Techlore Talks

Techlore Talks Interview: Rob Shavell, CEO of the privacy deletion service Abine DeleteMe. How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites.DeleteMe Kickback LinkStandard DeleteMe Link—Timestamps:00:00 Introducing Rob01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites'04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist?06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone books?13:27 Where does all this data come from?18:17 How do these sites correlate data to an individual?22:04 How do people investigate themselves? Is this a wordwide problem?25:05 The emotional, personal, and 'real' side of privacy29:05 What options do people have to address the problem?34:22 Covering preventative measures36:38 Covering automatic profile deletion & services like DeleteMe38:41 What's the scope of what DeleteMe deletes?41:05 Is DeleteMe available outside of the US?42:18 What's the long-term solution to this problem?47:03 Does privacy regulation impact DeleteMe effectiveness?49:52 The story behind Rob, privacy, and DeleteMe53:17 Closing Words—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #8. LTT got hacked, general chit-chat on what we think went wrong, as well as other discussions regarding general security issues recently, with some Linux security bits.→ Update blog (We got a LOT right!)—Timestamps:00:00 LTT Hack11:38 When I Met Linus14:41 More on YouTube security and LTT22:31 Jonah's hatred for tech27:28 Recent security issues (Google Vulnerabilities)30:30 Fedora's 5 year security plan & hardcore security takes38:36 Final words—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Douglas Tuman, host of Monero Talk and a privacy advocate, dives into the world of cryptocurrency with an emphasis on Monero. He explains why fungibility is crucial for true digital cash and discusses the privacy implications of using cryptocurrencies versus traditional payment methods. The conversation touches on the role of dark markets as a test for privacy tools, critiques of the crypto space, and the importance of privacy over hype. Douglas also highlights Monerotopia, a conference celebrating innovative privacy projects and their role in creating a parallel economy.

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.