Privacy and cybersecurity is not just about software or services, but your behavior as well. Try not to put your personal data on the internet – such as name, phone number, email, or any real life details which could connect your internet activity to you. Once it's out there, it's very difficult to remove it.

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Default #Firefox is literally spyware. Use forks like #LibreWolf, #Mullvad browser, or #Tor Browser instead.

Mozilla pretends to care about #privacy and #freedom but it's all a lie. https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml

Democracy is a scam. If you truly want #freedom, you don't beg for it (voting). You do what you determine best for you, and you deal with the consequences of your own bad decisions, not the decisions of the majority of retards around you. You're free if you can cause your own problems. You're a slave when someone else is causing them.

Democracy is tyranny of the majority.

"Ban Trump, to protect democracy".

Democracy is only allowed as long as it produces the "right" answer. Which is why Democracy needs to be empowered to stop Democracy – to make sure Democracy doesn't produce the wrong answer. Totalitarianism is thus needed to protect Democracy.

When your organic body dies: you leave your possessions to your future generations; the knowledge you transferred to some random person on the internet will be passed to someone else in the future; the memories of you inside your family/friends minds will remain there till they die; even the seed you planted inside a woman's body, that brought a human with your genes to life, it's part of you. You die in the physical realm, but your legacy will continue to live on.

You keep moving forward, even if you die, even after death.

#philosophy

Depends on the client you're using. For example, on #Snort, blocking a user will stop his notifications, while on #noStrudel you must use the mute option (it's unclear to me why we have both "blocking" and "mute" features and not just one).

#Android web apps / PWAs have much less access and attack surface compared to native apps. Chromium, is much harder to exploit than some random app created by an unknown developer. For most cases, especially if you need to use a closed-source or big tech service that requires internet connection, using the web app is the safer choice.

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There are two ways to express power: voice and exit.

For example, the citizens of a country may respond to increasing political repression in two ways: protest or emigrate. Similarly, employees can choose express their concerns in an effort to improve the situation or quit their unpleasant job. Disgruntled customers can choose to talk with the manager, or shop elsewhere.

The choice between using voice and exiting depends on which method has the least amount of costs and most benefits. The greater the availability of exit, the less likely voice will be used.

When voice is no longer sufficient, you have one option: exit.

Exit fiat and use #bitcoin.

Exit twitter and use #nostr.

Exit big-tech and go #self-host.

Exit iphone and use #grapheneos.

Exit consent to be governed and become #sovereign.

All #bitcoin seedphrases are already "created", because it's just math. There are more possible seedphrases than atoms in the universe, so the chances of two people producing the same seedphrase are zero (when done properly). You don't need an internet connection to create a seedphrase, or to create a transaction – only if you want to broadcast it.

It's not a dumb question! I'd suggest creating the seedphase offline using TailsOS or #seedsigner. Alternatively, you can also do it with dice and pen & paper. nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 has plenty of great tutorials on that topic.

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Imagine being a #privacy #freedom "influencer" and shitting on #nostr while using Twitter as your main platform. I don't mean to sound like I'm hating on you. I actually really enjoy your content. I just think you are wrong about this particular topic.

You openly admit to cheating your KYC in there, which goes against their terms of service. It's just a matter of time before you get banned (for whatever reason) and lose everything.

You don't even take the time to properly tell your fans that #nostr is your backup in case you get deplatformed. Instead, you are shitting on the protocol and saying it will die, instead of helping to promote it. In fact, you didn't even bother to add a link to your #nostr account on your website.

When you get banned from Twitter then you'll come to Nostr? Ridiculous. Nostr shouldn't be your backup, but rather your main platform. You mirror your Nostr posts to Twitter, not the other way around.

Twitter should only be used as a tool to bring more users to #nostr, nothing else. All genuine #cypherpunks are on #nostr, not on permissioned centralized censored services like Twatter.

#Librewolf is the recommended browser for normies and for your daily stuff, like sites that require accounts logged in. Privacy out of the box. Make sure to enable auto-deletion of cookies and only whitelist the sites you use regularly so you don't have to log-in every time.

#Mullvad is a good secondary browser for clearnet surfing. It's just like Tor Browser (same fingerprint), but without the Tor Network (slowness). Data doesn't persist through sessions, so it's not ideal for sites that you want logged in permanently.

#Tor browser mostly for onion services or when you need absolute anonymity.

#Ungoogled-chromium can be a replacement for LibreWolf if you prefer Chromium. I only use it as a backup when certain sites don't work on Firefox-forks for whatever reason.

#privacy #cybersecurity #opsec

I disable automatic updates for all software, even those I trust. It's a good habit to check the changelogs before deciding whether or not to update it. For most softwares, it doesn't really matter if you are behind in versions. Browsers, though, make sure to always update them regularly.

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Can you give some examples of what's incomplete in clients? Have you tried #Snort? What's missing?

I don't see any "serious spam issue" on #Nostr. Twitter on the other hand, is non-stop bots commenting on every post, non-stop spamming your DMs, and non-stop tagging notifications from scammers.

Rest of the issues you mentioned are valid tho.

Our guns, for example. If you try to take away our #freedoms, we will take yours. We just want to be left alone. #Anarchism doesn't mean no rules, it just means no leader.

Complains about nostr #privacy due optional relays knowing the IP of the plebs.

While at the same time admits Twitter requires KYC: phone number, email and debit card...

You know very well majority of users, including part of your followers, won't bother with SMS services, email aliases or cRyPtO debit cards.

Privacy on Twitter is 100x worse than on #Nostr. You are the one creating FUD.

There are no valid reasons for an #Android app not to function properly on #GrapheneOS. If an app doesn't work due to #GrapheneOS security measures, then it's probably doing something shady – just get rid of that app.

Don't spend too many #sats on hardware wallets, or don't even bother getting one. The encryption and password on these devices will be cracked, whether it's by quantum computers, an exploit we haven't discovered yet, or something else.

Keep your seedphrase in your mind, it's the main place to store it. Anything else like hardware wallets, paper wallets, metal shit, or QR codes are just extra backups. Always have a backup on the physical realm in case your mind fails, preferably cheap (paper), and always use a passphrase.

Stack #bitcoin, not hardware wallets.

My end goal for #minimalism is to fit all of my possessions in a single backpack. If I can't bring something with me at all times, then is it really mine? I can't safeguard something that I don't carry with me.

#Freedom will only come when you no longer trade your time for money.