Surveillance Report

Q&A: Our Privacy Hopes for 2025

Q&A213: Is there any privacy-related thing we're looking forward to in 2025? How would handle phone numbers in countries that require ID? Where do we get devices for tinkering? Do we have thoughts on "domains by proxy"? Would we consider signing up for Polycentric IDs? What are our thoughts o...

Q&A: Where's the Q&A?

As you all know, I like to give you guys a little peek behind the scenes when things aren't quite going right so you know where your money's going.

It's been a couple weeks since our last Q&A. While we've missed some here and there before, we don't usually miss two in a row. The short v...

Q&A: Firefox Alternatives If You Dislike Mozilla

Q&A210: What are your options if you like Firefox but don't like the direction Mozilla is taking? Is it better to host Nextcloud on a VPS or at home? Which is better for privacy: Gnome or KDE? Should everyone really buy a home privately? What are the alternatives to JMP Chat?

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Q&A: The Best Private Cell Carriers

Q&A209: What other private cell carriers exist aside from Mint Mobile? Should you use Bitlocker or Veracrypt on Windows? How can you shred old data effectively? Can you safely remove a car's modem? How was Henry's time in Vienna?

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Q&A: What's the Best Kind of Password?

Q&A208: What's kind of password is best to use? What's the best way to get rid of mobile malware? Is government surveillance worse than surveillance capitalism and are they ever justified? Are there any options for private electric vehicles or steps to take to improve privacy? Does using a VP...

Q&A: Was Our Password Manager Advice Wrong?!

Q&A207: A counter argument to the advice we gave last time about securing your password manager, where to get crypto without turning over ID, and the potential drawbacks of mass privacy adoption.

Welcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering...

Q&A: How to REALLY Secure Your Password Manager

Q&A206: Proper password manager protection, privacy-friendly VR headsets, thoughts on phones that come pre-installed with Custom OS's, who should airgap devices, and how to install Mac apps without the App Store.

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Q&A: What's the Best Antirivus for Linux?

Q&A205: Do we have any suggestions for antivirus on Linux? What about physical home security? When does using a hardware crypto wallet make sense?

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Q&A: Undoing Years of Not Caring About Privacy

Q&A203: How do you undo all the information you've already shared before getting into privacy? How can you privately backup your mobile contacts? What are the latest RSS reader options? Do we still recommend Nitter? Does mass surveillance work after all? Does being different from everyone els...

You Deserve an Explanation

I am a work-hard/play-hard kind of person. When I show up in the morning at my day job, I try to show up caffeinated and ready to go with a game plan for the day. I put my phone away, focus on the work, and try to give it 100% to deliver the best quality I can. As a result, I expect the same when...

No SR This Week - Doubling Up Next Weekend!

Thanks for the patience everyone! We tried really hard to make it happen, but couldn't swing it this week with both of us traveling. We'll be combing this week with next week (as well as the Q&A) so catch us then! Feel free to keep leaving any questions on the most recent Q&...

Q&A: Understanding Threat Modeling

Q&A202: How can people better understand threat modeling? What are security concerns for custom Android ROMs? What are our favorite episodes of Darknet Diaries? Have we ever seen a website remove our 2FA without telling us?

Video Version: 2024-11-06 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

New Sponsor: Easy Opt Outs!

A few weeks ago, I (Nate) made a mistake and uploaded a VIP video that included the sponsor pitch for our sponsor at the time, JMP Chat. To our surprise however, a lot of people were happy about this mistake. Many listeners had never heard of JMP before and were interested in the service, and sev...

Q&A: Private Shopping Tips for the Holidays

Q&A201: Tips to shop privately online with the holidays approaching, private investment funds entering the Monero space, and is your SSID trackable?

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Q&A: Episode 200 Livestream!

Q&A200: In this special episode, Henry & Nate answer a massive number of questions from Patrons, XMR Chat donors, and livestream viewers.

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Thanks everyone for tuning in to the stream <3

We had a lot of fun and couldn't have done it without your support. 200 episodes, your questions, your support. It all means so much and keeps our content expanding every month. 🥂 to the next 200

Don't Miss our 200 Special Livestream Party TOMORROW!

Patrons! I'll keep this brief. Tomorrow we'll be going live together, IN PERSON to cover the news & answer questions. We've already seen some of your other questions in other posts, but this is your last call! Leave your questions for the stream below so we can have them ready for tomorrow. 2024-10-18 22:30:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A: Why Should People Use Signal?

Q&A197: Our Top 3 arguments for switching to Signal, for getting companies to comply with deletion requests, and favorite aspects of GDPR, our thoughts on Diode and Threema, how linkable are alias emails really, and is regulation really effective?

Video Version: 2024-10-02 20:08:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A: Security Through Obscurity

Q&A196: Is "Security Through Obscurity" actually bad? If we could help draft privacy regulation, what would we want to include? Can regulation help protect mainstream users??

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Q&A: Nate's Phone Literally Exploded. What Now?

Q&A195: Nate's phone literally exploded. What's the plan to replace it and how does we use our phones? What changes have we noticed in our personal lives as a result of our privacy journeys? How would we summarize threat modeling? What are our thoughts on the risks of services that break TLS?...

Q&A: The Mess of Private Cloud Options

Q&A193: What are our recommendations for content-blockers Q&A194: What realtime file-sync options do we prefer? How do we navigate elitism in the privacy space? Would we ever sell merch?

Video Version: 2024-09-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Q&A: The Best Browser Extensions

Q&A193: What are our recommendations for content-blockers and browser extensions? Why do people accept the lie of "anonymized" telemetry? Do we have any experience with privacy.com cards being blocked?

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