Oddbean new post about login | logout I'm not sure if I want to use it. To have all the eggs in one basket is maybe not the beat decision. Also be careful because who knows what they are tracking in the background nostr:nevent1qqszr68zy0y5krstmkxylalrl6q7s7d5y5w56m2pk3vv8fekxamg44qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgsrqsqqqqqp4dgujc
And don't forget you tie mayme some kind of identity with your financial transactions
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I use proton accounts in a compartmentalized way for different purposes. One for my real identity and business, one for VPN that is separate, on for an anonymous account etc. One trick: Sign up for a free account separate from your main account OVER TOR using their onion site. Make sure it's a free account. If you try to pay for an account at sign up you will have to use a debit card initially. If you upgrade from a free account, you can use cash or Bitcoin! Sign up over Tor on the Proton Pass page and you don't have to give an emal. There is an option when doing it this way (on the Proton Pass page to create a free account and they will automatically create an email for you. Then, upgrade using Bitcoin or cash and there is no worry of "having all your eggs in one basket". *DO NOT SET A BACKUP email or phone number. They are not recommended and not required.
Amazing tips thanks!
You bet! I don't know why, but when signing up for a free account using the mail tab, you have to enter a valid (non alias email), but when you sign up on the Proton Pass tab, there is an option for them to immediately create an email for you. I assume it will be sitewide soon, but for now, this is the way :)
Good tips--the whole KYC thing is just so dystopian...everyone is tracking you--every device--other people's devices are tracking you (contacts, BLE, Amazon Sidewalk, etc.) -- it's just insane... Long for the days when you could just set up an email account and voila--you could contact your friends... (Sadly those days are long gone...never to return)
It really is. BTC went from being a currency to a highly regulated asset co-opted by big banks and gov. I stack sats, but I use Monero. Unlike Bitcoin, Monero doesn't need a 2nd or 3rd layer to be private. It is private and untraceable by default on a protocol level. Delisting it from tge CEXs only served to make it more private ;)
You should also mention that BTC is NOT censorship resistant. We saw that already with some Mining companies
I find XMR compelling--it's really now serving as a stable coin (price has sat around $150-$160 forever). I do like the privacy aspects, but its reputation as a "criminal coin" (unjustified as it is) will be hard to shake. I suspect if any crypto will be "banned" Monero will be it (whether a ban will be successful is another story). I could see it surviving as a privacy based stablecoin--but I can also see swapping BTC for XMR being designated as defacto "proof" of money laundering.... Will be interesting to watch XMR as the months go by, and as the crypto industry matures and adoption increases.
Very useful tip. Thx.
You bet ✊
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Don't worry nothing in the background except #Israeli #Cloudinary for direct #NSO / #Netanyahu access! The last part is probably FUD btw. Emphasis on probably. #Israel #proton #protonmail #protonwallet #backdoor
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See, you agree. Nostr is way better.
I don't agree that Nostr is better. I'm a big fan of splitting your social media activity from other stuff. Don't use the same key for thousand things.
You don't need to use the same key. Just the same protocol that you control the key you want to use.
For that Nostr needs a better key management like Master / Child keys.
Sure, that will help. But managing multiple keys is not hard. A regular password manager solves most of the way. There is no need to link keys together with a Master / Child crypto scheme.
But currently if Iwant to take my I D across different nostr clients. I have to use same nsec don't I?
Only if you want your follows to see what your are doing with the other ID. For instance, I have another ID for DMs and another ID for my health data. If you are on Android, you can use Amber to sign for any other app. If you are on the Web, you can use browser extensions to sign.
Master/child, or "delegates" as some call them, or "certificates" as they're called in the real world, are needed for hot/cold storage and for repudiation.
nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug why don't you stay in your lane and write some myLabel.setText code or something.
Why don't you stay in your lane and go play tic tac toe or something.
See, you agree. Nostr is way better.
I don't agree that Nostr is better. I'm a big fan of splitting your social media activity from other stuff. Don't use the same key for thousand things.
You don't need to use the same key. Just the same protocol that you control the key you want to use.
For that Nostr needs a better key management like Master / Child keys.
Sure, that will help. But managing multiple keys is not hard. A regular password manager solves most of the way. There is no need to link keys together with a Master / Child crypto scheme.
But currently if Iwant to take my I D across different nostr clients. I have to use same nsec don't I?
Only if you want your follows to see what your are doing with the other ID. For instance, I have another ID for DMs and another ID for my health data. If you are on Android, you can use Amber to sign for any other app. If you are on the Web, you can use browser extensions to sign.
Master/child, or "delegates" as some call them, or "certificates" as they're called in the real world, are needed for hot/cold storage and for repudiation.
nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug why don't you stay in your lane and write some myLabel.setText code or something.
Why don't you stay in your lane and go play tic tac toe or something.