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Episode 17 – Masked Purchase Strategy, Own Your Domain, iOS VPN Leaks & More

Correction on Tornado CashTornado Cash was a DeFi app for mixing Ethereum. I said on the previous episode that it was for Bitcoin but I want to be clear that it was being used for Ethereum mixing. Essentially the system worked using smart contracts to send and receive ethereum.When you deposit your funds, it issues…

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Episode 16 – GrapheneOS – PGPP – IMSI – Privacy – New Tools – New Website – Tornado Cash

Episode 16 catches us up to the newest changes for Closed Network. New website, new domain but same great taste! Website – https://closednetwork.io Closed Network Private Search – Searx – Closedsearch.io / search.closednetwork.io New Matrix room for listeners to link up:  https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.org Store will be coming online in September – Need to setup a new BTC…

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Take Control Of Online Purchases and Subscriptions

How to make online purchases shielding your identity from potential scams and sites that have data leaks. I recently discussed this as well as a few other topics on Episode 3 of the podcast. I felt that it If you have been looking for a way to reduce your exposure to the leak or breach…

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Episode 15 – With “The Hated One – Donations vs. Sponsor, Mobile OS Security, Bitcoin, Listener Questions & More

This episode is a collaborative podcast with the YouTube Personality “The Hated One”. This is our third episode together and we discuss sponsored content versus listener supported, Graphene OS is the most secure phone OS, Bitcoin & the challenges of Blockchain, listener feedback and the challenge of decentralized services. Come along for the conversation! –…

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Episode 14 – Mobile Phone Update – Proton Buys Simple Login – Utah Privacy Legislation

Mobile Phone Update – Back to using GrapheneOS. Challenges in self hosting, ProtonMail Buys SimpleLogin. Facebook users angry after accounts locked for no reason https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60959811 Utah To Become The Fourth State to Pass Privacy Legislatio https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/utah-to-become-the-fourth-state-to-pass-5622298/ ProtonMail Buys SimpleLogin https://fossbytes.com/protonmail-buys-simplelogin/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/08/proton-buys-simplelogin/ – vanceD comes to a close For Those Looking For VanceD Download https://ufile.io/k3t0bspo  …

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Episode 13 – Threat Modeling, Hacking Tails and Peer-to-Peer Decentralization / W The Hated One

Closed Ntwrk and The Hated One meet again for another podcast episode! We discus Cwtch, Briar, threat models, and Tails. Subscribe to The Hated One on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8Q Ways 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…

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Episode 12 – Collab with “The Hated One” YouTube Personality

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: – Why privacy matters – Paying for privacy – Privacy optimism  – Challenges of self hosting –…

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Episode 11 – Security Tips – Apps I Use – 2FA – TOTP

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. Twitter 2FA text service was secretly helping governments locate people, obtain call logs https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/09/twitter-2fa-text-privacy/…

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Episode 10 – Digital Sovereignty With Bitcoin & Self Hosting

– Why it is important to be vigilant about your digital logins and who has access to them. – Relationships that don’t end well, business relationships and disgruntled friends or family member – How to setup your own self hosting server and why – Don’t be intimidated to run a server. It’s easier than you…

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Episode 9 – Data Privacy Day – Privacy RUNDOWN

Data Privacy Day – January 28, 2022 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,…

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