They ask:
"Hey you're doing security, is this 2FA secure for my banking?"
Me:
Don't use fiat banks. The government is typing a numbers on a screen, it's purely propaganda that it has value.
They ask:
"Is this anti-virus secure?"
Me:
Don't use Windows, Linux doesn't need anti-virus.
They ask:
"Is it a good time to buy cryptocurrency? Can I make a lot?"
Me:
Don't buy to just hold it, use it for cash, instead of credit cards.
They ask:
"What's your phone number?"
Me:
I don't use SMS, it costs money and is completely unencrypted and insecure. So you're paying to get less, while as there are many free and easy-to-use encrypted messengers, I can show you one.
They ask:
"You really think people will adopt this?"
Me:
Where's the candles? Where's the horse & carriage? Where's the bucket to take a shit in? Oh you accept technology changed the past, but you are pushing for fiat banks, windows, or SMS because you're married to the network effect of yesterday?
I said, Google is "far left"
My hater on the /Monero reddit replied, "No they are just authoritarian and not left per say."
Guess what bro? They ain't using fuckin Monero. We can see the campaign contributions:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/donations-by-candidate.jpeg
California just PASSED legislation that requires a Digital ID to view social media
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/posts/propaganda/california-digital-id/images/Apple-Wallet-California-state-ID.jpg
Disguised as a bill to stop addictive AI for children, the bill would have no way to be enforced without requiring identification to use Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. The bill has the government acting as a parent, forcing companies to stop sending notifications too late during a school night. [1]
Equally chilling is Apple rolling out their Digital ID watch at the same time. [2] California’s DMV-issued digital driver’s licenses now work with Apple Wallet, with half a million idiots signing up for the initial testing. [3] However, the only good news is that it's still unclear EXACTLY how this AI bill will be enforced, will social media companies be required to ask for ID only for California IP addresses?
I've said it before, and I'll have to say it again: Resist digital IDs with everything you got. And the way to do that is not through voting, but with your technology choices. Use open source protocols and tools that CAN'T enforce it.
Sources:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/california-id/digital.html
xcancel sometimes works, farside.link has other instances
tweets were about the trump assination attempt needing diversity, you can find it on his feed
It’s truly negligent and corrupt that the Federal Reserve lowered rates right before an election,
When the candidates are running on lowering inflation.
And isn't it a BIGGER deal that a 2nd assassin got near Trump? So why is everyone talking about it LESS?
You want to get off Big Tech, But..
you also don't feel like spending a lot of time with technical stuff, like Linux
So you're sort of in this dilemma, where you're unhappy with the way you're being treated, but it's not SO bad that you're motivated to change.
But ask yourself, why is Windows or Apple easier? Well it's what came with your system, so you didn't have to do any work to get it. But you know they sell computers with Linux on it already? So is this a real obstacle if you think long-term?
Well, I don't have money to spend on a new Linux PC you say. And there's two replies to this. First, Linux works on older PCs that Windows bloatware is dying on. So you're saving money by having it last longer. And second, our articles have cited numerous studies and examples of surveillance being used to charge higher prices for ecommerce [1]. For example, Orbitz admitted it charged Apple users more, since they are willing to pay. [2]
Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum and the University of Twente found that many hotels abuse and change pricing based on what they know about you. [3] Pro Publica found that the Princeton Review charged more to SAT courses if they knew you were Asian. [4] Grindr sells user location data, and it’s been used to fire gay priests. [5] So in the long-term, are you really better off getting regularly ripped off and abused?
Maybe you say, well I know people who can help me with Windows or Apple if I have a problem. But if Windows is objectively worse, wouldn't it's users be dumber? Since when do the less sophisticated and lower paid grunt workers do a better job at articulating and fixing your problems?
Well, Windows has all this software... But what software? Isn't like 90% of stuff in a web browser these days? That works anywhere.
When you get down to it, the real reason you haven't changed yet is because you feel comfortable with what you are already using. And new stuff creates fear.
And now here's the truth, at the end of those emotions is nothing. But if you can get past that emotion, there is freedom, community, and self-sovereign ownership of your wealth, identity, and free speech. And when put in this context, installing Linux or buying a new PC, is a minor easy change.
Reach out to me, I'm here for you.
Sources:
[1] https://simplifiedprivacy.com/browser-fingerprints-lead-to-price-discrimination/index.html
[2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/
[3] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.03031.pdf
[4] https://www.propublica.org/article/asians-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-get-higher-price-from-princeton-review
[5] https://nypost.com/2022/05/02/grindr-sold-data-about-users-precise-locations-for-years-report/
CODE DROP TODAY!~
I've searched far and wide, and I can tell you Arweave's new Global CDN has the most potential for websites, podcasts, and video to defy oppressive censorship. It's a game changer. But in it's current form, UPDATING new content to your RSS feed on Arweave SUCKS. I'll explain it like this:
If a German wishes to speak to a Japanese girl, he needs a translator.
If HTML links to Arweave content, it needs a translator, so the gateways can find it.
Arweave's Manifest is this translator. And updating this currently requires digging through wallet outputs and manual work. Nobody will do this. But...
Our society is increasingly turning towards a dystopia. We all got our backs against the wall, as they come for our freedoms. Arweave shows potential, but potential is just an emotion. Someone has to act.
Today, Simplified Privacy is open-sourcing our original Python & Linux scripts to empower any web dev with intermediate static site generation & Linux skills to automate this painful manifest update. Additionally, we're providing some of the critical documentation that Arweave currently lacks, to explain how to use it.
This is NOT the complete all-inclusive easy-click graphical-client for podcasts, that end-users with no tech skills desperately need. However, it is a first step in this direction, with automating this critical-but-boring task.
Some say the glass is half empty. But I'm an optimist.
And today, we got some drops:
Part 1: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-instructions/upload.html
Part 2: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave-update/manifest.html
Code: https://git.simplifiedprivacy.is/SimplifiedPrivacy/Arweave-Auto-Manifest-Update
The hardest part currently is making the actual website links compatible with Arweave. We could overcome this with standard formats, but even then the person would have to know how to use a Hugo theme. We could automate Hugo and make a front-end for the entire Hugo process, but this is a complex project.
The most likely future step would be for us to make a client for podcasts, not full websites. But I'm trying to gauge interest in this first step we've taken. Get some sites on there.
Are you bitching about Spam on Nostr?
Compared to what? Email?! I can't even have an UNLISTED email without getting AI Nigerians asking me for bitcoin. They can't even get real Nigerians, they need AI to generate dribble.
You can't even join a Matrix room without some random clown copy-pasting his promo link. And Twitter has such huge amounts of spam, that some influencers post "End of Thread" to avoid phising.
Farcaster has more spam.
Reddit has it both in the comments and entire platform is click-bait ads.
Even Monero has spam transactions
Given the freedoms you get, Nostr is the best thing on the internet. And if you say otherwise then YOU'RE SPAM.
Bitcoiners say "gm" on Nostr
Ethereum devs say "gm" on Farcaster
Monero guys don't say gm, it's a timezone leak.
As soon as your device connects to Tor in the morning,
the last thing you want is "gm" on an anonymous account
If anything, say good night to fuck em over
Discord is rolling out end-to-end encryption,
Do you trust it?
Before you rush to say no,
It's designed and audited by the same auditors that SimpleX uses (Trail of Bits)
So do you trust Trail of Bits to say SimpleX is secure, but not design Discord's encryption?
You know I actually wrote Trail of Bits to ask on pricing to audit my own app (which isn't a messenger btw). They use Gmail, so I used PGP.
The guy at Trail of Bits apologized that he didn't have his PGP key anymore, since he never gets encrypted emails. Aren't you guys supposed to be receiving code to audit or emergency 0-day flaws? That's going naked over Gmail? So he directed me to a web browser app that had third party Google JavaScript and claimed it was end-to-end encrypted. This might be true, but he has no idea what that JavaScript was doing.
So without even looking at the details of Discord's new thing, I can tell you they don't give a rat's ass about privacy. All this is doing is trying to remove legal liability in a post Telegram-legal world. But we can remove legal liability for them, by not using Discord.
Source: https://discord.com/blog/meet-dave-e2ee-for-audio-video
SimpleX is good, they could improve by moving off government domains and allowing proving of who you are, through like PGP to prevent phising and doing business
Me, 6 months ago:
Fuck Telegram, it's tyrannical bullshit. You're a weak assclown if you use that malware
Me today:
We have to stand up for the oppressed Telegram dev! They are coming for you next, switch to decentralized solutions!
XMPP is good, especially if the person has android. Something like Monocles or Cheogram.
If they have iPhone, probably signal. Signal is more normie than xmpp or simplex. Depends how much time you’re going to spend showing them how to use it. They are likely to know other people using signal already.
Google manipulation leak:
It's ironic that Google wants all the juicy details of OUR lives, but when info leaks on their own strategies, it's scrubbed from the internet.
Conservative journalist James O Keefe is leaking a video (against the will) of Dakota Leazer, a Google-ad sales employee, discussing how the company is purposefully promoting Kamala Harris, by misleading end-users into thinking her ads are from PBS or other "more neutral" third parties. But then when the user actually clicks the ad, it gets redirected to ads or propaganda directly controlled by Kamala Harris.
The Google employee appears to be unaware he's being filmed, and in my opinion it looks like he's on a fake/malicious dinner date, with the camera in the woman's purse. It appears this female journalist got him to spill out quite a bit. Now his entire social media presence has been wiped.
Decide for yourself:
Nitter:
https://xcancel.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1833267899840311623
or
Native Twitter:
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1833267899840311623
The world is ass-backwards
They run Linux on the server
But Windows on their end-client
You're supposed to be able to verify and trust your local computer, while the cloud is hostile and unknown. What does it matter if the cloud is open source, if the other guy is running it?
You know I have 0 followers on Lens.
Why? With Lens, I tried posting for weeks, but they hide my comments in the "show more" spam sections. So I gave up.
Under the system you're proposing you'd be crushing new user's ability to reach anyone, and creating an echo chamber where the largest accounts are the most seen.
I'm suggesting the OP can label it spam, and anyone can clearly toggle that off to see the criticism. Which would then make it even more clear that the original poster is trying to hide it.
MetaGer quits!
Announcement: New Search Engine!
Google is a US military contractor, and so searching foreign policy is a conflict of interest.
Microsoft (and therefore Duckduckbing) is also heavily involved with the Pentagon, while Bill Gates pushes for digital IDs.
As the world moves to towards censorship and dystopia,
As AI dribble fills search results,
As MetaGer throws in the towel,
Simplified Privacy steps up. I'm grinding.
We've dusted off YaCy, a decade old, neglected, open source, search engine network, that relies upon DHT torrent sharing of results, in a permissionless decentralized network. I'm now running 4 global instances of this, with over 7 million pages indexed. Liberty flows through my veins, with a key focus on oppressed political news, technology, and finance:
Moldova:
https://search.simplifiedprivacy.is
Amsterdam:
https://search.simplifiedprivacy.com
Ohio, USA:
(Whole DHT network, for now)
https://ohio.simplifiedprivacy.is
Romania:
(Whole DHT network)
https://yacy.rebelnet.me
We let these Big Tech search engines manipulate public opinion and act as a gatekeeper to all human knowledge. Well it's time to bust down those gates. In this easy to comprehend article, I'll break down how this network works, and how it can benefit you, by exposing you to smaller oppressed bloggers with insightful and specialized expertise, while filtering out AI garbage and authoritarian propaganda:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-yacy-works/search.html
If you just want to share websites you like on a certain topic, you can get a VPS for $10 with 100G and run yacy in 1 command. If you run it locally on your computer, that works too, but you'd have to be online to share it. It's an easy setup, with 1 command of pre-req, and 1 to run it.
The Myth of Airplane Mode
You're being lied to. Airplane mode does NOT hide your location. Google and Apple continue to collect it, by seeing what WiFi endpoints are near you, and then figuring out where you are through a process known as "WiFi Triangulation". [1]
Further, phones have two "brains", and the part that connects to the cell towers does NOT have to obey Airplane mode. This is called the "baseband modem", and airplane mode is an API request from the main motherboard to this modem, ASKING if it would PLEASE consider killing service.
And even worse, the baseband doesn't even need a SIM card. You can call 911 emergency without service, without wifi, just standing outside. Calyx Institute devs LIE about this on Matrix, but dial it and hear your local operator tell you the truth.
In fact, you don't even need to be the government to abuse this. Ralf-Philipp Weinmann of the University of Luxembourg demonstrated with just around $1500 in equipment, ANY RANDOM civilian hacker, who doesn't even work for the telecom, can FAKE being the cellphone tower near you. Source:
https://comsecuris.com/papers/woot12-final24.pdf
This is all why it's so critical to use GrapheneOS which helps against these types of attacks, and to buy your phone anonymously in cryptocurrency, because if you don't, it's essentially like a dog collar. At their will, they can see where you are, who you're standing near (if they have a phone too), and even turn the mics on to record.
My abusive competitors in the degoogled phone industry all charge way above Google's official store, and Google's search gives them traffic to make it harder to switch. For example on the model 8:
AbovePhone.com
Pixel 8: $999
DigitalPrivacy.shop
Pixel 8: $729
Google Official Store
Pixel 8: $599
While as I sell them BELOW the official store:
Simplified Privacy
Pixel 8: $499
PLUS you get a consult on its use, Why? Because I am on a mission. I need to get these phones, and the privacy that goes with it, in the hands of as many people as possible. And if Google search wants to oppress and censor our website, so be it. You and you alone deserve your data:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/index.html
& [1] WiFi Triangulation: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/googles-surveillance-the-shocking-truth/index.html
The price Google charges retail is different than secondary market commercial wholesale for bulk. We offer both new and like-new, and for most of the models at a lower price than Google's official store for 1 individual purchase. However, we can not offer this for all models and sizes. For example, we charge more for higher storage on newer models.
Like-new means the warranty from google has some or all of the time expired, depending on the model. But the device has no damage or defect.
For example, we offer the Pixel 9 brand new for lower cost than Google. And we have the Pixel 6a extremely cheap for like-new, but without a warranty. The 6a is perfectly fine for most people, and it has 2-3 years of support from GrapheneOS, but if you want the newest model we can do it as well.
The price Google charges retail is different than secondary market commercial wholesale for bulk. We offer both new and like-new, and for most of the models at a lower price than Google's official store for 1 individual purchase. However, we can not offer this for all models and sizes. For example, we charge more for higher storage on newer models.
Like-new means the warranty from google has some or all of the time expired, depending on the model. But the device has no damage or defect.
For example, we offer the Pixel 9 brand new for lower cost than Google. And we have the Pixel 6a extremely cheap for like-new, but without a warranty. The 6a is perfectly fine for most people, and it has 2-3 years of support from GrapheneOS, but if you want the newest model we can do it as well.
!! Chrome introduces Digital ID !!
Warning: Google attempts a huge power grab
Chrome devs rolled out a new digital ID feature, that they are touting on their blog. This corrupt power grab is an attempt to legitimatize Google being the overseer of all identification through their browser and mobile platform. They are rolling it out for mobile first via Chrome.
This power grab is broken down into:
a) Presenting their rotten technical solutions
b) Pushing on legislators and partners to force adoption
https://developer.chrome.com/static/blog/digital-credentials-api-origin-trial/dc-diagram_856.jpg
Their propaganda even admits to collecting information completely UNRELATED to a web browser, such as driving a car. Quote:
“Age verification: Request age to verify a person's age before serving age-restricted content or purchasing age-restricted items.
Identity verification: Request name and address to verify a person's identity for legal compliance or fraud-prevention.
Driving privileges check: Verify a person's eligibility to drive (for example, when renting a car).”
Since when does Chrome browser need to check if I can drive?! The web browser is a horrible place to store unrelated data from a security perspective. I urge everyone to remain vigilant and call this out for what it is, they are doing a coup. It’s the deliberate attempt to gain power in society, through unnecessary changes and manipulative practices. Boycott Chrome browser if you’re not already, and tell your friends and family to do so as well.
Source: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-origin-trial
Brave is controversial, and it depends on who you ask. there are some benefits to it with the settings and features, but they are on AWS and it makes calls for updates to brave.com (AWS) and has some google integration with extensions and driver updates. you have to turn off the AI, and modify the settings to make it more private.
Chainalysis Hijacked DNS to compromise Monero nodes!
Ok here's the situation,
First, a video from Chainalysis leaked of them running malicious nodes to try to identify users/transactions
Then, the community noticed a particular domain in the video, and when asking the owner, he said he stopped paying the VPS used in the video long ago. MoneroBull explained to me, that they are using a DNS hijacking technique where:
a) The domain owner points their domain to a VPS
b) The domain owner stops paying the VPS and leaves.
c) Chainanalysis rents that VPS and controls the domain, because the zone record isn't reflecting the change.
d) Then popular wallets have these nodes in their lists, and that's how Chainalysis gets "trusted" nodes.
So what are the lessons learned? Well, for one you can run your own node. And second, upgrades to Monero are coming, probably now sooner than later. Including full membership proofs, where it includes the entire chain as possible decoys. This will hopefully be a huge step for everyone.
But in my subjective view, until both Nostr and Monero stop the reliance on government domains, we're gonna have issues.
Sources:
https://www.digilol.net/blog/chainanalysis-malicious-xmr.htmlhttps://nitter.aosus.link/monerobull/status/1832807857332330843#mhttps://thehackerblog.com/the-orphaned-internet-taking-over-120k-domains-via-a-dns-vulnerability-in-aws-google-cloud-rackspace-and-digital-ocean/
It's 9/11 today
9/11 forever changed privacy,
As the Patriot Act was an immediate response to it. This act saw sweeping changes to what data is collected and how it can be used. And I still question the legitimacy of these changes.
Remember, those buildings collapsed internally at the speed of gravity, which is impossible by the laws of physics to happen unless there was no internal resistance.
Don't take my word for it, THOUSANDS of Architects and engineers for 9/11 truth have documented it with studies:
https://www.ae911truth.org/
Who was behind it? Respected journalist James Corbett follows the money trail, and the suspicious trades that went on before,
https://corbettreport.com/episode-308-911-trillions-follow-the-money/
And he further elaborates on what we know,
https://corbettreport.com/911suspects/
What is the ultimate truth? I don't know. But I do know this, what they are telling us is bullshit, and you should not be going along with any plans to give up your rights. Are you new to my content? Well I encourage people to take it into their own hands with technology, as opposed to political votes. Consider joining me on this journey.
US Presidential Debate Today
These are the trades:
If Kamala is retarded,
Buy Bitcoin
Logic: Trump is likely to do fiscal stimulus (inflation), low taxes, and pro-crypto regulation like his first term.
If Trump is retarded,
Short Sell Uniswap
Logic: Kamala's administration will crush DeFi
If both are retarded,
Buy Monero and a Glock
Leaked Chainalysis Monero Tracing
There's a video that's being so weakly censored that it might be on purpose, of an internal meeting of Chainalysis presenting to law enforcement of how they trace Monero.
I'm NOT going to link to the video because it's got some IP addresses of the malicious nodes that Chainalysis runs, which will bring unwanted pressure on our clearweb Linux tech support website. The goal of our organization is NOT to get you to run a darknet market, it's to get fundamental privacy rights with technology.
But I must say this, the way Chainalysis was effective in catching darknet market guys, was when they swapped Monero to Bitcoin. And so the people who push for Bitcoin only, are really pushing for a world where you need a ph.D in computer science to be private.
Now you're saying "oh but I'm not running a darknet market, so why do I need that level of privacy?" But if Bitcoin goes to the moon like you say it will, there will be tax implications of this. Everytime you buy a coffee, there's capital gains tax up or down. This will crush the use of it in the real world as money, unless it's private enough that it can't be enforced.
If Bitcoin becomes as popular as you say it will, there will be a violent response from the state to crush it. And so I'm telling you if you don't care about privacy for people with low technical skills, then Bitcoin is really just an ETF.
To quote Seth, I am not a monero maxi, I am a freedom maxi.
Bitcoin has a key role by being on exchanges, as XMR will be delisted someday
This being said, I encourage you to learn about all your options and technology. As again, my goal is getting people off banks. The whole inflation/saving thing is only one of many benefits.
!!! HOT SPECIAL !!!
Pixel 9 cheaper than Google
Normally DeGoogled vendors charge more, we charge LESS.
Google Store: $799
Simplified Privacy: $740
Brand New
Wintergreen
128G
Very Limited Supply at this pricing, act fast.
Still in original packaging
You pick: get it still sealed or have us flash GrapheneOS.
Pay in Bitcoin or Monero.
Keep your name off the IMEI hardware, that cell towers see where you are 24/7.
Keep your name off the cloud, we use end-to-end encrypted messengers.
Get a 1 year warranty from Google (for a replacement phone)
Get a 1 week warranty from us (for crypto back)
Get a PGP signed receipt, backed by a binding arbitration deposit with XMRBazaar
Help fund Simplified Privacy's Open Source development, we got a big project in the works.
Now is your opportunity to get privacy and save money.
Reach out, ask questions:
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