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And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall...

it is not a reserve if they are dumping it, which is what all countries seem to do with confiscations.

Interesting that there are those who believe US justice is unfair and crooked when it comes to Trump but then suddenly fair and legit for Biden.

How many criminals has Trump helped and will help?

Compare the facts:

Miami businessman Philip Esformes was convicted in one of the largest healthcare fraud cases in U.S. history, involving over $1 billion in fraudulent Medicare claims. In December 2020, President Donald Trump commuted his 20-year sentence.

There is another family you did not list....stealing from charity for example.

You get freedom at the price you deserve.

There is also a GrapheneOS channel on SimpleX Chat so Telegram not needed.

Sounds like you have already formed and solidified your opinion, not sure why you are asking for input.

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I'm curious, how does it make you feel to know that the team behind the Tor Project (https://www.torproject.org/about/people/) is comprised primarily of woke LGBTQ+ individuals, with pronouns on their bios. Some even express their support for Antifa on their social media.

Couldn't care less, they are just people like everyone else.

Look deeper bud.

May have had a crooked past but is now fully reformed and is a stand up guy, unlike most politicians.

Does Monero wallet have to be online to receive funds to the address you put in your profile?

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https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

Great course and also listen to the Watchman Privacy and Seth for Privacy podcasts

Watchman is back....thank you!

OK but what area code?

Wait....Afghanistan or Arkansas?

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Moment of vulnerability here, wondering if anyone has had a similar experience before.

I completely LOST it on another person's kid today when I thought they had intentionally hurt my daughter, but I was wrong and now I feel horrible.

Context: on a road trip with another family. The other child has behavioral issues and has been known to get physical in the past with others at school and daycare. Over the course of the trip he's been pretty poorly behaved and aggressive but not downright violent... but I had it in the back of my mind that it could happen.

My daughter was playing with him in the other room, then suddenly runs out screaming, bleeding from the mouth and saying that he had hit her. I've never experienced anyone intentionally hurt my little girl and I instantly flew into protective dad mode before properly assessing the situation. In my mind he had punched her in the mouth.

I stormed into the room and flew into a rage, screaming at the absolute top of my lungs, pointing my finger in the kid's face saying to NEVER touch her EVER again. His mom was right behind me. He was likely terrified and I was honestly way beyond any level of anger I've ever felt.

In the next minute or two my daughter then clarified that it was an accident and they had been playing rough but had unintentionally slammed into each other.

The boy cried, his mom was in shock, and she also had tears in her eyes. I feel absolutely awful about the whole situation, I should have had more self control, and I'm a little in shock how quickly I became an absolute monster to a young kid.

I apologized in the moment to both of them and sent a message after saying I should have handled the situation better.

Just really upset about the whole thing, unsure how to proceed now. Any girl dads out there ever have this happen to them?

Many good points already made. Parent also, our kids older than yours. Not berating or judging, just making points from my perspective.

- "Protective dad mode" might not be so protective long term if she was to some day be a young lady who says "can't tell Dad, he would lose it".

In fact, she may have already covered for the boy when she saw your reaction.

-Apologies IMO should never contain any hint of anything that could be perceived as justification or excuse. ("behavioral issues" etc.)

- I don't personally relate to bringing such things to social media and think the Mom and her son's privacy should have been respected. It would be easy for others outside your direct circle to know who you are talking about. The Mom already knows about her son and probably wouldn't appreciate seeing or hearing that this it is now online too.

They've been saying ten all along, turns out a guy in America named Matt found the elusive eleventh and final "stay humble, stack sats".

Trump is AI.

The normal word for A is fine but others work just as well if not better.

Is there a best recommended VPN server location, protocol and port for fastest connections with neutrino peers?

I use VPN always but have tried without and don't necessarily get faster connections.

Will slow neutrino peer connections affect payment reliability or is that irrelevant once node is already synced?

Are there any other peers one can use aside from the defaults in Zeus?

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This is my current #grapheneOS setup.

I have three distinct profiles on my phone, each serving a specific purpose.

𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: This is my daily driver, free and open-source apps only. It has everything I need for my daily needs. For privacy reasons, I've excluded #bitcoin and #nostr related applications from this profile to maintain a low-profile and avoid leaking my online identity if someone were to snatch the phone out of my hands.

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: This secondary profile is designed as a decoy. I've installed a bunch of normie apps to make it more realistic, and some closed-source ones that I occasionally need. I rarely use this profile. I only switch to it when absolutely necessary, if you know what I mean.

𝗖𝘆𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: This is where my true online identity lies, and where all the bitcoin and nostr apps reside. TOR, E2E chats, secret notes, and files are all here. I only access this profile when I'm alone and confident it's safe to do so.

All profiles have different passwords, obviously. Fingerprint disabled. And I've customized the color scheme of the menus for each one of them, so I can easily tell which profile I'm on.

While inside the Decoy Profile, you cannot see the installed apps from the other two profiles, but you can see that there are indeed two additional profiles on the device. I've taken extra steps to obscure this information by changing the profile picture on all three profiles to solid dark color that blends with the UI, and removed the profile names by using a invisible character, making them appear identical (i know it's not 100% fool proof but it's the best we can do).

All profiles have a pure black wallpaper, and the home screen has no icons, folders or widgets (except on the Decoy Profile). To access an app, I simply scroll up and open it from the default drawer, which displays all installed apps on that profile. This approach saves battery life and adds a slight bit of privacy.

Each profile has its own VPN running continuously, using different IP addresses, with killswitch turned on. All my free and open-source (#foss) apps are installed via Obtainium (aka downloads straight from the source). The closed-source 'normie' apps used in the Decoy Profile are from the Aurora Store (aka downloads from Play Store without needing an account).

Every app installed has most of its permissions stripped away, leaving only the absolute minimum required. Storage and contact scopes are always used.

Microphone, camera, NFC, bluetooth and location services, always turned off, unless absolutely needed for a brief moment.

Finally, I have disabled auto-updates on all apps and the operating system itself (by disabling 'System Updater' app). I want to be in control of my device, I choose when to update. I can't risk crowdstrike-like updates, so I wait a few days before updating.

#privacy #cybersecurity #opsec

Have always been curious about whether customs officials know enough about Android to check for secondary profiles.

What are your thoughts and ideas on traveling through borders with such a phone?

Is there a Zeus preferred way to communicate with support other than Telegram?

Lot's yes.

If Phoenix inbound was an issue probably would not allow ~50% of smaller payments.

Can send with Alby to Phoenix every time without issue.