Podd: Closed Network Privacy Podcast

Episode 45 - From The Woods - Reclaim Your Media

28 april 2025 | 47 min

Episode 44 - Signal Me Br0

3 april 2025 | 87 min

Episode 43 - Spy Network Rising: Why Apple, the FBI, and the UK Want Your Keys

27 februari 2025 | 96 min

Episode 42 - DeepSeek AI OH MY

2 februari 2025 | 83 min

Episode 41 - GrapheneOS Setup, 2025 Goals, KOSA, & More

8 januari 2025 | 79 min

Episode 40 - ANOM for Me But Not For Thee

1 december 2024 | 108 min

Episode 39 - Conversation With The Hated One - AI, GrapheneOS, Brax Phone, The Future

15 oktober 2024 | 222 min

Episode 38 - Protocols not Platforms - NOSTR, BTC, SimpleX

27 september 2024 | 111 min

Episode 37 - Collect It All, So We Can Know It All

14 augusti 2024 | 94 min

Closed Network podcast Episode 37 -Surveillance, KYC, Data Breaches and Shennanigans

* * * Show Notes Click Here! - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-37-collect-it-all-so-we-can-know-it-all/106

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Thomas Drake - NSA Whistleblower

Exposing the NSA’s Mass Surveillance of Americans | Cyberwar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVm62oEyWA

News:

- Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are “Categorically” Unconstitutional

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-finds-geofence-warrants-are-categorically-unconstitutional

Continued fallout from Snowflake hack - The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/12/2024-in-data-breaches-1-billion-stolen-records-and-rising/?guccounter=1

Google Breaks Promise to Block Third-Party Cookies

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/google-breaks-promise-block-third-party-cookies

Switching from Windows to Linux

https://ente.io/articles/switch-to-linux/

IT'S FOSS !

Open source tools to boost your productivity

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/11/a-not-quite-definitive-guide-to-open-source-alternative-software/

RockYou2024: 10 billion passwords leaked in the largest compilation of all time

https://cybernews.com/security/rockyou2024-largest-password-compilation-leak/

F*ck FireFox

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5871895/mozilla-firefox-goes-anti-privacy-pro-advertising

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/128.0/releasenotes/

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

https://stackdiary.com/signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-downplays-encryption-key-flaw-fixes-it-after-x-drama/

GrapheneOS Duress PIN/Password

https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

ChatGPT for Mac app flaw left users' chat history exposed

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/chatgpt-mac-app-flaw-left-users-history-exposed/

Windows Recall Remains Insecure, Researcher Says; Google Developing Similar Feature

Latest Windows Recall preview remains vulnerable to cyberattacks, researcher says; Google plans similar feature for Pixel 9 devices.

https://thecyberexpress.com/windows-recall-preview-remains-insecure/

Telecom Act Partially Notified: Govt to Get More Powers to Intercept and Stop Messages

https://thewire.in/government/telecom-act-notified-partially-govt-to-get-more-powers-to-intercept-and-stop-messages

On a brand new installation of Kali Linux, you can find the RockYou password list under: /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt.gz

To extract this list: gzip -d rockyou.txt.gz

When the file is finished extracting, we should end up with: rockyou.txt

https://www.sevenlayers.com/index.php/202-pentesting-101-passwords-and-wordlists

Episode 36 - MODPOD - Moderators Guest Show

1 juli 2024 | 147 min

Episode 35 - Chat control - Privacy Health Check - Show me ID

20 juni 2024 | 97 min

Episode 34 - Michael's 2 Year Privacy Journey with GrapheneOS, Linux, Tactics & Banter

30 april 2024 | 112 min

Episode 33 -Samourai Wallet Arrests, Section 702 & Privacy Impacts

27 april 2024 | 90 min

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

* * * Show Notes Click Here! - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-33-samourai-wallet-arrests-section-702-privacy-impacts/75

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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/the-patriot-act-2-0

Episode 32 - Be A Superfreak

8 april 2024 | 90 min

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"

JustDeleteMe

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

https://justdeleteme.xyz

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

Episode 31 - Identity Redacted - Own Your Networks & Data

25 mars 2024 | 94 min

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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/

Episode 30 - No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy - Third Party Doctrine

16 januari 2024 | 85 min

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__w8Y6Ljpj8v

Wi-Fi hacking like Mr. Robot:

https://youtu.be/TZcgvi_KRvY?si=cGY6dVyJDHZrSxXy

Episode 29 - Matt Hill w/ Start9 - Not Your Server, Not Your Data

6 december 2023 | 123 min

Episode 28 - Conversation With a Millenial & Zoomer About GrapheneOS

20 november 2023 | 99 min

Episode 27 - Agency of Technology - Become a Hacker

21 september 2023 | 66 min

Agency Of Technology - Become A Hacker

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Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’

https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-privacy-meeting/

Car Companies: Stop Your Huge Data Collection Programs - " Add your name to ask car companies to stop collecting, sharing and selling our very personal information. "

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/car-companies-stop-your-huge-data-collection-programs-en/

T-Mobile users say other people’s account information is appearing in their app

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23881825/t-mobile-account-security-breach-customer-information-leak

MULLVAD VPN

We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/9/20/we-have-successfully-completed-our-migration-to-ram-only-vpn-infrastructure/

THREEMA USERS

Threema for iOS: Chat on the Computer Without a Connection to the Smartphone

https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/ios-new-desktop-md

Why self host?

You're data can never be sold.

You never know what "privacy" company you are relying on now decides to sell.

Google has only got to the behemoth that they are because they have acquired business. Same with Apple.

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow

The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4

The Hacktivist, Award Winning Short Film Documentary:

Celebrity hacker Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang first clashed with US tech giant Microsoft for teaching others how to modify the Xbox. Almost 20 years later, he is suing the US government to push for the right to use and own technology, all while creating hackable hardware with other tech superstars like whistleblower Edward Snowden and firmware hacker Sean Cross.

Bunnie is convinced that, “If you can’t hack what you have, you don’t own it.” This documentary tinkers with the hacker’s mind on issues around transparency and privacy in the hardware world, all while Bunnie dismantles his childhood, his philosophy, and his controversy.

Precursor

Mobile, Open Hardware, RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) Development Kit

https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921

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

Opening Sound Clip: - Lee Tien - Senior Staff Attorney - EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Episode 26 - Amazon Anon Shopping - TOR - Security - UK Privacy -

13 juli 2023 | 56 min

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VirtualBox

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WHONIX

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Shop Amazon Anonymously with Anonshop

https://anonshop.app/

Request "Off the Record"

https://brave.com/privacy-updates/26-request-off-the-record/

Security versus Privacy with your laptops / computers:

If you're running Linux, it is important to realize you really need to secure your system yourself, it is not as secure a Mac or Windows out of the box.

With any installation of Linux consider installing and configuring the following:

- App Armor ( https://apparmor.net/ )

- Clam AV Antivirus - ( https://www.clamav.net/ ) Cross Platform

- Firejail Security Sandbox ( https://firejail.wordpress.com/ ) open applications like FireFox in a sandboxed environment

Null Byte has an older but still great tutorial on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQo9PEdVuIw

How to Lock Down Your Ubuntu Through App Hardening & Sandboxing

Full Tutorial: https://nulb.app/x4bl0

Google: All your content are belong to us

ON JULY 4, 2023 BY

https://elizabethtai.com/2023/07/04/google-all-your-content-are-belong-to-us/

Signal on encryption

https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@JamesBaker/110661123573401526

Britain is writing the playbook for dictators

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/

Damian Collins

Damian Noel Thomas Collins OBE (born 4 February 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as a junior Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between July and October 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament

Episode 25 - This is informative and unfortunate - GrapheneOS convo w/ The Hated One

31 maj 2023 | 146 min

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

27 januari 2023 | 181 min

Episode 23 - 'The Hated One' comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon

11 januari 2023 | 131 min

Episode 22 - Privacy Discussion With My Mom - Switched To GrapheneOS / Garmin / Nextcloud

3 januari 2023 | 94 min

Episode 21 - Conversation with Josh (Side Of Burritos) From YouTube

13 november 2022 | 149 min

Episode 20 - Keeping a pulse and having a plan. It's cool & fun to be different.

9 november 2022 | 50 min

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

12 oktober 2022 | 58 min

Episode 18 - INVISIV PGPP + GrapheneOS + MySudo = Most Private Phone? - Ente.io - Self Hosting & More

23 september 2022 | 52 min

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

1 september 2022 | 63 min

Full Notes & Episodes At: https://closednetwork.io/podcast/episode-17-masked-purchase-strategy-own-your-domain-ios-vpn-leaks-more/

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Correction on Tornado Cash

Tornado 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 a receipt to withdraw the same amount. It breaks the chain of ownership or anonymize your funds by breaking the connection to the original wallet.

So because the US Treasury has sanctioned the use of Tornado Cash then anyone who has received any ethereum could be sanctioned. But Tornado Cash is still functioning because it runs on the block-chain and is accessible via IPFS network. IPFS is a peer-to-peer (p2p) storage network. Content is accessible through peers located anywhere in the world, that might relay information, store it, or do both. IPFS knows how to find what you ask for using its content address rather than its location.

These three principles build upon each other to enable the IPFS ecosystem. Let's start with content addressing and the unique identification of content.

Mental Outlaw Breakdown Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gaqhF-wrQ

GrapheneOS Update - Upgraded to Android 13

Benefits of owning your own domain

- Less likely to be blacklisted from using email for services

- You own your domain and can always move your email to any other service

- You can create custom email addresses for friends and family

- It's cool AF

Matrix Chat Room Topics:

- PGPP / GrapheneOS

- Anon / Sudo Anon Purchasing Options

- Contact Management / Protonmail - Doesn't encrypt the contact data during upload, could impact your social graph association

 iOS Leaks data even when using a VPN

- Originally Reported by ProtonMail - https://protonvpn.com/blog/apple-ios-vulnerability-disclosure/

- Ongoing Research - Michael Horowitz - https://www.michaelhorowitz.com/VPNs.on.iOS.are.scam.php

Reset your password now! Plex suffers data breach

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/08/reset-your-password-now-plex-suffers-data-breach#:~:text=In%20an%20email%20sent%20to,including%20emails%20and%20encrypted%20passwordsLast Pass Data Breach

https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/08/notice-of-recent-security-incident/

No signs of encrypted vaults seem to be impacted. Hackers did get access to source code. Use open source applications whenever possible.

Leaked Docs Show Spyware Firm Offering iOS, Android Hacking Services for $8 Million

https://www.securityweek.com/leaked-docs-show-spyware-firm-offering-ios-android-hacking-services-8-million#:~:text=Home%20%E2%80%BA%20Cyberwarfare-,Leaked%20Docs%20Show%20Spyware%20Firm%20Offering%20iOS,Hacking%20Services%20for%20%248%20Million&text=Leaked%20documents%20appear%20to%20show,million%20

The Session Tapes: - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxenNetwork

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

16 augusti 2022 | 62 min

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 Pay Server

!! Patreon Launched !! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetwork

Follow Me On Twitter - https://twitter.com/closedntwrk

I'm trying out a new privacy service called "PGPP by INVISV. - https://invisv.com/articles/pretty-good-phone-privacy.html

New Privacy Products

- INVISV - PGPP

What Is Pretty Good Phone Privacy?

Mobile Network Privacy: Mobile Pro and Mobile Core

Pretty Good Phone Privacy (PGPP) is a fundamentally new type of service that gives you private mobile connectivity. In traditional mobile networks, you are identifiable by your IMSI, a permanent, globally unique identifier that is stored in your SIM card and sent to mobile towers when your phone is on. Because your IMSI never changes, and your phone connects to towers based on location and signal strength, mobile networks can track who you are and where you are located at all times. Because of this, the IMSI leaves an indelible location history, which has been used by mobile providers and numerous others, for virtually every person on the planet. IMSIs are also targeted and captured by third-party attackers using devices known as IMSI catchers, also known as Stingrays, to track a user’s presence and activity in a given location.

Because the IMSI number is tied to the SIM and used during communication with cell towers, it can also be used to track the movements of the user. In that case, the cell towers’ location is used to triangulate your position.

Theoretical experiment I"m going to try.

Purchase a used Pixel with crypto or cash

Register Silent Link eSIM - paid in BTC (after running through Whirlpool)

Install PGPP - register with a prepaid debit card in cash after it's been sitting for 3-6 months.

Alternatively, one might be able to use a Mint SIM - bought in cash at a Best Buy, and topped up with prepaid cash debit cards.

In The News:

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac.
Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-single-flaw-broke-every-layer-of-security-in-macos/

US Treasury bans Tornado Cash mixer for role in crypto money laundering
The Treasury cited the mixer’s links to global money laundering and cybercrime
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/8/23296778/us-treasury-tornado-cash-crypto-mixer-sanctions-ethereum-north-korea

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

14 april 2022 | 216 min

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

11 april 2022 | 55 min

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

5 april 2022 | 189 min

Episode 12 - Collab with "The Hated One" YouTube Personality

21 mars 2022 | 184 min

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

9 mars 2022 | 57 min

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/

900 Missouri residents who ‘snitched’ on lockdown rule-breakers fear retaliation after details leaked online.

Some people are now concerned that they will face consequences for ‘snitching’ on coronavirus rulebreakers in St Louis County, Missouri.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-missouri-lockdown-breakers-details-online-st-louis-county-a9497271.html

## Privacy Respecting Applications I Use

**Note Taking - Standard Notes**

https://standardnotes.com

**Web Browsers - Firefox, Brave Browser & TOR**

FireFox Extensions:

uBlock Origin - Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Bypass Paywalls Clean - Bypass Paywalls of (custom) news sites

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywalls-clean/

HTTPS Everywhere - Encrypt the web! HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension to protect your communications by enabling HTTPS encryption automatically on sites that are known to support it, even when you type URLs or follow links that omit the https: prefix

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/

**VPN (Virtual Private Network) Applications**

Proton VPN

https://protonvpn.com

iVPN

https://www.ivpn.net

Mac OS - Texting Using Google Messages on CalyxOS / Texty (Paid App via Apple)

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/texty-for-google-messages/id1538996043?mt=12

**Chat & Communication Tools**

Signal - Requires Phone Number

https://signal.org

Session - Doesn't Require Phone Number

https://getsession.org

**

2FA / TOTP (Time-based one-time password)**

- Bitwarden

The Bitwarden Authenticator is an alternative solution to dedicated authentication apps like Authy, which you can use to verify your identity for websites and apps that use Two-step Login. The Bitwarden Authenticator generates 6-digit Time-based One-time Passwords (TOTPs) using SHA-1 and rotates them every 30 seconds.

https://bitwarden.com/help/authenticator-keys/

Authy - Google Authenticator (I recommend not using them)

Aegis - Available in the Fdroid Store

https://getaegis.app

**Email Service Providers**

-Lavabit

https://lavabit.com

-ProtonMail

https://protonmail.com

-Tutanota

https://tutanota.com

Ways You Can Support The Podcast -

Direct Donations and tips on our support page

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Download a Podcast 2.0 app. We recommend Breez or Fountain. You can load them up with Bitcoin / Sats and stream sats to the podcast.

https://podcastindex.org/apps - NEWPODCASTAPPS.COM

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Episode 10 - Digital Sovereignty With Bitcoin & Self Hosting

23 februari 2022 | 50 min

- 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 membe

- How to setup your own self hosting server and why

- Don't be intimidated to run a server. It's easier than you may think.

- Rasberry Pi

- Power adapter

- SD Card

- 4 TB external portable HD

- SD Card USB dongle to flash Umbrel onto - https://getumbrel.com/

- Benefits of running a full bitcoin node

- When you run a Bitcoin node, you bolster security and enhance your privacy. Also, running a node enables you to prove that nobody manipulates the network or changes the rules.

- Creating transactions with your Bitcoin node can enhance security by eliminating or reducing the need to expose private keys.

- What's more, running a Bitcoin node enables you to complete and broadcast transactions from it, thereby avoiding services that can compromise personal information. A node eliminates the use of a block explorer in verifying a transaction status. A block explorer allows a third party to track transaction history while linking it to an IP address. Thus, it can leak physical location details, Bitcoin balance, and financial counterparties. Running a Bitcoin node can help you avoid such issues.

Key Senators Have Voted For The Anti-Encryption EARN IT Act

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/key-senators-have-voted-anti-encryption-earn-it-act

- Join The Self Hosting Blog Matrix Server -

Download the "Element App" - https://element.io/get-started#download

Self Hosting Blog Matrix Server - https://matrix.to/#/#theselfhostingblog:matrix.org

Way 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 app. We recommend Breez or Fountain. You can load them up with Bitcoin / Sats and stream sats to the podcast.

https://podcastindex.org/apps - NEWPODCASTAPPS.COM

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Reviews are greatly appreciated and of course share the podcast with friends or family

Episode 9 - Data Privacy Day - Privacy RUNDOWN

28 januari 2022 | 50 min

Episode 8 - Data Breaches & Privacy - Pixel Pro & 6 - NON KYC BTC -

21 januari 2022 | 112 min

Episode 7 - The State Of Internet Censorship - Mobile Updates & News

15 januari 2022 | 75 min

Episode 6 - Let's Talk Privacy, Mobile Phones and Bitcoin

1 december 2021 | 111 min

Episode 5 - Privacy & Compartmentalization - Using Aliases / Mobile Phone separation

21 november 2021 | 56 min

- Separation of personal identity from other identities online. These are referred to as pseudonyms or Nyms. It is important to create different online Nyms to protect your personal identity and reduce your attack vectors. Create different accounts to use for social media, online shopping profiles (Use Privacy.com for purchases) and any other web service or streaming service accounts. YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE YOUR REAL NAME. I want everyone to get into the habit of using garbage info. You can easily keep track of all these accounts inside your Password manager, I suggest using KeypassXC or Bitwarden for a cloud password manager.

- Using VPNs can greatly reduce your tracking vector and increase surveillance from your ISP

- Create separate email accounts or at a minimum eamil aliases for these Nyms. The next step would also be to have separate names and associating phone numbers.

- Phone number sources:

- MySudo

- Google Voice

- Twilio - Mike Bazzel link - https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2021/10/15/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-238/

- Email Services:

- Simple Login - https://simplelogin.io/

- Protonamil - Create aliases - https://protonmail.com/

- Tutanota Email - aliases - https://protonmail.com/

- MySudo (can also handle phone numbers) - https://mysudo.com/

Leave a review at the website - Also blogs are being posts - https://closedntwrk.com

Consider Donations to FOSS Applications and Projects:

- Donated to Signal (tax deductible) - https://signal.org/en/donate/

- Became a CalyxOS Sustainer - 5g unlimited data hotspot (750 a year, 236 dollars was tax deductible

New Developments:

- I'm on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ClosedNtwrk

Ted Talk - Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk

Email Services I use:

Tutanota - https://tutanota.com/

Proton Mail - https://protonmail.com/

Farady Bags I use - They Accept Crypto - https://godarkbags.com/

Calyx Institute - https://calyxinstitute.org/

Podcast 2.0 apps - https://podcastindex.org/apps

Episode 4 - Surveillance Capitalism - Why & How To Protect Your Data - Nextcloud

12 november 2021 | 48 min

Episode 3 - Practical Steps To Be More Private And Secure

23 oktober 2021 | 41 min

Episode 2 - iPhone to de-Googled Phones - GrapheneOS

12 oktober 2021 | 71 min

Episode 1 - Podcast Introduction - Privacy, Security, Mobile Devices and Your Identity

4 februari 2021 | 19 min

Closed Network Privacy Podcast

Privacy and security podcast focused on the everyday person and using simple tools and techniques to become a smaller target for online attacks.

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Episode 45 - From The Woods - Reclaim Your Media

Episode 44 - Signal Me Br0

Episode 43 - Spy Network Rising: Why Apple, the FBI, and the UK Want Your Keys

Episode 42 - DeepSeek AI OH MY

Episode 41 - GrapheneOS Setup, 2025 Goals, KOSA, & More

Episode 40 - ANOM for Me But Not For Thee

Episode 39 - Conversation With The Hated One - AI, GrapheneOS, Brax Phone, The Future

Episode 38 - Protocols not Platforms - NOSTR, BTC, SimpleX

Episode 37 - Collect It All, So We Can Know It All

Episode 36 - MODPOD - Moderators Guest Show

Episode 35 - Chat control - Privacy Health Check - Show me ID

Episode 34 - Michael's 2 Year Privacy Journey with GrapheneOS, Linux, Tactics & Banter

Episode 33 -Samourai Wallet Arrests, Section 702 & Privacy Impacts

Episode 32 - Be A Superfreak

Episode 31 - Identity Redacted - Own Your Networks & Data

Episode 30 - No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy - Third Party Doctrine

Episode 29 - Matt Hill w/ Start9 - Not Your Server, Not Your Data

Episode 28 - Conversation With a Millenial & Zoomer About GrapheneOS

Episode 27 - Agency of Technology - Become a Hacker

Episode 26 - Amazon Anon Shopping - TOR - Security - UK Privacy -

Episode 25 - This is informative and unfortunate - GrapheneOS convo w/ The Hated One

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

Episode 23 - 'The Hated One' comes back for a fireside & bourbon conversation with Simon

Episode 22 - Privacy Discussion With My Mom - Switched To GrapheneOS / Garmin / Nextcloud

Episode 21 - Conversation with Josh (Side Of Burritos) From YouTube

Episode 20 - Keeping a pulse and having a plan. It's cool & fun to be different.

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

Episode 18 - INVISIV PGPP + GrapheneOS + MySudo = Most Private Phone? - Ente.io - Self Hosting & More

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

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

What Is Pretty Good Phone Privacy?

Mobile Network Privacy: Mobile Pro and Mobile Core

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable. https://www.wired.com/story/a-single-flaw-broke-every-layer-of-security-in-macos/

US Treasury bans Tornado Cash mixer for role in crypto money laundering The Treasury cited the mixer’s links to global money laundering and cybercrime https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/8/23296778/us-treasury-tornado-cash-crypto-mixer-sanctions-ethereum-north-korea

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

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

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

Episode 12 - Collab with "The Hated One" YouTube Personality

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

Episode 10 - Digital Sovereignty With Bitcoin & Self Hosting

Episode 9 - Data Privacy Day - Privacy RUNDOWN

Episode 8 - Data Breaches & Privacy - Pixel Pro & 6 - NON KYC BTC -

Episode 7 - The State Of Internet Censorship - Mobile Updates & News

Episode 6 - Let's Talk Privacy, Mobile Phones and Bitcoin

Episode 5 - Privacy & Compartmentalization - Using Aliases / Mobile Phone separation

Episode 4 - Surveillance Capitalism - Why & How To Protect Your Data - Nextcloud

Episode 3 - Practical Steps To Be More Private And Secure

Episode 2 - iPhone to de-Googled Phones - GrapheneOS

Episode 1 - Podcast Introduction - Privacy, Security, Mobile Devices and Your Identity

A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac.
Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-single-flaw-broke-every-layer-of-security-in-macos/

US Treasury bans Tornado Cash mixer for role in crypto money laundering
The Treasury cited the mixer’s links to global money laundering and cybercrime
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/8/23296778/us-treasury-tornado-cash-crypto-mixer-sanctions-ethereum-north-korea