goal of the Libertarian Convention was to select a presidential nominee. Here’s a quick recap: Mises Caucus The Mises Caucus is an ideologically pure group, with Tom Woods, Dave Smith, and many others with an anti-lockdown message. This Caucus was backing Michael Rectenwald for the official nomination, but he lost to Oliver Chase Oliver Chase Oliver Chase is anti-war and has many of the Libertarian principles, but he isn’t as ideologically pure on a few issues. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/freedom-tech/ Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/freedom-tech/ You can disagree with my choices, but don’t let that be the reason you stay trapped. Twitter -> Nostr Discord -> Matrix/IRC Telegram -> Session WhatsApp -> Signal/SimpleX Gmail -> Self-host Reddit -> RebelNet.me Google docs -> Cryptpad Dropbox -> NextCloud Between Devices → SyncThing SMS -> VoIP (if you have to) Robinhood -> Hugo’s Way Netflix -> LibreY Torrents DocuSign -> Detached PGP on Arweave Cash -> Monero Archive.io -> Arweave https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-ai/ Sat, 25 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-ai/ The Rise of Google’s Influence Google initially gained prominence by analyzing web traffic and links, effectively reflecting the choices and popularity of the market. Its search engine’s ranking system was designed to mirror the collective preferences of internet users. The Shift to AI and Information Control In recent years, Google has transitioned from a tool that aids in finding information to one that interprets and dictates what constitutes truth. With the integration of AI, Google’s capabilities now extend beyond mere summaries to influencing public opinion. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-reduce-googles-control-over-you/ Sat, 25 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-reduce-googles-control-over-you/ Break Free There’s a huge number of steps you can take to reduce Google’s power and influence over your business and personal life. Google Search: Mojeek, MetaGer, SearX, Brave Search, Duckduckgo Google Android: GrapheneOS, CalyxOS Chrome Browser: LibreWolf, Brave, Ungoogled Chromium, Tor, Icecat Google Docs: Cryptpad, NextCloud Google Drive: Nextcloud, Ente.io (Photos), SyncThing Google Meet: Jitsi, Brave’s Video Meet, Matrix (there’s a new web browser platform) Gmail: Self-hosted: Mail-in-a-box, Luke Smith scripts, Mailu, iRedMail https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fediverse-vs-liberty/ Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fediverse-vs-liberty/ Socialist Fediverse Brainwashed Mastodon and Lemmy users hate everything to do with capitalism. As part of their irrational dislike for Capitalism (which is really a call for violent theft), these moronic socialists favor Linux and open source software because of the lack of a business model. They fail to realize that banning anyone on the Fediverse even attempting any kind of business, is a quick way to degrade open source development. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/windows-recall-photographic/ Tue, 21 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/windows-recall-photographic/ Mass Surveillance Recall Microsoft has unveiled their new mass surveillance tool, by revealing AI baked into Windows and the hardware itself that will take screenshots every few seconds and store and analyze this with AI. They are nicknaming this “Recall” and marketing it as Windows having photographic memory. It stores everything you’ve worked on and done to “know about you” or “better serve you”. Elon Musk Even MSN, which is normally a propaganda outlet for the regime, prominently displays criticism of Elon Musk likening it to the fictional dystopia Black Mirror. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/apple-leaks-forever/ Sat, 18 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/apple-leaks-forever/ New iOS update is resurfacing deleted files that users thought were gone. In some cases, nude photos, after the user wiped it and sold the device. According to the Verge, quote: “Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5, their deleted photos — some quite old — are popping up again, according to a Reddit thread that MacRumors spotted. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/foss-apps/ Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/foss-apps/ MPV Super high quality video player. Open MPV and VLC side by side on something like Game of Thrones and you’ll immediately see the graphics are just on another level. In fact, when I drank Moonshine, an elf told me that the ONLY way Stevie Wonder could see movies was MPV. Zathura Fastest PDF reader in the wild west. If you lined up every PDF reader and opened them side by side, Zathura will outgun every other one in record time. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-espanol/ Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-espanol/ ¿Qué es NOSTR? Nostr es un protocolo descentralizado que lucha contra la censura, donde nadie puede bloquearte y tu información no está almacenada en un servidor central. Está diseñado para garantizar privacidad, seguridad y libertad en la comunicación. Su nombre es un acrónimo. Funcionamiento de NOSTR Nostr utiliza una red de relays que actúan como intermediarios para la transmisión de mensajes. Los relays no almacenan tu identidad ni controlan tus datos; simplemente retransmiten los mensajes entre usuarios. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/preguntas-nostr/ Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/preguntas-nostr/ New User: ¿Cómo creo mi propio relay? Mr. Nostr: Puedes crear tu propio relay instalando software de relay como nostr-rs-relay o go-nostr en un servidor. Solo necesitas configurarlo adecuadamente y asegurarte de que esté accesible en Internet. Al tener tu propio relay, puedes garantizar que tus mensajes se transmitan sin depender de otros servidores, aumentando la resiliencia de la red. New User: ¿Qué pasa si un relay está comprometido? Mr. Nostr: Si un relay está comprometido, podría filtrar, modificar o bloquear mensajes. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/jmp-chat/ Thu, 16 May 2024 00:06:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/jmp-chat/ Simplified Privacy now has a promotional deal with VoIP provider JMP Chat. If you get a VPS from us with XMPP, email, and cryptpad docs, we’ll throw in a free month of JMP Chat VoIP to hook into your XMPP account. JMP Chat works by converting SMS texts and regular phone calls to open source XMPP. So it hides your location and keeps your name off the billing by using crypto. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/internet-structure-lame/ Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/internet-structure-lame/ The problem: a) Domain names are the government’s opinion of your identity b) SSL Encryption is not even based on these flawed domains, even worse than that, it’s based on locations, so the cloud host owns everything c) Even worse than that, not just the cloud host owns it, but on top of that Cloudflare sees everything. You submit your password, Cloudflare’s CDN sees it. They own every account you thought you owned. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cryptpad-vs-nextcloud/ Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cryptpad-vs-nextcloud/ Toxic Google Docs Google docs is so toxic, because it fingerprints your writing style and keyboard mannerisms, to permanently and maliciously identify other new accounts as you. [1] They will claim this is to show you “relevant ads”, but we’ve documented numerous times their contracts with governments to mold society’s opinions and jail users. [2][3] Unusable In order to make sure they can maliciously identify you for profit, Google docs will not display correctly, unless you disable aggressive fingerprint blocking techniques. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/novel-attack-vpn-tunnelvision/ Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/novel-attack-vpn-tunnelvision/ Tinfoil Hat Remember all the people calling me a tinfoil hat wacko for insisting on open source routers? TunnelVision There is a new critical VPN vulnerability from Leviathan Security group, which they call “TunnelVision”. It allows the ISP or local router to see the VPN traffic by abusing the DHCP client and option 121 Here’s the basics: LAN –It uses the local area network, so we’re talking about a hostile router https://simplifiedprivacy.com/but-i-have-to-get-reach-big-tech-users/ Sat, 04 May 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/but-i-have-to-get-reach-big-tech-users/ Some cling to Big Tech social media with the flawed logic of “Oh well Nostr, Session, or Eth push channels sound nice, but I have to get reach. I have to be where the people are.” But just creating an account by itself doesn’t get you reach on Youtube, Twitter, Discord, or Telegram. You need fans to even show up in search, or have your stuff retweeted. So the more heavily invested you are in the corrupt censorship platform, the more benefit you’d get. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ditch-youtube-subs-ethereum-push-channels/ Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ditch-youtube-subs-ethereum-push-channels/ Anti-Eth Fanbase Our website fanbase is a mix of Monero maxis and Bitcoin-Maxis. But zero Eth fans. This is why I know I’m going to get a lot of shit for promoting Ethereum push channels as a substitute for Youtube subscriptions that aren’t as sensitive to time, to compliment Nostr’s substitute for a fast trending Twitter. And Eth channels have far better discovery and can spread in ways that Session messenger can not. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/feather-wallet-minor-issue-will-be-fixed-shortly/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/feather-wallet-minor-issue-will-be-fixed-shortly/ Update from previous article: You have to update Feather wallet, it fixes a previous minor error with sending Monero. This new version is 2.6.7, and I confirmed it works. Your funds are safe. Update right in the wallet. Spread the word. Original article 1 day prior: Feather wallet has an issue. Version 2.6.5 may potentially get a failed transaction on sending funds. Version 2.6.6 has issues with starting up on Linux. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-should-you-try-rebelnet-me/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-should-you-try-rebelnet-me/ Why RebelNet? Reach is not based on followers. You can be heard based on merit. But you can increase your followers on “Native Nostr”, so it’s productive. Most Nostr clients don’t differentiate between different people reposting the same content. This leads to an annoying echo chamber of scrolling through the same thing, and sets up posts to be an all or nothing chance at going viral Native Nostr is highly sensitive to time. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/privacy-checklist/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/privacy-checklist/ Privacy Checklist Here’s some concrete steps you can take to aid you on your journey. Step 1. Learn Linux It’s easier than you think. You don’t need the command line, and the software compatibility isn’t as big a deal as it used to be, because a lot is in a web browser now. Over the last 10 years, Linux has improved dramatically, while as Microsoft Windows has gotten worse due to their increased surveillance wasting more and more resources. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/buy-dip-peace-news/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/buy-dip-peace-news/ Above is the one hour (1h) chart at noon UTC Sunday April 14. Some cypherpunks are confused as to why cryptocurrency prices are affected by war in this situation. And the answer is that Wall Street considers crypto to be a tech stock, especially after the US Bitcoin ETF. And at the highest end of the risk spectrum. Therefore, considering the traditional markets like the NASDAQ are closed, the leveraged traders short sell risk where they can in the only 24/7 market. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebook-ban/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebook-ban/ Censored Meta permanently banned this harmless woman across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads for a single Trump meme, erasing 17 years of photos, her memories, and her only means of reaching some international friends. Simplified Privacy interviewed “Dog Mother”. While at first reluctant, she agreed in order to warn others about trusting Big Tech, and to switch to Nostr, before it’s too late, Interview Thank you for taking the time to chat with me today. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protonmail-burners/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/protonmail-burners/ Deleting Inactives Protonmail just announced they are now deleting inactive accounts, making it a huge pain in the ass for you to have many different free burner emails. Passive Surveillance As we all know, passive surveillance with email is a huge problem, as many dumb websites force insecure email authentication to login to their services. And so a single email provider can then easily see all your activity across the entire internet. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cli-session-bot-notes/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cli-session-bot-notes/ Please note: We are unable to maintain this code any longer, due to changes in Session’s client by the official team. We can resume when they complete changes. Session CLI Note: This article is only intended for those that intend to run the Session bot, and not everyday readers. What if you could self-custody your communication like a crypto wallet? CLI Simplified Privacy has created both command line (CLI) and graphical interface (GUI) Session bot software, and you can use either. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-v-nostr/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-v-nostr/ Session vs Nostr Session and Nostr both: Use static, locally generated, public-private encryption keypairs Connect to public nodes/relays to hold messages Identity is disconnected from location or government domains Hard to censor individuals. Don’t rotate keys, but… Session lets you assign your blockchain name to a new keypair manually if your private key is compromised. This is like “Nostr with an undo button”. Misunderstood Session is marketed as privacy, but its true strength is censorship resistance. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored/ Explain it to me like I’m 16, a) Encryption has a public key and a private key. b) Nostr, Tor Onions, and Session all use encryption as identity, with the public key as your username, and the private key as your password c) If the government obtains your private key for Nostr or Tor Onion, it’s game over. You lost. d) But if the government gets your Session private key, you then re-assign your username on the blockchain to another account with a 2nd key. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-you-need-nostr/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-you-need-nostr/ The problem is that you lack control… People mistakenly only think of censorship in terms of controversial political speech. But the real underlying issue for ANY business is that in order to reach and convert more customers, you have to convert them in the environment they are already in, but that is a space you do not control or own. SEO If we’re talking about SEO, you don’t control Google’s algorithm. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-basics/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-basics/ Question: Is email encrypted or private? Answer: Let’s take a step back and learn how the web works. Domains point to IP addresses or physical locations. The physical location registers encryption keys with a certificate authority. Then when an email is sent, it looks up what IP address to send it to and the public encryption key. When it gets to that physical location, it’s then unencrypted. So it’s only encrypted in transport. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/letter-to-lewrockwell/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/letter-to-lewrockwell/ Dear Dr. Mercola, Article Your article on LewRockwell on “Ditching Google” obviously has messages we agree with, however your privacy suggestions at the end are unfortunately flawed. This is an open letter we are publishing on our website, so the community can benefit and learn as well. Privacy Policy Your suggestion of reading the privacy policy for every website people visit to avoid Google analytics is not practical and assumes honesty. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relay-guide/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relay-guide/ This is a guide to avoiding Nostr censorship by better understanding its relays. How Relays Work On Nostr, users both post and receive content from relays. You get to pick which ones YOU post to, but you can’t pick which ones the people you’re following post to. HOWEVER, your client automatically figures out which relays the person you’re pulling content posts to, compared to the other people you’re following. And then the client automatically pulls all these together from the SAME relay to make it faster. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relays-by-company/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relays-by-company/ You want to post and read from a variety of different companies for decentralization. Bytefilter SethforPrivacy is a good one (not big tech) wss://nostr.sethforprivacy.com/ swissns GmbH wss://nostr.thank.eu Nubes wss://nostr21.com Akamai (Linode) wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net MULTACOM CORPORATION wss://offchain.pub GoDaddy wss://relay.nostriches.org IONOS SE wss://lightningrelay.com The Constant Company, LLC wss://purplepag.es/ MULTACOM CORPORATION wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social Digital Ocean wss://relay.nostrati.com Pick One ONLY ONE Cloudflare: Cloudflare, Inc. wss://relay.damus.io Cloudflare, Inc. wss://relay.snort.social Cloudflare, Inc. wss://nostr.wine/ Cloudflare, Inc. wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com Cloudflare, Inc. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-nostr/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-nostr/ Mobile For Tor on mobile, with a client such as Amethyst, your choices are: Orbot InvizPro Keep in mind that both of these do NOT switch Tor circuits for different apps like Whonix does. So the Tor exit sees your other apps, which if they are something like a KYC Telegram or Signal number, doxes your Nostr account. If you’re just doing random fun shit, who cares. But if you really care, then you can either do different profiles on Graphene, toggle networking off, or use Calyx’s firewall app. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/summary/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/summary/ What’s the best ___________ ? Pro/Con of Phone Numbers/Services, Link Best VPS hosts, Link How VoIP works, Link Best Crypto->Crypto “No KYC” Swap Sites: Link Best Crypto→ Fiat gift cards: Link Types of DeGoogled Phones, Link Pro/Con of Linux Distros, Link Pro/Con of Private Routers Link Pro/Con of Virtual Machines, Link Best Agora Societies, Link Best Google Alternatives, Link Best email? Check out, Link If you find our work of value, please consider a micro donation. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/ Spain has banned Telegram, and they are claiming this is over copyright violations of users, that Telegram is failing to police. [1] Now some users will be forced to consider decentralized solutions. As I have repeated many times, Session messenger empowers users to defy state level censorship, with its unique blockchain based DNS that completely separates physical locations from identity. With Session, if the location of the VPS or device is discovered, the user can rotate the blockchain name to a new public key. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-download-youtubes/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-download-youtubes/ One of our readers asked if there’s an open source way to download Youtube videos, for music mp3 or the entire video. Yes, there is. For web browser, Invidious There’s Invidious.io. You can use their list of instances or get served up a fresh one from farside.link Cobalt One of our readers BrikoX, suggested Cobalt.tools Which has the source code here: https://github.com/wukko/cobalt Put Some of our Nostr readers suggested put.io for speed and convenience, but keep in mind its not open source. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/ Simplified Privacy questions the legitimacy of France’s new heavy VPN restrictions, when their own government failed to secure data on their citizens. In a shocking new hack, the data of 43 million French citizens was leaked onto the darkweb. According to Bleeping Computer, the hack was of a French government unemployment agency and included massive sensitive personal details including. Quote, -Full name -Date of birth -Place of birth -Social security number (NIR) https://simplifiedprivacy.com/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/ Dangerous legal precedent Because the only hard evidence for him to potentially serve 20 years in prison is that his KYC Bitcoin went through many hops and wallets, before being used later to supposedly buy a domain name. This domain was then used for a Bitcoin privacy service, that had not yet even been declared illegal during its initial operation. That’s why it operated on both the clearweb and Tor. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-myths-of-privacy/fake-or-unrealistic-solutions-smashed.html Thu, 14 Mar 2024 06:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-myths-of-privacy/fake-or-unrealistic-solutions-smashed.html Sources [1] Registar Cloudflare blocking Niche Browsers https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_niche_browsers/ [2a] Techradar GitHub has a major problem with fake rankings, which could put users at risk of attack https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/github-has-a-major-problem-with-fake-rankings-which-could-put-users-at-risk-of-attack [2b] Linux & Open Source News Podcast Jan 4, 2025 Github’s fake stars, Nvidia’s $700 open source Bet https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/githubs-fake-stars-nvidias-700m-open-source-bet-kde-looks-healthy [4] Chris Titus Creating a Secure System https://christitus.com/creating-a-secure-system/ [5] QubesOS Forums Why I won’t be using QubesOS as my Daily Driver, 88uhbvpqboufpcez https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/why-i-wont-be-using-qubes-as-my-daily-driver-review/13132 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-update-released/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-update-released/ Binaries for Official Monero v0.18.3.2 are now available at getmonero.org Also Feather wallet: Go to help -> Check for updates Update your wallets! This has the fee fix! https://simplifiedprivacy.com/working-monero-nodes/ Sat, 09 Mar 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/working-monero-nodes/ This is a list of working Monero nodes from the community. 10.150.0.22:18081 15.204.197.8:18081 dtrnd4in2igrtfx2c45ghf2drns3doddmcsfy6b5gjw5iinukd33slqd.onion:18081 node3-us.monero.love:18081 node.tux.pizza:443 (SSL) edge7.servebeer.com:18089 node.chaoswg.dev:443 (SSL) node.xmr.cz:18081 xmrzqlguxwx4rizczh6zkawifhm3su2s2pzwfmouiz4sh4v7dvbqkdid.onion:18089 Contact us to get your node on the list. Note: As submissions from readers, we can not accept responsibility. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-attack-nostr/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-attack-nostr/ Fee Bug There is currently a fee bug with Monero, that the wallet doesn’t automatically bump the fee when there is a backlog. This fee bug is causing sync issues with many wallets, because a large txpool causes a lot of load on public nodes. Monero official GUI, CLI, feather, and some Cake nodes are affected. The bug has already been solved with Anonero.io, and other wallets will be rolling out fixes shortly. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-linked-out/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-linked-out/ How to Use RebelNet w/ Nostr (Previously Linked-out) This is a guide to using Nostr with RebelNet.me. This previous article goes over what this. Linked-Out.me is a network of federated websites. Normally with a website, you enter a password into the website. But with encryption based social networks such as Nostr, you “sign” posts to prove it’s you. So the website never sees your password and this empowers the end user. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/objective-subjective/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/objective-subjective/ Morality is Objective Ayn Rand’s iconic writings laid out a foundation for “Objectivism”, which taught that morality is objective and man must use logic and reason to formulate how to live. In my words, if morality is subjective there is no purpose. I can commit crimes and say “oh but to me it feels right”. And using reason, we can determine that the only time violence is moral, is to defend against others who do so. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/big-tech-hall-of-shame/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 01:34:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/big-tech-hall-of-shame/ Hive.io / PeakD Uncensored Hive is a Nostr competitor. But the entire platform is built on the lie that you’re uncensored. Cloudflare sees They say you own your identity, but yet they sell you the encryption keypair, and it’s served from a Cloudflare server. So the government can see the private key that you paid for, to do “uncensored” posting. Hive can fix it, please listen to me. Local Keypair Have your users create a keypair locally in your browser extension. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-usernames-desktop/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-usernames-desktop/ Flatpak If you got flatpak, just do “flatpak update” If you got it through your distro like apt, depends on the distro when ready. Arch AUR Package is ready now: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/signal-desktop/ Mobile: Molly Now for mobile, you want to avoid corrupt Google Play. But that’s where the update is. So if you’re having issues with getting the update via APK android, and you’re dying to get it now, then if you use Molly, it will give you access: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html Tue, 27 Feb 2024 03:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-browser-fingerprints/updated-every-5-minutes.html Sources 1 - Fingerprint Docs 2 - Cloudflare’s Blog 3 - Fingerprint Overview Sales Page 4 - Fingerprint Docs 6 - Fingerprint Cloudflare integration 7 - Fingerprint AWS & Azure integration 8 - Cloudflare Docs https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto-anarchy-ancap-agora/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto-anarchy-ancap-agora/ Overview In this article we’ll discuss the differences between the phrases: Anarcho Capitalism, Crypto Anarchy, and Agorism. Anarcho Capitalism (abbreviated AnCap) is an openly advertised political movement that promotes free markets and an abolition of the state. Most AnCaps will OPENLY tell you they are part of this movement, and it shares many similarities with Libertarians. Libertarians and AnCaps only really differ on should the government run a socialized police force and army. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ubuntu-crypto-snap-scam/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ubuntu-crypto-snap-scam/ Scam Exodus A scammer got a fake version of Exodus wallet in Canonical’s Ubuntu snap store. This fake scam wallet drained nearly half a million USD worth in cryptocurrency from a user. The scammer was able to fake Exodus wallet’s logo without anyone from the company or Canonical noticing. It sucks for that guy who lost so much. But the even sadder part is that Ubuntu just doesn’t get it. Quoting Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/release-session-bot/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/release-session-bot/ Please note: We are unable to maintain this code any longer, due to changes in Session’s client by the official team. We can resume when they complete changes. Original GUI This is for the original GUI version of the Session bot software, we have since upgraded to a CLI version, which has Electron stripped for better scaling and interaction with the Session protocol. However this version is still useful for home users that are less technical, and have a smaller list to distribute to. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-bot-install/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-bot-install/ Overview: This is an overview on how to setup the original GUI version of the Bot on a fresh VPS, please note that we now offer a CLI version to avoid the hassle of VNC setup. For the GUI version, the VPS requires a graphical environment used through the VNC. The first few steps are setting up the VNC and users. If it’s run on a home computer, then this is not required obviously. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-bot-tech-overview/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/session-bot-tech-overview/ Please note: We are unable to maintain this code any longer, due to changes in Session’s client by the official team. We can resume when they complete changes. Overview This technical overview is for the original GUI Version, however, the new CLI version works the same way. It just doesn’t use PyGUI and instead is Session’s JavaScript code stripped of Electrum. FAST Overview Core Bot Functionality: a) Accept incoming new requests https://simplifiedprivacy.com/libertarian-cypherpunk-podcasts/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/libertarian-cypherpunk-podcasts/ CypherPunk The Journey A CypherPunk is someone who uses privacy and encryption to advocate for and advance freedom and civil liberties. This doesn’t come out of nowhere on a whim, but requires a deep knowledge of technology, politics, and philosophy. This list can help guide you on that journey, but ultimately it can only be done by you. RSS These should be listened to on AntennaPod using RSS, so you get it direct from the source, and NOT the “Apple Store” because of censorship/surveillance. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/lunardao/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/lunardao/ LunarDAO LunarPunk LunarDAO is a controversial privacy-focused DAO investing in privacy and freedom projects. They promote the idea of a LunarPunk, which is a collective group resistance to rebel against the corruption in both the traditional fiat financial sector and cryptocurrency ecosystems, with the end goal of promoting individual freedom. SolarPunks LunarDAO labels many cryptocurrencies as “SolarPunks”, because these projects assume that the government will allow them to exist. This assumption enables the government to ban the project because they rely on Big Tech or do not have clear adversarial thinking in their foundational infrastructure. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signalgroup/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signalgroup/ Obviously we prefer Session, SimpleX, & XMPP over Signal. Signal still requires a number to register and is completely centralized to Amazon’s AWS. Tucker Carlson’s Signal was compromised. This being said, it’s 1000 times better than SMS or WhatsApp groups. And we want to make privacy accessible to anyone. So to celebrate Signal’s new feature of allowing usernames to hide your phone number from group members, we now have a Signal Group: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-privacy/ Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-privacy/ Explain it to me like I’m… Black AI firm Palentir sells preemptive surveillance data to the LA police to use traffic cameras for targeted racist “pre-crime” frisking. [1] Let’s see what we can find BEFORE crimes are done… Muslim Salaat First, an app that reminds Muslims when to pray, sells user data to both the FBI and ICE to consistently track user locations. [2] As Guantánamo Bay tortures prisoners without even a trial. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/court-rules-against-eu-chat-control/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/court-rules-against-eu-chat-control/ European Union politicians have been trying to pass “Chat Control” which would ban end-to-end encrypted communications. A new big court ruling on Telegram is a game changer for this. Let’s first get a very BRIEF context for this court ruling. Context Previously So PRIOR to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia was previously abiding by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This EU court was hearing a case of Russia’s government against Telegram, with the Russian government demanding a backdoor and the decryption of data. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/kyc-tyranny/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/kyc-tyranny/ History of KYC KYC’s Birth KYC was initially created in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks to supposedly stop terrorist financing, but it’s the US government that funded Al-Qaeda BOTH before and after 9/11. Before 9/11 Osama-bin-laden originally was financed with “Operation Cyclone” in the 1970s to stop soviet influence in Afghanistan. [1] That’s how he got rich enough to do 9/11. After 9/11 Then AFTER 9/11, the US funded Al-Qaeda in Syria, to overthrow the Syrian president Bashar-al-Assad. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-vs-tornado-cash/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-vs-tornado-cash/ Reason 4. Mixer vs Native Currency Tornado is transparent Tornado Cash was a mixer for Ethereum. This means anyone can clearly see which funds are coming from it, making it easy to sanction. On the other hand, if any transparent crypto was traded for, or from Monero, the public blockchain wouldn’t show it. When you combine this with privacy properties like hidden senders from Bitcoin Lightning, or even recent atomic swap developments with Bitcoin Cash using CashFusion [1], it’s not even clear whose trading into XMR, even if the government is an undercover direct seller. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fake-anonshop/ Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/fake-anonshop/ Mullvad Changed… For those of you who don’t know, we’re waging a war against involuntary Big Tech. Thanks to you sharing our article criticizing Mullvad’s use of Gmail, they just started self-hosting emails: Read the full article Huge win for freedom, because it shows that it’s possible to get someone to give a shit. But unfortunately, there’s still a lot of work to be done. The overwhelming majority of privacy/political freedom/crypto sites all use it and do not give one diddly squat. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-directory/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pgp-directory/ PGP Directory (on IPFS) To read about why this directory exists click here Overview SimplifiedPrivacy.sol or SimplifiedPrivacy.x is an uncensored free public directory of PGP keys for popular open source software on IPFS using solana and/or unstoppable domains. Our goal is to weaponize blockchain based DNS to prevent Github or Cloud company backdoors. This directory acts a neutral third party verification tool, not tied to a physical location, like traditional domains. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-brave-browser/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-brave-browser/ How to Use IPFS on Brave Browser Let’s learn how to access IPFS websites with unstoppable domains. Remember an unstoppable domain points to an IPFS address (called a CID). First under Brave browser, go to the settings section, then Web 3 tab. Next we’re going to enable the IPFS Companion extension. And when it pops up, were going to add the extension. Then on this same page, at the top for Method to resolve IPFS resources, hit “Brave Local Node”. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/loss/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/loss/ Monero is already starting to bounce as I write this. 1. Realize it hurts twice as much to lose, so stop looking at the price Psychology It’s been well documented that losing hurts more than the joy of winning. Psychology Today cites a Khaneman 2011 paper: “We are more upset about losing $10 than we are happy about finding $10. Roughly speaking, losses hurt about twice as much as gains make you feel good” (Khaneman, 2011) [link] Stop looking at it So if your net worth fluctuating up and down is causing you more distress than joy, consider not sitting and looking at it. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-pgp-directory/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-pgp-directory/ Our privacy eco-system is flawed GetMonero GetMonero.org is on Cloudflare, linked to a Github PGP key. The same Github that took down Tornado Cash in a crisis. The same Cloudflare that hazes Tor. Whonix Whonix.org and it’s Public PGP key are on Hetzner. The same cloud company that compromised an XMPP server at the request of the German government. The Point: Developers sign binaries with PGP keys, but we trust Microsoft’s Github and government domains to deliver to us accurate public keys to begin with. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/binance/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/binance/ Delisting Price Huge price impact. XMR down 30% Binance Withdrawal Withdrawal supported till May 20th Swap Sites Some swap sites temporarily can’t do XMR, such as ExCh Nodes Some nodes are having issues connecting. The Point: If ever there was a time to test your faith, this is it. Stay strong. Stay calm. Stay rational. Fraud allegations There were many allegations of Binance not even having the XMR they claimed to. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/juraj/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/juraj/ Juraj Bednar is the author of “Author of Cryptocurrencies: Hack your way to a better life” and “Cypherpunk visions and trends” You can find him on Nostr here: npub1m2mvvpjugwdehtaskrcl7ksvdqnnhnjur9v6g9v266nss504q7mqvlr8p9 And his website with articles & podcasts: HackYourself.io Simplified Privacy: Thanks for coming on. I’d like to discuss Bitcoin Lightning privacy, what it’s current strengths and limitations are. For readers who are not familiar, can you give us a brief overview of how Lightning preserves privacy? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-for-web-browsers-become-the-new-os/and-the-program-is-tyranny-sources.html Sun, 04 Feb 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources-for-web-browsers-become-the-new-os/and-the-program-is-tyranny-sources.html Sources Note: These quotes were used without permission, and may lead to direct criticism from the original author. Sources [1] Luke Smith Every Web Browser Absolutely Sucks https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/every-web-browser-absolutely-sucks/ [2] DarkFi The Status Quo https://dark.fi/insights/the-status-quo.html [3] Nick @ Linux EXP Blog on Browsers https://medium.com/@stouff.nicolas/why-every-browser-switching-to-blink-could-be-bad-news-for-the-web-aea773059e84 [4a] DigDeeper Firefox Segment https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/browsers#ff [4b] DigDeeper Librewolf Segment https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/browsers#librewolf [4c] DigDeeper Tor Browser Segment https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/browsers#tb [5] Zd Net Tor Browser 8.5.2 release patches critical Firefox vulnerability exploited in the wild https://simplifiedprivacy.com/veracrypt/ Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/veracrypt/ VeraCrypt Basics VeraCrypt is an open source encrypted virtual drive tool. Basically it makes these containers that you can put files inside, and specifically I’m recommending KeePass files with your Monero seed phrases. So, KeePass database files inside VeraCrypt. This could then go for cold storage on an external drive(s). You can put actual Monero wallet files in there as well. Use When you go to look for them on Linux, it will be in the user/media folder. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-kvm-whonix/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-kvm-whonix/ Read complete article here [1] Whonix Whonix documentation on KVM vs Oracle https://www.whonix.org/wiki/KVM#What_is_KVM? [2] The Register https://www.theregister.com/2013/08/13/larry_ellison_on_google_and_nsa [3] Tech in Asia Larry Ellison Data Privacy https://www.techinasia.com/orcales-larry-ellison-data-privacy-working-japan/ [4] Spice Works Oracle Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Collecting, Profiling, and Selling the Data of 5B Users https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/data-security/news/oracle-class-action-lawsuit/ [5] Tech HQ Oracle facing data backlash for violating the privacy of billions https://techhq.com/2022/08/oracle-facing-data-backlash-for-violating-the-privacy-of-billions/ https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-kvm-whonix/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-kvm-whonix/ 6 Reasons to Run Whonix in KVM VirtManager over Oracle VirtualBox Reason 1 Oracle is an NSA contractor and the copy-paste extension pack isn’t open source. Oracle’s previous CEO Larry Ellison not only criticized Edward Snowden, but literally praised the NSA. Quote “It’s great,” Ellison said of the domestic spying. “It’s great, it’s essential.” [2] Further quoting from his talks “Snowden had yet to identify a single person who had been “wrongly injured” by the NSA’s data collection. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/selinux/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/selinux/ MAC There’s this fancy word called “Mandatory Access Control” or MAC. Don’t be fooled by how big a word it is, it’s simple. It just decides what a file or program can access on the system with clearly defined rules and labels. Think of the analogy of a nightclub. The bouncer at the front is like the firewall rules or you deciding to download it. But then once it’s inside the club, where can it go? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monerotalk/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monerotalk/ Podcast Simplified Privacy’s Shadow Rebel appeared on the Monero Talk podcast, to discuss the new Session bot software the firm has been creating. This would allow for the uncensored distribution of content, even under the harshest conditions such as an outright Monero ban. Session Bot See the instance setup yourself, by sending a message on Session to the ID: “MoneroTalk” One word, without quotes. You can download session at getsession.org https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googledocs/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googledocs/ Read complete article here [1] YFS Magazine 3 Reasons Why @Gmail.com For Business Is A Bad Idea By Maggie Aland https://yfsmagazine.com/2018/10/04/3-reasons-why-gmail-for-business-is-a-bad-idea/ [2] TechnologyHQ Reasons Not To Use Gmail For Your Business March 30, 2021 technologyhq.org/reasons-not-to-use-gmail-for-your-business/ [4a] Simplified Privacy Google’s Surveillance: The Shocking Truth Internal Link [4b] Brave Dr Johnny Ryan Chief Policy & Industry Relations Officer at Brave https://brave.com/static-assets/files/explanatory_note_google_RTB_and_push_pages.pdf [4c] PacktPub Google is circumventing GDPR, reveals Brave’s investigation for the Authorized Buyers ad business case https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googledocs/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googledocs/ Google Docs & Gmail Mandated Does your company mandate Google docs, email, or meet? Well, everyone knows Google docs are free, and so any random clown can access them. Because of the complete lack of any type of exclusivity or advanced knowledge, we present compelling arguments that to use them in a corporate setting, not only gives the appearance of poverty and laziness, but encourages decreased revenue and team building. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/6-fast-and-hard/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/6-fast-and-hard/ Reason 1. USA murders anyone not selling oil in USD Hillary Clinton’s leaked emails from Wikileaks show that the true motivation to intervene in Libya was Gaddafi switching from selling oil in USD to gold. [1] Most anti-government media speculates that the true motivation for the invasion of Iraq, was right before Saddam Hussein moved to switch from selling oil in USD to euros. [2] Reason 2. Central Banks fund and enable war As the book Creature on Jekyll Island goes over in painstaking detail, printing money to buy government bonds, to fund war is what enabled history’s bloodiest battles. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/gossip/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/gossip/ Our interview with Mike Dilger, lead Dev of the Nostr Client Gossip Unique Simplified Privacy: What makes Gossip unique? I believe you were telling me a few months ago about your method of fetching messages from servers, that has influenced other Nostr client developers to incorporate Gossip’s model. Mike: The gossip client started out with the goal of following people not relays. Since you can’t control which relays other people use, it was immediately apparent to me, that gossip couldn’t connect to a fixed set of relays. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/swaps/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/swaps/ These are all sites for Monero, BTC Lightning, and others. These are NOT real atomic swaps, that will be a different article. Atomic swaps usually cost more and can’t be in a web browser. Trocador.app Free fees, but it’s just a front-end with Cloudflare Pro: Acts as a no-fee No-JavaScript crypto-to-crypto swap front end for different exchanges, so you get the best rate and change counterparty risk to Trocador. They use the word atomic swap, but in a browser this doesn’t eliminate counterparty risk, it just changes it from the exchange to Trocador. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/voip/ Sat, 20 Jan 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/voip/ SMS Sucks SMS and regular phone calls are horrible. It’s completely insecure, location dependent, isn’t good at international calls, and there’s NO BENEFIT over end-to-end encrypted messengers. Only through pure propaganda has the population been conditioned to accept this surveillance and control. But IF you HAVE to use SMS then use VoIP. What is VoIP? VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. It’s regular phone calls and SMS but through the internet, instead of a cellphone tower. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ai/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ai/ Universities Say Google is Spam Google and Microsoft mouth off about AI helping the consumer save time, but new academic studies show that generative AI has degraded the quality of Google and Bing’s search results. Leipzig University and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar released a paper entitled “Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search Engines”, which clearly demonstrates that AI has rotted the results with massive amounts of low quality spam. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/security/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/security/ Corporations protecting themselves from random citizens is security. Citizens protecting themselves from large corporations or corrupt governments is privacy. Privacy is harder Privacy is everything associated with security PLUS a distrust in a third party to do that security. Therefore, privacy is much more difficult than security. Because pure security can be just hiring a company to do the work for you. Security is better business Pure security can be closed source, and therefore has a better business model and corporate resources. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cage/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cage/ Propaganda I’m disputing the legitimacy of our society’s infrastructure. DNS Domain names are not owned, it’s just an entry in the pseudo-government database It’s the government’s opinion. I will not comply, I’m using Session, Nostr, Tor Onions, & IPFS Fiat Money Bank Fiat is not owned, it’s just an entry in the pseudo-government database It’s the government’s opinion of my wealth. I only accept cryptocurrency Shove those bank notes where the sun don’t shine. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/mullvadgmail/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/mullvadgmail/ Update: This was originally an article criticizing Mullvad’s use of Gmail, and surprisingly thanks to you guys sharing it, they actually changed as we update here. Original Text: Here is the original text of the now outdated article to show that change is possible and as the update explains, how it can be used for good: The VPN company Mullvad mouths off “privacy is a right”, but deep down they don’t really give a shit. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ublock/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ublock/ uBlock Origin uBlock Origin is a super useful browser extension to see what third party JavaScript a website is using. Very often you can block this JavaScript and still get near full functionality or partial depending on what they use. First we’ll go over the basics (you can skip this if you already know), and then go Domain by Domain, so you can only allow what you absolutely need. Basics (skip if you know) Extension Overview The uBlock extension is by default included in the browser LibreWolf, so if you don’t want to even go to the Mozilla or corrupt Google extension store, then that’s a good way to get it. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/realworldagora/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/realworldagora/ 1. Freedom Cells This is a networking website where you can meet people to form or join communities. It’s NOT about an internet site, it’s about the in-person. This movement is spreading globally, and already has a decent presence in Mexico and Texas “Through building and supporting alternative systems such as local food networks, health services, mutual defense groups, counter-economies and communication networks, Freedom Cell members will be able to decouple themselves from the state and other institutions they deem unworthy of their support. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cloudflare/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cloudflare/ The modern internet is totally corrupt. Let’s dive in to why… Content Delivery Networks (CDN) Closer to You Content delivery networks are global servers spread out around the world that keep a copy of a website closer to you, to serve it to you. By being physically closer to the end user, it speeds up the website’s delivery. However, the negative of this is that it has a tendency to centralize power for the entire internet to a few large players and that has big privacy effects. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/router/ Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/router/ Spying The router you get from your ISP is designed to spy on you. It knows which devices are sending which traffic and what guests are connecting to it. If you don’t use a VPN every second, then when you take the VPN down, you’re vulnerable to hackers first hacking the router, to then install malware on your devices (phones/laptop). For example Wikileaks shows the CIA loves to do this https://simplifiedprivacy.com/servers/ Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/servers/ Let’s analyze where things really get stored with different protocols and tools. Signal: Amazon Session: Decentralized database w/ pay in crypto XMPP: Self-hosted federated the word “federated” means cross-communication of servers like email Matrix: federated (in theory) SimpleX: two federated self-hosted servers, they pick your send, you pick your receive Briar: No servers, peer-to-peer They gotta be online Keet: Like Briar, it’s peer-to-peer Unlike Briar, it doesn’t work with Tor, because it’s “holepunching” (connecting) via UDP packets https://simplifiedprivacy.com/stream/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/stream/ Obedience Training With novel ways of thinking about propaganda and obedience training, this short post will recommend: a) stop watching television b) stop streaming services c) stop Spotify/music streaming Television Passive Television not only rots your brain with low level dribble, but you are a passive consumer. The goal of television is to force-feed you content, instead of having you actively decide or evaluate choices. This trains you to accept authority, as eventually the two choices can turn to one. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bazzell/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/bazzell/ Bazzell quits What can be learned? Michael Bazzell was an American privacy author and podcaster. We liked his content a lot, and it’s a shame he stopped doing his podcast. Nobody knows why he stopped, but perhaps there’s still knowledge to be gleamed. One of our readers on Nostr asked us how our content differs from Bazzell. Different Philosophies We respect him greatly and this is not a critique, but simply we are targeting a different audience. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googlebitch/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googlebitch/ The Challenge of Convincing People to Abandon Surveillance Technology Convincing people to abandon surveillance technology is no easy feat. Recently, a reader on Nostr questioned the necessity of switching from Google products. We’ll address his concerns and argue for why he should consider alternatives. Does it Matter? He said: “I keep thinking, to what extent does it matter? In other words, what am I protecting myself from, if I, let’s say, use a degoogled phone? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/agora/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/agora/ Textbook Definition: Agorism is a social philosophy that advocates creating a society in which all relations between people are voluntary exchanges by means of counter-economics, engaging in a nonviolent revolution. Agorism has similar elements to anarcho-capitalism, but unlike some anarcho-capitalists, most agorists are strictly opposed to voting as a strategy for achieving their desired outcomes. My Definition: Agorism is rejecting a government-run society (which is violence) through self-action (which is voluntary entrepreneurship). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cypherpunk2023/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cypherpunk2023/ No. 17. Tutanota Honeypot Tutanota suddenly stopped supporting Tor Browser, leading to potential fingerprinting, as Canadian police allege it’s a honeypot in court. Tutanota denies this claims. No. 16. Microsoft Hacked Microsoft’s Email Software was hacked by the Chinese, becoming my favorite talking point to promote self-hosted open source email No. 15. Reddit freedom Reddit failed to ban front-ends. After a long blackout battle in which many third party apps broke, I still use farside. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/layer2wifi/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/layer2wifi/ Layer 2 Peer to Peer The idea of buying WiFi or messaging communication on a layer 2 internet or No KYC peer-to-peer internet that completely reject’s the government’s infrastructure and surveillance is very appealing. The ideal situation is using some kind of no-government DNS messenger such as Briar with bluetooth or LoRaWAN messengers with layer 2 internet. However, many projects have implementations of this that are either not yet ready for real use, or I disagree with their approach. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googledangers/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googledangers/ Some people will question you why not just write them on a Gmail? It’s convenient. Well here’s 9 Dangers of Google’s power 1. Government is their customer The government is their data customer, so you’ve lost your civil liberties because Google can now act on the government’s behalf to do things that otherwise would be illegal for the government to do directly. 2. Fake Choice Supposedly you have a choice in this, but the more powerful they are, the harder it is to avoid. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored/ Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored/ Question: Why does Session messenger have the strongest censorship resistance known to man? Explain it to me like I’m 16, a) Encryption has a public key and a private key. b) Nostr, Tor Onions, and Session all use encryption as identity, with the public key as your username, and the private key as your password c) If the government obtains your private key for Nostr or Tor Onion, it’s game over. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vmburners/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vmburners/ DeGoogled VM Did you know that you can create a virtual machine of a DeGoogled Android on your desktop Linux PC, to create infinite fast burner phones to isolate spyware apps? WhatsApp, Telegram, CashApp, Hushed Bitcoin SMS, Facebook, These apps all worked for me on a VM of LineageOS. Pegasus Research by Amnesty International and the Intercept have presented significant evidence that apps such as “WhatsApp” by Meta are vulnerable to “0-click” Pegasus malware that can completely take control and do surveillance your phone without you ever even clicking a link. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-you-can-be-deanonymized-through-tor/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-you-can-be-deanonymized-through-tor/ Tor is an excellent tool for privacy, and we do not recommend you avoid it. However, there are many limitations to be aware of and ways of using it that can compromise your anonymity on Tor. This article will discuss just a few of the ways, but there may be others that the public is unaware of. For example in 2017, the FBI dropped a case against a school worker accused of downloading child pornography because the FBI would have rather let him go than reveal the source code for how they deanonymitized him through Tor. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/glinet/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/glinet/ One of our readers asked “Is it okay to use GL.inet routers?” For those of you unfamiliar, these are tiny “micro” travel routers that fit in the palm of your hand with a VPN/Tor toggle switch on them. Most Glinet routers are smaller that your phone. And my answer is that it depends what the Gl.inet router is being used for. Inside house VPN Speed The main disadvantage of Glinet is that both VPNs and Tor are both going to be much slower than the same VPN/Tor on a computer, enterprise firewall, or home router. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/flare/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/flare/ Fake Flare.pub is supposed to be a decentralized video app for Nostr Unclear Claims It is unclear how Flare prevents Flare itself from deleting your videos, as Nostr’s protocol doesn’t store videos, the relays store messages. Even worse than Nostr’s regular images being on 1 random server with government DNS, Flare centralizes that to a single entity. And even worse than that, Flare has chosen Amazon AWS with Google 3rd party JavaScript on his main website. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/microsoft/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/microsoft/ Read complete article here https://simplifiedprivacy.com/microsoft/ Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/microsoft/ Power Rather than allow websites to host the content themselves, Microsoft will subvert websites’ authority and post it on MSM.com. Then promote their bullshit proxy copy on their ad-revenue site via their Bing search. For example you search “Coindesk Bitcoin ETF” and it gives you “Coindesk via MSM”. This has quite a few effects: a) Microsoft leaches ad revenue b) It creates dependency and submission from the websites that they can’t cut off the traffic from Bing, because the other search engines such as Google and Brave are now ranking the MSM version, and not the original. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphones/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphones/ DeGoogled Phones There are a few different DeGoogled Phone operating systems. What this means is the operating system that you replace the stock version of Google’s Android with by flashing it. Let’s go over some of the benefits and weaknesses of these choices: GrapheneOS Pro: Good optional sandbox for Google push. And advanced security features such as: a) Hardened to resist memory attacks b) Better sandboxing (hardened access policies) c) Enhanced verified boot https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pegasus/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/pegasus/ What is Pegasus? Pegasus is targeted cellphone malware by the NSO Group sold to governments. It’s regularly used against human rights activists. How can you stop Pegasus? Well, you can’t stop it per say (except choice G below). But you can reduce risk with SOME of the steps below: a) GrapheneOS GrapheneOS reduces buffer overflows with a hardened memory malloc. Buffer Overflows A buffer overflow attack is when memory is corrupted to leak information. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/elizabeth-warren/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/elizabeth-warren/ Warren’s defacto ban: Elizabeth Warren has again pushed for sweeping regulatory changes with the supposed purpose of cracking down on cryptocurrency’s use in terrorist financing. She said “We need new laws to crack down on crypto’s use in enabling terrorist groups” [1] She wishes to force all Bitcoin and cryptocurrency open source wallet providers and miner/node infrastructure to do AML/KYC checks, which is impossible for a decentralized permissionless system. Therefore, Warren effectively wants to ban it. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrsecurity/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrsecurity/ Nostr’s Privacy Flaw Nostr’s privacy flaw is that anyone can see the metadata in real time of who is messaging who. Ameythst client currently lets you literally login as them, just the DM itself is jibberish. When you combine this with the fact that most Nostr users have Bitcoin and are constantly downloading or trying out new clients, this makes Nostr the ultimate place for phishing scams. Even if Bitcoin is not gotten directly, simply tricking someone into entering their private key into a scam client can be used to make them pay Bitcoin to not wreck their account. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/elizabeth-warren/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/elizabeth-warren/ Read complete article here Sources for: Elizabeth Warren says “ban Bitcoin” but it’s Israel that funded Hamas. Original article link found here. [1] Elizabeth Warren Warren Expands Coalition of Banking Committee Support for Bill Cracking Down on Crypto’s Use in Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking, Sanctions Evasion https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-expands-coalition-of-banking-committee-support-for-bill-cracking-down-on-cryptos-use-in-money-laundering-drug-trafficking-sanctions-evasion [2] WSJ Why Hamas Uses Crypto to Raise Money https://www.wsj.com/finance/why-hamas-uses-crypto-to-raise-money-b40597ec [3] Elliptic Blockchain analytics company https://www.elliptic.co/blog/setting-the-record-straight-on-crypto-crowdfunding-by-hamas Elliptic said: “There is no evidence to suggest that crypto fundraising has raised anything close to this amount, and data provided by Elliptic and others has been misinterpreted. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/messengers/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/messengers/ Let’s compare Signal, Session, SimpleX, Matrix, XMPP, and Briar, so you can decide which one is right for your particular situation. Who is the… Most adopted by everyday people: Signal Most adopted on darkweb: XMPP Most adopted by corporations: Matrix Most adopted by militaries: XMPP Least Censored for individuals: Session Least Censored against platform level bans: Briar Most likely to confuse criminal courtrooms: SimpleX Best for Journalists: Session (due to first contact metadata & verification of identity) https://simplifiedprivacy.com/decision/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/decision/ Update 2 days later: The FISA Section 702 did pass with the Defense Budget Conflict Today was supposed to be a pivotal moment where the US surveillance programs (that allow warrantless wiretapping) would either be reformed or expanded. Dual competing versions of the new bills were supposed to be voted on today in Congress with only one moving forward. Instead surprisingly, due to public backlash, the Speaker of the House decided to pull both versions of the bills from being voted on, and moved to extend the status quo. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/epicgoogle/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/epicgoogle/ Illegal Monopoly Huge win for Epic Games in their court case against Google. The California court decided that Google’s Play app store operated as an illegal monopoly and the case also challenged the transaction fees of up to 30% that Google imposes on Android app developers. Fast Key Highlights: a) It’s still unclear what the penalty will be, court won’t rule on this till January b) There’s speculation in the media that this could lead to forcing Google to offer alternative app stores https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whatsapp/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whatsapp/ Problem: One of the challenging aspects of privacy is getting your friends to actually use it. While Signal is very centralized and has metadata leak issues compared to Session, SimpleX, and self-hosted XMPP, it’s still way better than WhatsApp or SMS. So Signal is the low-hanging fruit that can be used to transition low-tech normies in your life to freedom. In this article, we’ll focus on example psychological tactics to shift your friends off WhatsApp and SMS. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/posts/private-messegers/how-to/how-to.html Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/posts/private-messegers/how-to/how-to.html While Signal is very centralized and has metadata leak issues compared to Session, SimpleX, and self-hosted XMPP, it’s still way better than WhatsApp or SMS. So Signal is the low-hanging fruit that can be used to transition low-tech normies in your life to freedom. In this article, we’ll focus on example psychological tactics to shift your friends off WhatsApp and SMS. ”But I already use WhatsApp”. Did you know Signal was made by the same guy who also made WhatsApp? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr/ Nostr Clients Nostr is similar to a decentralized version of Twitter. The protocol let’s you use any client, just like Bitcoin or Monero allow you to use any wallet. Anyone can make their own client. Here’s a few of the popular ones: Iris.to Pro: Everyone has a web browser, so it’s easy for beginners to on-board. Simple easy layout. Con: They use CloudFlare, so do NOT let the website see your private key. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/onions/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/onions/ Here’s a list of some excellent resources for Tor that are completely legal. Most of them are related to privacy. We do not post any illegal content. Clear web: Exch.cx hszyoqwrcp7cxlxnqmovp6vjvmnwj33g4wviuxqzq47emieaxjaperyd.onion Swap crypto to crypto without CloudFlare or Big Tech. 0.5% fee. Con: They get DDoS’ed a lot, but check back in a few hours if down. Clear web: RoboSats.com robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid.onion Peer-to-peer Bitcoin Lightning for fiat/XMR. Clear web: WizardSwap.io wizardswgtu2ovor7r2esg3cxdpt7tv4nrugi32lldv53zmtonbz6sid.onion https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto/ Our company only accepts cryptocurrency. So the question for new users is, where do you buy crypto? Well it depends on what country you live in and how you want to pay. Credit cards Credit card purchases are the most convenient but usually make you pay the vendor fee of 2% or more. Cake Wallet Cake Wallet with Cakewallet.com and CakePay is a quick way to buy XMR. It does require ID, here is their post on it: https://cakelabs. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/push/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/push/ We posted a recent Vice article about the US government requesting nearly all Apple and Google push notifications: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbv9/apple-just-confirmed-governments-are-spying-on-peoples-phones-with-push-notifications This article discusses how these companies are now coming forward and being honest for the first time about the high quantity of requests they are getting, after a senator made it public. One of our readers on Nostr asked “I can’t switch to Graphene, what can I do?” Well obviously switching to an operating system that isn’t maliciously collecting the data to begin with is the ideal solution. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burner-email/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burner-email/ 5july.org Pro: Our Number 1 recommendation for burner privacy. Based in Sweden, this reliable honest non-profit uses Bahnhof (a previous Wikileaks host). No CloudFlare, No Google analytics. Con: Only 1 domain to pick from. Often/sometimes it doesn’t function. I don’t think it’s the providers blocking it. I think 5july is just too poor for good maintenance because they have no business model. GuerrillaMail.com Pro: Large userbase is good for anonymity. It works without JavaScript (for incoming) and Tor isn’t blocked. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/alphasession/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/alphasession/ Reddit has cracked down with intense surveillance and censorship. Even worse, Microsoft’s Linked-In broadcasts your sensitive data the world. They demand SMS verification, restrict VPNs, and asks for photo ID to scan your eyeballs. By having all your information public, your haters can try to get you fired. Instead, join a fun Liberty-Agora community, where people discuss technology, politics, vendors post their sales, and entrepreneurs can post crypto job ads. Meet Linked-Out. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrtor/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrtor/ Nostr has horrible Tor support as it’s very slow to connect to all of these relays. Here’s some tips: Gossip a. Use the Gossip Client on desktop (Linux is supported btw). We love Whonix, but you could use any other tools such as ParrotOS, Tails, or even just command line software. Then modify the following settings in Gossip: a) Turn off avatars b) Turn the refresh rate for the timeline to the slowest https://simplifiedprivacy.com/moneroflaws/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/moneroflaws/ Premise In the movie 8 mile, the rapper Eminem attacks himself first to leave his enemy speechless after. We replicate this strategy by openly pointing out Monero’s vulnerabilities to deprive our enemies of criticism and then weaponize their ideas against them. You would get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, or on Nostr. Criticism #1: Monero’s delistings hurt adoption Response: It’s true that Monero gets delisted from centralized KYC exchanges that come under pressure from corrupt governments acting against their own constitutions. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-life/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-life/ Some say Google is a monopoly. I say they are not even relevant! Literally every service that they provide has an alternative. The ONLY thing that they have is the network effect and peer pressure. But as they continue to abuse the population’s privacy, their power will erode. Chrome Browser: LibreWolf, Brave, Icecat, vanilla Firefox, Tor Google Android: GrapheneOS, Calyx, Divest/Lineage, Linux phones like Pine Google Search: MetaGer, Mojeek, SearXNG w/ farside. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-distros/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-distros/ Linux Distros There are some security advantages to certain Linux distributions over others that of course have to be balanced with convenience for your specific situation. Linux Mint Pro: Very stable, things are likely to just work. Updates rarely break the system. And installs of Ubuntu versions of software usually work, but you don’t get the slow speed of Ubuntu’s snaps. Con: Very slow update cycle, so you’re getting security updates last. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vps/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vps/ Private VPS Reviews The best way to take control of your privacy and security is by hosting things yourself. This could be your own website, email, NextCloud, Mastodon, Notstr relay, crypto node, front-end service, or even your own proxy VPN. This list will compare the pros and cons of VPS hosts only if they allow anonymous sign-ups for cryptocurrency. Servers.guru Pro: Very cheap. Very seamless setup, easy for beginners not used to SSH keys. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/search/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/search/ It’s good to use a variety of search engines with Tor and/or avoid the use of JavaScript which can fingerprint you as unique. You want to prevent any one party from seeing all of your search requests. Brave Search Type: Engine Pro: Good independent results that aren’t dependent on Google or Microsoft. Brave also has less of an authoritative pro-centralized power bias than “Bigger Tech” Con: Brave uses Amazon Datacenters, and that’s a huge negative for decentralization and privacy. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burners/ Sat, 18 Nov 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burners/ Privacy Phones We wanted to give an updated list on burner phones. Remember SMS is not private or encrypted. All you’re doing is hiding your physical location via VoIP or your identity via cryptocurrency payments. JMP.chat Type: Number Pro: No KYC VoIP to XMPP (or Matrix) for anonymous Bitcoin, so you’re using an open source client Con: Only US and Canada numbers. They’re just reselling Bandwidth.com VoIP, which means that not only are you just paying more just for anonymity, but many services recognize these as Bandwidth VoIP numbers and will block you. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal/ Signal is flawed in that it’s centralized on Amazon servers, requires a phone number, and can not be self-hosted. However regular SMS is so horrible, and Signal is so intuitive for new users, that telling people not to use it likely does more harm to privacy than good. Signal also recently announced that in the future there will be usernames, but this is still in beta and requires a phone number in the beta. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/airplane-mode/myth.html Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/airplane-mode/myth.html The Myth of Airplane Mode WiFi Triangulation You’re being lied to. Airplane mode does NOT hide your location. Google and Apple continue to collect it, by seeing what WiFi endpoints are near you, and then figuring out where you are through a process known as “WiFi Triangulation”. [1] Baseband Modem Further, phones have two “brains”, and the part that connects to the cell towers does NOT have to obey Airplane mode. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/apple-id/sources.html Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/apple-id/sources.html Sources: NBC Los Angeles [1a] https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/california-law-protects-children-from-social-media-addiction/3516976 Gov Ca [1b] https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/20/governor-newsom-signs-landmark-bill-to-protect-kids-from-social-media-addiction-takes-action-on-other-measures/ Cal Matters [2] https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/09/california-digital-id-in-iphones/ La Times [3] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-20/californias-digital-drivers-licenses-now-work-on-apple-wallet https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/eu-thugs-chat-control/sources.html Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/eu-thugs-chat-control/sources.html Sources: [1] Patrick Breyer https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#hungarianproposal [2] MSN Propaganda https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-eu-proposal-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats-is-back-on-the-agenda/ar-AA1veN0x [3] EU Parlament https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVIII/EU/5903/imfname_11437527.pdf [4] DeCrypt US ‘Flips’ to Support Encryption Following China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ Cyberattack https://decrypt.co/295779/us-flips-to-support-encryption-following-chinas-salt-typhoon-cyberattack https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/joe-biden-id/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/joe-biden-id/ Sources: NOTUS [1] https://www.notus.org/technology/digital-drivers-licenses-biden-supercharge-transition NBC News [2] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/court-strikes-down-obamacare-s-individual-mandate-unconstitutional-n1104476 NY Times [3] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/28/us/politics/obamacare-individual-mandate-penalty-maps.html https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/negligent-google-play/ Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/negligent-google-play/ [1] Android Authority Google Play Security Program Winding Down https://www.androidauthority.com/google-play-security-reward-program-winding-down-3472376/ [2] BleepingComputer Free VPN Apps on Google Play Turned Android Phones into Proxies https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/free-vpn-apps-on-google-play-turned-android-phones-into-proxies/ [3] Zimperium GriftHorse Android Trojan Steals Millions from Over 10 Million Victims Globally September 29, 2021 Aazim Yaswant https://blog.zimperium.com/grifthorse-android-trojan-steals-millions-from-over-10-million-victims-globally 4 Tom’s Guide Hackers are using these Android apps on the Play Store to stage attacks — delete them all right now By Anthony Spadafora published 26 March 2024 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/jhon-galt/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/jhon-galt/ Who is John Galt? He is concerned about human and digital rights being eroded by the tyranny of the status quo. He dislikes censorship, endless wars, and the corrupt fractional reserve banking system. As a man of optimism, he instead advocates for change through freedom respecting technology. Only by individuals learning skills to empower themselves, can we be free. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/adam/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/adam/ For desktop or laptop Linux troubleshooting, this is your man. Adam is passionate about open source, privacy, and security. He’s always on the look-out for FOSS solutions for everything. He can help solve many privacy and Linux questions and issues as well as privacy respecting alternatives. He is active on SoloLearn, a coding teaching website, with over 100 followers. 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Here’s the 1-on-1 Support This is direct to a single person from Simplified Privacy to help you Support@SimplifiedPrivacy.is OMEMO fingerprint: d1341b3dc18c41d7f28e8ca4dd771ccc127fefb948adf5249b78c58365ffce5f Group Chat To join the Group Chat, Please add this JID to your client: simplified-privacy@groups.simplifiedprivacy.is Rules: These are the rules regarding spam, illegal, or prohibited content: /rules-for/group-chat-and-social-media.html https://simplifiedprivacy.com/zenaku-ocho-rios/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/zenaku-ocho-rios/ Zenaku is the primary creator of the ArWeb app. He has designed this website and animated Simplified Privacy’s videos. He’s available to bring your ideas to life. He understands technical topics such as blockchain and can clearly explain your product or brand. Additionally, he can deliver Linux support in Spanish, especially with Ubuntu issues. Spanish lessons for English speakers can also be arranged via encrypted chat. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wrongthink/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wrongthink/ Old school GNU/Linux flunky with a distaste for tyranny and propaganda. Hobbies include touching grass, forgetting where the keys went, and getting in ur base and killing ur doodz. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/goose/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/goose/ Goose directly handles customer orders and makes sure you have a smooth experience. Reach out to him at the main encrypted company accounts during western hemisphere business hours. (minus UTC). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/john-dev/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/john-dev/ John is active with the VPN development. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/decoy-john/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/decoy-john/ Multiple devs are named John, this creates decoys, where it is unclear to outsiders, who is doing what dev work. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ HIPAA fake Real Issue In the US, your medical records are protected by HIPAA but your internet medical browsing history on websites like WebMD is NOT. That is the kind of data that is being sold in ways that may hurt or embarrass you. Data Sold If you have any kind of medical problem, even if it’s small, then you absolutely need to learn privacy. Medical data is among the highest paid data that’s collected, sold, and put into databases by a huge number of websites. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-censors-freedom/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-censors-freedom/ This article presents evidence that Google promotes an agenda of centralized control through systematic censorship on its search, email, video, app store, and ad platforms of ideas promoting decentralized personal responsibility and anything critical of government power. You would get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, uncensored Ethereum push notifications, or on Nostr. The sources for this article can be found here Political Bias Wikileaks Some say Google is biased to the left, but isn’t the left supposed to be anti-war? https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ Google is among the most malicious surveillance organizations: Search Saving all your Google searches, tied to your identity across devices [1] [2] [30] Email Reading all your emails. Even if you don’t use Gmail directly, but you’re sending email to someone who does. [5] [6] Web traffic Saving all your web traffic if the website uses Google Ads, Captchas, or Analytics (and over 85% of all websites use some of their services). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/avoid-this-monero-vulnerability/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/avoid-this-monero-vulnerability/ Love Monero, But We love Monero. It’s our favorite and number one recommended cryptocurrency. However, it does not offer completely perfect anonymity under all circumstances because there are some vulnerabilities (which we will discuss one of in this article). We will discuss not only how this particular vulnerability works, but also what you can do to avoid it. You would get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, uncensored Ethereum push notifications, or on Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints-lead-to-price-discrimination/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints-lead-to-price-discrimination/ Misconceptions Nothing to Hide Some people mistakenly believe they do not need to worry about online privacy because they have “nothing to hide.” In reality, your digital identity expressed through a browser fingerprint, cookies, and IP address will determine if you have to pay more for the same goods and services, what employment opportunities you’ll be presented with, and even housing and credit. Equal Opportunity This article will give you an overview of the different types of discrimination caused by artificial intelligence algorithms accessing your data. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cryptocurrency-ignores-open-source/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cryptocurrency-ignores-open-source/ The Conflict Linux & Monero Very often, people treat open source software and cryptocurrency like two completely separate topics. These people mistakenly believe that Linux and Monero are two different unrelated tools to solve different problems. MyMonero For example, some cryptocurrency exchanges force its users to run proprietary web software which is deeply integrated with its service, such as Google captchas or Authenticator, without even disclosing that free and open source alternatives exist. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/distros-dont-matter-but-desktop-environments-do/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/distros-dont-matter-but-desktop-environments-do/ Desktop Environment Many new Linux users ask which distribution is the best, when actually they should be asking about the desktop environment. The desktop environment is the way the operating system’s display and interface looks. It is a huge part of a Linux user’s experience and will make or break a new user’s interest in continuing to use Linux. If you’re new to Linux, you’d really enjoy subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, or RSS feed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/distros-dont-matter-much/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/distros-dont-matter-much/ Distros don’t matter Linux distributions don’t matter that much. They should only be the focus of highly advanced users for the purpose of extreme security against very sophisticated and resourceful adversaries. Among the distributions for beginners, there is not that much difference. You will get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, or RSS feed. Linux vs distributions Same Kernel Linux is just a kernel, or core operating system, that allows software to interact with the hardware. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/do-i-need-to-learn-the-command-line/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/do-i-need-to-learn-the-command-line/ Do you need the CLI? Many new Linux users wonder how much work is involved in switching from Windows or Apple to Linux. The number one question is, “Do you need to learn the command line?” The answer depends on what you want to be able to do with Linux. Not everyone will require the same knowledge of commands, and in fact some users might not need it at all. You can get the solid basics of Linux by subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, or RSS feed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linuxs-privacy-weakness/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linuxs-privacy-weakness/ Proprietary Software A lot of proprietary software, such as Google Chrome, Steam, Skype, and Discord, have a version programmed for Linux. However, you lose most of the privacy benefit of switching to Linux if you continue to use these programs. Yes, you’ve hidden your real IP address from Microsoft and Apple, but all the contents of your conversations and the websites you visit may all still be connected and monitored either directly on the proprietary platform, or potentially even metadata from outside the programs… https://simplifiedprivacy.com/timeshift-critical-linux-n00b-tool/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/timeshift-critical-linux-n00b-tool/ Timeshift Save Software State Another important concept for Linux users is timeshift backups. Timeshift is a program that allows you to save a current state of your software and package manager. Then later in the future, if your computer has a complete malfunction or is broken, you can restore the system to its previous state. This tool is incredibly useful for helping you recover from a disaster. Versatility Timeshift can be accessed by both the graphical user interface, as well as through the command line. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:34:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/ The scary part of Facebook is the tracking that goes on OFF the platform. There’s a number of ways that Facebook maliciously does this including: a) Tracking your web traffic on other websites off Facebook b) Keeping track of everyone you know to identify you using new anonymous devices, phone numbers, or emails c) Reading, Storing, and Sharing your private personal chats with advertisers and governments d) Permanently keeping track of and selling your location all the time, including who you happen to be standing near https://simplifiedprivacy.com/should-you-use-a-vpn-with-tor/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/should-you-use-a-vpn-with-tor/ There’s a heavy amount of debate over whether you should use a VPN with Tor. We will cover using a VPN either before or after launching Tor, but when people refer to this without explicitly saying which method, they usually mean putting a VPN on BEFORE Tor is used. So: User → VPN → Tor → Website VPN before Tor The use of a VPN with Tor is heavily debated among security experts. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/brave-irony/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/brave-irony/ Fingerprint JavaScript is used by many websites to deliver content and perform services. Many sites use it as part of their core functionality. JavaScript also can be used to browser fingerprint and therefore serve content that’s appropriate for the end user’s browser and operating system versions, such as ensuring the content has the correct screen dimensions. While the purpose of JavaScript’s fingerprinting is to properly serve content to benefit the user, it can be used maliciously against the user to identity him or her through Tor. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-101-hows-this-work/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/tor-101-hows-this-work/ Tor is the most famous anonymous mixnet but there are others. Originally created by the US Navy, Tor is ironically often used in attempts to deceive governments. However, this is not its only purpose, as there are plenty of legitimate and legal reasons for wanting to be anonymous. While Tor was originally created by the US government, its open source nature means that it’s not maliciously tracking you — at least on a backdoor code level. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/7-awesome-open-source-phone-apps/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/7-awesome-open-source-phone-apps/ In this article, we’ll go over our 7 favorite open source phone apps for Android. Most of them work on both degoogled and regular spyware phones and can be found in the F-Droid store. We’re skipping Signal, Session, and Briar, since we assume you already use them and we’ve covered them elsewhere. You would get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/google-sheets/sources.html Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/google-sheets/sources.html Read complete article here Sources: [1] Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/cyberattackers-exploit-google-sheets.html [2] Bleeping Computer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-voldemort-malware-abuses-google-sheets-to-store-stolen-data/ [3] It’s FOSS Google’s New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi Sourav Rudra, August 1, 2023 https://news.itsfoss.com/google-controversial-tracker/ [4] Bleeping Computer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-google-command-and-control-red-team-tool-in-attacks https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/google-totalitarian/sources.html Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/google-totalitarian/sources.html Read complete article here Sources: [1] Pravda Which US companies are Harris and Trump’s biggest donors and what’s behind their choice? https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/09/24/755802.html [2] James OKeefe Nitter: https://xcancel.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1833267899840311623 or Native Twitter: https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1833267899840311623 [3] Zach Vorhies a: https://www.zachvorhies.com/ b: https://www.zachvorhies.com/msm_rankings.html c: https://www.zachvorhies.com/blacklists/index.html [4a] Evil Google Florida Woman Sues Google https://evilgoogle.news/2024-08-12-florida-woman-sues-google-deplatforming-prolife-email-gmail.html [4b] Life Site News Florida Woman Sues Google for Deplatforming Her https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/florida-woman-sues-google-for-deplatforming-her-shortly-after-she-sent-pro-life-email [5] Simplified Privacy Previous Work: Leaked Lies at Google https://simplifiedprivacy.com/briar-1-private-messenger-but-no-audio-calls/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/briar-1-private-messenger-but-no-audio-calls/ Briar is a decentralized peer-to-peer mixnet messenger that’s similar to Session. As a reminder, we wrote an article on Session here. The big difference between them is that Briar is purely peer-to-peer and so it requires the other person to be online to receive the message. While Briar is peer-to-peer, these messages can be first routed through Tor or in-person bluetooth. On the other hand, Session stores messages on a decentralized database called the Swarm, which is coordinated by blockchain incentives to enable you to receive the message anytime. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/xmpp-decentralized-signal-get-your-own-social-network/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/xmpp-decentralized-signal-get-your-own-social-network/ XMPP is an open source messaging protocol that’s very decentralized. It’s what’s called “federated,” which means that anyone can set up their own server, and these servers can all communicate through the same protocol. This means you can easily talk to your friends on your own hidden social media network, while at the same time talk to strangers on other servers end-to-end encrypted. XMPP is similar to a decentralized version of Signal because you get end-to-end encryption but without trusting the Signal Foundation or Amazon AWS servers with your personal metadata such as who and when is communicating. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-messenger-guide-to-avoid-privacy-mistakes/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-messenger-guide-to-avoid-privacy-mistakes/ Signal is an open source, end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol with a centralized Amazon cloud server. Even though the contents of your messages are encrypted, there are still mistakes you can make that compromise your privacy. There is supposedly a system to hide metadata called “sealed sender”, but as we will discuss, it is flawed. Here’s a bullet point overview; then we’ll move into a more detailed description and tips for use. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/electrum-wallet-king-of-privacy/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/electrum-wallet-king-of-privacy/ Electrum Wallet New address Electrum Wallet is a free and open source cryptocurrency wallet that allows the user to create multiple temporary receiving addresses that are all different. These different receiving addresses then feed into a single wallet, which then all feed into the same wallet. The advantage of this is that it obfuscates the public blockchain trail and thus offers the user some low level (weak) privacy for cryptocurrencies that normally do not have any, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-101-what-you-need-to-know/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-101-what-you-need-to-know/ Work of Art Monero’s code is so beautiful that many people consider it a work of art. In this article, we’ll break down how and why the most private and anonymous cryptocurrency works. And you can join the Monero community by subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, or RSS feed, or Nostr. Nostr is usually Bitcoin maxis, so we gotta represent XMR. Private Blockchain Bitcoin is Transparent Other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have a publicly visible blockchain that anyone can see and use to track the movement of funds. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-wallets-which-is-right-for-you/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-wallets-which-is-right-for-you/ 4 Wallets In our previous article we discussed how Monero (XMR) works. In this article, we’ll go over 4 popular XMR wallets. All of these are open source. Never use any Monero wallet that isn’t open source. And if you really want to take your privacy game to the next level, consider subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, our Ethereum push notification channel, or on Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-vendors-that-accept-cryptocurrency/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-vendors-that-accept-cryptocurrency/ Anonymous Purchases Where can you actually use cryptocurrency to buy things anonymously? Here we’ll go over a list of vendors and places that accept it. And if you really want to learn about real world crypto, subscribe for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, our Ethereum push notification channel, or on Nostr. Bitrefill.com We Love Bitrefill; it’s our number 1 choice for anonymous cryptocurrency shopping. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-temporary-burner-sms-verification-services/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-temporary-burner-sms-verification-services/ SMS Burners In our previous article, we discussed great services for getting long term anonymous phone numbers and cell service. Now we’ll discuss temporary or one-time “burner” SMS verification services. The purpose of this is getting a one-time verification text to sign up for some service without providing any of your identifying information. You would get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-phones-101-the-basics/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-phones-101-the-basics/ DeGoogled Basics What is a degoogled phone? The term “degoogled phone” refers to an android with a custom open source operating system that does NOT have telemetry with Google. Its purpose is privacy. What is Android? Android is an open source project created by Google. It is a framework for an operating system, but this open source version isn’t what you actually get when you buy a regular smartphone. Difference? Q: I bought a regular smartphone from a normal retail store. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-photos-leak-your-gps-location/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-photos-leak-your-gps-location/ Pics Leak Tags Location When you take a picture with a smartphone, it automatically puts your location within the picture’s metadata using the phone’s GPS. Metadata is information about a file, and anyone with the file can view this data, which not only includes the location but other information, such as the exact model of the phone and the time the picture was taken. EXIF The technical name for this metadata, including location, is EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-protocols-which-one-should-you-use/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-protocols-which-one-should-you-use/ Two Protocols Many VPNs offer the same protocols and give the user the option to choose from which protocol to use. The two most popular choices are OpenVPN and Wireguard. Each of them have different advantages and use cases. And if you really want to learn how to become a ghost, subscribe for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. OpenVPN 2001 OpenVPN has been around much longer than Wireguard. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/2fa-on-a-pc-keepass-xc-tutorial/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/2fa-on-a-pc-keepass-xc-tutorial/ KeePass XC is a free and open source password manager that stores its database locally on your computer. It works on Linux, Windows, or MacOS. Your password and 2FA database is encrypted using 256-bit AES, which is the industry standard and academically accepted as secure. And if you really want to learn about cybersecurity, subscribe for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-hide-your-location-from-cell-towers/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-hide-your-location-from-cell-towers/ Even if a phone isn’t directly tied to your name, by tracking your location they can see where the phone rests for the night. In this guide, we’ll go over how to properly hide your home’s location and identity from cellphone tower service providers. And if you really want to learn how to become a ghost, subscribe for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, via RSS feed, our Ethereum push notification channel, or on Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-to-avoid-2fa-on-phones/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-to-avoid-2fa-on-phones/ 2FA or 2-Factor Authentication is a great security tool if you use an open source tool with method called TOTP. On the other hand, if you use Google Authenticator — or even worse, regular SMS texts — then it’s easy for predators to hack and surveillance you. The government and Google want to see what you’re doing, so if you not only show them, but verify your identity and physical location with an SMS SIM card, then you’ve become a bitch slave of the Empire. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting-what-you-need-to-know/ Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting-what-you-need-to-know/ Update: Check our new VPN dealing with this issue: https://vpn.simplifiedprivacy.com Car Metaphor Tracker on Car The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a great metaphor to understand the difference between a cookie and browsing fingerprinting. A cookie is like putting a tracker on your car. The tracker’s owner can see everywhere you go until you remove it. Picture of Car In contrast, browser fingerprinting is like taking a picture of the car. We know what model, year, license plate number, and state it’s registered. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-mistakes-to-avoid/ Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-mistakes-to-avoid/ Mistakes VPNs are a great tool for privacy, but they are often misunderstood and misused. Sometimes people believe that they are getting more privacy or anonymity than they actually are. Or other times, a user’s goals are possible, but were not executed correctly. In this article, we will go over some basic common mistakes you should avoid when using a VPN. And to really learn the art of invisibility, subscribe for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-get-good-linux-software/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-get-good-linux-software/ Many people fear switching to Linux because they think that the software they want to use won’t be available. This is usually untrue for 4 reasons. You will get a lot out of subscribing for free to our new content by email or RSS feed. Open Source Replacements FOSS First, Linux has a free and open source version of most things you’ll need, such as an office suite, photo effects editor, web browsers, video editors, email clients, and most things you can think of. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-linux-more-secure-than-windows/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-linux-more-secure-than-windows/ Open Source First, Linux is open source, meaning anyone can view the code. Because of this, Linux does not have malicious tracking or anything that works against you. Testing Flaws Because the code is readily available, Linux gives huge numbers of participants the ability to test security flaws. The operating system improves through the contributions of decentralized individuals looking over the code. Merit Based Decentralized open source initiatives then progress through a merit based system, in which changes are adopted as they are shown to be needed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-linux-more-secure-than-windows/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/why-is-linux-more-secure-than-windows/ Open Source First, Linux is open source, meaning anyone can view the code. Because of this, Linux does not have malicious tracking or anything that works against you. Testing Flaws Because the code is readily available, Linux gives huge numbers of participants the ability to test security flaws. The operating system improves through the contributions of decentralized individuals looking over the code. Merit Based Decentralized open source initiatives then progress through a merit based system, in which changes are adopted as they are shown to be needed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-has-speed-economic-benefits/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:40:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-has-speed-economic-benefits/ There are so many benefits to Linux beyond just privacy and security. Because Linux has less clutter without any of the corrupt Windows spyware, it allows for faster load times. When you boot up the operating system, you can get going faster. Whenever you run an application, the kernel (which is the main part of the operating system) can process that information faster. A great way to learn the foundations of Linux and privacy is by subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, RSS feed, or Nostr. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/virtual-machines-for-privacy-101/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/virtual-machines-for-privacy-101/ Update: Check our new VPN which is faster than Virtual Machines: https://vpn.simplifiedprivacy.com VMs One technique for dealing with fingerprinting is to use Virtual Machines (VMs). Our new VPN is faster and leaner than these, but if you’re running untrusted software, you could consider a real VM. A Virtual Machine is a software emulated recreation of a smaller computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real physical computer’s hardware. In other words, it’s a tiny isolated fake computer inside a real computer. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/apples-privacy-is-propaganda/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 10:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/apples-privacy-is-propaganda/ Apple is the #1 surveillance organization in the world, with powers far greater than Google or Facebook. Yet they have managed to convince the masses of sheep consumers that Apple is focused on privacy with its billboards and video ads. This is primarily because most people do not understand the technology and have not actually read Apple’s legal terms of service. /nYou can learn a ton about privacy by subscribing for free to our new content by email, by Session messenger, or RSS feed. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/ Read complete article here [1] Electronic Frontier Foundation Google Says It Doesn’t ‘Sell’ Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It. By Bennett Cyphers https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and [2] Pro Publica Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking By Julia Angwin https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-dropped-ban-on-personally-identifiable-web-tracking [3] The New York Post and Consumer Watch Dog How Google Is Making More Money Than Ever Off the Sick and Vulnerable By John Mac Ghlionn https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/google-ai/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/google-ai/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on harmful Google AI: [1] DigitalTrends https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-photos-ask-gemini-ai-upgrade-io-2024-news/ [2] Google CEO Pledged To Use AI To Counter “Fake News https://public.substack.com/p/google-ceo-pledged-to-use-ai-to-counter https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources-windows-recall-photographic/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 06:00:00 -0700 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources-windows-recall-photographic/ Read complete article here Sources [1] How to turn off photographic memory feature in Windows called Recall that Elon Musk likened to a Black Mirror episode [2] Microsoft Windows creepy AI move https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/elon-musk-brazil/sources.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/elon-musk-brazil/sources.html Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on Elon Musk Censors for Brazil & FBI visits Odysee founder over his Tweets. [1] New York Times Elon Musk’s X Backs Down in Brazil https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/americas/elon-musk-x-brazil.html [2] Jeremy Kauffman Twitter https://xcancel.com/jeremykauffman/status/1835782658091102608#m https://xcancel.com/jeremykauffman https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-an-encrypted-hard-drive-works/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-an-encrypted-hard-drive-works/ Encrypted Hard Drive? Have you ever heard “you should encrypt your hard drive” on a technology video channel? What does that even mean really? Doesn’t the Linux operating system have a user password? Is that encryption or protection? Let’s break it down: Remote Attacks User passwords on the operating system, protect you from hackers over the internet. The password provides a safeguard against anyone accessing the operating system or system resources remotely. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/stanley-milgram/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/stanley-milgram/ Ever think, “How could a person do [insert horror]?” Stanley Milgram Stanley Milgram a psychologist at Yale University did an experiment where he tested if participants would obey TAKING ORDERS to electrocute a subject. The subject was in on it, so nobody was hurt. The wires did NOT have real electricity, and it was purely acting and screaming out in “FAKE pain”. The purpose of the experiment was to measure if the person would obey authority and follow the commands to administer electric shocks as part of an academic study. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/privacyguides-jonah/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/privacyguides-jonah/ PrivacyGuides Malware One of our readers asked how we differ from PrivacyGuides. So I wanted to outline the technology choices for your benefit. Jonah Aragon For those of you who are unfamiliar, PrivacyGuides.org is a website run by Jonah Aragon. And although this post will heavily criticize PrivacyGuides, I must stress that I do respect Jonah and the rest of his team. They are doing a huge service by running their guides as a non-profit. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/techgroups/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/techgroups/ Tech Resources! Here’s a list of the active Session, SimpleX, and XMPP Public Groups where you can ask questions on tech. Session Simplified Privacy Official Group https://session.simplifiedprivacy.is/simplified?public_key=ed33150048005a9237708314785af91f5dfe0d9eafd8a66df6e9977cc9619431 Privacy http://sog.caliban.org/privacy?public_key=118df8c6c471ac0468c7c77e1cdc12f24a139ee8a07c6e3bf4e7855640dad821 QubesOS http://sogs.cosmicnation.co/qubesos?public_key=c7940d53c81ac95430fd6d4af4a51630a0231218716366110d9fdb3fe5d78966 Modern Survival http://sog.caliban.org/modernsurvival?public_key=118df8c6c471ac0468c7c77e1cdc12f24a139ee8a07c6e3bf4e7855640dad821 GrapheneOS http://sogs.cosmicnation.co/grapheneos?public_key=c7940d53c81ac95430fd6d4af4a51630a0231218716366110d9fdb3fe5d78966 Linux http://sog.caliban.org/linux?public_key=118df8c6c471ac0468c7c77e1cdc12f24a139ee8a07c6e3bf4e7855640dad821 System & Network Security http://sog.caliban.org/security?public_key=118df8c6c471ac0468c7c77e1cdc12f24a139ee8a07c6e3bf4e7855640dad821 Tech http://116.203.217.101/tech?public_key=2054fa3271f27ec9e55492c85d022f9582cb4aa2f457e4b885147fb913b9c131 SimpleX Simplified Privacy Official Group: https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FenEkec4hlR3UtKx2NMpOUK_K4ZuDxjWBO1d9Y4YXVaA%3D%40smp14.simplex.im%2Fz2BKiaUdB6O7KwOBy4IXGNnz3oWyNss7%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAENfGMNmw6fjxMjNt5GQaj5VYOxeOmVZiDkd3NROiqCU%253D%26srv%3Daspkyu2sopsnizbyfabtsicikr2s4r3ti35jogbcekhm3fsoeyjvgrid.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%222qsQUeR1KhcP3tJuztWwvw%3D%3D%22%7D Privacy, Security, Anonymity. https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2F3EDHk8oiLEW-IxrKACWNCv9YVO7JiLyy%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAGRUp7ar8_M58-dPjBqno1IiWrvKVZ6TEuBWF71f-WWM%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22E_qexehgVUGlPv2f3neZPQ%3D%3D%22%7D Monero XMR https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fh–vW7ZSkXPeOUpfxlFGgauQmXNFOzGoizak7Ult7cw%3D%40smp15.simplex.im%2FEmRhJbsEq3sHw2_i7mA92BY545Y5RvNd%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAp94qy7ZhPEgIBpymfG8-aPHDC9EJ4nSvMLXjCWxMx3Q%253D%26srv%3Doauu4bgijybyhczbnxtlggo6hiubahmeutaqineuyy23aojpih3dajad.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22-_hQq6m3Xk-cdQIiwmSDHw%3D%3D%22%7D Bitcoin & Lightning Network https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2F6dNk57UTVN7EF6r1O9LaOyI9Opx7Az9s%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEASuPrFrvyC44b-tgZpEu5dfDhN2HX1kKLOzIoR8UrBzY%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22GvuLoG20itjrTh8rVzR8Ig%3D%3D%22%7D privacy security anonymity group of Switzerland https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2FFHiv5_94tP8wxeva32KO7c0sCPa_ojcx%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEA3IWe4TzZs7Y306h07xE1B-_T6pv70OBqWKpvdrP3vQ4%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22Gx96MuO6PFtVeL9zWJ0zFA%3D%3D%22%7D https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sourrces/cypherpunk2023/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sourrces/cypherpunk2023/ Read complete article here These sources are in the same order as the article, which means the numbers going down. [17] Gizmodo Encrypted Email Service Tuta Denies It’s a ‘Honeypot’ for Five Eyes Intelligence https://gizmodo.com/tuta-email-denies-connection-to-intelligence-services-1851022465 [16] TechCrunch Microsoft reveals how hackers stole its email signing key… kind of https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/microsoft-hacker-china-government-storm-0558/ New York Times Chinese Hackers Breached Government Email Accounts, Microsoft Says https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/politics/china-hack-us-government-microsoft.html or Tor Onion https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/2023/07/11/us/politics/china-hack-us-government-microsoft.html [15] Simplified Privacy Self-reporting. Original source https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/monero-vs-tornado-cash/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/monero-vs-tornado-cash/ Read complete article here These are the sources for the article comparing Monero to Tornado Cash. [1] Cash Fusion Bitcoin Cash https://cashfusion.org/ [2a] Monero Talk Cuban Warrior https://www.monerotalk.live/cuban-warrior-update-on-monero-mesh-network-price-report-news-more-epi-146 [2b] Basic Swap Dex https://basicswapdex.com/ [3] Artic Mine https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=DV9YqdMJl-8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV9YqdMJl-8 [5] Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins 2004 [6] Scott Horton Show https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-6-22-branko-marcetic-on-the-nazi-insurgency-in-ukraine/ [7] Shadow Stats John Williams https://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts [8] Peter Schiff Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/6-fast-and-hard/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/6-fast-and-hard/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on fiat money being corrupt. [1] Global Research Hillary Emails Reveal NATO Killed Gaddafi to Stop Libyan Creation of Gold-Backed Currency By Sheep Media Global Research, November 04, 2018 Sheep Media 13 June 2017 https://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-emails-reveal-nato-killed-gaddafi-to-stop-libyan-creation-of-gold-backed-currency/5594742 [2] John Perkins The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman [3a] Edward Griffin Creature on Jekyll Island Second look at the Federal Reserve https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googledangers/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/googledangers/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on the dangers of Google. [1a] Reclaim the Net Dr. James Todaro accuses Google of censorship for removing his article on hydroxychloroquine https://reclaimthenet.org/dr-james-todaro-censorship [1b] Karel Donk Censorship by Google Drive and Google Docs https://blog.kareldonk.com/censorship-by-google-drive-and-google-docs/ [2] Wikileaks Google is not what it seems Julian Assange https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ [3a] Creepy Google AI targeted father, falsely accused him of child sex crimes following private conversation between him and doctor about son’s groin problems https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/court-rules-against-eu-chat-control/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/court-rules-against-eu-chat-control/ Read complete article here [1] The Register Echr Backdoor Encryption https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/echr_backdoor_encryption/ [2] Silicon Republic EU Court Human Rights ends to end encryption backdoors Telegram https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/european-court-human-rights-end-to-end-encryption-backdoors-telegram [3] Field Fisher End to, End to End Encryption, Not so Soon https://www.fieldfisher.com/en/insights/an-end-to-end-to-end-encryption-not-so-soon [4] NewsWeek Has Zelensky Canceled Ukraine’s Elections? Here’s What Happened https://www.newsweek.com/has-zelensky-canceled-ukraine-elections-what-happened-1842001 [5] CircleID A Look Into Tor Nodes’ Locations and ISPs with IP Intelligence https://circleid.com/posts/20201129-a-look-into-tor-nodes-locations-and-isps-with-ip-intelligence/ [6] Brair Project Funding https://briarproject.org/about/ & https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/browser-fingerprints-lead-to-price-discrimination/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/browser-fingerprints-lead-to-price-discrimination/ Read complete article here Sources These are the sources for our earlier article on Browser Fingerprints Enabling Price Discrimination. [1a] Kare 11 The Target app price switch: What you need to know Author: Chris Hrapsky Published: 1/27/2019, Updated: February 6, 2019 https://www.kare11.com/article/money/consumer/the-target-app-price-switch-what-you-need-to-know/89-9ef4106a-895d-4522-8a00-c15cff0a0514 [1b] Money Talks News How Target Snooped on Shoppers, Changed Prices Based on Location Bob Sullivan February 16, 2019 https://www.moneytalksnews.com/how-target-snooped-on-shoppers-changed-prices-based-on-location/ “For instance, Target’s app price for a particular Samsung 55-inch Smart TV was $499. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/cryptpad-vs-nextcloud/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/cryptpad-vs-nextcloud/ Read complete article here Sources for Cryptpad & NextCloud [1a] Wired.com (This first article is very dated but relevant as it shows financial flows into contact tracing and the CIA working with Google to do relationship mapping) Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring By: Noah Shachtman https://www.wired.com/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia [1b] Rob Braxman Cybersecurity Researcher: Rob Braxman (Video) Your Internet Identity: How you are tracked by Google and Facebook https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources-apple-leaks-forever/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources-apple-leaks-forever/ Read complete article here Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157284/apple-iphone-ios-17-5-update-deleted-photos-voicemails https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/ Read complete article here [1] How We Built a Meta Pixel Inspector By Surya Mattu, Angie Waller, Simon Fondrie-Teitler, and Micha Gorelick https://themarkup.org/show-your-work/2022/04/28/how-we-built-a-meta-pixel-inspector [2] Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You The FAFSA form included code that sent personal information back to Facebook By Surya Mattu and Colin Lecher April 28, 2022 https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/04/28/applied-for-student-aid-online-facebook-saw-you https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/11/22/tax-filing-websites-have-been-sending-users-financial-information-to-facebook [3] The Guardian Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps Carole Cadwalladr and Emma Graham-Harrison https://www. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/google-censors-freedom/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/google-censors-freedom/ Read complete article here Sources: [1] Wikileaks Google is not what it seems Julian Assange https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ [2] The Wikileaks Files By Julian Assange & Others A December 13, 2006, cable “Influencing the SARG [Syrian government] in the End of 2006” by William Roebuck, who at the time was in charge’d’affaires at US embassy in Damascus, suggests this idea. The Wikileaks book added the emphasis (they used italics, I used bold/underline), but the exact quote is unaltered, as follows: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article discussing heavy restrictions on VPNs in France, as they were hacked: [1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-unemployment-agency-data-breach-impacts-43-million-people/ [2] https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/02/08/data-of-33-million-people-in-france-stolen-in-its-largest-ever-cyberattack-this-is-what-we [3] https://www.upguard.com/blog/biggest-data-breaches-france [4a] Techradar France VPNs might be banned amid SREN Bill’s new “unreasonable amendments” https://www.techradar.com/pro/vpn/france-vpns-might-be-banned-amid-sren-bills-new-unreasonable-amendments [4b] https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/dossierlegislatif/JORFDOLE000047533100/ [4c] https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/16/amendements/1674/AN/915 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/stream/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/stream/ Read complete article here Sources for Streaming These are the sources for our article on how streaming trains you for obedience. [1] Propaganda 1928 By Edward Bernays Exact quote: “He asserts that the emotional response inherently present in propaganda limits the audience’s choices by creating a binary mentality, which can result in quicker, more enthused responses.” [2] MoneroTalk The CCS Wallet Hack: Exposing and Improving Monero’s Weaknesses w/ Francisco “ArticMine” Cabañas and Justin Ehrenhofer | EPI #288 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/how-you-can-be-deanonymized-through-tor/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/how-you-can-be-deanonymized-through-tor/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on being deanonymized through Tor. Sources Below: [1] Tech Times FBI Drops Child Pornography Case To Avoid Disclosing Tor Vulnerability Alexandra Burlacu 07 March 2017 https://www.techtimes.com/articles/200592/20170307/fbi-drops-child-pornography-case-to-avoid-disclosing-tor-vulnerability.htm [2] RestorePrivacy Is Tor Trustworthy and Safe? Sven Taylor December 14, 2021 https://restoreprivacy.com/tor/ [3] Black Hat anti-Tor talk smashed by lawyers’ wrecking ball Darren Pauli 22 Jul 2014 https://www.theregister.com/2014/07/22/legal_wrecking_balls_break_budget_tor_popping_talk/ JavaScript Attacks [4a] Hacker News Tails OS Users Advised Not to Use Tor Browser Until Critical Firefox Bugs are Patched https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/layer2wifi/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/layer2wifi/ Read complete article here Resources Where can you learn more about Decentralized infrastructure? Check out this site listing projects, https://depinhub.io/ Reticulum is a LoRaWAN network with self-sovereign identity. https://reticulum.network/ As one of the MANY examples of LoRaWAN messengers. Here’s TheNico14’s github: https://github.com/TheNico14/LoRaMessenger And open source LoRaWAN software: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/leaked-google-lies/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/leaked-google-lies/ Read complete article here [1] Google Algo Leak [2] Internal Google Search Documents [3] Mental Outlaw on Google leak - Google Has Been Lying About Their Search Results [4] Leaked Google Docs Show Click Data’s Role in Search Rankings https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/privacyguides-jonah/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/privacyguides-jonah/ Read complete article here These are the references from our article on Privacy Guides. [1] Skiff https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/02/11/this-week-in-privacy-8/ [2] Nostr Quote https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/nostr-decentrilized-alternitive-to-twitter-edward-snowden/12069 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/decision/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/decision/ Read complete article here Sources: [1] Yahoo News FBI Made ‘Inappropriate Use’ of Foreign Surveillance Program To Spy on Americans https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-made-inappropriate-foreign-surveillance-202028510.html [2] Reason Magazine FBI misused foreign surveillance [3] Liza Goitein, Public Twitter/X https://nitter.net/LizaGoitein/status/1734249943932563505#m [4] Prospect Mike Johnson NDAA Surveillance Reform https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2023-12-12-mike-johnson-ndaa-surveillance-reform/ https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/ Read complete article here Sources [1] Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/high-court-orders-temporary-suspension-telegrams-services-spain-2024-03-23/ [2] SimpleX Open admission of funding from Village Global, which is owned by Microsoft, https://simplex.chat/blog/20230422-simplex-chat-vision-funding-v5-videos-files-passcode.html [3] Pitchbook Further on pitchbook, they list the Village Global investment, https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/528431-50#signals When asked about it, the lead dev Evgeny Poberezkin said yes it’s true, microsoft: SimpleX Chat Ltd Corporate Office 20-22, Wenlock Road London N1 7GU England, United Kingdom https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/selinux/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/selinux/ Read complete article here 404 not found https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/kyc-tyranny/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/kyc-tyranny/ Sources These are the sources for our article on the tyranny of KYC. [1a] NewsOne How The CIA Helped Create Osama Bin Laden https://newsone.com/1205745/cia-osama-bin-laden-al-qaeda/ [2b] Lumen Learning The United States and the Mujahideen https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-united-states-and-the-mujahideen/ [2a] Scott Horton Show 10/31/19 Dan Cohen on America’s Treasonous Support for Revolution in Syria https://scotthorton.org/interviews/10-31-19-dan-cohen-on-americas-treasonous-support-for-revolution-in-syria/ [2b] Scott Horton Stress Blog https://scotthorton.org/stress/the-american-al-qaeda-war-for-syria/ & https://soundcloud.com/libertydotme/the-scott-horton-show-gareth-porter-on-how-obamas-cia-backed-al-qaeda-in-syria [2c] Scott Horton Against Intervention and Regime Change: A Debate with Bill Kristol https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/ubuntu-crypto-snap-scam/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/ubuntu-crypto-snap-scam/ Read complete article here Not found https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/ Read complete article here These are the sources for the Unproven Chainalysis conviction software article. [1] NLW The Breakdown Binance Executives Still Being Held Hostage in Nigeria 2024-03-14 https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/5bakh-79e4c/The-Breakdown-Podcast [2] CoinDesk Chainalysis Courts US government https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/07/27/chainalysis-courts-us-government-with-new-solutions-subsidiary/ [3] TFTC.io Case against Roman, revolving door 1348 https://www.tftc.io/issue-1348/ [4] Coindesk Bitcoin Mixer Laundering conviction https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/03/13/how-a-bitcoin-mixer-laundering-conviction-might-be-appealed/ https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-is-telegram-horrible/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-is-telegram-horrible/ Read complete article here [1a] Kicksecure Mobile Phone Security https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Mobile_Phone_Security [2a] madaidans insecurities Whonix Dev https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/messengers.html [2b] https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1177.pdf Luke Smith Don’t Use Telegram. Don’t Use Telegram. Don’t Use Telegram. Don’t Use Telegram. Don’t Use Telegram. https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=qBTsUVrCDAQ [3a] Mental Outlaw Telegram Hands Over User Data to German Police https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=t7HZrpJ4OyQ [3b] Mental Outlaw Telegram Review https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=pZEH04nJ_hE [3c] Android Central Telegram reportedly gives user data to German authorities https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/telegram-reportedly-gives-user-data-to-german-authorities https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-privacy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-privacy/ Read complete article here These are the sources for our article on Why Privacy [1] The Intercept How the LAPD and Palantir Use Data to Justify Racist Policing Mara Hvistendahl [2] Vice News Leaked Location Data Shows Another Muslim Prayer App Tracking Users https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgz4n3/muslim-app-location-data-salaat-first & https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/03/aclu-seeks-release-records-data-us-collected-via-muslim-app-used-millions [3a] NPR A Legacy Of Torture Is Preventing Trials At Guantánamo Guantánamo Bay https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/778944195/a-legacy-of-torture-is-preventing-trials-at-guant-namo [3b] All Things American How a Judge’s Ruling on Torture Imperils a Guantánamo Prosecution Strategy https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-you-need-nostr/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/why-you-need-nostr/ Read complete article here [1a] Search Metrics https://blog.searchmetrics.com/us/google-core-update/ [1b] LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/changes-google-made-2016-affect-seo-nathan-kalaher [2a] BuzzSumo Facebook Engagement Falls By Steve Rayson https://buzzsumo.com/blog/facebook-engagement-brands-publishers-falls-20-2017/ [2b] NPR Does Facebook Really Work? People Question Effectiveness Of Ads Jasmine Garsd. https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/647040758/advertising-on-facebook-is-it-worth-it [3] Gotcha SEO Is Google Biased? We Analyzed 50 Key Politically-Driven Topics to Find Out (Updated for 2022) By Nathan Gotch November 5, 2022 https://www.gotchseo.com/google-biased/ [4a] https://garyvaynerchuk.com/what-is-underpriced-attention/ [4b] https://adage.com/article/internet-week-new-york/gary-vaynerchuk-straight-internet-week/298689 [5] Edward Snowden’s Nostr Page https://primal.net/p/npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/apples-privacy-is-propaganda/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/apples-privacy-is-propaganda/ Read complete article here Here are the sources for our article on Apple’s Privacy. You can follow along in another tab. [1] The Hated One Apple Is Terrible for Your Privacy https://odysee.com/@everythingFOSS:3/Apple-Is-Terrible-for-Your-Privacy:6 [2] The Hated One Apple Is Not Your Friend – The Facebook Feud https://odysee.com/@everythingFOSS:3/Apple-Is-Not-Your-Friend—The-Facebook-Feud:a [3] Rob Braxman Apple Client-Side Scanning Ruins Phone Security For Everyone https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/clientsidescan:8 [4] Rob Braxman iPhones. The Most Advanced Surveillance Device Ever Made https://odysee. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Sources/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ Read complete article here Sources [1] Electronic Frontier Foundation Medical Privacy https://www.eff.org/issues/medical-privacy [2] PrivacyRights.org Consumer Guides: Your Medical Privacy Rights https://privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/employment-and-your-medical-privacy-california-medical-privacy-series [3] Facebook discloses that it shared user data with dozens of other tech firms by Ellen Tannam https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/facebook-user-data-sharing [4a] The Verge Hospital websites are sending medical information to Facebook / Experts say it might be a HIPAA violation By Nicole Wetsman Jun 16, 2022 https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/16/23170886/hospital-websites-meta-pixel-tracker-facebook-hipaa [4b] TheMarkup.com Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/sources/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/ Read complete article here Sources [1] Electronic Frontier Foundation Medical Privacy https://www.eff.org/issues/medical-privacy [2] PrivacyRights.org Consumer Guides: Your Medical Privacy Rights https://privacyrights.org/consumer-guides/employment-and-your-medical-privacy-california-medical-privacy-series [3] Facebook discloses that it shared user data with dozens of other tech firms by Ellen Tannam https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/facebook-user-data-sharing [4a] The Verge Hospital websites are sending medical information to Facebook / Experts say it might be a HIPAA violation By Nicole Wetsman Jun 16, 2022 https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/16/23170886/hospital-websites-meta-pixel-tracker-facebook-hipaa [4b] TheMarkup.com Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites https://simplifiedprivacy.com/types-of-virtual-machines-whats-right-for-you/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/types-of-virtual-machines-whats-right-for-you/ Update: Check our new VPN, which is faster and leaner than a VM: Click Here To Learn Types In our previous articles we discussed what browser fingerprinting is and how Big Tech firms maliciously use it to gather data on you and sell it. But you can defy them and avoid fingerprinting by using virtual machines. The two most popular open source VM options are Oracle’s Virtual Machine and KVM Virt Manager (also going by QEMU). https://simplifiedprivacy.com/veracrypt-for-beginners/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/veracrypt-for-beginners/ Veracrypt Basics Veracrypt is a program used to create virtual encrypted drives. In our earlier article, we discussed full disc encryption, which is when the hard-drive itself is encrypted. But the term “disc encryption” refers to either whole physical drives or a virtual machine’s entire virtual drive. What Veracrypt lets you do is create a small virtual partition within an operating system that’s encrypted… In other words, full disc encryption does everything on the computer’s drive, whereas with Veracrypt, you can encrypt just a group of files. https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whonix-101-the-best-way-to-use-tor/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://simplifiedprivacy.com/whonix-101-the-best-way-to-use-tor/ Whonix Tor Browser is one way to use Tor. Another way is through the operating system Whonix in a virtual machine. There are 4 main security advantages of doing this. These are: a) All Traffic is forced through Tor b) Malware is contained in a virtual machine, preventing it from infecting the host c) All of the traffic is routed through a 2nd virtual machine gateway if malware escapes the first virtual machine