Threat models and the importance of open-source software w/ Nathan from TheNewOil

Wondering what the difference is between privacy, security, and anonymity and how the three intersect? How about what a threat model is and how to develop one for yourself? This episode, we're sitting down with Nathan from The New Oil to chat about threat modeling, the intersection of privacy, security, and anonymity, and how open-source software is central to opting out of surveillance.

More about Nathan:

• Nathan's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/nathan-bartram/
• The New Oil website -- https://thenewoil.xyz/index.html
• Threat modeling -- https://thenewoil.xyz/threatmodel.html
• The New Oil videos on PeerTube -- https://peertube.thenewoil.xyz/video-channels/thenewoil/videos
• The Surveillance Report podcast, where Nathan is co-host -- https://techlore.tech/sr.html

Nathan's recommended tools to Opt Out:

• Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app -- https://nextcloud.com/
• ProtonMail, an encrypted and private email service -- https://protonmail.com/
• QubesOS, a privacy-preserving and security-focused Linux distro (not for Linux beginners, more advanced) -- https://www.qubes-os.org/
• DD-WRT, a Linux-based router firmware -- https://dd-wrt.com/
• Bitwarden, an easy to use password manager -- https://bitwarden.com/
• KeePass, a basic and local password manager -- https://keepass.info/
• Simple Login, an email aliasing service - https://simplelogin.io/
• Privacy.com, a payment card aliasing service - https://privacy.com/
• MySudo, a phone aliasing service - https://mysudo.com/

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

• PeerTube, a federated video platform -- https://joinpeertube.org/
• What is PeerTube? A short video explainer -- https://framatube.org/videos/watch/217eefeb-883d-45be-b7fc-a788ad8507d3
• Running your own PeerTube instance -- https://docs.joinpeertube.org/install-any-os
• The New Oil PeerTube instance -- https://peertube.thenewoil.xyz/
• Opt Out Podcast PeerTube instance -- https://videos.optoutpod.com/

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• IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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