Library - Protect Yourself From Crime

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.

March 27, 2020January 19, 2022The Modern Rogue

How Hackers Steal Card Info, Just by Standing Nearby

Learn how your vulnerable to this simple crime and what you can do to stop it.

February 14, 2020January 19, 2022The Modern Rogue

Getting an RFID Implant

This small implant can store RFID credential information, such as security badges, door keys, credit card numbers.

January 31, 2020February 3, 2022Fraud, News

Rental car ripoffs

Three cars, three teams wearing hidden cameras, and one car rental company location with a long history of complaints and overcharging. What happens when we send in our Marketplace team with some savvy consumers to fight back against those extra fees?

January 29, 2020January 19, 2022The Modern Rogue

How to Bypass RFID Badge Readers (w/ Deviant Ollam and Babak Javadi)

What information can criminals get from an RFID system and how do you stop it?

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.