Did you know? Your phone is:

a. Tracking your location 24/7.
b. Sending your push notifications to the government.
c. Recording your conversations and reading your messages.
d. Recording audio OFF the phone, in the same room as the phone's mic.
e. Relationship mapping everyone you know, to label unknown numbers or accounts as you.

So, who cares?

Well, Without privacy:

a. You don't own your Nostr private key.
b. You don't own your Bitcoin wallets.
c. You're using the infrastructure of your enemy, who is actively looking to suppress your speech and take away your rights.

What's the answer?

A DeGoogled phone is just Android without telemetry.  You can do it on your own, or Simplified Privacy sells cheap ones.

Why would I get a DeGoogled Android through Simplified Privacy?

a. Pay in Bitcoin, keep your name off the hardware identifiers.
b. Get a 1-hour consult included to ask your questions on the best apps and ways to use it.
c. Pay zero taxes.
d. Get low pricing, we do the Pixel 6a for just $300.
e. Avoid the stress of ending up with the wrong thing or a bricked phone.
f. Participate in the Nostr economy.  We don’t need government registration, our signature is our word.
g. Support us to develop our open source Nostr client.

Learn more:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphoneinfo/


Lol


The American people are the bitches of their government.


You work 8 hours to live 4.
You work 6 days to enjoy 1.
You work 8 hours to eat in 15 minutes.
You work 8 hours and sleep 5.
You work all year just to take a week or two vacation.
You work all your life to retire in old age, and contemplate only your last breaths.

Eventually you realize that life is nothing but a parody of yourself practicing your own oblivion.

We have become so accustomed to material and social slavery that we no longer see the chains.

Life is a short journey, live it!
There is no right time; the time is in the here and now.

https://m.primal.net/HqGM.jpg


Nothing is hundred percent certain, not even Nostr ;)


Which part people still do not understand that
TAXATION IS THEFT AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED BY ALL MEANS?
And NO, I am not obligated to pay taxes!
Please stop brainwashing bitcoiners with this bullshit!
Just by supporting it you are part of the criminal group
https://www.probityco.com/


US State Department worker publicly resigns (ending her career) over Israel & Joe Biden's genocide:

https://linked-out.me/news/d469aa35c83110a4958f


This world is full of stupid people, opportunists and cowards. Everyone talking about the price of Bitcoin but no one talking about any fundraising initiatives or signatures to stop things like this…

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/people-culture/alexey-pertsev-accused-of-laundering-1bn-at-tornado-cash/


My God you are alive then thanks to Bitcoin 🤓


Incredible how to see people these days losing even their virginity for some sats, everyone down here is like cattle heading to the slaughterhouse…


Big Tech Hall of Shame

You won't believe who's here

3. Rob Braxman
Privacy "guru" Rob Braxman's WhattheZuck.net literally gives privacy advice on hiding from 3 letter agencies, location tracking, and EXIF data.  While his site uses Google Analytics and relies upon Google Ad Syndication.  Seriously bro, you gotta help the Google ad network because you're that poor?!  And Brax.me, which is marketed as “privacy social media”, is hosted on Amazon, the CIA contractor.

2. Arweave w/ Sam Williams
Arweave is supposed to be decentralized “crypto-powered” cloud storage to stop censorship.  But ArDrive.io, their main gateway to the platform, is literally hosted on Google Cloud.  What's the purpose of Arweave if it's not an alternative to Google Drive?  Then Arweave.net is on Amazon's AWS with Gmail doing their support tickets.  Hey Sam, can you guess which Arweave wallet I use to post to metaweave?  I'll give you a hint, I'm the only one using your platform.

1. Hive.io / PeakD
Hive is a Nostr competitor.  But the entire platform is built on the lie that you’re uncensored.  They say you own your identity, but yet they sell you the encryption keypair, and it's served from HiveDex on a Cloudflare server.  So the government can see the private key that you paid for, to do "uncensored" posting.

Hive can fix it, please listen to me.  Have your users create a keypair locally in your browser extension.  Then assign the names you want to sell to the public keys, using the blockchain as DNS.  This is how Session messenger already does it, and how Nostr should do it in the future.  Because it would solve all Nostr security issues and raise money for the client devs.  It could even use Bitcoin’s chain.

Parting Words,
I was expecting to be shadow-banned from Google search, and I am.  What I was not expecting is to have my domain gagged by Spamhaus from sending any emails to ANY domain, when it was clear for months.  The ban started when a bunch of gmails subscribed, and so my criticism of Google got labeled malicious.  I've now lost contact with the subscribers I paid Bitcoin Gab ads to initially get, to try to sell degoogled phones.  I got my back against the wall, and I'm swinging, but I need you.  Help me brother, share this and help me get the word out.

We have but one life.  And when I am old and grey, rotting on a bed waiting to die, I want to look back with a smile.  That I fought, and maybe, made a difference.  And when I do, I hope to see your comments beside it.


FUCK COMPLIANCE !
I don't give a shit about any regulatory rule !
I don't give a shit about anything a gov say or do.
I simply ignore them.
COMPLIANCE IS WHAT WILL KILL BITCOIN.
Simply say NO, I do not comply, fuck you.


Libertarian CypherPunk Podcasts

A CypherPunk is someone who uses privacy and encryption to advocate for and advance freedom and civil liberties. This doesn’t come out of nowhere on a whim, but requires a deep knowledge of technology, politics, and philosophy. This list can help guide you on that journey, but ultimately it can only be done by you.

These should be listened to on AntennaPod using RSS, so you get it direct from the source, and NOT the “Apple Store” because of censorship/surveillance. Just add the RSS feed.

Opt Out
Opt Out by Seth for Privacy is no longer that active, but we highly recommend going back and listening to the old episodes. He usually has first-hand source entrepreneurs pitching their projects, as well as the philosophical underpinnings of the movement.
https://optoutpod.com/
RSS address: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1790481.rss

The Conscious Resistance
Derrick Broze covers the philosophy behind opting out and taking control of your liberty through personal and technological action. This idea of “agorism” or self-improvement over trying to change the world through politics, is one of the foundations of being a Cypherpunk. Even if he doesn’t use those exact words.
https://the-conscious-resistance.pinecast.co
RSS address: https://pinecast.com/feed/the-conscious-resistance

Ron Paul Liberty Report
We can’t discuss using technology to defend our civil liberties without an understanding of the principles and philosophy behind it. Ron Paul ain’t a hacker, but he is the icon of liberty to one.
RSS address: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:153940103/sounds.rss

Monero Talk
Some of our Bitcoin maxi fans will get angry that this is on the list, and if so, you’re both closing yourself off to, and trying to suppress knowledge, at the same level as the government. Monero Talk is much more than just hawking the currency, it’s got a huge amount of privacy, tech, and political news. You’ll learn the newest stuff about Tor, secret peer-to-peer internet in Cuba, bans in Dubai, Quantum encryption, and what being a CypherPunk even means.
https://www.monerotalk.live
RSS address: https://feeds.fireside.fm/monerotalk/rss

The Linux Cast
These guys are NOT cypherpunks, as Matt the main host openly said he doesn’t care about privacy. But you will learn a huge amount about Linux such as honest discussion about the pros/cons of different distributions, desktop environments, window managers, different software, drivers, and much more. This is really easy listening for technical information and perfect for a car ride or commute. They make the technical stuff fun with the banter and I can’t highly recommend this enough to get the tech news you need.
https://thelinuxcast.fireside.fm
RSS address: https://feeds.fireside.fm/thelinuxcast/rss

The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods is the “Tonight Show for Libertarians”, as not only does he have the highest quality guests, but his calm approach with a focus on reason, makes even the most brainwashed pro-gov slave ponder to think. Get a fresh perspective here, because you won’t find it from the mainstream news.
http://tomwoodsshow.libsyn.com/webpage
RSS address: http://tomwoodsshow.libsyn.com/rss

The Expat Money Show

There comes a time when freedom is so bad, that rather than stay and fight, you opt to leave. But where do you go? Mikkel Thorup covers a huge amount of countries and has on a wide array of guests discussing which country is right for you. Every Cypherpunk needs a Plan B passport.
https://expatmoney.com
RSS address: https://feeds.captivate.fm/theexpatmoneyshow/

The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show
This podcast isn’t active anymore, but I recommend you go download the past episodes before they disappear. He’s got a 1-year disappearing message on them. He’s an ex-cop talking about how to hide. Also, the podcasts open you up to the books. A lot of great strategies in these such as VoIP, pfSense routers, and how to deal with data brokers.
RSS address: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:261098918/sounds.rss

Scott Horton Show
The excuse given for the crackdown on our personal privacy is often to fight terrorism. But what if it turned out that the government itself was the one funding all the terrorism? In my humble opinion, nobody spits out the flaws of US empire better than Scott Horton, and I can’t highly recommend enough that you ditch the watered down propaganda you were listening to before and open your eyes to the truth.
https://scotthorton.org/
RSS address: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Scotthortonshow

The Breakdown
NLW is the best way to learn what propaganda is spewing out of politician’s holes, without actually having to go and listen to the mainstream news. Unfortunately, he does not actually embrace the technology he promotes. For example, he had a Nostr guest on, yet he’s not on Nostr and hawks his Discord room. While NLW isn’t a Cypherpunk, he is a tolerable source to find out what’s trending in the industry.
http://nlwcrypto.libsyn.com/
RSS address: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NLWLLC2118417614

The Corbett Report Podcast
If you like critically thinking about the empire’s propaganda with well-researched journalism, then James Corbett might be for you. Some will find his point of view a bitter pill to swallow, while others will find it liberating that he’s kept it this real and not been assassinated yet.
http://www.corbettreport.com
RSS address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/CorbettreportcomPodcast

Part Of The Problem
Dave Smith and Robby the “Fire” are good to put the bullshit into perspective and make you not feel insane when the world is. One of the “takes” that I found particularly interesting was Dave Smith pointing out how the New York Times should be telling us the news, when instead the Times sold services to the US government to help them investigate and crackdown on the whistleblower who gave us the real news on Ukraine. This guy leaked that the US government was not just “funding” Ukraine, but illegally had troops on the ground. Smith can sometimes ramble on, but it’s alright because the other side is just that insane.
http://GaSDigitalNetwork.com/PartOfTheProblem
RSS address: https://rss.art19.com/part-of-the-problem

SimplifiedPrivacy.com
What list of CypherPunk RSS feeds would be complete without our own? Get hands on tutorials and animated explanations for the best freedom tools, from Linux, new Session software, SimpleX self-host scripts, Nostr clients, XMPP clients, degoogled phones, front-end proxies, and much more. Just add these RSS feeds to AntennaPod:
Articles RSS:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/feed
Videos RSS :
https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/feed


There was some debate over whether Craig Wright would show up at all today. He did.

#COPAvWright

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For context re: Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre and why there should be no mercy.

My life changed completely on March 29th, 2019. Almost five years ago now.

I had made several tweets, warning people about Craig Wright, and making my opinion about him clear. A matter of very public interest.

I was sent a legal letter on twitter DM, where it was made clear that I either had to apologize and acknowledge Craig as Satoshi, or they would file a libel case against me in UK.

When I didn't comply, Craig and Calvin put a public $5000 bounty on my identity and then firmly doxxed me after finding out who I was.

They proceeded to put private intelligence surveillance on me, that have tried to gain access to my social circle, both online and physically. Presence in 100s of groups. Monitoring my house. Producing regular, detailed reports on all my activity. Travelled where I travelled and so on. And god knows what else. This is still going on today.

I have been continuosly smeared and lied about on social media and in Coingeek, the publication owned by Calvin.

Threatened directly/personally with bankruptcy and worse by Calvin and his followers on twitter, with my real name, on countless occasions.

Anonymous phone calls with indirect threats.

My dad was fighting against cancer when this all started. I was dealing with constant legal pressure and threats throughout his fight. When he finally died late 2020, the legal pressure was at a peak and my funding situation was uncertain.

I've had to give up tons of private communication in discovery, to prove I had not been behind "an organized and vicious campaign against Craig."

I've had to turn down professional opportunities, since a good percentage of my bandwidth has been continuously occupied with defending myself legally. The amount of legal letters, hearings, appeals, judgments etc are beyond belief.

I've lived since 2019, with the constant knowledge that my house and belongings are on the line, and Craig's stated goal of bankrupting his enemies would be reality if I lost.

All the while I've tried to, and largely managed, to shield my child and family as well as possible, but I know all of this has put stress on them as well.

No mercy for these people.
Only Welcome to Law.


The NSA made SELinux.. can you trust it?

You might be using this right now without even realizing it?  Is that ok?

There’s this fancy word called “Mandatory Access Control” or MAC. Don’t be fooled by how big a word it is, it’s simple. It just decides what a file or program can access on the system with clearly defined rules and labels.

Think of the analogy of a nightclub. The bouncer at the front is like the firewall rules or you deciding to download it. But then once it’s inside the club, where can it go? Can it go into VIP? That badge you’d wear for VIP is like MAC, it’s labels that define what stuff can do or access.

There’s two main MACs, SELinux and AppArmor.  SELinux is stronger security, but it’s made by the NSA.  AppArmor is less strong, but easier to use.

What has SELinux by default?
All Android phones
Fedora
ParrotOS

What has AppArmor?
Whonix
Tails

Ok so the NSA made SELinux, and it scores higher on security audits and has more fine-grained control. But can you trust it? I’ll present some pros & cons, but keep in mind that this article is heavily biased against authority and not neutral.

Pro: It’s open source and been reviewed by many

Con: Most vocal anti-government groups aren’t well-funded. I question how many independent non-American influenced audits it’s had. You’d need massive expertise and money to do this. Do Russian hackers trust it? Doubt it.

The NSA backdoored into OpenSSL, which had MANY people review it. [3] This proves both that its possible to deceive rigorous inspection in the real world, and the NSA has a history of doing so.

It’s also been proven in academic study that malicious code can be inserted even into inspected open source. The contest nicknamed “The Underhanded C Contest” from Binghamton University had contestants purposefully create malicious code to pass open source inspection. Some entries were able to not only pass even strict scrutiny and win, but did so with very low amounts of characters maliciously used. [4] And these are academic students, so if they can do it, then so can the NSA.

Pro: I question the skill of the researchers doing the Underhanded C audits compared to SELinux or the Kernel. In fact, it’s in the Linux kernel already. So you can’t hide anyway

Con: Support for it is not the same as actively using it with it enabled.  That’s like saying owning a gun is the same as shooting your balls off
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Pro: The only guy I trust, Edward Snowden, promotes GrapheneOS all the time, and that’s SELinux. You’d think he’d mention if he knew the NSA had a backdoor into ALL android phones, and SELinux was made before his leaks.

Con: Security expert Bruce Schneier has pointed out the NSA has put backdoors in encryption standards in the past [1], and when he posted about the NSA making SELinux on his own website, he didn’t comment [2]. Which I interpret in my personal subjective analysis that he doesn’t trust it, suspects a backdoor, but can’t prove it.
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Pro: AppArmor starts up slower than SELinux. So Fedora by default is faster than Ubuntu/Debian.

Con: True, that’s valid. But keep in mind SELinux is complex, so you’re wasting hours/days learning something to save a second?
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Pro: SELinux restricts access by default, which is far more secure than AppArmor’s default permissiveness. Furthermore, SELinux gives much more fine-grained control, by allowing you to label files, which is based on their true purpose. While as AppArmor bases it on the file path, which is a weaker way to do it.

Con:, True. But SELinux is more complex and requires newer users to debug errors. So it’s only more secure if you actually know what you’re doing. Otherwise, you may be allowing malicious software higher access than it needs, just to get rid of confusing errors.

Pro: That’s a good point, but AppArmor doesn’t even have the ability to do complex setups for large organizations with critical needs.

Con: If SELinux is so complex, how can we trust these open source audits?

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Conclusion

In conclusion, many academic and corporate researchers praise SELinux over AppArmor for security, and it’s easy to see why large organizations use it. However, for a lone wolf individual with an extreme distrust of the NSA, it’s easy to see why they wouldn’t, even if it’s open source. And if you are bugging out bro, consider subscribing on Session messenger with the Session ID: Simple.

Sources: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/selinux/


Reminder that space does imply privacy. nostr:note19sge7qclx55fx5ewf8amr795rmuw00u73k6vesnhkaz3c94ha38swwsh35


Ordinals 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼


Yup


How profitable is this?


Hey If you want to deposit your assets in this device without a screen to verify what the hell is being signed and dependent on a mobile app to be able to function, go ahead do it yourself.


This device does not convince me.


it takes less than 3 mins

DO IT nostr:note1vcjkhfsqm38gt836snzyhqqe0u7hl2ulmu5uh65fehwwf8kenuyqfcktpe


Your daily reminder that U.S. Senators don’t care about your privacy

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-expands-coalition-of-banking-committee-support-for-bill-cracking-down-on-cryptos-use-in-money-laundering-drug-trafficking-sanctions-evasion nostr:note1v993sclz977r36c4k4jxwsnpdtsdsu38djfylhsqfufx93lkdhnspe262l


✅ It's official now. After more than 15 years on #Twitter, I'm finally leaving...

Thank you nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m for championing this protocol and supporting the devs. At first, I didn't quite understand #Nostr, but now that I do, I realize the watershed change that it will cause in the years ahead.

https://m.primal.net/HTKO.png


Big News!

After 2 months of development & decent cost,

We're ready to move forward with the alpha test of our Session bot software for the purpose of rejecting government infrastructure, DNS, routing, and therefore surveillance and censorship.  It automates Session messenger's encrypted onion-routed 1-on-1 chats, into a platform that any influencer can engage in free speech even under the harshest conditions.

At the completion of the alpha test (like a week) to get out bugs, we will then be open sourcing this to the community for free, for anyone to setup their own instance.

The pre-existing problem we seeked to solve is that Session's group chats linked it to a single public facing server, with a complex public key for new users, and required a visible IP/domain thus defeating the purpose.

Our Session bot automates incoming follower requests made to a “single word” username to a list, and then later the creator can send content out, one by one, similar to how an email list functions, but in this case onion-routed with no government DNS.   Consider this like “push notifications for Tor”, but even better than Tor onion domains, if your server’s location is discovered, then you can re-assign the Session ID via their blockchain DNS system to a new account and server, with your wallet kept in offline cold storage.  And thus your speech is completely separated from physical locations to defy oppressive adversaries and achieve freedom.

We believe that our new system for Session to replace Telegram, perfectly compliments Nostr’s replacement of Twitter.  As Nostr is on the clearweb, but makes it easy to share content.  While as using our Session bot protects not only (Session’s version of) relays, but also who their audience is.  So we encourage the use of BOTH together.

Join the alpha test by messaging the Session ID: Simple

Need help?  Message the ID: Support


Milei 👏🏼


Someone needs to buy that platform back


Welcome! 🙏🏼


Gm everyone! Thanks for the shoutout nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va ! #freeJulian


F*ck governments, tax laws, injustices, communist party, corruption, manipulation of the masses... damn humanity


Un UTXO (moneda) recibido en una wallet vía una transacción básica era "perseguida" por algún observador. En una segunda transacción esa moneda participó junto a otras para romper su rastro, dificultando el trazo a los perseguidores, ya que todas eran iguales. #coinjoin #Bitcoin

https://m.primal.net/HLct.mp4


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This is my new home now,
I never go back to Twitter again!