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Veteran educator bouncing around the globe. Here to learn and share about pedagogy, languages, privacy, and more. Current clients: Ditto, YakiHonne, moStard XMR: 831oE9hBRNqQ6UShFdH8CYAZhqJq8t9WcPxoNbPbgQRnZeFNkfu7iNeiCyQFRFhASDBhgdcGbT2KV5FtyMqMCwX9TjrWhiq #education #linguistics #culture #travel #privacy

For the more technically inclined, I'm trying to help someone answer the following questions but don't quite know all of the technical details to help provide a nuanced response:

While Tails loaded and used from a USB drive provides solid privacy, neither leaking data when connected over Tor nor leaving a trace on the machine in question, what would the security risks be of running Ubuntu or Mint off of a USB drive and connecting to WiFi with a VPN and/or Tor enabled?

Assuming that the person using the latter strategy doesn't save any data to the USB drive and can secure the drive itself, would there be any major risk to that strategy for day-to-day operations?

The person in question's threat model does not include nation-state actors. The person simply wants to gain a bit more privacy when connecting to work laptops or public machines when out and about.

#privacy #security #opsec nostr:npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6

That just sounds like intermittent fasting! I've followed a similar protocol off and on over the years. These days, I'm doing something called OMAD (One Meal a Day). Many proponents think it's fairly healthy. For me, it cuts down on excessive snacking during the day and forces me to choose slightly healthier meals in the evenings.

#health #fasting #intermittentfasting #OMAD

This is your daily reminder that most modern cars will track you and sell your data to brokers, governments, and others.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/car-makers-shouldnt-be-selling-our-driving-history-data-brokers-and-insurance

#privacy

Gm/Ga/Ge/Gn, nostriches!

It's #coffeechain time, wherever you are in the world! Pull up a seat, grab a cup, and enjoy.

Is #Primal down? I keep getting 522 errors.

Reason #1239812123 not to depend on mainstream communication apps.

Consider Signal, SimpleX chat, and Session instead!

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For all of us in the fiat mines, this sounds like a dream. Someday...

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I just stumbled upon nostr:npub1363a4dc5nl3j2rquwc06nlhhmjn3jnmquck06r3td6dampaw6m5s9nqjkt via the global feed, and it looks like a pretty sleek mobile client for both iOS and Android. The theme song they've got playing on their website is admittedly rather catchy too!

Anyone tried it out yet?

Looking at the proposal on abolition of the Department of Education, that sounds like a brilliant plan:

"Project 2025 recommends abolishing the Department of Education, whose programs would be either transferred to other government agencies, or terminated. Basic research would only be funded if it suits conservative principles."

I'm less keen on politicizing research, but the general principle of minimizing government spending on all of this is great. Let the states, towns, or even individual families work together to arrange a better model. Perhaps, we'll see a huge push towards homeschooling or even community microschools. That would be a big win for our learners.

#education #learning #schools #uspolitics

Fellow nostriches, how many of you are on a (nearly?) full Bitcoin standard?

Alternatively, when you hear 'living on a Bitcoin standard', what does that look like in your day-to-day life?

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What Nostr client would allow me to reposition my banner?

#asknostr

Would you recommend any particular guides to normies (such as myself), who have never done this procedure before?

#asknostr #techstr

#education #learning #reading #books #bookstr #library

Look, I'm not some advanced-level Bitcoin guy, but a small part of me is skeptical about the new Ginger wallet.

Are we that innovative that we're launching something new right away to protect our privacy, even if it's "just a fork"? Or could this be a honeypot? How closely has the community scrutinized the code?

Please prove me wrong!

#Bitcoin #privacy #paranoia

This is why we need to protect our content with keys and encryption, not the promises of good morals and ethics of Big Brother.

#technology #freedomtech #privacy

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