Decentralized and censorship-resistant messaging platforms w/ Sean O'Brien
09/06/21 • 67 min
Wondering what alternatives are available for Twitter or similar centralized and censored services? This episode, we're sitting down with Sean O'Brien to chat about the need for decentralized and censorship-resistant micro-blogging and short messaging platforms.
More about Sean O'Brien:
- Sean O'Brien's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/sean-obrien/
- Panquake -- https://panquake.com/
- Talk Liberation newsletter -- https://talkliberation.substack.com/
Sean O'Brien's recommended tools to Opt Out:
- uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
- GNU/Linux, specifically Debian and Debian-based distributions -- https://www.debian.org/
- Ubuntu, an easy-to-use Linux distro based on Debian -- https://ubuntu.com/
- Tor and Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/
- Tails, a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship -- https://tails.boum.org/
- Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/
This week's project to help you Opt Out - Threema:
- Threema's website -- https://threema.ch/en
- Comparing Threema with other popular messengers -- https://threema.ch/en/messenger-comparison
- Threema source code -- https://threema.ch/en/open-source
Opt Out's Sponsors:
- Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
- LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
- IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn
Supporting Opt Out:
- Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donations
- Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!
- Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
Wondering what alternatives are available for Twitter or similar centralized and censored services? This episode, we're sitting down with Sean O'Brien to chat about the need for decentralized and censorship-resistant micro-blogging and short messaging platforms.
More about Sean O'Brien:
- Sean O'Brien's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/sean-obrien/
- Panquake -- https://panquake.com/
- Talk Liberation newsletter -- https://talkliberation.substack.com/
Sean O'Brien's recommended tools to Opt Out:
- uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
- GNU/Linux, specifically Debian and Debian-based distributions -- https://www.debian.org/
- Ubuntu, an easy-to-use Linux distro based on Debian -- https://ubuntu.com/
- Tor and Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/
- Tails, a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship -- https://tails.boum.org/
- Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/
This week's project to help you Opt Out - Threema:
- Threema's website -- https://threema.ch/en
- Comparing Threema with other popular messengers -- https://threema.ch/en/messenger-comparison
- Threema source code -- https://threema.ch/en/open-source
Opt Out's Sponsors:
- Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
- LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
- IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn
Supporting Opt Out:
- Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donations
- Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!
- Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
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Where does privacy fit in to opting out of a broken (or breaking) economy or society? How can we build parallel economies using privacy tools? This episode, we're sitting down Juraj Bednar to chat about his own personal privacy journey, how parallel economies can (and will!) work, and what role Bitcoin plays in building up a parallel economy around us.
More about Juraj:
Juraj's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/juraj-bednar/
"The Second Realm", by Smuggler and XYZ -- https://anarplex.net/hosted/files/secondrealm/secondrealm.pdf
Juraj's recommended tools to Opt Out:
Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/
PGP/GPG, an encryption method commonly used for email and other communications -- https://protonmail.com/blog/what-is-pgp-encryption/
Matrix, the protocol -- https://matrix.org/
Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client -- https://element.io
Trezor, an open-source cryptocurrency hardware wallet -- https://trezor.io/
Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/
Obscura Cam, a privacy-centric camera app -- https://guardianproject.info/apps/obscuracam/
uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
This week's project to help you Opt Out - NewPipe:
Website -- https://newpipe.net/
Where to get NewPipe -- https://newpipe.net/#download
GitHub repository -- https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/
My recommendation -- https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/switching-to-calyxos/#newpipe-for-youtube
Supporting Opt Out:
Donations -- https://www.optoutpod.com/support/
Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
Next Episode
Sponsor Special w/ Alex from LocalMonero and AgoraDesk
What's the best way to buy and sell Monero while maintaining personal privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Alex, co-founder of LocalMonero, the newest sponsor of Opt Out.
More about Alex:
- Alex's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/alex-localmonero/
More about LocalMonero:
- LocalMonero's website -- https://localmonero.co
- LocalMonero onion address -- http://nehdddktmhvqklsnkjqcbpmb63htee2iznpcbs5tgzctipxykpj6yrid.onion/
- LocalMonero i2p address -- http://lm.i2p/
- LocalMonero Reddit -- https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalMonero
- LocalMonero Telegram -- https://t.me/LocalMonero
- LocalMonero Forum -- https://forums.localmonero.co/
More about AgoraDesk:
- AgoraDesk's website -- https://agoradesk.com
- AgoraDesk onion address -- http://2jopbxfi2mrw6pfpmufm7smacrgniglr7a4raaila3kwlhlumflxfxad.onion/
- AgoraDesk i2p address -- http://agoradesk.i2p/
- AgoraDesk Reddit -- https://www.reddit.com/r/AgoraDesk
- AgoraDesk Telegram -- https://t.me/AgoraDesk
Opt Out's Sponsors:
- Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
- LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
- IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn
Supporting Opt Out:
- Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donations
- Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!
- Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!
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