NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life

https://youtu.be/b0d90ul4ELE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/data-brokers-ruin-lives:d Data brokers are like invisible digital packrats, silently harvesting every piece of data about us that they can find. But the information provided by data brokers isn’t always correct. This is a problem because it's often heavily relied on by law enforcement as evidence, without being independently...

https://youtu.be/rtRQKQkvUfE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Telegram:68 Telegram advertises itself as a private messaging app, and has attracted over 800 million users. But Telegram is one of the last apps I'd recommend if you're looking for private communication. In this video we explain how encryption actually works on Telegram: how it's not possible to end-to-end encrypt...

https://youtu.be/GQHutNQVLgw https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Data-Brokers:b Data brokers know a lot about us. They silently harvest any information they can find, by purchasing information, using trackers, scraping social media, ingesting data breaches. They compile this information into databases, and sell access so that others can sift through the most private and sensitive areas of our...

https://youtu.be/tIr9GfCtd9U https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Private-Transactions:b Financial privacy is essential for a free society, because it allows us to support causes we believe in without fear of retribution, to flee dangerous situations without being tracked, to live our daily lives without feeling like every choice we make is on display and needs to be self-censored. How can we h...

https://youtu.be/c-bDpZoG--w https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/pfsense-deep-dive:5 Consumer grade routers are like leaky boats. But you can beef up your setup using things like the pfSense open source router and firewall software. In previous videos we've looks specifically at DNS settings, and programs like "Unbound" within pfSense. While these grant you granular control over...

https://youtu.be/pURzvhYQ2FQ https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DNS-Blocklists:3 These days, trackers infiltrate nearly every webpage. Advertisements demand your attention and monitor your online movements. Your own devices and software send telemetry back to manufacturers and developers, leaking all kinds of information about your activities. DNS blocklists can help you regain control over y...

https://youtu.be/MBBOjf7fLrc https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/The-erosion-of-privacy-and-its-consequences:3 Privacy is assaulted in broad daylight and everything we do is recorded with an unforgiving permanence. We trade away our private data for services and conveniences -- not realizing that the government has become party to every agreement we enter into. Due to the 3rd-Party Doctrine, w...

https://youtu.be/NtXRkKs_PA8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Youtube-alternative-apps:3 When you want to watch videos on your phone, you're probably using an app whose dual role behind the scenes is to gather as much information about you as it can. It observes all of your actions, and adds all this information to a database about you that it shares with thousands of other companies....

https://youtu.be/xAo61IaXun8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/encrypted-DNS:d We presume what we search for on the internet stays private. But you might be leaking all of your internet activity through something called a DNS request. It's possible that every site you want to visit is being collected and sold by your ISP, or monitored by countless other entities. In this video we review...

https://youtu.be/FjMyyygVsyM https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Podcast-and-audiobook-app:a In the digital age we've become used to being able to access music and podcasts wherever we go. But most audio apps collect a LOT of data about you. In this video we look at podcast players, audio book apps, and music streaming services that DON'T collect your data. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Overview...

https://youtu.be/QZ8dmZiY05I https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/CBDCs:c20 CBDCs will put financial privacy, financial freedom, and security in grave danger. It's a new kind of money that will put the government at the center of digital transactions. It will be a tool for unprecedented financial surveillance and censorship, and the worst part is that basically every government around the...

https://youtu.be/cIGESSm39n4 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Malicious-extensions:1 Browser extensions can be a lot more dangerous than you realize. You probably don't understand the permissions that you're granting when installing a browser extension, so in this video we look at these permissions under a microscope, and explain what each one means. We also uncover the sketchy un...

https://youtu.be/PdxooS4g5tM https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Alt-app-store:f App stores are central to how we use our smartphones. If you’re on Android you probably get all your apps from the Google Play Store, and if you’re on iOS you get your apps from the Apple App store. But there’s a catch: to access these app stores, you first have to sign in to an account. It links your app activity to...

https://youtu.be/m_xtR6n94ro https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Essential-privacy-102:6 If you want to take your digital privacy to the next level, you need to look at VoIP numbers, Email Aliases, and DNS. In this presentation we look at how to reign in the digital exhaust you’re leaving behind you in your daily life. 00:00 Intro 03:16 Overview 05:39 Cell Numbers 06:56 Prepaid SIM Cards 12:55...

https://youtu.be/CJyAgi4Px78 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Bloatware:3 Your phone is filled with apps you don't use. In fact, when you first bought your phone, it was probably already filled with apps that you never installed, and there's no way to uninstall them. These apps are all sucking up data about your phone activities. It's called "bloatware" and it'...

https://youtu.be/oyekPpdjAaU https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Assange:9c Julian Assange, creator of Wikileaks, is an activist who has dedicated his life to exposing the lies and corruption of some of the most powerful governments on earth. He’s been honored with countless prestigious journalism awards, yet he languishes in prison under horrendous conditions, vilified as an enemy of the stat...

https://youtu.be/oSZYlU-cfzY https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Sony-v-internet:e The Internet has transformed the way we access knowledge, and its neutral infrastructure is supposed to be free from government influence or corporate censorship. But the internet as we know it is under threat. Sony music has brought a legal attack against a critical part of the Internet's infrastructure --...

https://youtu.be/JYtcY8qwSo4 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/linus-hacked:a Linus Tech Tips, YouTuber with millions of subscribers, had his accounts hacked this week. The attackers didn't get access to his password or 2FA: they stole his SESSION TOKEN. We explain what a session token is, how this attack works, and what you can do to protect yourself. 00:00 Linus Tech Tips HACKED 02:18...

https://youtu.be/JHIAIzOPz3I https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/most-private-2FA:5 2FA is essential for securing your accounts, and one popular method is using an authenticator app. But some of the most well known authenticator apps are collecting more data about your activities than you may realize. We dive into what kind of information they’re collecting, how to give these apps less informa...

https://youtu.be/cP1LVbLAcSU https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DARK-SIDE-of-2FA-Apps:c It’s super important to have a 2nd method of verification on your accounts. One popular option is an Authenticator app, otherwise known as a TOTP app. But it turns out an overwhelming number of authenticator apps in the app store are actually scams. In this video we’re going to show you how some of these f...

https://youtu.be/PYgS0MSTWRk https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/RFID:ad Did you know there might be trackers in your clothing? RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags can be found everywhere. Their main use is to track inventory and prevent shoplifting, but there are lots of conspiracy theories about RFID and its ability to track people. In this video we’ll explain how RFID works, why peop...

https://youtu.be/yND3ogYFVp0 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/most-private-cloud-storage:3 We probably all use cloud storage -- it’s a convenient, cost-effective way to store files and share them with others. But when you use the most popular cloud storage providers, you’re handing off your photos, videos, documents, and all kinds of other files to someone else, so that they can look after...

https://youtu.be/a2RjbvMES-0 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DNS-v6-ODYSEE:1 Your home internet has a privacy problem! DNS, or Domain Name System, is the lookup system responsible for converting human-readable domain names like google.com into IP addresses, which is the format that computers need to communicate with each other. But in this process, a LOT of data is leaked about your intern...

https://youtu.be/69AQruBI2nY https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Most-Private-Password-Managers:9 Using a password manager is actually one of the most IMPORTANT things you can do to safeguard your digital life. Password managers are software for generating and storing your passwords for you. While keeping all passwords in a single vault may seem like a scary prospect for some people, we explai...

https://youtu.be/p3L7bLYz-mk https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Libreoffice:5 Microsoft's 365 Office Suite was recently banned in Germany over privacy concerns. Should you be using a more private office suite instead? Microsoft Office is one of the most used suites of programs worldwide. They have become so common that their programs have worked their way into our daily vocabulary, and t...