Is Tor a Good Tool?

Wondering how global surveillance could realistically work, or how VPNs can play a role in your privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Smuggler to chat about global surveillance, a realistic look at VPNs (and Tor!), and his journey as a cypherpunk.

More about Smuggler:

• Smuggler's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/smuggler/
• Cypherpunk Bitstream Podcast -- https://taz0.org/bitstream/
• Smuggler's blog -- https://opaque.link/
• Smuggler's paper on global surveillance -- https://opaque.link/post/2011-06-16-global-spying/

Smuggler's recommended tools to Opt Out:

• Cash
• Glasses and mask for physical privacy
• Face-to-face meetings
• Shipping containers as a Faraday cage
• Voice masking technology

This week's project to help you Opt Out - Whoogle:

• Github -- https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
• My instance: https://search.sethforprivacy.com
• My instance on Tor: http://nuifgsnbb2mcyza74o7illtqmuaqbwu4flam3cdmsrnudwcmkqur37qd.onion
• Setting it as your primary search instance -- https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#set-whoogle-as-your-primary-search-engine

Opt Out's Sponsors:

• Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
• LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
• IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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