Avatar
Marinatin
20913d748e64bb87bec2b2c7f9da6a54daab74ab83efe5224988781358ec1732
Use the computer. Don't let the computer use you. There's a war going on. The battlefield is in the mind. And the prize is the soul. - Prince

Sentiments mutual. Been asking folks for over a year about how to solve for this and getting mostly naive responses re. black market existence and winning via memes. Or folks who don’t share same priorities or responsibilities with respect to family/community/church…so they’ll just skip town to ElSalvador. I believe Wyoming will be the last hold out. Already making moves to park assets, entities, trusts in that jurisdiction. Doing recon on second passports as well. Madeira is interesting because I love windsports but not very defendable (better have an offshore boat ready to roll). Have some context in Chile but not the most friendly jurisdiction. Staying put and hacking the system by using the legal and financial instruments typically only afforded to the ultra wealthy seems to be the only the way. I wish there was more energy and focus on making such solutions available to all bitcoiners because the majority who hold less than 1BTC are most likely gonna capitulate when the SHTF.

Some days I sorta wish a giant solar flare would send us back to an amish paradise.

Replying to Avatar .

IF YOU USE nostr:npub1n0stur7q092gyverzc2wfc00e8egkrdnnqq3alhv7p072u89m5es5mk6h0 YOU CAN SCROLL ANYONE’S FEED WITH ONE TAP

NOSTUR HAS UNIQUE FEATURES THAT GREATLY EXPANDS THE USER EXPERIENCE

It’s quite good. Your pro tips have no bounds

Read a lot of your stuff. It’s a steep learning/implementation curve even for someone who has some low level tech chops. Some constructive feedback from my many years of building custom homes. Folks don’t want to know how the house is built. They just want to know what color it is. I realize the thoroughness lends itself to credibility among the alpha geeks but most can’t afford to spend 40+ hours to deploy everything you’re throwing down. How can someone who like me that spends 60 hrs running a company just hand someone like you a pile of SATs to create a turnkey solution for my level of security/privacy requirements and ensure it’s always ahead of the curve?

I’ve only begun to recon on all the freedom tech. Ain’t the Pixel compromised at a hardware level? Same reason you wanna buy a Start9 box with the intel Mgt Engine disabling firmware?

Yes! Y’all see how important this is? nostr:note13xxnyeqa2kwxmrsy9vl4pvlqvx043etsuwu27gzpurkl26ey5z4qjw0lt5

Mullvad uses Gmail

The VPN company Mullvad mouths off “privacy is a right”, but deep down they really don’t give a shit. They don’t even bother to host their own emails for critical technical support, and point their MX email record to Google. (See attached image)

This is a potential privacy risk because many times people will not bother to use PGP and the technical support will ask for their account number. And you’re assuming the people who need VPN technical support even know how to use PGP, and they likely aren’t hiding their IP address because they need support. Often people may use their real email, so they don’t miss the reply on burners, and that leaks their name. Now Google, and therefore the government, know your mullvad account number…

From here, the government can sign in to Mullvad’s site as you, and see the timestamp of first sign-in on each device with the wireguard public key. Although Mullvad masks it will bullshit names, the government can sign-out of the device so when you re-sign in thinking it’s a random technical error, they now know which is which. This enables at a minimum, the identification of your other devices. Maybe you signed in at another location? For example your cellphone.

When you’re out using WiFi anonymously at a public location, the government signs you out of Mullvad. So then when you sign back in, they identify the public location traffic as you. If this is not enough, now the government knows which account to demand a court order for. What are you going to request technical support? Sounds like more info gathering.

Even if none of this is relevant to you. The basic fact remains that Mullvad is using primarily Google to talk to customers, and the customers aren’t even aware of it because it’s a vanity domain. I don’t think people realize just how difficult it is to avoid Google. It’s not voluntary dude, these companies are forcing me out to the fringe of society, to not have everything I’m doing piped into a company I so vehemently hate.

Google is literally paid by the US government to manipulate search results through their Jigsaw division and Moonshot CVE. They aren’t just doing ads dude, it’s a for-profit propaganda machine.

Other privacy influencers always recommend Mullvad, and for the most part I do agree with this for the “average joe”. But let’s keep it real here, if you check the servers, they use many of the same 3rd party providers. Mullvad, IVPN, and TorGuard all use M247 for New York and Los Angeles. So if you connected to LA Mullvad, then switch to LA IVPN, thinking you’re getting a “new identity” you’re not. It’s NSA passive surveillance on the size of data packets going in and out of places like M247 that reveal you, and NOT Mullvad backstabbing you.

Does using Gmail mean Mullvad is compromised? No! You’re twisting my words…

What I’m saying is that very few people genuinely care about privacy, and when you realize just how involuntary Google is, only then can you actually take steps to free yourself.

Is the point of this to smear Mullvad? Sort of. I want to create negative consequences for all companies that force Big Tech on us. All of them think they can cut costs because the public doesn’t care.

Well, I’m here today to say that I care. And even if I stand alone. Even if I’m shadow banned by search engines off the face of the earth. I stand my ground.

But I got a feeling I’m not alone. So if you spread this message, maybe… just maybe, we can get Mullvad to change.

Bummer. Been using em for years but it pretty much makes it impossible to operate so I end up shutting it off most of the time. I tried to use their browser as well but it wasn’t compatible with several apps for work. I need to re-up on all things opsec. Recommendations?

Let’s connect amigo. Shoot some shit and burn some meat.

Bro! We gotta talk. I’m deep in Meshtastic. Got a big idea stewing

Having serious analysis paralysis on this front. Been circling land deals like a vulture and waiting for an adjustment for years. Seems like we’re gonna see a melt up…new highs…rate cuts keep the fictitious realesate values pumping…then everything pukes 30-50%…print 20-50T …all asset prices go up in dollar terms. Boom goes the dynamite. Timing all of this is a real cluster.