Closed Network Privacy Podcast
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Episode 12 - Collab with "The Hated One" YouTube Personality
21 maart 2022 · 3 uur 4 min
I had the pleasure of speaking with "The Hated One" the popular YouTube personality that has been making videos for several years about privacy, mass surveillance and geo political issues. In this episode we cover the following topics: Lees meer
- Why privacy matters
- Paying for privacy
- Privacy optimism
- Challenges of self hosting
- The Hated One's peer-to-peer Utopia
- Being an activist, getting involved at the political level
- Signal / Mobile questions - Graphene OS & Calyx OS
- Nextcloud
- The Hated One's Youtube challenges
Please visit The Hated One -- YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHatedOne
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Episode 11 - Security Tips - Apps I Use - 2FA - TOTP
9 maart 2022 · 57 min
In a time where there are more attacks than ever on your digital accounts, it's important to know how to protect yourself against malware, phising attacks, and SIM highjacking. This threat can be greatly reduced by using 2FA or two-factor authentication. Lees meer
Twitter 2FA text service was secretly helping governments locate people, obtain call logs
https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/09/twitter-2fa-text-privacy/
900 Missouri residents who ‘snitched’ on lockdown rule-breakers fear retaliation after details leaked online.
Some people are now concerned that they will face consequences for ‘snitching’ on coronavirus rulebreakers in St Louis County, Missouri.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-missouri-lockdown-breakers-details-online-st-louis-county-a9497271.html
## Privacy Respecting Applications I Use
**Note Taking - Standard Notes**
https://standardnotes.com
**Web Browsers - Firefox, Brave Browser & TOR**
FireFox Extensions:
uBlock Origin - Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
Bypass Paywalls Clean - Bypass Paywalls of (custom) news sites
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-clean/
HTTPS Everywhere - Encrypt the web! HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension to protect your communications by enabling HTTPS encryption automatically on sites that are known to support it, even when you type URLs or follow links that omit the https: prefix
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/
**VPN (Virtual Private Network) Applications**
Proton VPN
https://protonvpn.com
iVPN
https://www.ivpn.net
Mac OS - Texting Using Google Messages on CalyxOS / Texty (Paid App via Apple)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/texty-for-google-messages/id1538996043?mt=12
**Chat & Communication Tools**
Signal - Requires Phone Number
https://signal.org
Session - Doesn't Require Phone Number
https://getsession…
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Episode 10 - Digital Sovereignty With Bitcoin & Self Hosting
23 februari 2022 · 50 min
- Why it is important to be vigilant about your digital logins and who has access to them. Lees meer
- Relationships that don't end well, business relationships and disgruntled friends or family membe
- How to setup your own self hosting server and why
- Don't be intimidated to run a server. It's easier than you may think.
- Rasberry Pi
- Power adapter
- SD Card
- 4 TB external portable HD
- SD Card USB dongle to flash Umbrel onto - https://getumbrel.com/
- Benefits of running a full bitcoin node
- When you run a Bitcoin node, you bolster security and enhance your privacy. Also, running a node enables you to prove that nobody manipulates the network or changes the rules.
- Creating transactions with your Bitcoin node can enhance security by eliminating or reducing the need to expose private keys.
- What's more, running a Bitcoin node enables you to complete and broadcast transactions from it, thereby avoiding services that can compromise personal information. A node eliminates the use of a block explorer in verifying a transaction status. A block explorer allows a third party to track transaction history while linking it to an IP address. Thus, it can leak physical location details, Bitcoin balance, and financial counterparties. Running a Bitcoin node can help you avoid such issues.
Key Senators Have Voted For The Anti-Encryption EARN IT Act
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/key-senators-have-voted-anti-encryption-earn-it-act
- Join The Self Hosting Blog Matrix Server -
Download the "Element App" - https://element.io/get-started#download
Self Hosting Blog Matrix Server - https://matrix.to/#/#theselfhostingblog:matrix.org
Way You Can Support The Podcast -
Direct Donations and tips on our support page
https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Follow Me On Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk
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Episode 9 - Data Privacy Day - Privacy RUNDOWN
28 januari 2022 · 50 min
Data Privacy Day - January 28, 2022 Lees meer
Browsing Safely - TOR, Brave Browser with TOR, Ublock Origin, Privacy Badger
Using a VPN to secure traffic on public networks - iVPN, Proton VPN are wha tI use
Password Manager - Yes, I will continue talking about them - I use Bitwarden
Encrypted Communications - Signal, Threema, Session, Matrix
Cloud Server - Nextcloud Server - Let's talk about this -
Simple Login / MySudo - email aliases, phone number and text
Email - ProtonMail / Tutanota
Notes - Standard Notes - Skiff.org
Use two factor authentication - Authy - Bitwarden - Yubikey
Way You Can Support The Podcast -
Direct Donations and tips on our support page
https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Follow Me On Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk
Download a Podcast 2.0 app. We recommend Breez or Fountain. You can load them up with Bitcoin / Sats and stream sats to the podcast.
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Leave a review for the podcast, you can do this by visiting https://www.closedntwrk.com/reviews/
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A Bug in iOS 15 Is Leaking User Browsing Activity in Real Time
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/safari-and-ios-bug-reveals-your-browsing-activity-and-id-in-real-time/
Pegasus attacks in El Salvador: spyware used to target journalists and activists
https://www.accessnow.org/pegasus-el-salvador-spyware-targets-journalists/
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Episode 8 - Data Breaches & Privacy - Pixel Pro & 6 - NON KYC BTC -
21 januari 2022 · 1 uur 52 min
Topics - Lees meer
- Apple Wallet and Personal Data Storage
- Public Health will start gathering Canadians' cellphone location data
- Canadian Surveillance Concerns
- NON KYC Bitcoin
Way You Can Support The Podcast -
Direct Donations and tips on our support page
https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Download a Podcast 2.0 app. We recommend Breez or Fountain. You can load them up with Bitcoin / Sats and stream sats to the podcast.
https://podcastindex.org/apps - NEWPODCASTAPPS.COM
Leave a review for the podcast, you can do this by visiting https://www.closedntwrk.com/reviews/
Reviews are greatly appreciated and of course share the podcast with friends or family
Great blog with self hosting articles and guides
https://theselfhostingblog.com/
KYC / AML Bitcoin Options
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1483247933877223424?s=20
New sensitive breach: "ShockGore", a site for sharing graphic content of gore and animal cruelty was breached in Aug 2020. Data included email, IP, unsalted SHA1 hashes and private messages, many asking for depraved material. 36% already in @haveibeenpwned
https://haveibeenpwned.com
Tweet Reference - https://twitter.com/haveibeenpwned/status/1483955633045258240?s=20
Opinion: It’s dangerously stupid to put your state ID in your Apple Wallet
- https://thenextweb.com/news/dangerously-stupid-state-id-in-your-apple-wallet
Public Health will start gathering Canadians' cellphone location data
- https://www.rebelnews.com/public_health_will_start_gathering_canadians_cell_phone_location_data
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Episode 7 - The State Of Internet Censorship - Mobile Updates & News
15 januari 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
Mobile Phone Update, Censorship - TOR & Decentralization Lees meer
Way You Can Support The Podcast -
Direct Donations and tips on our support page
https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Download a Podcast 2.0 app. We recommend Breez or Fountain. You can load them up with Bitcoin / Sats and stream sats to the podcast.
https://podcastindex.org/apps - NEWPODCASTAPPS.COM
Leave a review for the podcast, you can do this by visiting https://www.closedntwrk.com/reviews/
Reviews are greatly appreciated and of course share the podcast with friends or family.
Topics:
- CalyxOS & GrapheneOS - Profiles on device to Compartmentalize different profiles and separate app data from each other.
- Russia is actively trying to stop access to TOR. They've restricted access to the TOR project website and ISPs are trying blocking access. There is a call to help by setting up TOR relays, bridges and exit nodes.
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-ratchets-internet-crackdown-block-104416983.html
Breaking News: Twitter is Censoring News Of The Ghislaine Maxwell Trial?!
@TrackerTrial - Suspended
@NancyTracker - Suspende
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jdJxMoGizI
A lot of people getting kicked off twitter and moving to GETTR - what you should know before downloading GETTR
https://talkliberation.substack.com/p/gettr-app-report
- Self Hosting Guides
https://theselfhostingblog.com/
-- EFF and the state of NY
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/standing-privacy-new-york-state
Data Broker companies are selling location data even when the user has opted out of consent to sell location information.
Article Reference:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgmqz/huq-location-data-opt-out-no-consent
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-builds-tool-stop-spread-revenge-porn-rcna7231
DarkFi - https://dark.fi/manifesto.html
This manifesto I discovered from - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhb6v1TXQJw&ab_channel=NaomiBrockwell
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Episode 6 - Let's Talk Privacy, Mobile Phones and Bitcoin
1 december 2021 · 1 uur 51 min
Join us for a laid back conversation with my brother Michael. We discuss mobile phones, Linux, privacy and of course Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Kick back and relax and hangout while we have some pointed conversations around Michael's experience using CalyxOS on a Google Pixel 4 XL and his journey to a more private digital life. Lees meer
Donations and support are appreciated - https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Follow me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk
If you want to purchase Bitcoin we recommend Strike - (not a referral link) - https://strike.me/en/
Register an anonymous eSIM and pay for it with Crypto - https://silent.link/
Podcast References:
US education software company exposed personal data of 1.2M students -
https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/22/smarterselect-exposed-millions-student-data/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACvzO1YSdT3sDyR-K2P4OupoYD5B5rHHdXsJoF_QM931lQfqAHSJ72YpbY-SUGLWwj1luidAu30iHO-nxQ-VQYaUuvQFJifGZHaLpQI2Td3_ceUPdo1n_79Y8rhTeCwNsAfKnsH6jcuyIL1rPsuzFvASkoH2Gooc70otTYhbRfkR
U.S. lawmakers call for privacy legislation after Reuters report on Amazon lobbying -
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-call-privacy-legislation-after-reuters-report-amazon-lobbying-2021-11-22/
Chat control: The latest EU plans to outlaw encryption and introduce telecommunications surveillance -
https://mailbox.org/en/post/chat-control-the-latest-eu-plans-to-outlaw-encryption-and-introduce-telecommunications-surveillance?nl
This Software Could be Spying on NYC Students - https://www.nyclu.org/en/news/software-could-be-spying-nyc-students
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Episode 5 - Privacy & Compartmentalization - Using Aliases / Mobile Phone separation
21 november 2021 · 56 min
- Separation of personal identity from other identities online. These are referred to as pseudonyms or Nyms. It is important to create different online Nyms to protect your personal identity and reduce your attack vectors. Create different accounts to use for social media, online shopping profiles (Use Privacy.com for purchases) and any other web service or streaming service accounts. YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE YOUR REAL NAME. I want everyone to get into the habit of using garbage info. You can easily keep track of all these accounts inside your Password manager, I suggest using KeypassXC or Bitwarden for a cloud password manager. Lees meer
- Using VPNs can greatly reduce your tracking vector and increase surveillance from your ISP
- Create separate email accounts or at a minimum eamil aliases for these Nyms. The next step would also be to have separate names and associating phone numbers.
- Phone number sources:
- MySudo
- Google Voice
- Twilio - Mike Bazzel link - https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2021/10/15/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-238/
- Email Services:
- Simple Login - https://simplelogin.io/
- Protonamil - Create aliases - https://protonmail.com/
- Tutanota Email - aliases - https://protonmail.com/
- MySudo (can also handle phone numbers) - https://mysudo.com/
Leave a review at the website - Also blogs are being posts - https://closedntwrk.com
Consider Donations to FOSS Applications and Projects:
- Donated to Signal (tax deductible) - https://signal.org/en/donate/
- Became a CalyxOS Sustainer - 5g unlimited data hotspot (750 a year, 236 dollars was tax deductible
New Developments:
- I'm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ClosedNtwrk
Ted Talk - Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk
Email Services I use:
Tutanota - https://tutanota.com/
Proton Mail - https://protonmail.com/
Farady Bags I use - They Accept Crypto - https://godarkbags.com/
Calyx Institute - https://calyxinstitute.org/
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Episode 4 - Surveillance Capitalism - Why & How To Protect Your Data - Nextcloud
13 november 2021 · 48 min
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In this episode we discuss the reasons of why to protect your data including your personal cloud files. We discuss different open source and paid alternatives to store your most precious files, photos, contacts and more. Privacy is not inherent with the internet, the more you can control and manage the more your digital life becomes sovereign.
Donate to the podcast - https://www.closedntwrk.com/support/
Podcast Resources
Zero Knowledge Services where you have the keys, they don't but if you lose the keys you lose your data.
- Tresorit - https://tresorit.com/
- Mega - https://mega.io/
- Icedrive - https://icedrive.net/
- Pcloud - https://www.pcloud.com/
- Proton Drive - https://protonmail.com/blog/proton-drive-early-access/
What Closed Ntwrk uses - Nextcloud - https://nextcloud.com/
Encrypt your files with the open source application call "Cryptomator" https://cryptomator.org/
Editorial resources referenced in the podcast regarding Apple users paying a premium for flights and hotels:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18595347
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/
https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/mac-users-higher-hotel-prices-orbitz/story?id=16650014
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Episode 3 - Practical Steps To Be More Private And Secure
23 oktober 2021 · 41 min
In this episode I talk about some very simple and practical applications and techniques to start safeguarding your personal information. These can be implemented on day 1 of your privacy journey. Lees meer
I discuss the following:
- Securing purchasing transactions with the use of https://privacy.com
- Implementing "sudo" profiles with virtual phone numbers, email and text using https://mysudo.com
- Using an email aliasing tool called Simple Login to avoid the spam train after signing up for services - https://simplelogin.io
- Setting up a password manager to manage all your logins to websites so that you never use the same password on more than one website. I talk briefly about KeyPass and 1Password but I'm currently using Bitwarden because you can self host it if you desire. - https://bitwarden.com
I also discovered a great podcast on the same topic called "Opt Out" and I have been really enjoying it so I wanted to share that as well. - https://www.optoutpod.com
I have no affiliation with any of the services I have mentioned. This is purely my opinion and I may change in the future and if I do I will be sure to discuss that on the podcast.
Feel free to reach out to me via our website at https://closedntwrk.com
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Episode 2 - iPhone to de-Googled Phones - GrapheneOS
12 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
In this episode I have a conversation with my brother about his journey switching from an iPhone to a Google Pixel running a de-Googled operating system called GrapheneOS. We discuss the challenges and new found excitement for unplugging from the corporate marketing engine. We touch on the switch to Linux from Mac OS and what is holding us both back for certain use cases. Lees meer
For more information visit https://closedntwrk.com
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Episode 1 - Podcast Introduction - Privacy, Security, Mobile Devices and Your Identity
4 februari 2021 · 19 min
Hello, my name is Simon and this is my first podcast on privacy and security. My goal is to cover a lot in a short episode on what types of topics I will be covering so you will know if this is the type of podcast you will be interested in. If you want to know more about how to protect your data and your identity then come along for the first bumpy road of this journey with me. Lees meer