
24 episodes

Closed Network Privacy Podcast Simon Walsh
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5.0 • 16 Ratings
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Privacy and security podcast focused on the everyday person and using simple tools and techniques to become a smaller target for online attacks. Learn to protect yourself using VPNs, DeGoogled phones, VPNs, TOR, end to end encrypted communications, and techniques to help become more private online. Visit the website for more information: https://closedntwrk.com
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Episode 24 - 'The Privacy Threesome' With The Hated One & Side Of Burritos
All Information Can Be Found At: https://closednetwork.io
The Hated One - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8
Side Of Burritos - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sideofburritos mastodon: https://sideofburritos.social/@josh
Join Us On Mastodon! - https://closednetwork.social
Thank You Patreon Supporters!
- Richard G.
Topics:
- General Banter - What current projects or research is piquing your interest right now?
- Privacy influencers and their speculation responsibility in the community
- Accepting sponsorship
- Selling products directly
- Affiliates and paid ad placements
- Business models and financing of projects to the topic on influence and responsibility?
- Is session safe to use with it being an Australian based company?
- Mobile devices
- TOR vulnerabilities and attack vector
- Q/A from listeners:
- Question from "the_tinkerer" to all: What made you guys walk the journey of privacy and security? Is there an incident that happened in our life or something that we saw / realized, an event, that led us to walk on the path of privacy & Security?
- Question from "tsugu" Question directed to THO, what is your opinion on the GNU Jami messenger, a very solid (also open source) cwtch alternative. It's peer to peer, supports every major feature of any mainstream messenger, and the account creation is anonymous as well.
Article References:
Apple Scanning?
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/21/tests-confirm-macos-finder-isnt-scanning-for-csam-images
Jeffrey Paul Article: https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/
Eclectic Company Article: https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/ -
Episode 23 - 'The Hated One' comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon
Closed Network Privacy Podcast - 'That Hated One" comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon
Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io
Thank You Patreons! - Richard G.
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Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org
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Join Our Mastodon server!
https://closednetwork.social
Support / Patreon / Donations:
https://closednetwork.io/support/
The Hated One - YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8Q
** Topics of discussion ***
- Mastodon and the future
- Predictions for communications in the future that embrace privacy and security
- Our utopia for mobile phone networks in the next 5 years
- Safing.io Feature Discussions - https://safing.io/features/
- Linux Tablets, can that be a thing? - Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pDpzNVnDw
- Simon talks about the Librem5, and his challenges for 2023 and what his personal goals are
- THO talks about Signal and protocol for his communications -
Episode 22 - Privacy Discussion With My Mom - Switched To GrapheneOS / Garmin / Nextcloud
Closed Network Privacy & Security Podcast
This week I sit down with my mom who has spent the last year transitioning away from using Apple iPhone / Apple Watch to using a Google Pixel 6 with GrapheneOS and a Garmin watch. She discusses her journey and challenges in her privacy adventure.
Topics We Discuss On This Episode: Privacy.com, Bitwarden, GrapheneOS, Garmin, Nextcloud, MySudo
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You can support the podcast and project on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetwork
Special Thanks To Our Patreons:
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Episode 21 - Conversation with Josh (Side Of Burritos) From YouTube
This episode I had the pleasure of hanging out with Josh from the (Side Of Burritos) YouTube channel. He has several videos on the De-Googled Android ROM - GrapheneOS.
Josh's Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/SideOfBurritos
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This podcast is possible because of our supporter / producers:
Patreon:
Richard G.
Bitcoin Donations:
Turquoise Panda
Bon
user420
fortydeux
liondigits
Follow Me On Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk
*** TOPICS ***
- Owning your own domain
- Self Hosting
- Privacy & Security, can you have one without the other?
- The future of crypto
- Privacy community attitude
- Cell Service / PGPP -
Episode 20 - Keeping a pulse and having a plan. It's cool & fun to be different.
For resources and support visit https://closednetwork.io
Matrix Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org
Matrix Off Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org
I mistakenly said "episode 21" I meant "Episode 20" ... My Bad.
Entering a season where we will be spending time with friends and family, let's talk about Privacy & Security.
** This episode is a bit of a ramble brain dump.
It's hard not to talk about politics when it comes to "Privacy" related matters.
A war on centralized services and content moderation.
Turkey's New Disinformation Law Spells Trouble For Free Expression
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/turkeys-new-disinformation-law-spells-trouble-free-expression
- Visited Guadalajara for a week. - why they all use Whats App - Still using plans limited by minutes and texts.
- Tested INVISIV PGPP out of the country
- Tested Silent Link out of the Country
- Twitter Drama - Why Mastodon?
- BTCPayServer.PodServer/v0.1.0 (PodServer allows you to self-host your podcast and earn sats via the Podcasting 2.0 features. ⚡️
Enjoy censorship resistance: You are in control of the feed and files! 💪
v0.1.0 is the initial release 🥳
Please test, report issues and send feedback!)
https://github.com/dennisreimann/btcpayserver/releases/tag/BTCPayServer.PodServer%2Fv0.1.0 -
Episode 19 - Malicious Apps - Note Taking - Ente.io - Photo Management & Fitness Tracking
For all resources and support please visit https://closednetwork.io Follow on Twitter @ClosedNtwrk
Facebook logins compromised from 400 identified apps across Google Play & Apple App Store - https://about.fb.com/news/2022/10/protecting-people-from-malicious-account-compromise-apps/
Note Taking Applications: Standard Notes, Joplin, Skiff, Nextcloud, Logseq (Currently Apple Only)
Photo Management: I've been using Ente (https://ente.io) for the last couple of weeks and it has been a great solution to sync photos out of Apple and be available for desktop and to access from my Google Pixel 6 Pro running GrapheneOS.
Self Hosted - Photo Prism (Web based solution that runs on your own server) - https://photoprism.app/
Fitness Tracking Apps I will be evaluating - List here: https://medevel.com/12-android-sport-apps-that-respect-your-privacy/
I'm currently using Garmin Connect with my GrpaheneOS Pixel 6 Pro in conjunction with the Garmin Instinct Tactical and Garmin Epix Gen2
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Customer Reviews
Outstanding Podcast
Recently discovered this extremely informative podcast - Please keep up the great work!
Great episode with Side of Burritos!
Informative and knowledgeable host and guest!
I’ve learned so much!
Thank you for making this podcast. It’s the first one I listen to when a new episode comes out. I’ve learned so much about privacy and security and just switched to GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6. Thank you!