24 episodes

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

Closed Network Privacy Podcast Simon Walsh

    • Technology
    • 5.0 • 16 Ratings

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

    Episode 24 - 'The Privacy Threesome' With The Hated One & Side Of Burritos

    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/

    • 3 hr 1 min
    Episode 23 - 'The Hated One' comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon

    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.



    Join Our Matrix Channels!

    Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org

    Off Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org



    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

    • 2 hr 10 min
    Episode 22 - Privacy Discussion With My Mom - Switched To GrapheneOS / Garmin / Nextcloud

    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

    Visit https://closednetwork.io for all ways to interact with the community!

    Join Our Mastodon - https://closednetwork.social/about

    Join Our Matrix Main Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org

    Join Our Matrix Off-Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org

    Follow ClosedNetwork on Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk

    You can support the podcast and project on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetwork

    Special Thanks To Our Patreons:


    Richard G.

    • 1 hr 33 min
    Episode 21 - Conversation with Josh (Side Of Burritos) From YouTube

    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

    Join Our Matrix Server: https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org

    Join Our Matrix Off Topic Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.org

    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 

    • 2 hr 28 min
    Episode 20 - Keeping a pulse and having a plan. It's cool & fun to be different.

    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

    • 50 min
    Episode 19 - Malicious Apps - Note Taking - Ente.io - Photo Management & Fitness Tracking

    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

    Join our Matrix Server: https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org

    • 57 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

Store of Value ,

Outstanding Podcast

Recently discovered this extremely informative podcast - Please keep up the great work!

bfechhh ,

Great episode with Side of Burritos!

Informative and knowledgeable host and guest!

linuxcrypt ,

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!

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