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April 29, 2020January 19, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

How to do End-to-End Encryption without an App (Intro to GPG)

Can you do end-to-end encryption without an app like Signal or Whatsapp? This video will teach you about GPG (GNU Privacy Guard – which is an Open source implementation of PGP) and you will learn how to use the Public Key infrastructure to encrypt anything end to end, even while you post in social media, private messages, and email. There’s no limit to where this can be used. This will explain the use of GPG in a simple way, without command line instructions, or even requiring the use of a specific app and a clear explanation of how it works without the technical jargon.

April 21, 2020January 19, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

How Device Fingerprinting Reveals Your Real Identity

What is device fingerprinting? How is it different from browser fingerprinting? How can this be used to eliminate your privacy and security? This video discusses the data points used for device fingerprinting and how it is combined with other data collected about you.

April 7, 2020January 20, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Is Protonmail Safe for Security and Privacy?

Is Protonmail a safe email platform for security and privacy?

This video explains the risks of emails in general and then discusses the specifics of Protonmail (which are the same as Tutanota, Startmail and other privacy email platforms). Are you in fact made safer by these platforms?

Would Snowden or John McAfee use these email platforms? Let’s find out.

What is the safest email option?

April 5, 2020January 19, 2022Phones, Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Linux Phone vs. De-Googled Android AOSP – Which is better for Privacy?

There are two options to get some privacy when using mobile phones. These are Linux Phones and AOSP (De-Googled) Phones. Which are better?

These two types of devices operate on different privacy principles and this video gets into how one type of device deals with data exclusion while the other approach deals with data disinformation.

Linux Phones can be Ubuntu Touch (Nexus 5, Oneplus One), Pinephone (Ubuntu Touch, Debian/Phosh, Nemo/Sailfish, etc.), Librem 5 (Phosh, Ubuntu Touch) and many new ones coming out soon.

AOSP (De-googled) include LineageOS with No GAPPS, /e/ Foundation. GrapheneOS, and my own BraxROM. These are all fine. They just use different devices. All have no Google on them and are built in a similar way.

January 22, 2020January 19, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Perimeter Radar Alarm Electronics Project for Intrusion Detection

This project involved making a Pi-Hat with Microwave Radar, which is meant to be used with a Raspberry PI (3B+ or 4B). The device will detect movement within a radius of 12 feet (4 meters) from the device with a spherical detection region. It is meant to draw a line in the sand so you clearly mark instrusions. This is different from a camera which has so much noise from everyday activity that you cannot actually tell if you have an intrusion.

January 16, 2020January 19, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Creating a Disinformation Plan/OPSEC to Protect Your Security and Privacy

This video is about managing DISINFORMATION for your benefit. Are you a YouTube creator? Are you big in Social media? This video will alert you to the complexities of trying to protect your personal information. It will give you something to think about.

January 14, 2020January 19, 2022Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

My Dope Advanced Home Network Setup for Privacy and Security!

I’ll be describing a unique advanced network setup for a home that has convenient privacy and security options. I set these as objectives for the network. (1) Automatic VPN access – wired or wireless, (2) Non-VPN access wired-or wireless, (3) Ad-Blocking with Pi-Hole, (4) Wired alternatives. It’s not expensive to set up (normally it would be) and avoids rewiring an entire house with CAT 6 cabling. This setup discusses a wired VPN router with integrated pi-Hole support and wired extension solutions.

January 8, 2020January 20, 2022Technology, The Modern Rogue

Why You Have No Privacy, and How to Get It Back. (Mostly.)

Big tech is constantly building a profile on you using many different sources. At a certain number of data points they can predicate your behavior better than your own spouse. These companies will sell this information to anyone with enough cash. You don’t want to be manipulated by outside influences, but what can you do to gain back control?

December 31, 2019January 19, 2022Phones, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Mysterious Binary Blobs that make your Phone Unsafe

What are these binary blobs that make your phone unsafe? Find out some real dangers with proprietary closed source drivers that are part of every phone and cannot be removed. It puts every single phone at risk.

December 12, 2019January 19, 2022Phones, Privacy, Rob Braxman Tech, Technology

Can LInux Phones Succeed?

The critics are out and some people are saying that Linux phones have no chance of gaining traction. I’ll be discussing why the naysayers think Linux phones will not survive and let you know what I think. I’ll talk about the possible source of demand and the headwinds to the Linux mobile projects.