Oddbean new post about login | logout People still really haven't appreciated how bad the car thing is. Or the phone thing. They think they do, but they don't. The full range of capabilities has yet to be used routinely — companies and states are both trying to keep it beneath the waterline. The public is intended to be unsure what it is that they're looking at, and why it matters. It is the news report playing in the background of a disaster movie. It is the half-glimpsed monster from a horror reel — implied, but never fully shown. History is still going to look back at this period with enormous bewilderment that we did not do more to stop what is coming. The signs were there. nostr:nevent1qqsq6m0f306aeph5s7xdndz77gcfr3cwyztnvh67g436mc09j429rtgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqygqmcu9qzj9n7vtd5vl78jyly037wxkyl7vcqflvwy4eqhxjfa4yzypsgqqqqqqswc2w8f
Can't wait for open souce car OS
The Android Open Source Project
what can one do about the car thing?
Use an old car.
I pulled the fuse from the modem circuit in the car.
We'll win.
Amen
What do we even do? Seems sometimes like we're just fucked no matter what. Maybe it's time to just start fighting a real war over this shit. Many of us would die, but none of us seem to have anything worth living for anyway.
What kind of doomer downer bullshit is this? Chin up kid, we got a lot to live for..
It's called reality. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I am with you @ShiShi21m The bigger the fight, the greater the victory. To the barricades! Hodl like there is no tomorrow and there will be. 😀💜
Pfft. Either participate or don’t, we all have a choice… in the end: “no one here gets out alive.” https://image.nostr.build/d1d26b1752684fc1a2d049b865945cbb174ea6f57eef6898c99dcd1feb9bd7e2.jpg
Slightly edited quote from Ben #privacy nostr:note1smf40m7pjqv9ycv5lq8hsxk5ewjtvzndgfq5r3lncgctxrylp7ksv267cd https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_5624741084473077341695480246.webp
Tiktok blocks users for the account. Does that happen on other software programs? Also when I apply online for jobs its like some AI software spying technology. I answer questions based on what happened at jobs. You saw that with training at the hospital I'm sure. They have discrimination policy. The Sunnys BBQ asked me questions like we don't let employees vape at work are you ok with following that rule?
The question becomes though, at this point, what are we actually supposed to do about it short of going to live in a cave somewhere? The billions, if not trillions, of dollars of infrastructure that has been built up around us is fully online and only getting more efficient and effective. I'm wide open to ideas.
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I'm just a pleb with an interest in digital privacy so my solutions may be flawed or inadequate (if so I'd love feedback from someone more knowledgeable). Firstly, run open source software as much as possible. Including your operating systems. Linux for your desktop, GrapheneOS on your phone. Or better still get a dumbphone. Second, try to convince the people you communicate with to use encrypted chat like Signal instead of SMS. Don't use social media (other than nostr, and even then stay anon if you want privacy). Use a VPN. I use Mullvad. It allows me to pay for it KYC free with the lightning network. Don't use any services from large tech companies. Gmail, iTunes, Google search, Spotify, Amazon, etc. They're all spying on you. Use cash instead of a credit card. Buy your bitcoin non-kyc The more 'low tech' your car is, the better. Don't connect it to the internet. Don't connect it to your phone (aux cable is OK I think). If you upload photos, use a program like Scrambled Exif to remove metadata. Be careful exposing anything from your real life online, it's amazing how much can be inferred from seemingly insignificant information. Don't leave Bluetooth or location on on your phone. Use a service like SimpleLogin to create dummy emails for signing up for things. Use a burner phone or temporary SMS service for when a service requires a phone number. Get a PO box. Privacy is a spectrum. The further you move towards ultimate privacy the less convenient your life is. This is by design. You have to find your personal sweet spot. Hopefully others will chime in with additional tips, these are the best my pre-caffeinated brain could come up with.
I'm going to go ahead and throw myself under the bus here as an example of bad opsec. I revealed that I have not yet had coffee, which provides a decent amount of information about what part of the world I live in. I'm not worried about it, just using it as an example of how innocuous information posted online can give away info about you accidentally.
Great summary of easy things to do to improve greatly your level of privacy. I would suggest paying for anything you can, using Monero for greater privacy, even if you buy Bitcoin non-KYC your spending history and habit can be analysed, connecting it with a pseudonym, an original IP or any other information available and there is the risk you may slip at some point and get everything connected to you. I would also add: Trade Monero for cash in person and spend cash everywhere, many times you get better deals when paying cash, everyone loves you more and you improve your privacy.
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Is that the Dogecoin millionaire?
Privacy is nothing but a myth in this day and age. Unless you are living in a cabin in the woods with no electricity and you hiked there from 10 miles away. And even then there is a hole where you should be in the mosiac of information that points the way. You've got graphineOS and a VPN? Does everyone around you? If you exist in a modern first world country you are at best pushing the requirements to track you up the line to where they would bother to put the effert in to track and surveil you. nostr:nevent1qqs0jj5gs3442xhghup2qdy2cttnjp547vp75zd69p9udmdv8f0klgqpw9mhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0dec82c33ddkhxmnw0pmnvupcwekxkvnvxfjxsvp5xsek56m2xp68smphdfe8waecw9c8sdrkvs6rywrgv5cxzwr2w9chjdn5dfjhq0mzwfhkzerrv9ehg0t5wf6k2fn8d3hkyctv84skcmqzyphydppzm7m554ecwq4gsgaek2qk32atse2l4t9ks57dpms4mmhfxqcyqqqqqqgcch68k
So, yesterday this normie friend was like "I couldn't ask you questions to know more about you, you're iron shut. Chains and shackles." (Or something to that sort.) I was like "I'm like an open book, especially to some people including you, so what are you talking about?" He was like "out of all the people I know, you're THE ONLY ONE I talk on signal (I told him that's the only place I'll talk to him on, even tho he did get an account because of some other girl. Actually, before me 3 other women told him 'conspiracy' stuff, but guess that's still not enough to wake him up and he's not talking to the one that introduced him to signal now) and you're the only I know that uses a currency that has privacy (something to that sort), so I figured you're super secretive. "Privacy and secrecy are two completely different things." He continues: "Out of 100 contacts I have on my phone, NO ONE uses anything other than what comes with the phone itself but you." "Okay!!! They should do better!!! And you should make smarter friends! 😉" 😄😄 "I don't want these companies to have my data doesn't mean I won't tell you about who I am. Two completely different things!!" Actually, come to think of it, not being monitored or recorded makes me able to open up about who I am. Hello!! P.S. And he works in tech!!! Why, oh why, doesn't he see the problems in all the tracking?! Why?!?!?! 🤷🤷 nostr:nevent1qqsgd56halqeqxzjvx20srmcrt2vhf9kpfk5ys2pcleuyv9npj0sltgpzemhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgq3qsn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqxpqqqqqqzhfmguv nostr:nevent1qqsgd56halqeqxzjvx20srmcrt2vhf9kpfk5ys2pcleuyv9npj0sltgpzemhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgq3qsn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqxpqqqqqqzhfmguv
Maybe ask people like this if they want to install a camera in their bathroom and broadcast the video everywhere.
I'm sure he'll say something like that's not the same or they don't think it's comparable to broadcasting the video everywhere. But I'll ask alas.
Instead of it being broadcast to everyone, how about just a random group of ten people that you don't know. (By the way: if you bring your phone into the bathroom then this could already be the case.) This argument might resonate more with women then with men. "If they want to look at my junk, whatever."
The articles I read about this said that the cars have hidden cameras recording us. I am extremely skeptical about this detail of the stories. Has anyone fact check this detail or found one of these cameras? Do the cars have a hidden mic/camera recording to a hard drive and a cell chip (paid by who?) to send data to cloud servers? Do the dealers offload the hidden video recordings? Does your cell phone transmit the video recordings when you connect your phone to Bluetooth? Anyway, I’m sure it’s all pretty awful but this one specific part of the story doesn’t add up to me. And the details around this would be interesting and worth knowing. If there really is hidden cameras in the cars, according the passengers, we should have a database where we identify where those are in which models and how to disable them.
@jack Example: Apparently I have a Carfax account “courtesy of the dealership” and somehow unbeknownst to me I was just given an “award” badge for car maintenance and along with stats. Top 11% for a car?! This account monitors *everything* on my car. The good is that it can warn me and bring my attention to defects or needed maintenance or even possibly detect danger. The trade off is privacy. What happens if I don’t get regular oil changes and tire rotations?! Obviously there is some sort of hidden metrics and scoring system already in place that no one else is privy to. It can be very dangerous for people who can’t perfectly maintain their car on schedule. Like will they be downgraded or something? How do “underwriters” or whoever else use this data?!💖 https://image.nostr.build/2a3a2f6e8704d3ad78210fb7d650cbc7b70bd9d519142ffec3fb090e7bdef3d1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/33dd981dce2a9f21d6be28f591da2e09d32efe7421ac1aa1e797cbbe55f36dd7.jpg
Many cars have schematics available and show what wires and possibly the fuse that will disconnect the telematics module. Several phones now have hardware switches to disable the modem and etc. Faraday bags work great for blocking mobile phone frequencies, unfortunately the rest of the phone is not that useful at that time and the phone microphones still work. Has anyone had any success desoldering the modem and internal microphone/cameras from phones that don't have hardware switches? nostr:nevent1qqsgd56halqeqxzjvx20srmcrt2vhf9kpfk5ys2pcleuyv9npj0sltgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqzyzzdaehxwmjmkea5448qgt8hpj7cdqg4tk6nt9p0e34q2vu93feyqqcyqqqqqqgd6k99e
I might try some desoldering on some phones soon to see what can be done, and hopefully not brink the entire phone. PinePhone Pro and Librem 5 are decent options, it could be useful to have some more options too.
We tend to use only the rear view mirror. It seems inevitable that we'll respond after the fact, and and probably too late.
This is part of the "package" I'm working with
Oh look, somebody not feeling good when the false cores and corruption is not working
Who let you out of the cage
Are those satanic versed confessions supposed to cause an emotional impact? Those would be better efficient when not eating your logical reasonsing like shit. Kinda comes across as pathetic.
They’re spying, or let the government spy, because they can sell to the gov expensive software, hardware & everything.
Once upon a time you decided to release a phone app poised at empowering people with little resources to do something…. However small that recording may have seemed. You’ve provided bits of advice and wisdom along the way. It’s time we need something more comprehensive (or perhaps I just don’t know of it). I’ve been surprised to see no movement from you toward releasing educational videos/guides walking people through best practices, maybe some systems testing, and whatever other topically pertinent items appeal to you which might ultimately give people just an ounce of agency in withstanding the all-too-common governmental abuses of power. You warned us the Red Coats were coming… they’re here, Ed. What now? It’s time we set up the traps before barricading the doors. A little less spying, hey?
Who still uses plates on their car?
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You need a loicence, plate! (it's a joke)
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