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Traveling with digital devices can be risky -- sometimes phones or laptops are seized as you’re going through security, they can be scanned, and a whole bunch of personal data taken from them. This includes your private photos, passwords to email accounts, and even your 2FA seeds. For anyone who wants to maximize privacy, here are 6 tips for traveling with electronic devices. The final tip is “pho...

It says on the Big G's website: ‘We do not sell your personal information to anyone’” The truth is, they ARE SHARING your personal and sensitive information, and being compensated handsomely in return. But what’s ACTUALLY going on in this exchange is far WORSE that you can possibly imagine. I chat with Bennett Cyphers from EFF, and Johnny Ryan from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, about...

Tracking links are a way for sites to track you across the web. They usually look like super long strings of random numbers attached to the end of normal URLs, and companies use them to build up dossiers on people based on their browsing habits. And they can reveal VERY sensitive information about you! Luckily there are many tools available to help you strip them out and protect your privacy.  00:...

VICE has a great article explaining how internet service providers quietly share detailed information about network traffic. It's called "netflow data" and they can even trace traffic through VPNs. But the scary part is how many people that data is then shared with. We dive into the details. 00:00 Intro 01:45 ISPs and Netflow Data 05:47 What is netflow data? 08:22 What is done with...

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay was unveiled in the middle of last year, and it made a big splash in the tech community. It makes browsing using Safari, Apple’s web browser, more private and anyone who has a paid iCloud account can turn it on. For the average user, it seems to be a huge step forward for privacy.  But does this mean you should add it to your security toolbox? We’ll dive into how priva...

A leaked document from the EU, proposing new regulation, describes the most sophisticated mass surveillance machinery ever deployed outside of China and the USSR. The proposal is for a new mass surveillance system that will read private text messages, not to detect CSAM, but to detect “grooming”. It would mandate scanning of encrypted messages for CSAM material. Once you open up “machines reading...

Before downloading an app do you check the privacy policy and encryption practices it uses for your data? Luckily Mozilla checks for you. They just updated their "Privacy Not Included" guide that tells you everything you need to know about whether an app is trustworthy or not. And it turns out that a whole lot of meditation and prayer apps have... CONCERNING data practices.  Find Mozilla...

Snowden Played Key Role in Zcash Creation -- Interview with Nate Wilcox, Zcash co-creator Google Now Accepts Requests for Sensitive Data Removal Elon Musk Wants to Make Twitter DMs Encrypted 0:00 Pre-roll 0:52 Show Intro 2:00 Edward Snowden Played Key Role in Creation of Zcash, w/ Nathan Wilcox 4:10 Nathan Wilcox explains "The Ceremony" 6:33 NCC Group's involvement 11:35 Wilcox: &qu...

It was revealed today that Edward Snowden, famed whistleblower and privacy advocate, was one of the 6 participants in the Zcash "ceremony" of 2016!  In a video just released by Zcash media, he said that he was happy to be involved because it was an interesting project being worked on by trusted cryptographers. He had used a pseudonym "John Dobbertin" during his participant, and...

1. Russian Crypto Miner sanctioned by the U.S. 2. "Tribalism hurts the whole industry" says Ripple CEO 0:00 Pre-roll 0:47 Intro and Overview 2:19 Russian Crypto Miner SANCTIONED 9:01 "Tribalism huts the whole industry" says Ripple CEO 13:17 LBRY lawsuit 19:36 Quiz: Congrats YT Viewer Zach Duncan! 22:09 Show Out and Thanks Brought to you by NBTV members: Sam Ettaro, Will Sandova...

Assange Moves 1 Step Closer to Extradition EU Governments Use Pegasus Spyware on Dissidents Apple rolls out client-side nudity detection  0:00 Pre-roll 1:08 Intro 2:10 U.K. Judge Approves Assange's Extradition to U.S. 3:25 History of the Assange case 7:17 Assange's wife Stella speaks 11:40 E.U. Governments Use Pegasus Spyware on Dissidents 17:53 Greek Journalist TARGETED by Predator Spyw...

Breaking: North Korean Hacker group "Lazarus" tied to $625M crypto theft on the Axie Infinity "Ronin" blockchain Inflation: It’s WORSE than you think The Fed’s SECRET Repo Loans Virgil Griffith in prison for 5 years for Teaching People About Crypto 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Welcome 01:51 - BREAKING: N. Korean Hackers tied to Massive Axie Infinity Crypto Theft 02:42 - INFLATION: 40...

Apple CEO, Tim Cook, spoke at a conference this week about how Apple privacy may be under threat. Cook says Cook that potential legislation in both the USA and EU would loosen Apple's grip over their walled garden, and create a security risk to users. One of the potential threats he discussed was sideloading, another was backdoors in encryption. We discuss some of the legislation being discus...

The big G Maps is by far the most downloaded navigation app in the US and for good reason.  Invading your privacy and surveilling you helps them provide better services. Their entire business model revolves around collecting huge amounts of information about you and selling it to advertisers. What are some more private alternatives? We dive into map apps that help you reclaim your privacy! 00:00 M...

Peter Thiel Shreds $100s and Mocks Maxis Strike Partners with Shopify Robinhood Opens Up Crypto Wallet for 2 million users Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes a speech on Digital Asset Brought to you by NBTV members: Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: http...

Hidden code in certain apps has been sending your data to... a US Intelligence defense contractor?? Apparently app creators were PAID to put an SDK from Measurement Systems into their app, which harvested data like precise location, email, and phone numbers, nearby computers and mobile devices, information that is stored in the phone’s clipboard including passwords, and it had the ability to scan...

EU ‘Unhosted Wallet’ Rule is a DISASTER Could this and outlawing private transactions kill crypto? Elizabeth Warren Calls For a CDBC. Would that be good or bad for crypto adoption? Yes, there’s a Will Smith Slap token. How long until rugpull? 00:00 - Intro 01:38 - Top Stories Overview 03:40 - EU "Unhosted Wallet" Rule Is A DISASTER! 13:10 - Audience Question:  "Will the Unhosted Wal...

A new report reveals that hackers are gaining access to sensitive data about us from tech companies like ISPs, phone providers, social media companies, by impersonating law enforcement and demanding data as "an urgent matter of life and death." They use a tool called Emergency Data Requests (EDRs), and we'll dive into what these are, and why they're allowing our most sensitive...

So you’ve finally bought crypto.  What do you do with it? Some people will still tell you that you can't do anything with it. That might have been true over a decade ago, but these days you can actually spend your crypto anywhere you want to: thanks to crypto credit and debit cards. There are even cards that are non-custodial and don't require KYC! We dive into the Dash Direct mastercard...

Russia Considers Accepting Bitcoin for Oil. Ukrainian Refugees Flee with Bitcoin: CNBC provides a surprisingly positive take on the freedom that crypto allows. St. Maarten’s Parliamentarian opts to have Entire Salary paid in BCH! 00:00 - Intro 01:38 - Top Stories Overview 02:38 - Quiz Reminder 03:30 - Russia Considers Accepting Bitcoin for Oil 04:15 - The History of the USD-based Petro-Dollar 12:0...

Okta, a major identity management platform that secures the accounts of thousands of large organizations, has been hacked.  Lapsus$, a group of extortion hackers, published photos of someone in control of an Okta administrative account.  The potential fallout, and number of companies this might affect, could be extreme. We dive into the details. 0:00 Preroll 0:47 Intro 1:46 Okta HACKED 3:26 What I...

You don't need to throw out all your digital devices to reclaim some privacy in the digital age. There are small choices you can make about which products you use that go a LONG way to giving you back control over your data and carving out a private space on the internet. I first gave this presentation at Liberty Forum 2022. 00:00 Why Privacy is Important 08:43 Extreme Privacy Resources 09:39...

Is it possible to cure aging, meaning to prevent the damage that occurs to cells that leads to so much suffering in the elderly? Is it possible to fortify the body so that it can exist in its healthiest form for hundreds, or even thousands of years?  Large swaths of the scientific community believe that this is not only possible, but it might be possible within our lifetime, and HUGE amounts of mo...

Warren’s Crypto Bill is Unconstitutional: We dive into the details, and what Coin Center had to say about it. This week the Fed announced they'll be raising interest rates. What does this mean, and how will this affect crypto?  Vitalik is on Time’s Latest Cover, he dives into Ethereum and his fight for the future of crypto. 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Top Stories 02:30 - Quiz reminder 03:36 - Digit...

How secure is your Alexa? Researchers have discovered new vulnerabilities in these home assistant devices that would allow them to self-issue commands, to open doors, tamper with smart devices, and listen to your conversation. The original report was released in February: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.08619.pdf And a great new article in Ars Technica summarized the findings well: https://arstechnica....