Interesting post on 2026 trends:
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-26-most-important-ideas-for-2026
Do not use Proton mail service. Seems they deliver all customers data to government
Here are some detailed sources describing the Proton Mail vs. Phrack controversy from September 2025:
- The Intercept's investigative article (one of the most comprehensive journalistic accounts):
https://theintercept.com/2025/09/12/proton-mail-journalist-accounts-suspended/
- Phrack's own article (Issue 72, which includes the original exposé on North Korean cyber-espionage and a timeline of the Proton account suspensions at the top):
https://phrack.org/issues/72/7.html (or the Markdown version: https://phrack.org/issues/72/7_md)
- A blog post analyzing the incident from redact.dev:
https://redact.dev/blog/proton-mail-journalist-suspensions-cert-alert
- Another blog-style breakdown on Substack (The Lunduke Journal):
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-phrack-north-korea-and-proton
Skills > Prompts
⬇️ One tool to download videos from almost anywhere
A new free utility makes it possible to download videos from nearly the entire internet locally, fast, and without relying on cloud services.
https://github.com/nexmoe/VidBee
🔸 Supports 1,000+ platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo, Kick, and more.
🔸 Lets you download only specific segments, not the full video.
🔸 Handles multiple downloads at once, no need to queue manually.
🔸 Includes quality selection, from low-res to the original source.
🔸 Can download subtitles alongside the video.
🔸 Supports auto-downloading new videos from a feed or channel.
🔸 Runs entirely locally, no accounts or cloud processing.
🔸 Has a browser extension, one click and the video is saved.
This feels like a “Swiss army knife” for video downloading: simple on the surface, but surprisingly powerful under the hood.
#Bitcoin developers are sleepwalking towards collapse
https://murmurationstwo.substack.com/p/bitcoin-developers-are-sleepwalking
The Tor Project is switching to Rust
GM #Nostr 💜
#Bitcoin isn't just money; it's a decentralized network.
No CEO, no headquarters, just code and consensus.
It’s financial power returned to the people. ✊🌐
The Agent Smith Effect
In the movie, The Matrix, Agent Smith has the ability to enter any body, at any time, and that often happens when the Matrix is threatened by Neo.
This senario is a reflection of our real world.
For example, you're having a conversation with a friend and everything is fine until you mention something like, "vaccines are poison", "earth is flat", "9/11 was an inside job"
Now watch what happens, up pops Agent Smith, to replace the person you were just having a conversation with to attack you because all truths threaten the Matrix.
Most people have had the Agent Smith Matrix programming since birth. These programmed people become the guardians of the economic Matrix that keeps them slave's, protectors of the code. The police of mind control and enforcers of the indoctrination which holds together our false concept of reality like super glue.
https://blossom.primal.net/48488f222dba43021916df184ac6f9d0c987317654853652b3f85fd264536571.mp4
Explore what the browser exposes about you
#Bitcon and the Quantum problem - Part 2
The Quantum Supremacy
https://murmurationstwo.substack.com/p/bitcoin-and-the-quantum-problem-part-47f?triedRedirect=true
Pick the tool that matches your threat model. Pick the one that protects the signals you actually leak. Everything else is marketing.
https://untraceabledigitaldissident.com/nextdns-vs-pihole-vs-adguard-protection/
ControlD Full Control 💪🏻
Rob Braxman, 'The Internet Privacy Guy' or serial scammer?
https://12bytes.org/rob-braxman-the-internet-privacy-guy-or-serial-scammer/
The CloudFlare outage was a good thing
https://gist.github.com/jbreckmckye/32587f2907e473dd06d68b0362fb0048
Cloudflare, the CDN provider, suffered a massive outage today. Some of the world's most popular apps and web services were left inaccessible for serveral hours whilst the Cloudflare team scrambled to fix a whole swathe of the internet.
And that might be a good thing.
The proximate cause of the outage was pretty mundane: a bad config file triggered a latent bug in one of Cloudflare's services.
https://x.com/dok2001/status/1990791419653484646
The file was too large (details still hazy) and this led to a cascading failure across Cloudflare operations. Probably there is some useful post-morteming about canary releases and staged rollouts.
But the bigger problem, the ultimate cause, behind today's chaos is the creeping centralisation of the internet and a society that is sleepwalking into assuming the net is always on and always working.
It's not just "trivial" stuff like Twitter and League of Legends that were affected, either. A friend of mine remarked caustically about his experience this morning
"I couldn't get air for my tyres at two garages because of cloudflare going down. Bloody love the lack of resilience that goes into the design when the machine says "cash only" and there's no cash slot. So flat tires for everyone! Brilliant."
We are living in a society where every part of our lives is increasingly mediated through the internet: work, banking, retail, education, entertainment, dating, family, government ID and credit checks. And the internet is increasingly tied up in fewer and fewer points of failure.
It's ironic because the internet was actually designed for decentralisation, a system that governments could use to coordinate their response in the event of nuclear war. But due to the economics of the internet, the challenges of things like bots and scrapers, more of more web services are holed up in citadels like AWS or behind content distribution networks like Cloudflare.
Outages like today's are a good thing because they're a warning. They can force redundancy and resilience into systems. They can make the pillars of our society - governments, businesses, banks - provide reliable alternatives when things go wrong.
(Ideally ones that are completely offline)
You can draw a parallel to how COVID-19 shook up global supply chains: the logic up until 2020 was that you wanted your system to be as lean and efficient as possible, even if it meant relying totally on international supplies or keeping as little spare inventory as possible. After 2020 businesses realised they needed to diversify and build slack in the system to tolerate shocks.
In the same way that growing one kind of banana, https://www.treehugger.com/extinct-banana-5201723
nearly resulted in bananas going extinct, we're drifing towards a society that can't survive without digital infrastructure; and a digital infrastructure that can't operate without two or three key players. One day there's going to be an outage, a bug, or cyberattack from a hostile state, that demonstrates how fragile that system is.
Embrace outages, and build redundancy.
XDA Developers just covered rns-vpn-rs, Beechat's open-source project that brings full VPN functionality to the Reticulum cryptographic mesh.
rns-vpn-rs bridges the gap between conventional networking and trustless mesh systems. It assigns static IPs to cryptographic nodes, letting any IP-based app run securely over Reticulum, even without Internet or infrastructure.
Underneath, Reticulum provides asynchronous, store and forward routing, up to 128 mesh hops, and end-to-end encryption, forming a self-healing, delay tolerant transport layer.
As XDA's Joe Rice-Jones points out, this has major potential for field operations, disaster zones, and decentralised systems that must keep working when everything else fails.
Full article here: https://www.xda-developers.com/amazing-off-grid-open-source-vpn/
Mullvad will shut down its privacy-focused search proxy, Leta, on November 27, 2025
Samourai Wallet dev gets max sentence in a case closely watched by privacy advocates
Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison.
In a letter to the judge, his attorneys had requested a sentence of one year and one day.
His co-founder will be sentenced later this month.
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/samourai-dev-gets-max-sentence-for-money-transmission-charge/
My X account has been suspended due to inauthentic behaviors.
This has never happened to me before; has anyone else experienced this, and will I be able to recover my account?
Leaked documents reveal that Amazon and Google, under Israel’s Nimbus cloud contract, agreed to secretly notify Israel whenever they hand over data to foreign governments — even when gag orders prevent disclosure.
They use a coded “winking mechanism”: each request triggers a symbolic payment to Israel matching the foreign country’s dialing code (e.g. ₦IS 1,000 for the U.S., ₦IS 3,900 for Italy).
If disclosure is legally forbidden, the firms must pay ₦IS 100,000 within 24 hours.
The Guardian and +972 Magazine say this arrangement bypasses U.S. and EU laws that forbid third-party notification.
Unlike Microsoft— which ended a contract with Israel’s Unit 8200 over surveillance concerns — Amazon and Google agreed not to suspend Israel’s access even if terms are breached.
Both companies also reportedly fired employees who opposed their Israel work.
How to run ADB and fastboot in Termux without root to unlock bootloader, run ADB commands, remove bloatware, flash ROM, or even root another Android
1. It supports debloating of various manufacturers and mobile carriers such as LG, Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, ZTE, OnePlus, Nokia, Sony, Asus, Google, Fairphone, Motorola, Tecno, Unihertz.
2. Full access to the app’s private storage — including databases, tokens, cached credentials, config files, or even offline user data.
3. Another common issue in AndroidManifest.xml is this flag: When enabled (which it is by default unless explicitly disabled), Android allows the app’s private data to be backed up via ADB — again, even on non-rooted devices.
Android, use termux-adb command instead of adb
https://github.com/nohajc/termux-adb
Android debloater for PC and Debloat lists
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation
Obtainium
A programmer has revealed that his side project is “going for Satoshi’s wallet."
He has shared a post on Substack outlining plans to use group-theory math and optimized elliptic-curve code to try to crack the Bitcoin founder’s keys.
https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/if-youre-smart-why-are-you-poor-elliptic
https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/1nyr4x0/i_used_all_the_math_i_know_to_go_from_352_miilion/
Satoshi himself can't use Bitcoin.
https://x.com/naval/status/1973630261876367364
Satoshi owns ~1M #BTC, but he can't use them.
Why? Because every #Bitcoin transaction is public. The moment Satoshi moves a coin, the whole world knows.
That's the paradox of Bitcoin: scarcity without privacy.
All drugs containing acetaminophen:
OTC
1. Tylenol: The most well-known brand for acetaminophen.
2. Excedrin: Often used for headaches, it combines acetaminophen with aspirin and caffeine.
3. NyQuil: A cold and flu medication that includes acetaminophen for pain relief.
4. DayQuil: Similar to NyQuil but formulated for daytime use.
5. Advil Dual Action: Combines ibuprofen and acetaminophen for enhanced pain relief.
6. Alka-Seltzer Plus: Some formulations include acetaminophen for cold and flu relief.
7. Midol: Often used for menstrual pain, some versions contain acetaminophen.
8. Aspirin-Free Excedrin: Contains acetaminophen, caffeine, and other ingredients for headache relief.
9. Bayer Back & Body: Combines acetaminophen with aspirin for back pain relief.
10. Aleve-D: Some formulations may include acetaminophen for added pain relief.
11. Tylenol Extra Strength: A higher dose formulation of acetaminophen for more severe pain.
12. Advil PM: Some formulations may include acetaminophen along with diphenhydramine.
Cold and Allergy Medications
1. Zyrtec-D: Some formulations may include acetaminophen for allergy relief.
2. Sudafed PE: Certain combinations may contain acetaminophen for cold symptoms.
3. Robitussin Cough + Chest Congestion DM: Some versions include acetaminophen for pain relief.
4. Vicks DayQuil: A daytime cold and flu relief option that contains acetaminophen.
5. Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion: Certain formulations may contain acetaminophen for added relief.
6. Claritin-D: Some versions may include acetaminophen for allergy relief.
RX
1. Percocet: A combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen used for pain relief.
2. Tylenol with Codeine: Combines acetaminophen with codeine for more severe pain.
3. Fioricet: Contains acetaminophen, butalbital, and caffeine, often prescribed for migraines.
4. Vicodin: A combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen, used for moderate to severe pain.
5. Lortab: Another combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen.
6. Norco: Similar to Vicodin, it combines hydrocodone with acetaminophen.
7. Roxicet: A combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, used for pain management.
8. Cocet: Combines acetaminophen with oxycodone for pain relief.
9. Fentanyl Combination Products: Some formulations may combine fentanyl with acetaminophen for pain management.
10. Lorcet: A combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen.
11. Percodan: Combines oxycodone with acetaminophen for pain management.
12. Tylenol with Tramadol: A combination of acetaminophen and tramadol for moderate to severe pain.
Combination Products
1. Cold and Flu Formulations: Many products for cold and flu symptoms contain acetaminophen, such as Theraflu and Robitussin.
2. Pain Relievers: Some multi-symptom pain relievers may include acetaminophen along with other active ingredients.
3. Robitussin Multi-Symptom: Contains acetaminophen along with other ingredients for cough and cold relief.
4. Theraflu: Various formulations include acetaminophen for symptom relief.
5. Excedrin Tension Headache: Specifically formulated for tension headaches, containing acetaminophen.
6. Mucinex: Some formulations include acetaminophen for cold and flu symptom relief.
7. Coricidin HBP: Certain versions contain acetaminophen for cold symptoms, designed for those with high blood pressure.
8. Sominex: Some formulations may include acetaminophen for sleep aid with pain relief.
Pediatric
1. Children's Tylenol: Liquid formulations specifically designed for children.
2. Infants' Tylenol: Liquid acetaminophen specifically designed for infants.
3. Children's Motrin: Some formulations may include acetaminophen alongside ibuprofen.
4. Children's Advil: Some formulations may include acetaminophen alongside ibuprofen.
5. Pediatric Fever Reducers: Various brands offer liquid acetaminophen specifically for children.
Free, open-source Captcha alternative
ALTCHA uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect your website, APIs, and online services from spam and unwanted content.
Unlike other solutions, ALTCHA is free, open-source and self-hosted, does not use cookies nor fingerprinting, does not track users, and is compliant with data-privacy regulations and accessible.
🧫 PARASITE CLEANSE PROTOCOL (30–90 Days)
A full-body strategy to eliminate parasites, break biofilms, support detox pathways, and heal the gut for long-term health. You will find a simplified version of this protocol in the comments. There is also a heavy metal detox guide on this page which is recommended to do first.
✅ Step 1: PREP PHASE (7–10 Days)
🎯 Goal: Prepare your body by opening detox and drainage pathways — like the liver, lymphatic system, and bowels.
Why it matters: If you jump straight into killing parasites, your body may struggle to eliminate the toxins they release. This leads to "die-off" symptoms (see below).
*Think of this like unclogging a sink before pouring anything else down the drain.
🔓 Open Detox Pathways:
- Castor Oil Packs (3–4x/week)
Apply a warm castor oil-soaked cloth over your liver (upper right abdomen).
Cover with plastic wrap and a heating pad for 30–60 minutes.
This gently stimulates liver drainage, bile flow, and lymph movement.
Great for constipation and hormonal balance, too.
- Magnesium Citrate or Oxy-Magnesium (like Oxy-Powder)
Helps you poop daily — non-negotiable during detox.
If you’re constipated, waste and toxins get reabsorbed.
Start low (200–300 mg) and increase to achieve 1–2 daily bowel movements.
- Liver-Supportive Herbs
Milk Thistle: Regenerates liver cells.
Dandelion Root: Stimulates bile flow.
Burdock: Gentle blood cleanser.
You can also use a liver detox tincture (like Gaia Liver Cleanse or Herb Pharm Liver).
- Lymphatic Movement
Dry brushing: Use a soft brush on dry skin before showering — always brush toward the heart.
Rebounding: Jumping on a mini trampoline moves lymph.
Infrared sauna or red light therapy: Help sweat out toxins and boost circulation.
💧 Daily Add-ons:
- Apple Cider Vinegar (1–2 tsp in warm water before meals)
Stimulates stomach acid and digestive enzymes.
Aids in breaking down food and creating a hostile environment for parasites.
- Herbal teas (1–2 cups/day):
Dandelion root: Liver detox
Nettle: Nourishing + mineralizing
Lemon-ginger: Gut soothing and cleansing
- Water: 2–3 liters/day of clean, filtered water
Add electrolytes or trace minerals to support cellular detox.
⚔️ Step 2: ACTIVE PARASITE CLEANSE (30–60 Days)
🎯 Goal: Kill parasites, break down their protective biofilms, flush out eggs, and mop up released toxins.
⚠️ Warning: Don’t start killing before Step 1! You must prepare the body or risk overwhelming detox reactions.
🧪 Choose 2–4 Core Anti-Parasitics
Rotate them every 2–3 weeks to prevent adaptation. Many parasites develop resistance when exposed to the same herb for too long.
🌿 Common anti-parasitics:
- Mimosa Pudica Seed
A sticky, fibrous seed that grabs parasites and biofilms in your intestines like a sponge.
Take 2 capsules on an empty stomach in the morning.
Expect to see stringy, rope-like material in your stool (often biofilms + worms).
- Black Walnut Hull
Powerful against adult parasites, fungi, and bacteria.
Use tincture or capsule.
- Wormwood (Artemisia)
Excellent for roundworms and threadworms.
Often used in combination formulas (e.g., with black walnut and clove).
- Clove
Kills parasite eggs — crucial so the life cycle doesn’t restart.
Use daily during cleanse.
- Neem
Multipurpose: antifungal, anti-worm, antibacterial.
- Berberine, Olive Leaf, or Oregano Oil
Target bacterial imbalances, yeast, and parasites.
Berberine also supports gut repair and blood sugar regulation.
- Diatomaceous Earth (Food Grade Only!)
Fine silica powder that physically shreds parasites in the gut.
Take 1 tsp in water on an empty stomach.
Avoid inhaling powder — use caution.
🔓 Biofilm Disruptors
Parasites hide in protective “slime layers” (biofilms) in the gut and organs. Break these open to expose them.
- NAC (N-Acetylcysteine): 600–1200 mg/day
Powerful antioxidant + biofilm disruptor.
Supports liver by increasing glutathione.
- Enzymes
Use proteolytic enzyme blends that digest proteins:
InterFase Plus, Biofilm Defense, SerraFlora, Lumbrokinase
Best taken away from food, 1–2x/day
- Optional: EDTA
Chelator that pulls metals (often embedded in biofilms).
Advanced; best with practitioner guidance.
🧲 Don’t Skip the BINDERS
When parasites die, they release ammonia, mold, heavy metals, and endotoxins. Binders catch them so your body can safely eliminate them through stool.
Activated Charcoal, Bentonite Clay, or Chlorella
Take 1–2x daily, away from food/supplements/meds by at least 1–2 hours.
Charcoal = general toxin binder
Clay = binds positively charged toxins
Chlorella = heavy metals + mold
Gentler options: Pectin, fulvic/humic acids, ZeoBind (zeolite)
🧬 Step 3: GUT REPAIR & IMMUNE REBALANCE (30+ Days)
🎯 Goal: Once the parasites are gone, rebuild your gut lining and microbiome. Otherwise, new ones can take hold again.
🛠 Heal the Gut Lining:
- L-Glutamine: 5–10g/day — strengthens intestinal walls
- Aloe Vera Juice: Soothes inflammation, supports healing
- Collagen or Bone Broth: Rich in amino acids like glycine
- Soothing Herbs:
Slippery elm, marshmallow root, DGL licorice
- Zinc carnosine, quercetin – reduce gut inflammation
🌱 Rebuild Microbiome:
- Spore-based probiotics (e.g. Just Thrive, MegaSporeBiotic)
More stable than regular probiotics; survive stomach acid.
- Saccharomyces boulardii
Probiotic yeast that helps crowd out bad bugs.
- Prebiotic fibers (start slow):
PHGG, acacia fiber, green banana flour — feed the good bugs.
🔁 CYCLIC DOSING: 4 DAYS ON / 3 DAYS OFF
Why it works: Parasites have life cycles. Pulsing disrupts those cycles and allows your organs to catch up on detox.
4 Days ON: Take your antiparasitics, enzymes, and biofilm disruptors
3 Days OFF: Take only binders and drainage support — give your system a break
Repeat for 4–6 weeks minimum (up to 90 days for chronic cases)
🌕 FULL MOON INTENSIFICATION
Why? Parasites become more active during the full moon — possibly due to lower melatonin and higher serotonin.
From 3 days before to 3 days after full moon:
- Increase antiparasitics by 25–50%
- Increase binders, water, and electrolytes
You may notice more symptoms — this is when many people pass the most.
⚠️ DIE-OFF SYMPTOMS (Herxheimer Reactions)
Common reactions as parasites and pathogens die off:
- Headaches, fatigue, joint pain
- Skin rashes, brain fog
- Nausea, mood swings, worsened old symptoms
How to reduce it:
- Drink more water + add minerals (sea salt, trace minerals)
- Take binders religiously
- Use detox tools:
Epsom salt baths (draw out toxins via skin)
Infrared sauna
Dry brushing or rebounding
Coffee enemas (for advanced users: clears bile + toxins from liver/gut)
If you feel awful, lower dosage or take a break. The goal is sustainable, steady progress — not suffering.
🧪 OPTIONAL TESTING
To confirm parasites or monitor healing:
- GI-MAP or GI Effects: Advanced stool testing
- OAT (Organic Acids Test): Shows fungal + bacterial metabolites
- Stool microscopy + PCR (Doctor’s Data, Genova)
- Blood tests:
Eosinophils or Total IgE may rise during parasitic infections
🧠 LIFESTYLE ADD-ONS
Create an inner terrain where parasites can’t thrive:
- Eliminate their food supply:
Sugar, gluten, processed carbs, seed oils, dairy
- Eat anti-parasitic foods daily:
Raw garlic, pumpkin seeds, papaya seeds, raw carrots, beets, cilantro
- Get sunlight and sleep (7–9 hours)
- Reduce chronic stress – stress suppresses immune defense
📦 RECOMMENDED CLEANSE KITS
Save time and confusion with these well-designed, practitioner kits:
CellCore Para Kit – Strong for chronic illness, mold, Lyme
Microbe Formulas Protocol – Multi-phase system with drainage + gut repair
Dr. Clark Store Cleanse – Simple and affordable
Mimosa Pudica + Para 1/2/3 – For deeper parasite and toxin cleansing
🧊 Hidden Firefox AI process consuming CPU resources?
Firefox browser users have encountered serious performance issues after the release of version 141. Initially, suspicion fell on the new "Smart Tab Grouping" feature using AI, but an official Mozilla investigation (Bug 1982278) showed that the abnormally high CPU load is caused by another component, namely the hidden pilot experiment "Semantic Search in History" (places.semanticHistory). The "Smart Tab Grouping" has nothing to do with this.
Everything was fine just yesterday. Today I opened Firefox, and as a result, there were sharp spikes in CPU load and power consumption. My fans shouldn't be this loud if I don't have more than 15 tabs open.
After unsuccessfully restarting Firefox, I opened the task manager and found that a process called "Inference" fluctuates from 0.05% to 130% CPU usage, which explains the spikes in CPU load and power consumption.
Killing the process solves the fluctuation problem but causes Firefox to crash, requiring a restart.
What is going on? This problem never existed until today.
— users complain on Reddit.
😱 Official Mozilla representatives have acknowledged the issue. The fix will be included in Firefox 143 (ctodea writes Target Milestone: → 143 Branch).
💡For full control and disabling of all local AI services, advanced users should experiment with some settings:
In about:config the parameter browser.ml.enable is set to false.
*The browser.ml.enable parameter is the main, kind of master key to all under-the-hood machine learning in Firefox. Setting this value to false completely deactivates the local AI engine (Inference process), making it impossible for any dependent features to work, including smart tab groups and the chatbot.
In about:config the parameter browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled is set to false.
*Disables only the smart tab grouping feature. This step is not a guaranteed solution to the CPU overload problem, as the main source of the error lies in another component. Meanwhile, the AI engine itself (Inference process) remains active for other potential tasks.
In about:config the parameter browser.ml.chat.enabled is set to false.
*The browser.ml.chat.enabled parameter is a direct system switch that controls the activation and visibility of the AI chat integrated into Firefox.
Source: Telegram | Russian OSINT
Many people have heard of onion routing in Tor and have a rough idea of how it works. However, fewer people know about garlic routing.
That's why I decided to write a short note about what it is and how it works in I2P🚥
How is a message sent? ✉️
In I2P, your message travels through a tunnel—a chain of randomly picked computers (nodes) on the network. Each node only knows where to send the data next, not the message content, thanks to garlic encryption🧄.
Your message is first encrypted for the recipient using end-to-end encryption. Asymmetric encryption🔐 uses a public key to encrypt and a private key to decrypt.
How are encryption layers created?🔒
Now the process of wrapping the message in layers begins.
Imagine that you have a tunnel with three nodes: A, B, C.
The encrypted message (already protected for the recipient) must be passed through these nodes so that each one knows only the next step. To do this, I2P creates encryption layers one for each node.
Each layer is additional encryption with instructions for a specific node, such as “forward to node B” or “send to recipient.”
It works like this: you encrypt the message with the public key of node C, adding the instruction “forward to node B.” You encrypt this packet again with the public key of node B with the instruction “forward to node A.” Then the entire packet is encrypted with the public key of node A with the instruction “send to recipient.”
When you send the packet, it goes to node A. Node A opens its layer with its secret key, sees the instruction “forward to node B” and forwards the data. The data remains encrypted for other nodes. Node B opens its layer, sees the instruction “forward to node C” and forwards it. Node C opens the last layer, sees that it needs to be sent to the recipient, and does so.
Each node only knows its own step and does not see the content of the message, its sender, or its recipient.
Why is encryption called garlic?🧄
Now, let's talk about “garlic” encryption in detail. In I2P, your message is packed with others into one encrypted packet🗂, called garlic. This packet may include your message, others’ messages, and network data like tunnel commands⚙️
All these messages are encrypted together, and each layer of encryption (for nodes A, B, C) covers the entire large packet, not each message individually.
When node A opens its layer, it sees the instruction for the entire packet, such as “forward to node B,” and sends it on. It does not know how many messages are inside, whose they are, or where they are going. Node B does the same, opening its layer and forwarding the packet to node C. Node C, opening the last layer, can send the entire packet or parts of it (depending on the instruction) to the recipients, but it does not know how many messages are inside and to whom they are addressed. This makes it impossible to determine whose message is where, even when observing the network.
Each message in the packet is protected by individual encryption for its recipient🔑 so that no one but the intended person can open it.
The messages inside the packet are not explicitly separated they are sort of stuck together into one continuous encrypted piece of data. I2P can also add “garbage” data🗑 fake messages that masquerade as real ones but mean nothing.
In addition, I2P mixes♻️ your packet with other data on the network and can add random delays during transmission. This makes it difficult to analyze traffic. Tunnels change every 10 minutes, and the nodes in them are selected again, so it is impossible to track the path.
How does garlic encryption differ onion encryption?🧅
In onion encryption, each message is encrypted separately and transmitted through its own chain of nodes. Garlic encryption not only wraps your message in layers of encryption, but also combines it with other messages and fake data into a single encrypted packet.
Did you ever wonder how QR codes work?
Reading QR codes without a computer: https://qr.blinry.org/
EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google
The EU is currently developing a whitelabel app to perform privacy-preserving (at least in theory) age verification to be adopted and personalized in the coming months by member states. The app is open source and available here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui.
Problem is, the app is planning to include remote attestation feature to verify the integrity of the app: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui?tab=readme-ov-file#disclaimer. This is supposed to provide assurance to the age verification service that the app being used is authentic and running on a genuine operating system. Genuine in the case of Android means:
• The operating system was licensed by Google
• The app was downloaded from the Play Store (thus requiring a Google account)
• Device security checks have passed
While there is value to verify device security, this strongly ties the app to many Google properties and services, because those checks won't pass on an aftermarket Android OS, even those which increase security significantly like GrapheneOS, because the app plans to use Google "Play Integrity", which only allows Google licensed systems instead of the standard Android attestation feature to verify systems.
This also means that even though you can compile the app, you won't be able to use it, because it won't come from the Play Store and thus the age verification service will reject it.
The issue has been raised here https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/10 but no response from team members as of now.
In short: You can only be a full citizen of the EU if you accept the ToS from Google.
Hal Finney sent this email days after Bitcoin was created.
When he wrote this, #Bitcoin cost $0
Pomozen ⏳
A modern, open-source Pomodoro timer designed to transform the way you work and study. Say goodbye to mental fatigue and hello to peak concentration with structured work intervals and smart breaks.
Why choose Pomozen?
• Track your progress with detailed statistics and custom labels for tasks.
• Gentle reminders ensure you never miss a focus or break period.
• Integrated hydration reminders keep you feeling your best.
• Fully customize your Pomodoro cycles—from focus duration to break times—to fit your unique rhythm.
Download Pomozen from IzzyOnDroid: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/org.projectsolutus.pomozen
Source code: Github - https://github.com/ProjectSolutus/Pomozen
Harper – an open-source alternative to Grammarly
Enchat is a tool for private communication with encryption.
Its key features include no accounts, strong AES-256 encryption, and the creation of unique temporary keys for each session.
Once a session ends, messages are no longer accessible, and usernames and timestamps are also encrypted.
The tool offers secure file sharing up to 5 MB, anonymity via Tor and cross-platform compatibility.
Encryption occurs on users' devices, ensuring the security of the content.
Enchat is compatible with Python 3.6 and above and runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, though it is recommended to use strong passphrases and set up your own servers for added security.
The Nine Principles of Propaganda
GM #Nostr
Once you carry your own water, you will learn the value of every drop.
- African Proverb
Value the simple things anon.
Bitcoin demand is real and persistent.
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."
- Bertrand Russell
Often when we try to show people who have questions about the injections why they aren’t safe, we have to recall many different sources and end up overwhelming them with links.
James Roguski has compiled a Resource Center which includes peer reviewed studies, evidence from embalmers, doctors, evidence of increased mortality, and much more.
Thank you to James for this excellent resource!
https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/not-safe-and-not-effective