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OpenVPN and WireGuard are two protocol choices you have when using most commercial VPNs. WireGuard is faster but there are some trade-offs you should understand. This article goes over the basics between them and which protocol is better for your situation: simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-protocols-which-one-sho…

Some will curse me out for discussing decentralization and freedom. I am NOT saying the average person should be concerned with CIA spying. What I’m saying is that one should promote decentralized internet infrastructures that empower the individual over corrupt institutions, even though this threat model likely does not apply...

There is a difference between an encrypted hard-drive and the sudo password for your Linux user. Sometimes the difference or purpose between these can be unclear to a new user. This article discusses the basics of some key concepts for security and privacy: simplifiedprivacy.com/how-an-encrypted-hard-drive…

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Your data is YOUR data!...

It’s becoming more and more popular for websites (including Google & others) to demand you SMS text verify to use the service. This can be a huge drag on privacy. This article goes over a few services you can pay some tiny amount of cryptocurrency to get a burner SMS text number just for this purpose, including tips on which...

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cross-posted from: monero.town/post/422188...

Google is among the most pervasive and corrupt tools of the empire to suppress freedom and promote endless war and money printing for Wall Street. As Julian Assange points out, Google gets lucrative military cloud contracts, then turns around puts the regime’s pro-war propaganda on the front page. This article’s data on the...

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in collaboration with Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It aims to eliminate data collection and provide user-centric browsing services, ensuring online activity remains private and secure. The browser has the same fingerprinting protection as the Tor Browser, but...

Please be aware when you’re on Tor that you’re not invincible. There are many ways things can go wrong, this article highlights a few key ones and gives you some solutions:...

Microsoft Propaganda has indoctrinated young children into believing that pressing control alt delete to restart their failed operating system is a normal part of the human experience. This article discusses the clear speed and economic benefits of switching to Linux: simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-has-speed-economic-be…

From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook’s spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you’re not even on the platform: simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platf…

This has a bunch of open source apps that work on degoogled androids that will dramatically improve the quality of your experience: simplifiedprivacy.com/7-awesome-open-source-phone…

Back in late 2021 somebody in a Monero discord channel suggested to me to create a TUI for the popular TradeOgre exchange. I figured since I used TradeOgre so much and would like a terminal way to place buy orders, sell orders, watch tickers, trading history etc, that I would write a small TUI for TradeOgre. The first release...

This article presents a mix of examples, some in which Big Tech just abuses the customer’s lack of knowledge, but in other cases Big Tech acts illegally....

Not only is it legal, it’s much more common than you’d think. Companies charge different prices based on your browser fingerprint....

Some Bitcoin hodlers will say, “Who cares about privacy? Isn’t Monero just for criminals?”...

Many in the crypto and privacy community mistakenly trust Telegram because it’s “end to end encrypted”, but there are huge issues including not hiding the metadata, censorship, centralization, and phone numbers....

You can do all the privacy measures in the world, but if the people you talk to are using spyware then it’s all out the window. (literally Windows, get it?)...