I appeared on the Monero Talk podcast, to discuss the new Session bot software Simplified Privacy has been creating. This would allow for the uncensored distribution of content, even under the harshest conditions such as an outright Monero ban.

See the instance setup yourself, by sending a message on Session to the ID: “MoneroTalk”

One word, without quotes. You can download session at getsession.org. As well as the other instance we have setup, at "Simple"

It’s a very long podcast, but I start at 1 hour 17 minutes in, https://www.monerotalk.live/digital-privacy-w-simplified-privacy-monero-price-report-news-more-epi-152

And I see the posts here about Nostr, I’m a fan of that too. This compliments Nostr perfectly. As Nostr is weaker censorship, but easier to spread on the clearweb.

Monero Feather Wallet Tutorial

Q: What are the advantages of Feather?

A: -Send your transactions over Tor, I2P, or a Proxy -Fast download sync for a daily driver -Easily manage nodes from a great list -Simple interface, it looks similar to Electrum Bitcoin wallet -Paid for by the open source Monero crowdfunding community

Here’s the Feather tutorial video: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/feather/

WireGuard and OpenVPN are two popular VPN protocols. Many flock to WireGuard because it’s faster, but are unaware that it’s less private than OpenVPN. VPN providers prefer WireGuard because it uses less resources on their end to achieve good results and so it saves them money.

To make it even more biased, most home routers lack the resources to handle OpenVPN without crippling speed, so the VPN router companies heavily push WireGuard in their interface setups and tech support. Because WireGuard is easier for the customer, VPN provider, router provider, and governments trying to do illegal surveillance on the population, it’s rarely discussed what the negatives of it even are.

In this episode, we take a closer look: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/wireguard/

GrapheneOS build for the Pixel 8 is out. This is not the final official version, but it’s making it’s way around their Matrix room, and they’re doing debugs. And we’re covering the Pixel 8 bugs/release as it unfolds in this article: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/graphenes-pixel-8-version-is-out/

Brand-new video that I’m in timed to cover the basics behind DeGoogled Phones: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphonebasics/

Simplified Privacy is a “no-fiat” Monero phone supplier. Keep the economy circular, as we don’t spend the XMR you give us for fiat, if it is spent, it’s within the community.

If you buy a Pixel 8 from a fiat supplier, it ties the IMEI to your credit card, which connects to cell towers. This means government thugs watch your location like a pet dog with a “find me” collar.

Legal disclaimer: I do not support illegal activity, but instead disagree philosophically with this invasion of privacy.

Even if you don't want to buy it, you can enjoy our free educational resources that reject Youtube/google tracking

What is Nostr? Nostr is decentralized messaging system with the most prevalent current use case being a censorship resistant twitter. It currently has custodial bitcoin lighting payments built in.

Can Monero be added instead of bitcoin? Yes, Bitcoin lightning is completely separate from the message protocol. You absolutely can have a client for Monero tipping, that can communicate with non-monero clients. The bitcoiners would just not see the monero part.

Why care about Nostr? It’s a “self-custodial twitter”. Nostr lets you own your audience like Monero lets you own your money. This is important as governments crack down on free speech, and would allow for an open forum for monero to continue discussion during a ban. To say "why care about Nostr?" is like saying "Why care about free speech?"

Are Nostr DMs private? They can be if you use certain clients. This video goes over Nostr privacy & some basics: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/nostrprivacy/

What attempts have been made so far to put Monero on Nostr? There’s been multiple funding attempts including one with Cake Wallet, but it’s not gained that much attention. Mostly due to Monero people being so insane angry about the Bitcoin Maxis that are on Nostr, however we need to separate the technology from the people talking on that technology. To say "Forget Nostr because Bitcoin Maxis use it" is like saying "Forget Monero because criminals use it"

Why is Nostr better than mastodon? Mastodon ties identity to DNS server IP addresses. IP addresses are tied to physical locations which the basis for government control via violence. While as Nostr ties identity to public keys beyond tyranny's grasp. Also on Mastodon, groups have de-federation lists, which is coordinated censorship.

What do you want from me? I’m not asking for money, the Nostr Monero client will get funded if there’s active community on it. I’m asking for you to make a Nostr account and have fun. Here’s a list of some XMR heads on the platform you can check out:

SimplifiedPrivacy.com npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6

monero directory npub1r27775s4thzj5gdz4j0dr8jygvtldnur2qxlzw0muu7z57k83c4qtsyqx6

Alexander, founder of monero merchants website npub1p47we20qqrn3rcnrhs22ygt2kayk320fq046y998zscq4hk7tgsqjn2qfl

juraj, speaker at MoneroTopia live and anarcho captialist npub1m2mvvpjugwdehtaskrcl7ksvdqnnhnjur9v6g9v266nss504q7mqvlr8p9

anon shop, buy amazon w XMR npub1zhjs54sc9t08gn53kq2tfzlf595w76t2venpjx22spezd2mgy3kq8wje8u

libre network, XMR & self-host videos npub127sumzfyvrxjm7v222y226ext4mh0xad79pq7lx8jgnn3vxsffsqz8uezu

graphene OS devs npub1gd3h5vg6zhcuy5a46crh32m4gjkx8xugu95wwgj2jqx55sfgxxpst7cn8c

rino, Monero Muti-sig wallets npub1s2s6jkakqnv3ja3cjt7wp3zyte7c7ngz2nv5u6ex8kpctccdvhkqvuzzkd

pluja, owner of KYCnot.me npub1jh4qu2g5e49syrwh293q8q90xeklvdx47pnj5vyca2tkljed08us0ctj6k

Up until now, I have been doing privacy videos with just my voice. Now after viewers refused to connect even a $0 Ethereum wallet because of a complete lack of trust in an anonymous shadowy figure, I have come forward to sacrifice my anonymity to advocate for and spread adoption of decentralized social media that is more resistant to censorship.

Yes the website is not fully decentralized yet. Yes MetaMask has privacy issues. But if you evaluate the technology we’re presenting, you'll understand why it's better than Google’s Youtube.

Before you curse this out as a scam without even understanding what it is, check out this video where I explain “encryption as identity” and how the Ethereum-powered video website works: https://vid.simplifiedprivacy.com/news/0x81ad645949cb936067f2f90f022e00a45cc75377b16eed0427e9e98c685951d4730bd09ba4f1fb4761d43281db2a8febe7017e304f1626d4bbba163c4a379cba1b

Why is this relevant to Monero? Because my videos will be a bunch of Monero wallet tutorials.

It's becoming more and more popular for websites (including Google & others) to demand you SMS text verify to use the service. This can be a huge drag on privacy. This article goes over a few services you can pay some tiny amount of cryptocurrency to get a burner SMS text number just for this purpose, including tips on which ones to use for which service:

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-temporary-burner-sms-verification-services/

Note: There are no affiliate links. This is a neutral third party article.

Microsoft Propaganda has indoctrinated young children into believing that pressing control alt delete to restart their failed operating system is a normal part of the human experience. This article discusses the clear speed and economic benefits of switching to Linux: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-has-speed-economic-benefits/

From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook's spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you're not even on the platform: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/

This article presents a mix of examples, some in which Big Tech just abuses the customer's lack of knowledge, but in other cases Big Tech acts illegally.

It's a real eye opener to learn how your medical data is being sold: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/big-tech-abuses-medical-privacy/

Some Bitcoin hodlers will say, "Who cares about privacy? Isn't Monero just for criminals?"

In this fun short video, we'll break down a few of replies you can give: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/why-monero/

Many in the crypto and privacy community mistakenly trust Telegram because it's "end to end encrypted", but there are huge issues including not hiding the metadata, censorship, centralization, and phone numbers.
Send this video to your friend that asks why you won't join: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/why-telegram-sucks/