Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Be A Superfreak - Signature Reduction - Delete OneSelf * * * * * * Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io Thank You Patreons! - Michael Bates - Privacy Bad Ass Richard G. - Privacy Bad Ass Support / Patreon / Donations: https://closednetwork.io/support/ TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!! - Turquoise Panda -@bon -SircussMedia -@Pixeljones -whitecoat Thank You To Our Moderators: Unintelligentseven MaddestMax Join Our Matrix Channels! Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Off Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Join our SimpleX Group! https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fhejn2gVIqNU6xjtGM3OwQeuk8ZEbDXVJXAlnSBJBWUA%3D%40smp16.simplex.im%2F7FEcPP5IJPr4G51XE8Dny-uTvZHjvdSI%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAFiNvsDLsT52pZ9YBsHRteBExtpFDqS5Jfkc-GXTsRU8%253D%26srv%3Dp3ktngodzi6qrf7w64mmde3syuzrv57y55hxabqcq3l5p6oi7yzze6qd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22KTkqRTdKSHT1OgI-XmGaaQ%3D%3D%22%7D Join Our Mastodon server! (currently under migration) https://closednetwork.social * * * * * * -- TOPICS -- Facebook Gives Netflix Access to Texts; Google Deletes Incognito Data | Vantage with Palki Sharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-_Td1Eekg SELF HOSTING My experiment with StartOS by Start9 Labs - Setup SimpleX Server now accessing via over TOR - Setup NOSTR relay that now is backing up all my notes over TOR -Setup Nextcloud Server My Shopping experience thus far with https://anonshop.app Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/ 🐬 Government wants to ban Flipper Zero TLDR: The Canadian government has proposed a ban on Flipper Zero because it claims the device is being used to steal cars. Stop the Absurd Ban of Flipper Zero in Canada https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-absurd-ban-of-flipper-zero-in-canada?ref=blog.flipper.net If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google https://mashable.com/article/google-ordered-to-hand-over-viewer-data-privacy-concerns Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/ Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/ Inside Grindr's plan to squeeze its users https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-monetization-paid-taps/ How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/this-device-can-update-new-iphones-while-theyre-still-in-the-box/ Sse "Just Delete Me" JustDeleteMe A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. https://justdeleteme.xyz The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/white-house-wrong-section-702-needs-drastic-change

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Closed Network podcast Episode 30 - Your Data & The Third Party Doctrine * * * * * * Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io Thank You Patreons! - Michael Bates - Privacy Bad Ass Richard G. - Privacy Bad Ass Support / Patreon / Donations: https://closednetwork.io/support/ TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!! - Turquoise Panda -@bon -SircussMedia -@Pixeljones -whitecoat Thank You To Our Moderators: Unintelligentseven MaddestMax Join Our Matrix Channels! Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Off Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Join Our Mastodon server! (currently under migration) https://closednetwork.social * * * * * * -- TOPICS -- - GrapheneOS adds Android Auto Support - Discussion on the Ethos of Closed Network Podcast and community - Reflecting over 2023 - Why so long since last show, and the Closed Network Open Bar Hangouts - 2024 Plans and goals for sustainability and less reliance on external services: - streaming - cloud services, data, email, communications - communications education, mesh radio, mesh internet etc - Why My Push To Self Host Everything or as much as I possibly Can My Current Setup: - Nextcloud for contacts, and calendars. I sync with my Pixel 7 Pro running GrapheneOS using DavX. Photos are backed up to Nextcloud and I use ente.io as a safety backup. - Bitwarden for my password manager - VPNS: Mullvad (paid wtih Monero and 10% discount), iVPN.net & Proton VPN (though I don't use much they are slow) - Media Server: CasaOS running on Ubuntu Server with JellyFin and Plex Docker images - Bitcoin node running on Umbrel also running Dojo Ronin Server for my Samourai wallet running on older Pixel with no service. We will be moving Mastodon server from VPS to hosted locally to save money and have more storage Massive network upgrade that I will be discussing. I'll be using a combination of PfSense and UniFi equipment from Ubiquity. (I'll explain) ______________________________________________________________ 4th Amendment & Third Party Doctrine - Key issue the court had was the third party doctrine and how it impacts 4th amendment. Unites States v Miller, 1976 - A person has no reasonable expectation of privacy as it relates to banking and bank records. The third-party doctrine says there is no expectation of privacy in information voluntarily provided to others. On June 22, 2018, as the 2017-18 term wound down, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Carpenter v. U.S.[1] The Court held, 5-4, that when the police obtain cell site location information (CSLI) about a person's cell phone usage, that action constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. https://www.radford.edu/content/cj-bulletin/home/august--2018--vol--3--no--2-/carpenter-v--u-s----obtaining-extensive-cell-site-location-data-.html#:~:text=On%20June%2022%2C%202018%2C%20as,search%20under%20the%20Fourth%20Amendment. Where We Go from Here: The Third-Party Doctrine and Location Tracking After Carpenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVD9PEiY0o Example of Google using actual data to act on customers Google and Fi account Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked Framework discloses data breach after accountant gets phished https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/framework-discloses-data-breach-after-accountant-gets-phished/ Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/tech/china-apple-airdrop-user-encryption-vulnerability-hnk-intl/index.html How to create strong passwords you’ll actually remember https://proton.me/blog/create-remember-strong-passwords The Feds can see your notifications: https://youtu.be/vg9ETJkeaTE?si=HYuU__w8Y6Ljpj8v Wi-Fi hacking like Mr. Robot: https://youtu.be/TZcgvi_KRvY?si=cGY6dVyJDHZrSxXy

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Agency Of Technology - Become A Hacker _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io Thank You Patreons! - Michael Bates - Privacy Bad Ass Richard G. - Privacy Bad Ass Support / Patreon / Donations: https://closednetwork.io/support/ TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!! - Turquoise Panda -@bon -SircussMedia -@Pixeljones -whitecoat Join Our Matrix Channels! Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Off Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Join Our Mastodon server! (currently under migration) https://closednetwork.social ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’ https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-privacy-meeting/ Car Companies: Stop Your Huge Data Collection Programs - " Add your name to ask car companies to stop collecting, sharing and selling our very personal information. " https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/car-companies-stop-your-huge-data-collection-programs-en/ T-Mobile users say other people’s account information is appearing in their app https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23881825/t-mobile-account-security-breach-customer-information-leak MULLVAD VPN We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/9/20/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/ THREEMA USERS Threema for iOS: Chat on the Computer Without a Connection to the Smartphone https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/ios-new-desktop-md Why self host? You're data can never be sold. You never know what "privacy" company you are relying on now decides to sell. Google has only got to the behemoth that they are because they have acquired business. Same with Apple. DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4 The Hacktivist, Award Winning Short Film Documentary: Celebrity hacker Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang first clashed with US tech giant Microsoft for teaching others how to modify the Xbox. Almost 20 years later, he is suing the US government to push for the right to use and own technology, all while creating hackable hardware with other tech superstars like whistleblower Edward Snowden and firmware hacker Sean Cross. Bunnie is convinced that, “If you can’t hack what you have, you don’t own it.” This documentary tinkers with the hacker’s mind on issues around transparency and privacy in the hardware world, all while Bunnie dismantles his childhood, his philosophy, and his controversy. Precursor Mobile, Open Hardware, RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) Development Kit https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYsVeYzbik Opening Sound Clip: - Lee Tien - Senior Staff Attorney - EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

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All Information Can Be Found At: https://closednetwork.io The Hated One - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8 Side Of Burritos - youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/@sideofburritos mastodon: https://sideofburritos.social/@josh Join Us On Mastodon! - https://closednetwork.social Thank You Patreon Supporters! - Richard G. Topics: - General Banter - What current projects or research is piquing your interest right now? - Privacy influencers and their speculation responsibility in the community - Accepting sponsorship - Selling products directly - Affiliates and paid ad placements - Business models and financing of projects to the topic on influence and responsibility?  - Is session safe to use with it being an Australian based company? - Mobile devices - TOR vulnerabilities and attack vector - Q/A from listeners: - Question from "the_tinkerer" to all: What made you guys walk the journey of privacy and security? Is there an incident that happened in our life or something that we saw / realized, an event, that led us to walk on the path of privacy & Security? - Question from "tsugu" Question directed to THO, what is your opinion on the GNU Jami messenger, a very solid (also open source) cwtch alternative. It's peer to peer, supports every major feature of any mainstream messenger, and the account creation is anonymous as well. Article References:  Apple Scanning? https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/21/tests-confirm-macos-finder-isnt-scanning-for-csam-images Jeffrey Paul Article: https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/ Eclectic Company Article: https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/

Closed Network Privacy Podcast - 'That Hated One" comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon  Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io Thank You Patreons! - Richard G. Join Our Matrix Channels! Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Off Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Join Our Mastodon server! https://closednetwork.social Support / Patreon / Donations: https://closednetwork.io/support/ The Hated One - YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8Q ** Topics of discussion *** - Mastodon and the future - Predictions for communications in the future that embrace privacy and security - Our utopia for mobile phone networks in the next 5 years - Safing.io Feature Discussions - https://safing.io/features/ - Linux Tablets, can that be a thing? -  Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pDpzNVnDw - Simon talks about the Librem5, and his challenges for 2023 and what his personal goals are - THO talks about Signal and protocol for his communications