Techlore Talks

Seth For Privacy, host of Opt Out, discusses Monero's power, privacy, and more. They explore why Monero is favored, its economic benefits, drawbacks, and how to get started with it. Seth shares his journey into privacy, starting a blog and podcast. Overall, an insightful conversation on personal privacy and the advantages of decentralized systems.

Episode #7. We didn't have one topic to cover, so here are many in a single episode. Enjoy! NOTE: This was never published here, so apologies for the delay.—Timestamps:00:00 Introduction 00:25 Bluesky, Facebook's Federated Platform, & others03:27 Librem 5 Refund, & State of Linux Phones08:05 Cerebral selling private health data09:21 A lot on HIPAA....15:11 Browser profiles, & Jonah's Arc experience19:11 South Park Worldwide Privacy Tour episode21:12 F-Droid getting faster repo updates21:36 Quad9 vs Sony court ruling23:48 Twitter not publishing transparency reports26:09 Brave News not syncing across clients!29:50 Brave's BAT, & Signal's MobileCoin31:08 SimpleX VC funding, & comments on messengers34:27 Throwback to CTemplar, & Project Sustainability36:47 HP locking out third-party ink on printers37:27 GitHub making 2FA mandatory38:03 Signal's recent blog, and the UK anti-encryption bill—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Techlore Talks Interview: Douglas Tuman, Host of Monero Talk.We're pleased to have Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk back again to discuss Monero, private forms of payment, cryptocurrencies, and more. If you have questions revolving around privacy implications of cryptocurrencies, you’re in the right place!—Timestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:31 What are the selling points of tools like Monero?00:04:38 What is fungibility and why is it important?00:07:15 Privacy implications of Monero & other cryptocurrencies00:09:08 Are there Monero alternatives for privacy?00:12:18 Network effect & real-world tools utiilizing Monero00:19:14 Why are dark markets used as a gauge of effectiveness for privacy tools?00:22:27 Numbers Go Up & Hype Culture in Cryptocurrencies...00:33:03 Are cryptocurrencies a scam? And how's it different from Venmo?00:46:06 Importance of privacy and privacy tools in our world00:47:26 Is there a less-extreme option than Monero?00:54:46 Monerotopia the conference—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #6. Are there too many open source projects? Or too many of the wrong type? Or is everything a-okay? Today we chat about what feels like the oversaturation of FOSS.Our DispatchOur Forum—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Techlore Talks Interview: Abdullah Atta, CEO of the private note-taking service Notesnook. Today I find out who’s behind the open source, zero-knowledge note-taking service Notesnook!Abdullah's TwitterAbdullah's GitHub—Timestamps:00:00 - Intro00:39 - About Abdullah & Notesnook01:42 - What made you want to create Notesnook?05:06 - Who is the team behind Notesnook?05:59 - What are the challenges behind your service?09:58 - Why is E2EE important for digital notes?12:29 - Who is the target audience for Notesnook?17:06 - What is the overall goal of your service?20:35 - When will Notesnook have collaboration? / Collaboration rant24:55 - How does Notesnook handle feature parity across different apps? / more collaboration rant28:28 - Where do you see yourself going from here?29:31 - Is Notesnook open source?31:21 - What are the next big technical challenges?34:17 - Outro—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #5. Apple's newest security & privacy changes, like E2EE for more iCloud services is here! But it's not all great news.Our DispatchOur ForumVerifying Safety Number—Timestamps:00:00 Introduction00:57 E2EE iCloud Updates!16:23 2FA Security Key Support26:51 iMessage Contact Key Verification 34:21 Takeaways for listeners37:34 Apple's Privacy/Security ecosystem39:30 Random chit-chat49:09 Outro—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #4. Social media moderation, deplatforming, freedom of speech, internet anonymity, and more!Our DispatchOur ForumOur Mastodon—Timestamps:00:00 Introduction00:55 Our stances on social media moderation03:48 Do we have a right to be on social media services?05:40 Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences08:59 How anonymity impacts our behavior on the internet14:34 Our personal experience moderating/administrating communities27:32 Side tangents (our communities in the past: Matrix, Telegram - and recent Vivaldi stuff)36:40 Finishing up content moderation discussion—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Techlore Talks Interview: Daniel Hovie, CTO & David, CCO from Safing. VPNs, Tor, SPN, decentralized VPNs - so many tools! But how do they stack up against each other!? Tune in to this exclusive interview with Safing!—Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:43 What is the SPN?04:50 How does the SPN compare to a traditional VPN?08:18 Is this all decentralized?10:04 What phase of development is the SPN in?11:42 How does the SPN compare to the speed of a VPN?15:04 Summarizing SPN vs VPN15:41 Covering SPN's multi-identity system for multiple IP addresses across connections20:08 Geoblocking perks of the SPN21:10 How does the SPN compare to Tor?24:13 Issues with Tor & how Safing attempts to fix some of those issues26:12 Speed of SPN vs Tor28:08 Summarizing VPN vs SPN vs Tor30:28 Integration & history of the Safing ecosystem34:21 The golden question: Decentralized VPNs - are they legit?!45:10 Wrapping things up46:44 Fun announcement for sticking to the end —Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #3. How do cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias fit into privacy, security, FOSS, tech, and the world today? You all asked for more free-form, and here it is!Referenced resources:Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-dissonance-2795012Confirmation Bias: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-confirmation-bias-2795024Growth EQ Podcast on this: https://thegrowtheq.com/how-to-change-your-mind/Growth EQ on Guru Syndrom: https://thegrowtheq.com/how-to-spot-guru-syndrome-and-what-to-do-about-it/(Yes, they're both longer than 45 minutes, still amazingly relevant topics that people should 100% listen to.)Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #2. Is Facebook finally dying? Is the current ad revenue model possible without invading user data? Can FOSS projects be successful financially? Welcome to the second episode of our new weekly series - Techlore Talks - where we unpack concepts in a free-form discussion.The Forum: https://discuss.techlore.techTechlore Homepage: https://techlore.techGo Incognito Course: https://techlore.tech/goincognitoSurveillance Report Podcast: https://surveillancereport.tech/Odysee: https://odysee.com/@techlore:3PeerTube: https://bitcointv.com/video-channels/techlore/videosConnect with others in the privacy community:Techlore Forum: https://discuss.techlore.techTwitter: https://twitter.com/techloreistakenMastadon: https://mastodon.social/@techloreDiscord: https://discord.gg/9V5xhJm9ZSSupport our mission to spread privacy to the masses:All Techlore Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/supportPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/techloreMonero: 49H4jTvUY5zaX8qLpVBstJFR7ayTMxxU3UyWpGqUoBM4UzM2zwUHA2sJ9i3AhQYdaqhFmS8PDfWKn1Tea4SKU6haMTXG8qD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.