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Jun 27, 2021 • 1h 46min

Mobile OS privacy, drag-net surveillance, and cryptocurrency usage w/ Max Tannahill

Wanting to learn more about mobile privacy, but not sure where to start? This episode, we sat down with Max Tannahill to chat about mobile OSs, surveillance, and cryptocurrency.More about Max:Max's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/max-tannahill/Mamushi, a CalyxOS Pixel retailer -- https://mamushi.io/Max's Twitter -- https://twitter.com/maxtannahillBlog post on migrating Mamushi from CopperheadOS to CalyxOS -- https://mamushi.io/2021/04/12/departing-from-copperhead/Ministry of Nodes -- https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/Max's recommended tools to Opt Out:Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app -- https://nextcloud.com/Telegram, an encrypted (if using secret chats) messenger -- https://telegram.org/Threema, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal -- https://threema.ch/en/ProtonMail, an encrypted and private email service -- https://protonmail.com/Bitcoin, via Samourai Wallet, a privacy-preserving Android wallet -- https://samouraiwallet.com/Monero, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency -- https://www.getmonero.org/Pop_OS!, an easy to use Linux OS -- https://pop.system76.com/This week's project to help you Opt Out - Standard Notes:Standard Notes website -- https://standardnotes.com/Extended Features -- https://standardnotes.com/featuresGithub -- https://github.com/standardnotes/webOpt Out's Sponsors:Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show
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Jun 14, 2021 • 54min

Digital identity, FOSS, and self-hosting w/ k3tan

This week, I got the pleasure of sitting down with k3tan to chat about privacy, self-hosting, and some of his favorite tools.More about k3tan:k3tan's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/k3tan/Blog post on restarting your digital identity -- https://k3tan.com/starting-a-new-digital-identityBlog post on self-hosting -- https://k3tan.com/self-hostingRecommended FOSS software -- https://k3tan.com/fossPrivacy learning resources -- https://k3tan.com/learn-about-privacyMinistry of Nodes -- https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/A cypherpunk manifesto -- https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.htmlk3tan's recommended tools to "opt out":Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app -- https://nextcloud.com/FreeTube, a desktop privacy-preserving YouTube client -- https://freetubeapp.io/Privacy Redirect, a browser extension for redirecting to privacy-preserving tools -- https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirectpfSense, a FOSS router OS -- https://www.pfsense.org/Other tools mentioned:Pop_OS!, an easy to use Linux OS -- https://pop.system76.com/Plexus, app recommendations and support info for de-Googled Android -- https://plexus.techlore.tech/TimeShift, a Linux backup solution -- https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshiftInvidious, a privacy-preserving YouTube front-end -- https://github.com/iv-org/invidiousThis week's project to help you Opt Out - CalyxOS:More about CalyxOS -- https://calyxos.org/k3tan's recommended apps for CalyxOS -- https://k3tan.com/mobile-phone-appsMy thoughts on CalyxOS and app recommendations -- https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/switching-to-calyxos/BitcoinQnA guide to installing CalyxOS -- https://bitcoiner.guide/calyxos/Mamushi, a reseller that will flash CalyxOS for you, accepts Bitcoin/Monero -- https://mamushi.io/Opt Out's Sponsors:Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show
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Jun 2, 2021 • 53min

Privacy as a journey and "digital minimalism" w/ Techlore

This week, I got the pleasure of sitting down with Henry from Techlore to chat about digital minimalism, privacy education, and some of the tools and projects that Henry recommends for taking back control of our privacy and data in an ever increasing world of data capture, tracking, and sharing.More about Henry:Henry's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/henry/More about Techlore:Main website - https://techlore.tech/Videos - https://techlore.tech/videos.html Surveillance Report - https://surveillancereport.tech/Techlore Matrix community - https://matrix.to/#/+techlore-official:matrix.orgHenry's recommended tools to opt out: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 - Matrix:More about Matrix, the protocol - https://matrix.org/Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client - https://element.ioA quick guide to joining the Monero Matrix homeserver via Element - https://forum.monero.space/d/79-how-to-join-the-monero-core-team-matrix-server-webInstalling your own Synapse server for Matrix (ADVANCED) - https://upcloud.com/community/tutorials/install-matrix-synapse/Opt Out's Sponsors:Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show
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May 31, 2021 • 41sec

Welcome to Opt Out

Welcome to Opt Out!I hope you enjoy this short intro which I’m using to introduce the podcast and go ahead and get it published across all major platforms in preparation for our first episode on 6/1.Thanks for listening, and be sure to subscribe on your favorite app or to the RSS feed at https://www.optoutpod.com!Support the show

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