I got the best regulator that a cypherpunk could ever ask for XMRBazaar’s is on Nostr. Sorry I’m posting this 2+ weeks late, been crazy busy. But guys, this is still important, because if the parallel economy is going to grow, we’ve got to get off Big Tech infrastructure. And there’s still work to be done for the bulk of the Monero community on Reddit/Twitter

As our standards of society change, so does what you'd have to do to resist it. For example, 10-15 years ago, facial recognition was something you'd joke about with your buddies, at you enter the convenience store with the cameras that were offline and stored footage locally (only in the store). But today, a huge amount of remote work will ask you to do KYC involving pictures of your face and/or video footage that scans your eyeballs. In fact, you might not even be able to get paid work in many western countries, without some form of scans. As the US pushes for "real ID" which is changing the concept from requiring a name, to requiring a face. As the bar for what's required for resistance goes up, the burden to have privacy becomes greater, and many give up or fold. This is what motivates me to spend 10~12 hours a day working on HydraVeil, for such low pay. To try to help people not give up. And realize it can be a click away.

well said

thanks for pointing this out. our organization isn't running a spasm instance anymore, remember I am not the dev. but we got some new stuff coming down the pipeline

Life is a Journey The thing is, you don't always know where the destination is It twists, and turns. And the things you value or sweat today, may seem trivial in a decade. Or it might be the thing you look back on the most. In fact, maybe the bulk of the journey is to figure out what matters.

When I was younger, I thought debating politics was helpful Now, I think discussion of which side to vote for, gives the Deep State's global heirarchy legitimacy. We should not be debating what color the puppet should wear. And instead, put 100% of any effort in the resistance. The foundations of the resistance are privacy, censorship resistant speech & commerce, parallel legal systems, and community. And in a world of pseudo-anonimity, ideas and work must be judged on merrit. Not hype. All that debate you were doing over which politican, should instead be funneled into which technologies you use. And on-boarding people to them.

I hope you're right

Well this is why we started hydraveil as a linux app, and people should not live 100% of their lives on their phone. Yes phones are needed, but not literally everything you do, with these apps from play store to function

I knew the Israel-Gaza peace deal wouldn't be the comprehensive solution needed, but I thought it would at least last a little longer It doesn't make sense that Hamas would give up the hostages, only to immediately break it Should Trump win a Nobel Peace Prize? I say give him an Oscar for the lies.

Nostr users be like “This meme is so true, let’s stop squabbling” But five minutes later, “Let’s fight Bitcoin vs Monero!”

Linux distros are subjective, it's personal preference. Mint is great for n00bs Please see our guide on Android, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/using-our-vpn-on-android/wg-tunnel.html

I disagree with their choices of routing through residential homes, as it's slower upload speeds, but no benefit, as individual residential homes are more tapped than datacenters for packets going in and out. The best VPN is HydraVeil.net

If you have a VPS, this article is for you And if you don't have a VPS, you should consider getting a "little home"

Don't Get DNS Anal Probed! Most VPS hosts will default the DNS to Google and Cloudflare, even if they advertise privacy. Now, you'd say, well just change it right? But... Many VPS hosts use software that subverts your authority and undoes your changes, and sets the DNS back to Google and Cloudflare, even if you switch off it. So you think you're good, but then the VPS resets it back on it's own. In this critical fast article, we'll break down how you can Defeat the DNS Anal Probe with some Linux chops, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-guide-for-new-vps/avoid-google-cloudflare-dns/how-to-turn-google-dns-off.html