The Hated One

Episode 252 - US government says "don't use a VPN" - should you listen?

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Episode 251 - Was I wrong about Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is becoming a mainstream thing and its position will probably be even more cemented by the upcoming Trump administration. Does this mean I was wrong about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency?

Texas House introduces bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/texas-house-introduces-bill-to-establish-a-strategic-bit...

Episode 250 - Analyzing US gov Android privacy tutorial

The final episode on the CISA privacy and security tutorial: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

Episode 249 - Is the government's iPhone privacy guide legit?

Dissecting the US government iPhone privacy guide: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

Episode 248 - Why would the government make a privacy tutorial?

Making a detour to talk about why the US government would make a privacy tutorial where many of their recommendations go against the practice deployed and lobbied for by US intelligence for decades.

CISA best privacy practices: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

FBI on encryption: ...

Episode 247 - Is Apple's Lockdown mode legit?

US security agency CISA recommends that iPhone users enable Lockdown mode. What does this mean and is this as secure and private as GrapheneOS?

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

Episode 245 - Analyzing US government's official privacy tutorial

CISA's official privacy tutorials makes many interesting points - are they correct?

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

Episode 245 - The US government tells you to not use a VPN - and they are right?

Going over CISA privacy and security recommendation to not use a personal VPN.

Source:https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

U.S. Government Officially Recommends Signal - What This Means For You

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is recommending all Americans to use Signal for secure communications along with many other privacy and security practices. This is my first dive into the broader privacy guide. In future episodes, I am gonna be evaluating other steps and give you my further analysis.

Sources:

Mobile Communications Best Practice Guidance

2024-12-22 21:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post

BREAKING: US government officially recommends Signal [Episode 244]

After the massive breach into US telecommunication networks in November, the US government is officially recommending Signal for secure communications.

More about government recommendations: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mobile-communications-best-practices.pdf

More here on the attack here: 2024-12-21 00:07:18 +0000 UTC View Post

[Announcement] - You can now GIFT membership to my Patreon

Hello everyone! It is now possible to gift paid memberships for others to enjoy perks from higher tiers. You can gift any membership tier to anyone you like using this link: patreon.com/thehatedone/gift

It could be a nice way to support what I do and let more people enjoy the perks from my Patreon page such as early access to my posts and podcast, exclusive updates, ad-free content or exclusive polls.

Tha...

This is how they caught Luigi Mangione

Luigi Mangione has been identified as the suspect who on December 4 unalived a UnitedHealthCare CEO outside Hilton Hotel in New York City. Mangione was sitting in the corner of a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a computer. Someone from the restaurant recognized him as he was wearing similar clothing as the suspect the New York Police was looking for.

But the restaurant was 300 miles away from the crime scene. How did the suspe...

Episode 243 - The Luigi Mangione situation is really weird

My commentary on the shooter who killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. How we escaped, how he got caught and the mistakes he made along the way.

Episode 242 - Government trolls! Government trolls everywhere!

Governments are learning fast that the best way to manipulate the masses is to join them.

Article: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-government-sponsored-cyber-militia-cookbook/

Is my YouTube channel getting PSYOP'ed?

Intro

This will be a different video than I normally make. Every now and then, something happens on my channel that is so weird I literally have to stop everything I am doing and address it. All of a sudden, my privacy videos are getting flooded with trolls commenting the same defeatist position – no matter what you do you will never have privacy. They are usually posted extremely quickly, usually within minutes of me publishing my video. They instantly become one of the top comment...

Episode 241 - Paradox of knowledge and how not to be overwhelmed with (privacy) research

The more you learn about something, the more you realize how much you don't know. This can be paralyzing, but it doesn't have to be.

Episode 240 - Internet is censorship is good for business and good for the government

How Internet censorship makes business and what can we do about it.

Episode 239 - My YouTube channel is getting PSYOP'ed

[work in progress]

Intro

This will be a different video than I normally make. Every now and then, something happens on my channel that is so weird I literally have to stop everything I am doing and address it. All of a sudden, my privacy videos are getting flooded with trolls commenting the same defeatist position – no matter what you do you will never have privacy. They are usually posted extremely quickly, usually within minutes of me publishing my video. They instantly beco...

BREAKING: The US gov wants to gangbang Google out of existence (episode 238)

The US Department of Justice wants to force Google to sell Chrome AND Android and eliminate all of Google's illegal distributions.

Sources

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/21/google-sell-chrome-us-court-filing-demand-competition-laws

DOJ filing: 2024-11-22 22:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 237 - Is my channel getting PSYOP'ed?

Weird comments with defeatist and fatalist sentiment are flooding my YouTube videos and I don't think that's an accident.

How to use ANY AI privately

Intro

I want to teach you how to use AI privately. Not just how to run an LLM locally on your device, but how to use any AI out there privately.

By now, there are more than enough tutorials on how to run AI on your laptop, which is private but insufficient. Not everyone is gonna have the hardware to run a capable enough model on their device. You are gonna need a dedicated GPU and plenty of RAM in order to run something like a 7-billion-paramater Llama3, which is a very small mo...

Episode 236 - How I analyzed privacy of smartphones

This is a peak into my analysis method for my latest video on the most private smartphone. You can follow this via LINDDUN Go cards: https://linddun.org/go/

What is the most private and secure phone

Be sure to check the attached PDF for reference on scoring!

Introduction

Smartphones are ultimate spying devices. Apple is collecting your detailed usage information even if you opt out. Google is tracking your location even if you turn it off entirely. And the predatory advertising industry is gathering, selling and sharing your data with no precautions, making you fall victim to scammers, fraudsters or power-tripping cops.

Of course, the big tech is getting backlash for ...

How to host AI locally (a collab with Naomi Brockwell)

This is the result of my collaboration with Naomi Brockwell on private AI. What do you all think? Naomi is amazing! Check her channel out and subscribe!

Episode 235 - The privacy and beyond of a life without a SIM

In today's episode, I dive into details on how I live my life without a SIM card (mostly). I answer some questions and concerns from my video on why I don't use a SIM - https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-dont-use-114635422

Why I dont use a SIM card and neither should you

Introduction

So I have a friend. And we talk maybe about once a month and meet once every five years. So you know it’s a serious relationship. And this other time I just casually told him I don’t actually use a SIM card. And I mean no SIM at all. No physical card, no eSIM. And I was pretty shocked to see how flabbergasted he was by this. He immediately asked me – how do you make phone calls? I simply said – I don’t. How do you get data? I said – I don’t. The shock was pa...

[Work in progress] - A preview of an exposition segment for my newest video on cellular tracking.... what do you think?

This will be for my new video on why I don't use a SIM card.

Episode 234 - Why I don't use a SIM card (or eSIM)

This will be newest video. Hope you like it!

Intro

So I have a friend. And we talk maybe about once a month and meet once every five years. So you know it’s a serious relationship. And this other time I just casually told him I don’t actually use a SIM card. And I mean no SIM at all. No physical card, no eSIM. And I was pretty shocked to see how flabbergasted he was by this. He immediately asked me – how do you make phone calls? I simply said – I don’t. How do you get da...

Episode 233 - Can Android and FOSS survive Google's breakup?

Relevant posts and content

They want to break Google up: https://www.patreon.com/posts/they-want-to-up-114120527

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Episode 232 - Is privacy futile when your friends and family do not follow your privacy steps?

A supporter asked a very pertinent question that affects everyone who is on their privacy journey - what to do about our friends and family members that do not want to follow the privacy steps we have taken? Is that compromising all of our privacy efforts? In today's episode, I propose an answer to this question and suggest multiple actions that can be taken to mitigate the privacy threats coming from our loved ones.