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 #asknostr
Did anyone succeeded using on android the bitwarden app with start9 vaultwarden?

In Tor browser it works, but in the BitwardenApp,  it says "Connection failure"

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 It is. I want to use it over tor. In theory it shall work with orbot with the app, but does not. 
 Is this true? Curious for any creatures making money to chime in. 

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 Usually creatures make free content, and exclusive content for paywall. Or free content + ad revenue. At least this is what you can see in most places. Or even the combination of these. 
 #asknostr
If you use vaultwarden, have you been able to setup the bitwarden with it via tor?

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 Thanks! Did you need to do anything special to make it work with orbot? For me it does not seem to work with orbot.

I also had to do some tweeking to make it work via Tor on PC. 
 Did you have issues installing a cert on your phone for it? 
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 What's the best password manager out there? 

#askNostr 
 Or host your own with vaultwarden, which is compatible with the bitwarden apps, but your server stores your passwords. 
 If a VPN claims it is super secure and private, then why the option to pay with bitcoin to β€œpro... 
 Security and privacy is not the same.

You can use VPNs for privacy reasons, and in such case, it makes sense if you pay in a private way.

Otherwise you leak personal data to your VPN providers. And if you want to stay private, it is better to stay private even in front of your VPN provider. Better providers allows it. 
 Alternative Login Idea:
User name + 3-5 personal questions

Answers to the questions would be concatenated and hashed, and tested against a "valid" hash.

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 Any opinions?
#asknostr
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 Choose your hard 
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 2 weeks and no one claimed it. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
nostr:nevent1qqsrwvtw8vj97d9gjkdxn47ws8ng666cmwj3ef8... 
 How you doin' Stu? 
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 I can also make my money worth more by destroying it πŸ˜„
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 You mean shrinking supply? 
 Warren Buffett is right that Bitcoin itself doesn't produce anything

It does something far more ... 
 So funny, how one can be right, but still so wrong. 
 Hmmm. Actually, it is beautiful.

Your money worth more, when you produce more. 

If you stop producing more, your money stops to worth more. 
 By holding your country's currency, you are supporting your government. This means if they go into war, you support war. If they kill people, you support killing people.

By holding your country's currency, you are accepting the ToS of that money. That means you give your consent to your government to issue new fresh currency, and making the currency at your hand worth less, or worthless.

GM! β˜•οΈ

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 By holding your country's currency, you consent that your country can take from your money any time, any amount. 
 GA! β˜•οΈ
#grownostr #nostr #plebchain
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 If something is a default behavior, it does not make it the right behaviour. Also it does not make it political or non-political.

If something is default it does not describe the behaviour itself. 
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 The #Nostr #Manifesto 🟣

we are not harvesting #attention

we are not mining your #data

we ar... 
 On nostr, your data can also be mined, you can also be tracked etc.

So don't take this as granted. 
 code is a way to materialize your thoughts 
 Code is law.
Code is thoughts.
Code is art. 
 Code is free speech. 
 Random Daily Tip (RDT)
You do not have to support the infinite war machine.

#nostr #grownostr #plebchain #rdt 
 Which app stores do you use? Why?

#asknostr #nostr #plebchain #grownostr 
 So aurora to find, and obtanium to update? What is the disadvantage of aurora auto updates? 
 GM! β˜•οΈ
#GrapheneOS #asknostr
What are your opinions on the following?

1️⃣ Use separate profiles
Because apps can communicate via IPCs, without your permission, it makes sense to make profiles for different apps, so they cannot communicate.

2️⃣ Owner profile to only install
If you only use the owner profile to only install the apps even play store apps, but you use these apps in other profiles, they won't be able to communicate with playstore and with the google services

Downside: you won't be able to use in-app purchases, you have to use many apps.

Upside: you only have to manage apps in one profile.

Would you change, remove or add anything?

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain


From links:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9909-profile-question
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/12611-best-practices-google-play-and-profiles 
 I guess it depends on the price you are willing to pay for a unit of privacy. 
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 After installing #GrapheneOS I am again astonished how... ugly... everything looks on Android! St... 
 Maybe a solution could be using a bank app that supports nfc payments. That could work on Graphene. 
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 Is Alby account required when self-hosting Alby Hub?

#asknostr 
 Weird, because their website says you don't have to. You need it to use an alby lightning address with your node, but not mandatory. Or if you use their cloud to host. But haven't tried, so only RTFM 
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 From the end users perspective, eCash has the same tradeoffs as custodial lightning, you are givi... 
 And also you don't know what modified version of cashu they are using... 
 The keyword is "your own machine".

I guess this is enough if you are uncle jim, you know your code, and other's know you, trust you. 

But proving code on other machines would be a cool feature! Like proving websites running a certain service version. But that can also be a good target for osint. Hmm. 
 Which docs do you suggest to read to come to this conclusion? 
 Thanks! πŸ’œ 
 #asknostr
What is your lightning wallet strategy and why?

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 Keep your Privacy!
NextCloud: Store your own data.
Bitcoin: Store your own money.
Nostr: Store your own social media.

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 You can host your own nextcloud instance. I think Start9 has nextcloud in their appstore.

By storing your own data instead of using proprietary cloud like google, they can't harvest your data. Anything you upload to such a cloud can be used by them as per their end user license agreement. 
 You can install plugins, apps, that can replicate google products. Haven't tried to make an email server yet, so not sure about that. 
 Docs works. I also saw companies hosting their own cloud with nextcloud. 
 How cool would it be, that everyone had their own servers? 

They would just save everything on them owning their own data fully without being a programmer of some sort. 

From social media, through their money, until their photos, home videos, and everything.

Start9 is getting there!

Let's make this normal.

Let's make having a server with a nostr relay, lightning node, nextcloud on your private server The Thing. The usualy business.

Like having a social media app on your phone, or having a camera in your phone.

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain 
 βœ…οΈ Day 109 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/25/15 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 15 x 7 (Flat bent leg raises)
1 min break in between.

#postr (Push ups and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays)
#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #100aDayUntil100k 
 #bloomtober πŸ€™πŸŒΈ 
 Value >> growth

Growing nostr is awesome. But shall it be the main target?

#nostr #plebchain 
 Good morning! β˜•οΈ

Make this day awesome, and bloom 🌸

#grownostr #nostr 
 AlbyHub or LnBits?

#asknostr #nostr 
 βœ…οΈ Day 107 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/25/15 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 10 x 10 (Flat bent leg raises)
1 min break in between.

βœ…οΈ Day 108 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/25/15 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 10 x 10 (Flat knee raises)
1 min break in between.

#postr (Push ups and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays)
#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #100aDayUntil100k 
 Best lightning node in da cloud? Why?

#asknostr 
 Thank you, onwards. 🫑 
 Is this better or renting a server and pull up a core lightning on it in your opinion? 
 Thanks!

As I see AlbyHub only provides the lightning address, if you use their accounts, which means they can see the payments going through the address.

Is it possible to use your own domain?

With LnBits, you can also make lightning addresses, and you can even use your own domain for it. 
 Anytime a new follow list or relay list or profile metadata note is sitned, relays should delete ... 
 Counter argument to store last 2-3. Some apps can nuke your follow list.
#nukening

Otherwise, makes sense 🫑 
 You are the reason you are where you are.

In other words, you get the things at the price you deserve.

I think you can think this as something negative, or can understand this as take responsibility for your life.

GN πŸŒƒ
#nostr #grownostr 
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 I am not even a tech person, and remember 20 years ago using ip addresses to see who was reading ... 
 Don't you have the same, by sharing an image on x, where your server hosts the image? 
 βœ…οΈ Day 105 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/20/20 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 50/50 (Flat knee raises)
1 min break in between.

βœ…οΈ Day 106 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/20/20 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 50/50 (Flat knee raises)
1 min break in between.

#postr (Push ups and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays)
#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #100aDayUntil100k 
 Every mobile OS shall work like GrapheneOS. Without fuckin' elevated privilege for non-sense.

It is so fucking annoying, when your phone tries to force you to turn on the microphone for a photo.

I mean, I shall be able to make videos even without microphone if I want. It is my phone. It don't need audio, why shall I turn that thing on.

#grownostr #nostr #gos #grapheneos 
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 🀣 not your key.... πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ 
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 "To protect you[...]"  ... πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

NGMI 
 Come on, be more broadminded. BlackRock did not earn enough money with your money. You can go without your money for a few more month. Even BlackRock people needs enough money to put food on the table.  πŸ˜‚ 
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 So. In the end my sister went there, clicked the wifi button on the router and MamaGrinder is hap... 
 This is usual. Don't ever expect to be diffetent. PV! πŸ˜…πŸ‘ŒπŸ€™πŸ’œ 
 I think this is just it-illiteracy. Completely harmless, annoying, but family. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ 
 Be aware that small steps towards self-sovereignty now, can mean the world later.

Onwards!

#grownostr #nostr 
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 I think this every time someone admonishes me for not paying any attention to the news. 

nostr:n... 
 GM! β˜•οΈ

Your attention or your money?

#grownostr #nostr
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 Seems small, but huge!

#nostr #grownostr #foss
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 βœ…οΈ Day 103 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/25/20/20 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 50/50 (Flat knee raises)
1 min break in between.

βœ…οΈ Day 104 of #100pushups

Push ups: 10/25/23/15/25/2 (Full push ups)
Leg raise: 50/50 (Flat knee raises)
1 min break in between.

#postr (Push ups and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays)
#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #100aDayUntil100k 
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 What's more important in a man's character, strength or kindness ?

#AskNostr  
 Self-reflection πŸ˜‚ 
 Gm πŸΈπŸ«‚ 
 GfM β˜•οΈπŸ» 
 What is your choice of password management?
1️⃣ Bitwarden
2️⃣ Vaultwarden
3️⃣ Keepass

Why?

#asknostr #nostr 
 What features are not available using the vaultwarden backend? 
 Why you might want to opt out from data collection?

1️⃣ Advertising
Advertising companies are middlemans, collecting data on users, to advertise to them their companies ads. They lock in users by having many companies, and lock in companies by having many users with advertisement profiles.

The more data is collected, the better your profile, easier to sell you things you don't need.

Usually these companies are offering free services in return for showing you ads. But the main issue is, they are earning money by selling you stuff, instead of making their free service better.

That is why, in most cases, after companies get big enough, and unexitable by locking their private and business customers in, they can start to decrease or just don't improve the quality of their service.

In such a case, they are only incentivized to milk you more, because where could you go?

2️⃣ Used against you
Your search history may reveal interesting things about you, when you search for something you did not understand, and by grabbing it out of context, it can be used against you.

E.g.: your bag beeps on an airport, and you look for, what these detectors beep for. Then voilΓ‘, grabbing this out of context, why did you look for this info? Do you want to carry something that could beep?

We can even hear stories, where you can get into trouble only by being connected to other bad people. E.g. buying a second hand phone, that was used by a criminal before. (Of course bad is from the perspective of people in control. This definition can also easily change. For the better or worse)

3️⃣ Stolen 
Colleced data can also be stolen. If 1-1 company stores huge amount of information about you, it even makes it easier, because only they have to be hacked.

Stolen data can be used for identity theft (e.g.: applying for loan and make bad credit for the stolen identity), credit card copying. So basically to stole money with it.

4️⃣ Control you
Data collection is the basis of surveillance and control. If lot of your data is collected, it will be easier to predict your behaviour with a bigger accuracy. Therefore, it will be easier to control you.

#datacollection #personaldata #data #plebchain #grownostr #nostr 
 #privacy #nostr
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