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It's an ultra dangerous time right now because practically all devices on the Internet are vulnerable. Due to AI discovering tens of thousands of bugs, exploits are available in massive numbers that can no longer be prevented using the usual means. It's time to hunker down! My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive "Your Mind I...

This is a hands on detailed view of how assemble a Dell Poweredge 1U Rack Server -- the same machines costing up to $70K in a Datacenter -- and we get to run it in our house. After putting it together we'll set up the BIOS to turn off datacenter specific features and simplify it for Proxmox use. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive...

Part 2 - What's Wrong With Linux. Linux has major usability issues. And it exists in all Distros. Why this has been tolerated I have no idea. There are 10 categories of user issues from App installation to System Settings. But today we will fix it. Introducing the ReadyLinux script which will correct these obvious failings. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube...

Part 1 - WHAT'S WRONG WITH LINUX SERIES Why is it a nightmare installing Linux when Windows is already running? The surprising detail is not something on the Hard Drive but it's in the Firmware. And it's a mandate by Microsoft. This Firmware plugin means that we are screwed. Microsoft makes it very difficult to override Windows with anything else. Learn the full details and why Linu...

With game changing new tools like Tailscale available, setting up a Homelab server frees you from dependence on any cloud provider and allows you to keep your data out of your phone and computers. Remove the risk of your data being acquired during travel. Set up a home lab server and do it for only $1000. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTech...

Something I predicted in the past is now moving into production use. And that is the use of sensors to detect each of your individual RF signatures. Creating a dense network using ALPR Cameras equipped with RF detection devices, a map of frequencies can be developed to find anyone. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive "Your Mind Is...

If you are confronted by a border official at any country, let's be frank. if they want to unlock your phone, you don't have much of a choice. Unless of course you want to be denied entry. But what they can see depends on choices you make in advance. In this video we will examine those choices and see which are palatable to you. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://w...

You're probably blindsided like me about who the threat is in Tech. I was thinking the threat is Google and Facebook. But then I wasn't really studying the moves as carefully from one of the biggest players. One of the Top 4 Corporations in the world. Microsoft. You'll be surprised! My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive &qu...

Flock has gone viral as a topic and deservedly so. I'm glad it has reached mainstream media. But to complete the picture, we have to close the loop as warrantless surveillance doesn't end with Flock. It is but another cog in the wheel. Let's learn the full story. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive "Your Mind Is the...

If you are tech-savvy with privacy tools, you might think you will automatically be safe. But there are a few "gotchas" that people don't know about because no one is there to tell them. Today, I will be the one to teach you the holes in the average person's privacy plan and it's due to not understanding the secret data exchange propagated by the data brokers. Execute your...

You ever get that feeling of anxiety about a potential hack? Login alert from a city you’ve never been to. Phone battery draining weird. Some random post or a friend saying their phone is full of Trojans and someone’s watching everything. Suddenly your brain goes: “I’m being targeted. Someone’s specifically after me.” This story is common but usually on the wrong scale. Let's present the hack...

Announcing the release of the new book "Your Mind Is the Product", a series of essays that paint the picture of the privacy dilemma and potential solutions. Kindle Store https://amzn.to/4gBCsyR My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and Brax Open_Slate Android/Linux Tablet is...

In a recent video on "Invisible Phones", I scared the beginners because the explanation of that solution was more advanced. But it is only one of 3 possible options. Today we will reframe this into levels of solutions for hiding your phone number and the base solution requires no tech skills. When you start from the base level, you are already reaping the privacy benefits of de-linking y...

Did you know what happens exactly when OneDrive is activated? Many of you don't. And if are not aware of it, your private documents and photos become part of the Microsoft collection of world knowledge, and intimate information about you. Microsoft scans your data, presumably for CSAM and malware but really it can be for any purpose. If you'd like to learn how to stop this once and for a...

In the news is a newly discovered Windows tracker that has some scary implications. It can be used to track your activities all over the Internet and was recently used against a Cyber-criminal case by the US Government. It involved information supplied by Microsoft and it reveals a level of tracking that we have not known about and works even if you don't use a Microsoft account. Just using W...

There is a way to evade the surveillance infrastructure of the phone network. It means combining several technologies into a complete solution. But many have tried this and claimed that it was difficult to make it work reliably. In this video I will demonstrate that you can create this PSTN Hardened phone solution and that it is reliable if done right. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Priv...

Here's the story of a newbie on Home Automation firing up Home Assistant and various IOT devices with zero knowledge at the beginning. Follow the the experience and now I know what's up! I've avoided Internet of Things (IOT) devices because they are such privacy invaders. But you can do Home Automation the Open Source way with no cloud dependencies of any sort. Follow me on my journ...

This messaging standard deserves a fresh look. Among the popular choices of messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage, this stands out as superior in privacy. Why? Because it's entire design was based on collecting no personally identifiable information and no one entity can control it. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and the Brax...

The vast majority of people, even tech people, do not understand the dangers of IPv6. This mysterious feature of the Internet is even being used actively by some Big Tech sites and we thought this was only used internally. You do even know that you have multiple routes over the Internet and some are dangerous but some are not. You can have full control over where your traffic goes and not let IPv6...

We just launched BraxSIM Unlisted which is a privacy focused eSIM cell service for our community. There are two offerings: a standard US Cell Service with unlimited calls and texts and varying High Speed Data starting at $15 a month (no prepayment requirid), and the second offering is a Data only plan which is available in several countries including the US, UK, Canada. This data only eSIM can use...

I was forced to use an old 5 year old laptop for the last two weeks and it opened my eyes to the bill of goods that we've been sold. I didn't notice any significant performance difference with the majority of things that I do with my daily driver. And yet the old computer specs would leave you to believe it would drag slowly. Let's analyze why. ---------------------------------- Bra...

If you ever mix Linux with Windows, whether it be on separate drives or one dual boot drive, or just from some corruption of Linux, I have a new way of installation that will save you. This foolproof method will ensure that nothing will break your install. Even if Windows overwrites the bootloader, you can be up and running again in 15 minutes. The trick is something that's not taught frequen...

If you use a VPN, you can't even make a restaurant reservation without some site blocking you for using a VPN. What they want to do of course is to force you to turn your VPN off. The end result is the IP address becomes your identity. This is such a fundamental issue to protect on the Internet that it is not acceptable to just accept a VPN block. I explain to you how they block VPN's. B...

Can you rely on AI to give you advice such as Privacy related advice? Well I can prove to you now that by default it gives quite incorrect information just from the simple question "Can an IP Address reveal an exact location?" ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and Brax Open_Slate is on https://braxtech.net ----------------------------------- Brax Virtual Phone, De-Go...