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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...

You're skipping my AI videos. I know that. But give me a listen for a moment because you need to understand who the opposition is and why I'm teaching you what I'm teaching you. The world is changing and you can't ignore it. But if you don't pay attention, you will be a victim. There's more to this than just pushing the newest technology. -----------------------------...

Installing Openclaw and giving instruction for its use has terrfied many users in the past. It was full of complexity and unclear procedures. I rewrote the installation scripts and simplified the instructions and now you can install Openclaw with Ollama with just one simple installation script. Then we will discuss what this AI Agent can do and demonstrate a few things. This is a "user"...

The seemingly cavalier attitude of the average person with the statement "I've got nothing to hide" now comes to bite us in the behind with upcoming changes that will render Linux and De-Googled phones not practical for the common person. All because no one cared. This gave politicians the signal that they can push laws that actually control our computers and Big tech loves it, beca...

I've successfully implemented a local AI solution and a local AI is the holy grail of the combination of privacy and AI. This was not some simple project and there was a lot of learning and a lot of expense plus extensive trial and error to make things work. Also having real goals for what the AI is expected to do is important to judge the usefulness of the solution. Some people just give you...

The mobile phone is the most surveilled device in the history of the world. But the current generation of users have learned to set this aside as unimportant. This now results in the phone generating an extraordinary amount of data that can find your every location, police your thoughts on the Internet, practically extract every action you've taken on the internet, and keeps a nice little rec...

In personal discussions with people and hearing them talk about their experience with AI, I see a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding. In some cases, I see deep fear. In other cases I see a full trust when trust isn't warranted. AI can be useful but it has limitations and it has faults. AI can do things now for you but there safe and unsafe ways to use it. AI can be a huge privacy and...

FISA 702 powers the surveillance of the United States government against its own citizens, in spite of the law being targeted towards supposedly "Foreign Persons". The reality is that this law that is subject to another renewal in Congress is finally gaining resistance because it is the basis of warrantless surveillance. It allows intelligence agencies and the FBI to conduct surveillance...

The go to solution for remote access has been Sonic Wall appliances. Or if you don't want to spend the money, you go for the riskier Port Forwarding option. These options have been eclipsed by two new technologies I will introduce today: Tailscale Mesh VPN and Rusk Desk for Desktop Remote access. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and Brax Open_Slate are on https://braxtec...

Fresh new news. Just a few days ago in early April 2026, Anthropic made us aware of the new model called Mythos Preview which they were testing for a few weeks. And they came up with their own adjectives like spooky and scary about what Mythos can do. It is clear that this is a turning point in AI. A big moment because Mythos, the first 10 trillion parameter model, the largest so far is showing su...

New laws like Age Verification are being legislated but the average person isn't understanding the true effect of these laws using modern operating systems from Big Tech. The actual effect has nothing to do with age verification but is actually an enforced digital identity. What is touted as a tool to "protect the children", is actually a tool of mass surveillance. -----------------...

New changes in technology like the fast pace of AI adoption and AI agents are triggering us to think of buying a new computer. I'm here to tell you that that is bad news in 2026. If you buy in 2026, you will waste your money and you will not get the best options. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and Brax Open_Slate is on https://braxtech.net -----------------------------...

Many of you are populating the mass surveillance databases seemingly on purpose. If you understand how the Palantir systems see the mass surveillance data, it might make you rethink what you do. Reminds of seeing a photo of a mob of protesters all with phones out taking videos of some event at the protest. Smart move? Hell no. There could have been safe ways to do this but the average person doesn...

OpenClaw can start doing bad stuff: delete your files, overwrite your code, send garbage emails, and ignore your instructions all because you didn't understand how it works. No, it is not because some attacked the AI via prompt injection which is the common expectation of the danger of an AI Agent. Instead the danger is much more basic but extremely difficult to manage. It is called Context O...

Windows users sitting in the sidelines are not understanding the source of the Windows hate. But that's because the messages are not getting through. Windows is changing. In a big way. The changes are so huge that really it is evolving to a completely different kind of computing experience that may have no connection anymore to Windows XP. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phon...

Last year 25 states passed new laws requiring Age verification laws on sites with adult content. While this was pretty bad for Internet Privacy, it was actually trivial to overcome so I did not panic. But CALIFORNIA, decided to up the ante to pass a law that will likely impact all apps that all people use. California now wants age verification to be at the OS Level (Windows, Android, iOS, Linux)....

There are AI Agents and there are AI Agents. And the one that you've heard for years now is Microsoft's Copilot or Windows 11 the Agentic OS. But now we can run our own AI Agent Infrastructure on OpenClaw and of course the word is that it is not private and not secure. That's poppycock. Privacy is not a problem at all when set up right. Security, well you really decide this and you...

A new project on Github is the fastest growing and it is OpenClaw, an AI Agent tool that can interface with any LLM. I gave this a test to see what the use case is. From its title as a 'Personal Assistant', frankly it is a fail. But as a general AI automation tool...OMG. The things I discovered that it can do.... ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone is on https://braxte...

The new thing now in software development is Vibe Coding. Yes that's a real term and it means having AI do the programming for you. While this might get some young people excited about how easy it is to write software with AI, this has some implications. Data shows that entry level programming jobs for general programming are down 20-25%. This means many Computer Science graduates thought the...