https://image.nostr.build/cfcda95a3b328b08885b1aff1b4c0ba1310208cb91324d920e504ebef42cf3ae.jpg #meme #memestr #nostrmeme


How we acted during Covid is how we would have acted in Nazi Germany.
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If you aren't using a password manager... just use one already.


Still need something sent to that silent address?


Only the bad ones get to flee the consequences of their policies.

The good ones can't take refuge in the U.S. because the covid shots are still required for green cards. Good luck getting an appointed physician to agree any of these are medically inappropriate:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html


Seems to me that controlling your own money with safety and privacy is a human, moral, and individualist concept.

I want the partisans of all kinds out of my finances TBH.


Techradar:
"Nevada plans to use Google AI to expedite unemployment benefits appeals"
https://www.techradar.com/pro/nevada-plans-to-use-google-ai-to-expedite-unemployment-benefits-appeals

My take:
Ironic that AI is being used to hand out unemployment, when some say AI causes unemployment.

I wonder if the government workers who used to hand out the cash will turn-around and apply?


'"The ideas described within a patent application should not be viewed as an indication of our business or product plans,” the statement added.'

Do these clowns really think that excuse holds up?


For anyone who doesn't know, the real world data show that masks & lockdowns had no impact (or arguably a negative impact) on overall respiratory cases & health outcomes. Only irrational ideologues refuse to learn from reality.

#covid #health #liberty #freedom

https://www.covidchartsquiz.com/


#vaccine
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/165/495/677/playable/48f88e0eb1247403.mp4


The worst part is how the people saying these things will insist that they were the good guys the entire time and did nothing wrong.

https://real-left.com/did-dehumanization-of-the-unvaccinated-occur-during-the-covid-era/


#never_again
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/165/461/147/original/73102e84edcf7b42.jpeg


I wonder how they vet applicants for the grant.

Hear me out:
- Get a non-US friend to claim the grant and put it towards the house.
- The friend sells it to the US citizen and goes back home.

US citizen gets 30k toward a home and  non-US friend breaks even.


https://cdn.satellite.earth/41e7953606e2e566becf34c7c973013c006322a578261f110fcb6aa32e6316ea.jpg
#meme #memes


I've always been fond of Orwell. It's a shame his name is used to mean the far opposite from what he actually believed.

I haven't gotten through the whole podcast yet (it doesn't seem to want to play in my browser), perhaps they mention it, but I think one of Orwell's other books, "Homage to Catalonia", is a great read that shows his ideals in an almost conversational form describing his time in the Spanish civil war of 1936-1939.


I don't stream, but https://xmrchat.com looks pretty interesting.


No KYC, Peer-to-peer groups, to buy Monero or BTC

Anyone can observe with publicly available information that,

You can get a better price in the groups than hitting the exchanges directly, because you're getting it from a random dude who wants out, while as the exchange has pro vendors charging double.  Pro vendors want more to take on the risk of their Zelle/Paypal/SEPA/ect getting frozen.  Random dude is more concerned with theft.  If the other person is afraid of charge-back risk, then cash-in-mail with an arbitrator would sound good.

One could first meet people and then go with them to Haveno, Bisq, Bitcointalk, or XMRBazaar arbitrators.
With free speech such as "Buying {XMR/BTC} at {insert %} above Spot in {insert country} with {payment methods}"

Legal Disclaimer: I never take custody of funds. I never coordinate exchanges.  I don't host or control any of these, this is free speech public information. (2nd disclaimer at the end)

Very Active Monero Signal Group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIMtPr_BcagCe6ARHnHOYXMzS-WMLFVndrjRX-QLye9foEhDjts9QEhsvErDn7i0oiZaV

2nd Signal group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIH8v8CvjuKl4FPRoWNfI44YK8-12FNdS0E55_LjbrZdbEhA6swzvNFN9VlMExMNmRTa4

SimpleX Over-the-Counter Trades:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fhpq7_4gGJiilmz5Rf-CswuU5kZGkm_zOIooSw6yALRg%3D%40smp5.simplex.im%2FQdiE4Q_YlaDxWgS0I8I5Rd5fvMi5Ynt8%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEARXCMp0Cr6douxAqW3wrU8gc8AjPVpd6Zra-GDexwZiQ%253D%26srv%3Djjbyvoemxysm7qxap7m5d5m35jzv5qq6gnlv7s4rsn7tdwwmuqciwpid.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22i0bp_uTx-o7P7iVZ547qvA%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Bank Exit Group:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-5&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FfAfaPXxFIfD3bO4AfuioCUmZb3xw_HTt%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEADoIxt1cJ6cOV7rBCjA0r9bwjCNeq9OWlBJhswBY6agE%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22kxuLfy44jNuwtmTh6DoF3A%3D%3D%22%7D

Telegram Bank Exit:
https://t.me/SortieDeBanque

SimpleX Haveno Exchange Group:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2FMplYm7uxopKyUOrKqnWySpXQIGxoJWYB%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAs8PcRwnf_-H30yXfwV0MSbka9I_xBeVNr4vKJNoReBw%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22YT2t__GnjpZ1W2MjJAz6Sw%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Monero Group with 900+ members:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FlG8iICBMC11b1Tvwi5UNhtbBVND4sEdF%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAciIsZEcoYgI97bE08qdb3bv9HgE6RK2eVE0FvO7F13M%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22UHBD5vOaGzQ-fnGIvx-6Zw%3D%3D%22%7D

SimpleX Official Monero Group:
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2Fo3W26CbJDR8abO4QG7Cvl7HM1WbKt5kO%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAZLrvRhnIYDQjjyAgTnuDbZ5fhMRhA9BTBRblkqMtsQc%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22XENmd9XeJ0rcB900hulObg%3D%3D%22%7D

(you might kicked out of this one, but f em, try it)
Matrix Official Monero Workgroup::
https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social

XMPP Revuo:
revuo-monero@conference.jabbers.one

Haveno: Anyone with the internet can observe that Haveno works, but it's light liquidity due to DDoS.  This is being fixed with a Proof of Work patch coming soon.

Consider reposting this to spread the parallel economy!  We’ve got to make this information widely known.

Legal Disclaimer: I am not operating or controlling any of these groups or exchanges. I'm literally talking about public information.


This is huge. I work at a grocery store, and wish mine took #monero, or crypto of any kind.

When we can trade crypto directly for the essentials, we've won.


Am Canadian, and I agree


https://tx.town/v/xmr-btc is a super cool page. It compares tx men pools of #monero and #bitcoin. The difference is night and day, it’s not even a contest. To people who say Monero isn’t scalable: have a look to your right


Sounds like you installed the stagenet testing version instead of the mainnet version.


https://image.nostr.build/f0602dc963cef34b5e2fdc5ce4874678621efd289e2330cec948cf6feacfe66b.jpg #meme #memestr #nostrmeme


I love seeing the #monero tag on fire the last few days thanks to
https://github.com/retrnull/garnet

Something we've all been waiting for!

May it open the door to seeing tips in other forms of crypto in the future as well.


I’ve seen enough, it’s time to put Medieval MMA on the map 😤

https://s3.poster.place/poster-media/8a08d5bc846a4e8c8c2cc542e71fd0c1422cbc6afcaf423635defffdc297a677.mp4


I don't post much. Most things I feel like saying have been said better by others already.


When I have to wake up early the worry I have of oversleeping makes me lose sleep.

I'm my own worst enemy.


Let's crowd fund this!

Off grid living in Patagonia!

35 mil for that much acreage is only $321.91 per acre!

https://www.privateislandsonline.com/south-america/chile/private-island-in-chilean-patagonia
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I've heard one person describe it as the conservative version of The View.

I want to like Tim but he was at his best during/after 2008 and Occupy, and once he settled down I think he's stagnated.


Less, because I've nearly run out of sats. My attempts at topping up have been less than successful.

Tried to buy LN on an exchange. Failed. Something about a malformed LNURL, but it looks all fine to me.

Tried to open a channel over a month ago, still waiting. Tried to speed up the channel open with max fees, still waiting.

One day lightning will work for me... One day. I should write my attempts down for devs so they can see through a newbie's eyes...for sats of course.


Even the more mundane conveniences are sometimes inconvenient. I find myself wishing for manual windows at times, as odd as that sounds.


I wish it was possible to get a new car that didn't have all of the automatic controls.  Things like backup cameras and audible lane change warnings can be handy, but I don't want anyone else controlling my car.  Not AI.  Not the government.  Not a hacker.


Haha, I know the feeling.

Everyone else seems to be building their own darknet blockchain whatevers out of spare parts in a cave, while all I can say is, "Herpdy derp, I made a perl script."


https://nostrcheck.me/media/b73b7c80a456b4c6590c80654d71850ef99652821e7f25418ad9966097083f7c/5ee0c0ac899af67767220f0867a583a63f9e54bbcd6947fefa142ac1cfa5195d.webp
#monero #xmr


Australia was started as a penal colony after all. I'm sure that lingers in the national subconscious and is now able to express itself with the times.

As for Canada, we're the ones who largely refused to rebel under the British. We do as we're told and pretend that makes us better than the U.S. somehow, like the obedient "good" child. Our rep for being nice is really just arrogant posturing, we're a very authoritarian place.


Gotta love the word games. It's not a _general_ means of payment, but then it's not a means of payment. Nice try Pearson, I don't quite believe your macroeconomics text.
#bitcoin #crypto
https://image.nostr.build/cd18fcf48d8f6e69086a81375d1dddd9b6f097074f4ae3b5ddc6f577356c798d.jpg


I wish we could quantify how much of its supposed value comes from first mover advantage, name recognition, and pumping from speculative investors, rather than actual utility.

On an even playing field there's nothing that it does better than others, with the one exception of "number go up".


We'd probably be more inclined to believe the climate doomsdayers if they walked the walk. Instead we see them drive their 37-car motorcades to the airport and then fly across the planet to hang with their colleagues and smugly virtue signal each other about what their going to bully us into.

I'd love to see cleaner tech but these guys are pushing the least efficient options in the worst ways possible.


Watched someone try to park their car the other day. They had to reverse three times before they could get properly in the spot.


There's nothing they can/will not justify with climate change.

In Canada, our bank notes are plastic polymer. Wouldn't surprise me if they use that to cease production, forcing a cashless society and CBDC adoption by claiming to fight the emissions of cash production.

Meanwhile, world leaders will continue to pump emissions from their private jets without consequence.

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#libertarian #libertarianism #liberty #freedom #taxationistheft #anarchy #anarchism #anarchocapitalism #anarcho-capitalism #voluntaryism #voluntarism https://image.nostr.build/f7e6232ce2d6e94cbc33f4bfb6780f0ab6a298bba4bc3169327bf3e6d8338276.jpg


Canada is a good example about what not to do.

Gun control fuels crime: Just ask Canada - Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/23/gun-control-fuels-crime-just-ask-canada/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow


"Excessive Free Speech" is speech beyond the bounds and quotas established by the Inner Party.

Much like how we have free speech zones, we are now only allowed speech within certain mental bounds. But it's for our own good. Ignorance is Strength.


If I'm being robbed, I'll gently remind the robber that robbery is illegal. I'm sure they'll apologize for their confusion and change their ways.
/s


🤡🤡🤡
From the chief clown:

https://tnc.news/2024/03/16/abr-trudeau-blacklists-true-north/#

Freedom of press! ...while banning any journalists not supporting his garbage, AND using tax money to facilitate bonuses for everyone in CBC.  What type of government does this sort of thing?  How obvious does it need to get?
🤔

#supporttnc


It's pretty safe to say the greatest threat to Canada is the Canadian government.


Use monero #monero #xmr #crypto

https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/112/095/060/494/801/303/original/d86ad49ba0d19e15.png


Canada Wants Life Sentence for "Hate Speech"
:what_cirno:
vrv56tzd.png
frttfgh.png

https://bae.st/media/841a9116f5bd3387427e1901ba981937375f6f2be3dd205ffe684d295e2319be.png?name=vrv56tzd.png

https://bae.st/media/e0e00f4d145cf5ba25776fbffd84b17dfbc3e95f468e8db8ee2ac4d0dae08e8c.png?name=Firefox_Screenshot_2024-02-27T23-29-38.235Z.png


#grownostr #MakeThemIrrelevant
https://i.nostr.build/lgw7.jpg


How I feel now that it's tax season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwqYLSPg_c


https://image.nostr.build/2a590f2b99724c958381c8d8d59ca4cbb5c1cde3829423f1d8cc58eafb8cea79.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 831,144 🤙💜


Simple and safe. Must watch

https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/how-to-run-a-full-monero-node-over-tor:0


A customer gave me a rock today, so that's kinda nice.
https://image.nostr.build/babbca3e271bb288a87039e642e2b799f3eecc98e6cf59f855d3b9c5cac95bce.jpg


https://image.nostr.build/addf3ae308f830a9347e3b692a929aad701bc1a37b824e5aac053db7a675e947.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 830,409 🤙💜


They'll make up an excuse. They always do.

"Now the only real problem with the theory that I can see is that it’s ableist."
https://mediachomp.com/the-shopping-cart-theory-determines-moral-character/


5 Benefits of Privacy & Security (That Aren't Privacy Or Security Related!)

https://apertatube.net/w/gaJkac1FtvwVB8jqywF2za


I want women to carry guns, lowlifes deserve to have consequences for attempting to rob or take advantage of you.


Cut off in traffic by a cop car who didn't yield despite the yield to traffic sign.

Even the smallest laws are too much for "law enforcement" to follow. The laws are for us plebs, not them.


When asked how my evening was I had meant to say it was good fun. Instead I said it was food gun.


Even better, he threatened to tax grocery retailers who didn't keep prices down. His solution to every problem is to tax it harder.


For example, Canada doesn't burn books, we shred or landfill them because its more environmentally responsible somehow.

https://c2cjournal.ca/2023/12/empty-shelves-the-noxious-politics-behind-a-canadian-school-boards-massive-book-purge/


Don't threaten us with a good time
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The four stages of my life:

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https://image.nostr.build/9bf476f631c289855f7d837391e73e3ebc20614c23e06c83394a3f8ffc988790.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 827,473 🤙💜


AI backfires on Big Tech

Google and Microsoft mouth off about AI helping the consumer save time, but new academic studies show that generative AI has degraded the quality of Google and Bing’s search results.  Leipzig University and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar released a paper entitled “Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search Engines”, which clearly demonstrates that AI has rotted the results with massive amounts of low quality spam.  Users are less engaged and less able to find relevant products.  [1]

Therefore, Simplified Privacy argues that AI has backfired on Google and Microsoft, and these rotten organizations choke on their own tyranny.  They ironically make themselves irrelevant.

Not only has academic research proven the rot of Google search, but even influential and relevant SEO experts confirm the skew to spam.  Search Engine Journal discusses how Google’s algorithm gives new domains a chance, to see how they rank.  Then AI can constantly register new domains and pumps out massive amounts of dribble to fill those “new results”.  Search Engine Journal categorizes it as an attack.  [3]

Other mainstream sources confirm similar findings, and speculate on the potential reasons.  Business Insider, in an article entitled “Google search is bad and getting worse. Here’s how search is evolving in the era of AI.” points out how Google isn’t even focusing on improving search.  Quote:
“Google has economic incentives not to worry about being the best search engine. Any publicly traded company with a money-printing machine guaranteed to work predictably for the next few years would focus on reducing cost, and finding the next honey pot.” [2]

Simplified Privacy questions the legitimacy of closed-source AI from known “pro-authority” Democrats doing research for people because of the potential for bias.  AI does the critical task of evaluating different sources, which allows the user to have discretion and evaluate both the information and the sources for potential bias.  Not only can the user see the sources, but also the skew from the search engine itself may be more obvious.  On the other hand, AI narrows this down to just one choice in which the user is dependent on the AI’s world-view.

Well-respected journalist James Corbett of the Cortbett Report has similar views.  He points out how the push for AI search has massive implications for propaganda and reducing the available knowledge that people can consume.  He discusses the danger of a single search result and getting humanity dependent on technocratic experts to dictate reality to us, given their history in creating false narratives such as Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction or the effectiveness of the “vaccine”. [4]

Internationally recognized Agora journalist Derrick Broze reaches similar conclusions but goes even further.  He warns of AI being used to push the idea of collective consciousness and trans-humanism.  In his view, the push will be to have AI inserted into the human brain with the goal of blurring the difference between your individual goals and society.  Then pro-authority figures can push you to sacrifice your freedoms for the supposed greater good.  [5]  Please note that I’m rephrasing his ideas to be more direct.

And why don’t other people know about this?  Because they can’t find it in search.  Unless of course… you share it.

Sources: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ai/


privacytechpro tip: use a unique email and password for everything. don't make your username your email, use a virtual privacy card or pay with #sats or #monero and use decoy info whenever possible to mitigate against credential stuffing.

"Credential stuffing lists are collections of login name and password pairs stolen from previous data breaches that are used to breach accounts on other sites."

**Have I Been Pwned adds 71 million emails from Naz(.)API stolen account list**

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/have-i-been-pwned-adds-71-million-emails-from-nazapi-stolen-account-list/#google_vignette

"To check if your credentials are in the Naz(.)API dataset, you can perform a search at Have I Been Pwned. If your email is found to be associated with Naz.API, the site will warn you, indicating that your computer was infected with information-stealing malware at one point."

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

"Unfortunately, even if HIBP warns you that your email was in the Naz.API, it does not tell you for what specific website credentials were stolen.

As this dataset is partially linked to information-stealing malware, it’s recommended to change passwords for all your saved accounts.

This includes passwords for corporate VPNs, email accounts, bank accounts, and any other personal accounts.

Furthermore, as info-stealers attempt to steal cryptocurrency wallets, you should immediately transfer any crypto to another wallet if you own any.

For more detailed information about what accounts were exposed, you can try the Illicit.Services website, which is currently overwhelmed with everyone attempting to use it."

#privacytechpro #cybersecgirl #breach


Appreciating my local winter.
#winter #nature #nostr
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Dutch farmers taking shit to the next level

https://v.nostr.build/oXYL.mp4


Arm yourself, I don't care what identity check boxes you have marked or haven't marked. I want you armed. Self ownership starts at self protection.
#anarchy


https://image.nostr.build/a51890049bc6884c6b5a3ecf02caca5aaa9629d9f9c711b8555b1b6a5cdc0d77.jpg
#meme #memes


I recall reports of children being kidnapped from parental custody by medical personnel (open theft) so at least 7.5 if not a full 8. 9 will be done slowly and indirectly so it won't even be seen as a 9 (it's already active depending on who you ask).

We've been hearing level 10 (denial) since the start.


History Channel had a special talking about the Log craze of the 90s. That happened when I was in elementary school.

Events in my lifetime are on the History Channel. I'm officially old now.


Good times.

I remember when games had both Windows and DOS modes. And you better guess the right IRQs during setup or things wouldn't work quite right.


Now this is awesome:
https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/

#bitcoin  #crypto


Empty Shelves: The Noxious Politics Behind a Canadian School Board’s Massive Book Purge
https://c2cjournal.ca/2023/12/empty-shelves-the-noxious-politics-behind-a-canadian-school-boards-massive-book-purge/

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been re-written, every picture has been re-painted, every statue and street and building have been re-named, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
-- George Orwell, 1984

#canada


Happy New Year everyone and a wonderful 2024!


2023 CypherPunk New Years Wrap-up:

17 Huge, Suppressed, or Wicked Stories of the Year

(fast, light, and fun read with just 2-3 sentences on each)

17. Tutanota suddenly stopped supporting Tor Browser, leading to potential fingerprinting, as Canadian police allege it’s a honeypot in court.  Tutanota denies this claims.

16. Microsoft’s Email Software was hacked by the Chinese, becoming my favorite talking point to promote self-hosted open source email

15. Reddit failed to ban front-ends.  After a long blackout battle in which many third party apps broke, I still use farside link/teddit on a regular basis

14. Signal is beta testing usernames, to hide your phone number. Although right now though you still need a phone number to use it.

13. Tor adds Proof of Work to Onions to reduce DDoS.  And Tor expands their browser’s width, making it more useable for a daily driver as less websites break

12. Canada begins forcing podcasts to register with the government to stop "misinformation", which is really just criticism of the government

11. United Kingdom says they would arrest the Rumble creators if they don’t demonetize Russell Brand, despite him not being convicted of any crimes.  Separately, Rumble blocks Brazilian IPs instead of giving in to the Brazil government’s censorship requests

10. Thankfully the European Union’s “chat control” FAILED to pass, this WOULD have essentially banned end-to-end encryption. However they DID pass the “Digital Services” act which forces big tech to stop using targeted advertising and holds them accountable for content on the platform.  This has a chilling censorship effect, since if you post something on a platform, the platform is responsible

9. Apple bans Glenn Beck from their podcast store, and I’m only listing this story to highlight the need for people to switch to AntennaPod and RSS feeds.

8. The Jan 6 footage was revealed, to surprisingly show that security guards had given a peaceful welcoming guided tour to the supposed insurrection riot leader.

7. Right before publishing an interview with the Jan 6th Ex-Capitol Police Chief stating that a large part of the crowd was government informants, Tucker Carlson was abruptly canceled from Fox News.  He then moved over to Twitter and his audience grew even larger, representing a big change in the dynamics of power for media.

6. Amethyst, 0xchat, and others launch gift wrapped DMs on Nostr, giving metadata privacy to those that use it.  A new version of gift wrap DMs (v3) has been coded and will be coming in the future to all clients, including gossip, but it has to be externally audited first.

5. Nostr’s Gossip client plans to add Tor Onion Node support, as Gossip’s developer told Simplified Privacy in first-hand conversation.  This would be a game changer for censorship because it would eliminate nodes reliance on government DNS

4. The United Kingdom is among the countries with the most surveillance cameras per person.  Protestors took to the streets to smash these cameras to reject a climate bill that would use the cameras to get the license plates of car models that pollute more to fine the owners.

3. Argentina elects Libertarian-leaning Javier Milei to abolish the central bank and peg to the USD.  Supporters point out that anti-fiat sentiment is spreading, while critics point out that he would strengthen the US dollar empire.

2. Nigerians protest in the street to reject their CBDC.  The corrupt government tyranny known as eNaria, has failed in Nigeria

1. Colorado state court removes Donald Trump from the ballot, despite him not being convicted of a crime.  This will now go to the Supreme Court and will be a big decision, because once one state can remove him, they all can.  Will Democrats allow democracy?

Happy new years from Simplified Privacy!  Sources for this article can be found here:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/cypherpunk2023/


“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”

  ―

    Oscar Wilde

https://rumble.com/v43jyt8-sex-toys-bus-blankets-and-beef-carpaccio-a-year-in-government-waste.html


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Have a Christmas song that isn't just a remix of Jingle Bells:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCZL-_7GOcg


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Remember when merchants gave a discount for using cash because that didn't have transaction fees? Let's bring that back.


IIRC, in North America the merchant must accept any form of legal tender when it is for purposes of paying off a debt (e.g. I'm at a restaurant and I've eaten the food prior to paying).

If no debt is present the merchant can accept or deny any form of payment at their discretion.


I've known people who will express concern over Digital ID and CBDC only to immediately admit they buy as much as possible on credit card because they like collecting the points.

As a cashier I've also had customers complain about how the store points card is just to track them but they then pay by credit card.

I'm convinced ~90% of people have no idea how anything works.


Living the customer service life this Christmas season.


Remember to search potential brand names on the Internet before you commit.

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I managed to get my Mom on XMPP, but the rest of my family would rather cut me out of their life than install an app on their phone.

For the rest on my end I got a VoIP phone number bridged to XMPP from jmp.chat. Less than ideal, but at least we can get a hold of each other when we need to.


That's awesome, good for you!


Something I love about #Nostr is that when comments are hidden from me it's not likely to be the result of some manipulative & centrally planned algorithm, it's just a spam account that I (or maybe lots of people I follow) have flagged or blocked.


I'mma be lazy and just use the one Alby gave me for now!


Seeing everyone's profiles with matching verification links, websites, and lightning wallets while I still can't come up with a good profile name.


Pro/Con of Anonymous VPS Hosts

The best way to take control of your privacy and security is by hosting things yourself. This could be your own website, email, NextCloud, Notstr relay, front-end service, or even your own proxy VPN. This list will compare the pros and cons of VPS hosts only if they allow anonymous sign-ups for crypto.

Servers.guru
Pro: Very cheap. Very seamless setup, easy for beginners not used to SSH keys. The backups here are reasonably priced and good. They accept Monero.
Con: While you can block their website’s Google JavaScript, you can’t evade that Cloudflare can definitely see your passwords and therefore all data. They’re just a re-seller of Hetzner, which is a huge company with questionable privacy history. Also servers guru itself is a US firm.
Note: You need to show them your DNS records to unblock email ports, which is okay because the IPs are usually not on spamhaus blacklists.

Kyun.host
Pro: Very private, no Big Tech integration. Accepts Monero & in Romania. Tor onion address.
Con: Don’t use this for outgoing email. All these IPs will get on spamhaus email list, and even if you write spamhaus, they’ll put you back on it.

Shinjiru.com
Pro: Company’s reputation for allowing free speech is good. Malaysia is a decent jurisdiction for privacy. Shinjiru also lists other countries and the prices are good. IPs are usually not on spamhaus blacklists.
Con: Overpriced backups. Layer 1 Bitcoin fees only, and a 5% processing fee makes them not as cheap as they initially appear. If you do shared hosting, you’re getting your site Cloudflare’d against your will. For the dedicated racks, they charge $50 to setup Debian, but Ubuntu is free.

OrangeWebsite.com
Pro: Iceland. Excellent reputation on both free speech and privacy. Fast customer service response times and the support is knowledgeable. They accept Monero. IPs are usually not on email spamhaus blacklist.
Con: High prices. The server hosting is real high, but the domain names are reasonable compared to other anonymous providers.

FlokiNet.is
Pro: Iceland and Seychelles based. Previous Wikileaks host. Good prices and great country selection (Romania, Finland, ect). They accept Monero.
Con: Horribly slow customer service response times, you might wait up to a week to get a reply if you have an issue. Also, they list covid-19 misinformation as a term of service for suspension. Finally, their DNS uses cPanel which is closed source and going to dragnet surveillance your browser fingerprint. But the other info you enter into the DNS is public.

Impreza.host
Pro: Great country selection, including Iceland, Switzerland, and controversial Russia*. They appear to have a privacy-friendly attitude. Tor onion address. And pre-made Tor packages, but you can host Tor yourself without paying them extra if you want to learn how. They accept Monero. IPs are usually not on email spamhaus blacklist.
Con: Support staff is retarded. They will respond quick but with bad information, so you really need to know what you’re doing. You likely will lose money due to them being so inept and time passing by. This is a bad first time host for beginners. And they have expensive pricing on some countries. They also promote left wing propaganda within the web app itself.
* = we do not advise breaking sanctions, please consult legal counsel for your specific situation.

Njal.la
Pro: Sweden. XMPP support available. Tor onion address.
Con: Outgoing email banned. More expensive VPS than the other providers on this list, but the domains are okay.
Note: They strictly ban illegal content.

IncogNet.io
Pro: Privacy friendly stance. Good prices. Tor onion address.
Con: Slow to respond customer service, especially on new dedicated racks. They’re a US company.
Keep in mind that all US servers are going to be cheaper because of the infrastructure in place. And that domain name registration is always going to be more expensive if anonymous, as you’re not paying the WhoIs privacy.

Conclusion
Almost all these providers can improve your privacy, security, and self-sovereignty. Worthless propagandists such as Vultr and Linode want to force you to submit to the tyranny of KYC.  You got other ones not covered?  Give your opinion in the comments!


Fun Canadian fact:
Canada has two suicide hotlines.
One if you want to be talked out of it, and one if you want to be guided through the process of getting the government to legally suicide you.


You think it's hard to convince friends & family to use Bitcoin now, wait until they are recieving UBI in a CBDC which gets cut off if they buy Bitcoin. They will probably get some sort of bonus for reporting your "nefarious financial activity" to the govt. UBI is the final boss, the stage of total govt control, & cheering for it is total insanity.

Some of you have not read enough history. What I just described would be extremely mild in terms of the behaviors that can be achieved via govt & financial manipulation. Just a year or two ago people wanted the unvaxxed to be refused medical care & prevented from leaving their homes for groceries, they weren't even being paid to have that opinion. Attach free CBDC money vs having to sell your stuff to survive to the situation.


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We posted a recent Vice article about the US government requesting nearly all Apple and Google push notifications [1].   This article discusses how these companies are now coming forward and being honest for the first time about the high quantity of requests they are getting, after a senator made it public.  One of our readers on Nostr asked “I can’t switch to Graphene, what can I do?”

Well obviously switching to an operating system that isn’t maliciously collecting the data to begin with is the ideal solution.  However, if you can’t do that, there are some steps you can take.

Step 1) Using apps that hide push metadata

Google and Apple push are connected to an identifier.  Consider using apps where your identity in the app itself, is completely disconnected from your Google or Apple ID.  Session messenger is a perfect example of this, with Google push being unable to even see what random numbers/letters your Session account is.  But Google can tell you are using Session.  SimpleX is another example of this.  Signal hides who the sender is, but to a lesser degree.  [see our previous articles on Signal].  Don’t get too comfy here, you’re still being spied on through the operating system.

Step 2) VoIP

SMS is not encrypted, but at least you’re not getting the SMS from the same cell tower giving you service.  This separates it so that one company sees the messages, and another sees just a VPN tunnel.  Powerful governments can put the puzzle together, but the phone companies can’t.  You want to use a service that is disconnected from Google/Apple push identities, so JMP.chat is a good example is as it’s routing it through your custom XMPP/Matrix account.  While as Hushed is a bad example, since the relies on Google push to deliver.

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Consider sharing this, so both sides of your conversations are secure.  Original article:

[1]
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbv9/apple-just-confirmed-governments-are-spying-on-peoples-phones-with-push-notifications


We are now running a free SearXNG Search Engine front end for your convenience:

searx.simplifiedprivacy.com

This acts as an open source proxy for your searches to a mix of search engines to guarantee no logs or browser fingerprinting.  If you forget the URL, it's on the Resources tab on our website.  Share this so others can benefit.  Remember, anonymity loves company.


I use Openbox right now. Sleek and minimal.

I used i3 and Sway for a long time, but enough applications don't play nice with tiling (i.e. they design for stacking windows) that it's a hassle.

XFCE is pretty slick. Only nitpick I had was I couldn't get apps to start on a given desktop at startup, IIRC.

It's been too long since I used KDE or Gnome so I can't speak to those.


Pro/Con of Burner Email Services

This is a review of email burners for 1-time verification codes to avoid spam and to separate different activities or identities

5july.org
Pro: Our Number 1 recommendation for burner privacy.  Based in Sweden, this reliable honest non-profit uses Bahnhof (a previous Wikileaks host). No CloudFlare, No Google analytics.
Con: Only 1 domain to pick from.  Often/sometimes it doesn’t function.  I don’t think it’s the providers blocking it.  I think 5july is just too poor for good maintenance because they have no business model.

GuerrillaMail.com
Pro: Large userbase is good for anonymity.  It works without JavaScript (for incoming) and Tor isn’t blocked.
Con: Many websites recognize GuerrillaMail and will block you.  Google captchas on outgoing emails (at least in the past)

Emailondeck.com
Pro: This is basically a burner version of protonmail, as proton hosts their mail. Less hassle than making new burner protons.  It’s free for incoming, paid outgoing with Bitcoin accepted.
Con: This service shares and logs data like IP addresses with advertisers who want to send you junk mail.  Also they sell ads to your inbox.  Requires JavaScript and Hcaptcha.  Hcaptcha is Cloudflare, but Cloudflare can’t see emails in this case (just fingerprint you).  EmailonDeck’s site calls on Google stuff, but you can block it with uBlock Origin and the site still functions.

10minutemail.com
Pro: Assigns email address exclusively to you via a cookie, so in theory someone else can’t get to it.
Con:  US company that sells data to advertisers.  Cloudflare is their host and can probably see all emails, and this website is more integrated with Google Analytics.

MailDrop.cc
Pro: The UI on this is nice.  They used to use Amazon, but now switched to Hetzner which is still centralized but at least not a CIA contractor.
Con: They still use Cloudflare and openly admit to keep logs of IP addresses and the mailboxes they use.

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I did the same thing with my cell phone plan. $40 a month just so nobody could call or text me anyway. I know people who pay $80+ and get nothing out of it. I put it towards books instead - best decision I've made recently.

Subscription models are such a scam.


I had Gentoo on my laptop for several years and recently switched to OpenSUSE.
At a certain level it doesn't really matter as long as you're comfortable with the distro's tools.

I'm in a perpetual cycle of Gentoo -> (get sick of compiling) -> pre-compiled distros -> (wish I had control over compile-time package options) -> Gentoo -> …


Living in a small-ish town, I was pleasantly surprised to find we have some #Bitcoin ATMs in the area. Nice!
#crypto


As a Canadian, you and me both.


The new president of Argentina Javier Milei #Bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/a7442e5dc2473af98cf35a70779f906ce73ec5e3d730416ba48df43854d5bebb.mp4


https://m.primal.net/HQji.mp4 #Argentina Bravo


GM. Be good people. ☀☕🐾🐶💜👋

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100%. I was on the Fediverse years back, and I remembering seeing all these things. Truth is that Mastadon and its substitutes were made to create a decentralized Twitter, not a censorship-resistant platform, typically by and for people who felt that Twitter was not censorious enough.

For example, servers could end up on a server-ban list solely through the actions of one person who created a big enough deal on the global timeline. This could result in you being banned from connecting to your friends' servers through no fault of your own, just being on the same server as a nasty troll who took advantage of open signups - the "bad neighbor problem". Sometimes it wasn't even that bad of a troll, just those on the receiving end couldn't handle it.

These server-ban lists were shared among admins and treated as a best-practice for spam-prevention. This led to a tale of two Fediverses, one for the free-speech servers and one for walled-gardens servers.


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#meme #memestr

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KeepassDX


I think the hardest part about using social media is that I'm just not a very social person.


I know everybody is dunking on the random governor who decided that she could just wave her hand and unilaterally suspend any right she dislikes simply by hissing the word "emergency," but the problem is that she's only wrong if another political force — the courts, politics, disobedience, or Locke's old Appeal to Heaven — proves her wrong. Enforcing the limits of official power isn't some American $currentYear problem, it's a recurring issue throughout history.

The question is why we're suddenly seeing the authoritarian instinct activating so much more openly — and frequently. In prior decades, they had to be cute in how they went about it, often requiring laws and lies. Now they're remarkably comfortable simply stating "because of the 'emergency,' you can no longer {travel | donate | engage in commerce | read | communicate | carry}," and that's the whole of it.

The next question is what you're going to do about it.


#meme #memes #memestr
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📣 NEW EPISODE ALERT!

Dive into FIAT LUX's latest episode with Douglas Tuman of MoneroTalk & MoneroTopia. We explore #Monero's role in safeguarding democracy, the balance in crypto protocols, and much more.

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https://youtu.be/B7AVCBdKK_I


Celebrated my birthday by changing the oil in the car. Getting something done is more satisfying than a party.