Closed Network Privacy Podcast Simon Walsh

Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Let's Talk About V4V - NOSTR - Podcasting 2.0

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In this episode I check in with my brother Michael on his 2 year privacy journey thus far using GrapheneOS on his Pixel phones as well as Linux as his primary laptop operating system



Roku Wants to Use Home Screen for New Types of Ads to Customers While Also Improving Content Discovery

https://thestreamable.com/news/roku-wants-to-use-home-screen-to-new-types-of-ads-to-customers-while-also-improving-content-discovery



FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/fcc-fines-carriers-200-million-for-illegally-sharing-user-location/

Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Let's Talk About V4V - NOSTR - Podcasting 2.0

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Samourai Wallet Developers Arrested

The founders of the bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet were arrested on April 24. According to the indictment, they were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to operate unlicensed money-transmitting business offenses and face up to 25 years for the alleged crimes.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/24/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/



US House passes FISA Section 702 reauthorization bill (Due to expire April 19)

The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act reauthorizes Section 702 for two years, through April 2026. The ACLU and its partners will work until then to ensure that Congress is finally able to address the severe and long-standing constitutional problems with this authority.



FBI Alert Number: I-042524-PSA

April 25, 2024

Alert on Cryptocurrency Money Services Businesses

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2024/PSA240425



Phoenix Wallet to be removed from US app store after Samourai crackdown (April 26)

Phoenix Wallet, a non-custodial Bitcoin lightning wallet, has announced that it’s being removed from US-based app stores and encouraged users to make sure to empty their wallets.

https://cryptonews.net/news/security/28927230/



ZKSNACKS IS NOW BLOCKING U.S. RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS

Saturday, April 27th 2024—Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.

https://wasabiwallet.io/



Saturday, April 27th 2024—Effective immediately and until further notice, zkSNACKs is now blocking U.S. citizens and residents from visiting its websites, downloading and using Wasabi Wallet and any related products and services, including APIs and RPC interfaces.

Consensys Sues SEC Over ‘Unlawful Seizure Of Authority’ Over Ethereum. (April 25)

By offering their MetaMask wallet software, the SEC says Consensys is acting as an unregistered securities broker.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/25/consensys-sues-sec-over-unlawful-seizure-of-authority-over-ethereum/

🚨MASSIVE BRREAKING: The State of Oklahoma, with an 81-1 vote in Favor, Passes a Bill To Protect Your Fundamental #Bitcoin rights out of the State House.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oklahoma-leads-us-with-groundbreaking-bitcoin-rights-bill/ar-BB1k9yj8

https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1783946973122605455

Section 702 - AKA THE PATRIOT ACT 2.0

A quick breakdown of the recent renewal of FISA 702, and the implications it has on the civil rights of American citizens.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal

Closed Network podcast Episode 33 - Be A Superfreak - Signature Reduction - Delete OneSelf



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Facebook Gives Netflix Access to Texts; Google Deletes Incognito Data | Vantage with Palki Sharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-_Td1Eekg



SELF HOSTING



My experiment with StartOS by Start9 Labs

- Setup SimpleX Server now accessing via over TOR

- Setup NOSTR relay that now is backing up all my notes over TOR

-Setup Nextcloud Server



My Shopping experience thus far with https://anonshop.app



Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal



https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/



🐬 Government wants to ban Flipper Zero



TLDR: The Canadian government has proposed a ban on Flipper Zero because it claims the device is being used to steal cars.

Stop the Absurd Ban of Flipper Zero in Canada

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-absurd-ban-of-flipper-zero-in-canada?ref=blog.flipper.net



If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google



https://mashable.com/article/google-ordered-to-hand-over-viewer-data-privacy-concerns



Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker

https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/



Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal



https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/



Inside Grindr's plan to squeeze its users



https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-monetization-paid-taps/



How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them

Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.



https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/this-device-can-update-new-iphones-while-theyre-still-in-the-box/



Sse "Just Delete Me"

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A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.

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The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change



https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/white-house-wrong-section-702-needs-drastic-change

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Looks like we are losing Gabriel Custodiet - Waatchmen Privacy.



New kid on the block - Ray (The Lockdown Podcast) - https://lockdown.media



We are considering setting up Discourse for a community forum. MAybe keep Mastodon? Maybe ditch it? What are your thoughts?



New FAVORITE FOSS App - LocalSend -



Now is the time to start learning how to manage your networks and your data.



US v. Apple: everything you need to know - https://www.theverge.com/24107581/doj-v-apple-antitrust-monoply-news-updates



EU committees approve ban on anonymous crypto transactions via hosted wallets - https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-enacts-ban-on-anonymous-crypto-transactions-via-self-custody-wallets



Apple, Google stocks jump on reported talks of iPhone/Gemini AI partnership - https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/apple-google-ai-gemini-partnership



GrapheneOS - Screenshot editing using the Apps > Markup tool >

Image editor from the stock Pixel OS. App isnt' available through Play Store so GOS provides a mirror to offer a safe place to obtain it witih the automatic updates.



Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.WNY6.1fEAGvGKLlWF&smid=url-share



FORBES - Google Update Shows How Bard AI May Work With Your Messages App

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/?sh=4b8ff2637a94



BBC - Apple says UK could 'secretly veto' global privacy tools

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68128177



ADGUARD - How mobile carriers make money off your data behind your back

https://adguard.com/en/blog/mobile-tracking-verizon-tmobile.html



Unpatchable security flaw in Apple Silicon Macs breaks encryption - https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/22/unpatchable-security-flaw-mac/

Closed Network podcast Episode 30 - Your Data & The Third Party Doctrine

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- GrapheneOS adds Android Auto Support



- Discussion on the Ethos of Closed Network Podcast and community



- Reflecting over 2023 - Why so long since last show, and the Closed Network Open Bar Hangouts



- 2024 Plans and goals for sustainability and less reliance on external services:

- streaming

- cloud services, data, email, communications

- communications education, mesh radio, mesh internet etc



- Why My Push To Self Host Everything or as much as I possibly Can





My Current Setup:



- Nextcloud for contacts, and calendars. I sync with my Pixel 7 Pro running GrapheneOS using DavX. Photos are backed up to Nextcloud and I use ente.io as a safety backup.

- Bitwarden for my password manager

- VPNS: Mullvad (paid wtih Monero and 10% discount), iVPN.net & Proton VPN (though I don't use much they are slow)

- Media Server: CasaOS running on Ubuntu Server with JellyFin and Plex Docker images

- Bitcoin node running on Umbrel also running Dojo Ronin Server for my Samourai wallet running on older Pixel with no service.



We will be moving Mastodon server from VPS to hosted locally to save money and have more storage



Massive network upgrade that I will be discussing. I'll be using a combination of PfSense and UniFi equipment from Ubiquity. (I'll explain)

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4th Amendment & Third Party Doctrine -

Key issue the court had was the third party doctrine and how it impacts 4th amendment.

Unites States v Miller, 1976 - A person has no reasonable expectation of privacy as it relates to banking and bank records.

The third-party doctrine says there is no expectation of privacy in information voluntarily provided to others.

On June 22, 2018, as the 2017-18 term wound down, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Carpenter v. U.S.[1] The Court held, 5-4, that when the police obtain cell site location information (CSLI) about a person's cell phone usage, that action constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.

https://www.radford.edu/content/cj-bulletin/home/august--2018--vol--3--no--2-/carpenter-v--u-s----obtaining-extensive-cell-site-location-data-.html#:~:text=On%20June%2022%2C%202018%2C%20as,search%20under%20the%20Fourth%20Amendment.



Where We Go from Here: The Third-Party Doctrine and Location Tracking After Carpenter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVD9PEiY0o



Example of Google using actual data to act on customers Google and Fi account



Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-csam-account-blocked

Framework discloses data breach after accountant gets phished

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/framework-discloses-data-breach-after-accountant-gets-phished/



Apple knew AirDrop users could be identified and tracked as early as 2019, researchers say

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/12/tech/china-apple-airdrop-user-encryption-vulnerability-hnk-intl/index.html



How to create strong passwords you’ll actually remember

https://proton.me/blog/create-remember-strong-passwords



The Feds can see your notifications:

https://youtu.be/vg9ETJkeaTE?si=HYuU__w8

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Michael Bazzell - Irish Exit

https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2023/11/20/my-irish-exit/



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