Episode
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Show Notes
Wondering how global surveillance could realistically work, or how VPNs can play a role in your privacy? This episode, we’re sitting down with Smuggler to chat about global surveillance, a realistic look at VPNs (and Tor!), and his journey as a cypherpunk.
More about Smuggler:
- Smuggler’s guest profile – Smuggler
- Cypherpunk Bitstream Podcast – https://taz0.org/bitstream/
- Smuggler’s blog – https://opaque.link/
- Smuggler’s paper on global surveillance – https://opaque.link/post/2011-06-16-global-spying/
Smuggler’s recommended tools to Opt Out:
- Cash
- Glasses and mask for physical privacy
- Face-to-face meetings
- Shipping containers as a Faraday cage
- Voice masking technology
This week’s project to help you Opt Out - Whoogle:
- Github – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
- My instance: https://search.sethforprivacy.com
- My instance on Tor: http://nuifgsnbb2mcyza74o7illtqmuaqbwu4flam3cdmsrnudwcmkqur37qd.onion
- Setting it as your primary search instance – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#set-whoogle-as-your-primary-search-engine
Opt Out’s Sponsors:
- Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet – https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
- LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero – https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
- IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider – https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn
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