Closed Network Privacy Podcast

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)

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/ 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 ----------------------------------------- Browse Securely With Whonix & Virtualbox For Free VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/ WHONIX https://www.whonix.org/ Phone Number Verification Service: https://sms4sats.com/ Shop Amazon Anonymously with Anonshop https://anonshop.app/ Request "Off the Record" https://brave.com/privacy-updates/26-request-off-the-record/ Security versus Privacy with your laptops / computers: If you're running Linux, it is important to realize you really need to secure your system yourself, it is not as secure a Mac or Windows out of the box. With any installation of Linux consider installing and configuring the following: - App Armor ( https://apparmor.net/ ) - Clam AV Antivirus - ( https://www.clamav.net/ ) Cross Platform - Firejail Security Sandbox ( https://firejail.wordpress.com/ ) open applications like FireFox in a sandboxed environment Null Byte has an older but still great tutorial on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQo9PEdVuIw How to Lock Down Your Ubuntu Through App Hardening & Sandboxing Full Tutorial: https://nulb.app/x4bl0 Google: All your content are belong to us ON JULY 4, 2023 BY https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/04/google-all-your-content-are-belong-to-us/ Signal on encryption https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@JamesBaker/110661123573401526 Britain is writing the playbook for dictators https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/ Damian Collins Damian Noel Thomas Collins OBE (born 4 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as a junior Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between July and October 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament

Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.ioThank You Patreons! - Richard G. Thank You To Our Admins! - @MaddestMax & @Unintelligentse7en Join Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Join Our Mastodon server! (currently under migration)https://closednetwork.social Support / Patreon / Donations:https://closednetwork.io/support/ Join us on this episode as The Hated One and I have an ad-hoc conversation discussing the GrapheneOS changes with Daniel Micay and the drama around Louis Rossman's latest video. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0

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

Closed Network Privacy & Security Podcast This week I sit down with my mom who has spent the last year transitioning away from using Apple iPhone / Apple Watch to using a Google Pixel 6 with GrapheneOS and a Garmin watch. She discusses her journey and challenges in her privacy adventure. Topics We Discuss On This Episode: Privacy.com, Bitwarden, GrapheneOS, Garmin, Nextcloud, MySudo Visit https://closednetwork.io for all ways to interact with the community! Join Our Mastodon - https://closednetwork.social/about Join Our Matrix Main Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Join Our Matrix Off-Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org Follow ClosedNetwork on Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk You can support the podcast and project on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetwork Special Thanks To Our Patreons: Richard G.

This episode I had the pleasure of hanging out with Josh from the (Side Of Burritos) YouTube channel. He has several videos on the De-Googled Android ROM - GrapheneOS. Josh's Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/SideOfBurritos Join Our Matrix Server: https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Join Our Matrix Off Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org This podcast is possible because of our supporter / producers: Patreon: Richard G. Bitcoin Donations: Turquoise Panda Bon user420 fortydeux liondigits Follow Me On Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk *** TOPICS *** - Owning your own domain - Self Hosting - Privacy & Security, can you have one without the other? - The future of crypto - Privacy community attitude - Cell Service / PGPP 

For resources and support visit https://closednetwork.io Matrix Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Matrix Off Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org I mistakenly said "episode 21" I meant "Episode 20" ... My Bad.  Entering a season where we will be spending time with friends and family, let's talk about Privacy & Security. ** This episode is a bit of a ramble brain dump. It's hard not to talk about politics when it comes to "Privacy" related matters. A war on centralized services and content moderation. Turkey's New Disinformation Law Spells Trouble For Free Expression https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/turkeys-new-disinformation-law-spells-trouble-free-expression - Visited Guadalajara for a week.  - why they all use Whats App - Still using plans limited by minutes and texts. - Tested INVISIV PGPP out of the country - Tested Silent Link out of the Country - Twitter Drama - Why Mastodon? - BTCPayServer.PodServer/v0.1.0 (PodServer allows you to self-host your podcast and earn sats via the Podcasting 2.0 features. ⚡️ Enjoy censorship resistance: You are in control of the feed and files! 💪 v0.1.0 is the initial release 🥳 Please test, report issues and send feedback!) https://github.com/dennisreimann/btcpayserver/releases/tag/BTCPayServer.PodServer%2Fv0.1.0

For all resources and support please visit https://closednetwork.io  Follow on Twitter @ClosedNtwrk Facebook logins compromised from 400 identified apps across Google Play & Apple App Store - https://about.fb.com/news/2022/10/protecting-people-from-malicious-account-compromise-apps/ Note Taking Applications: Standard Notes, Joplin, Skiff, Nextcloud, Logseq (Currently Apple Only) Photo Management: I've been using Ente (https://ente.io) for the last couple of weeks and it has been a great solution to sync photos out of Apple and be available for desktop and to access from my Google Pixel 6 Pro running GrapheneOS. Self Hosted - Photo Prism (Web based solution that runs on your own server) - https://photoprism.app/ Fitness Tracking Apps I will be evaluating - List here: https://medevel.com/12-android-sport-apps-that-respect-your-privacy/ I'm currently using Garmin Connect with my GrpaheneOS Pixel 6 Pro in conjunction with the Garmin Instinct Tactical and Garmin Epix Gen2 Join our Matrix Server: https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org

In this episode on the Closed Network Privacy Podcast I talk about how I've setup a Google Pixel 3a XL that I purchased in cash and then setup PGPP by INVISIV for a more private focused phone. I also talk about Bitwarden updates with SimplLogin and Fastmail integration as well as exploring Ente.io which is a new photo and video backup service I have been using. Website: https://closednetwork.io Support The Podcast: https://closednetwork.io/support/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/closedntwrk Join Our Matrix Chat Server: - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Topics:    - My Pixel setup with GrapheneOS - PGPP - MySudo    - Testing new self hosting solutions on a new / used computer    - Notesnook (encrypted note taking)    - Using Ente.io for encrypting and backing up photos and videos from a mobile device    - Using Bitwarden integration with SimpleLogin and Fastmail to generate unique emails along with passwords for your website logins    - Malicious Life Podcast episode on 2FA / MFA ** Apologies for the mic being a little "hot" on this episode, I am in a new space and working out the production kinks.