The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar

Hey peeps, Its Hakeem! We’ve just released the first episode of the new #TBOT show which will be published every Friday from now on. 🔥 My focus with this show is to give you the most important tech stories every week in about 20 minutes (ain’t nobody got more time than that) - all with recommendations. ⭐ PLUS - one cool tech trick or open-source solution every week. This week we’ll discuss: * RE...

In this clip from my new interview with the Macroaggressions Podcast, I talk about the huge multi billion dollar industry built on Google's AdWords and key information about individual users that are compiled into secret databases like Google's Sensorvault. Listen to the full interview here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...

In this clip from Above’s Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised webinar, I detail how Above Phone will lock out intruders who attempt to use brute force attacks on a pincode to guess the security password on your phone. I also touch on the importance of cryptographically verified boots for GrapheneOS, to make sure nothing changed within your OS from the previously installed update ensuring hacker...

In this clip from Above’s ‘Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised’ webinar, I discuss the importance of keeping your phone locked at all times and how Cellebrite tools can be used by law enforcement to capture and compromise all of your personal data once the phone is in their hands. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your n...

In this clip from Above’s ‘ Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised ’ webinar, I’m getting into the details about how GrapheneOS has hardened memory allocation to protect against various memory based exploits that attempt to hijack vulnerabilities on your phone. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here . To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Choos...

In this clip from Above’s ‘Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised’ webinar, I dive into how to identify previously used Pegasus malware URL links that were logged by Amnesty International and some of the most common exploits found in Apple photos including the iMessage 0 day vulnerabilities, which happened from 2019 to 2023. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Sig...

In this clip from Above’s ‘Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised’ webinar, I explore how mobile network injection attacks use fake cell towers to redirect you from regular sites to a site that can infect your phone. Those who may be surveilled should watch this. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here . To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Cho...

Showcasing advanced offline navigation features of the open source maps app OsmAnd, such as navigation simulation. It’s an easy choice when looking to replace invasive spyware apps like Google Maps. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here . To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Choose the Free $0 Webinar Access Membership option ✓ Click the conf...

If you have ever used an iPhone, you were placed in a secret Google Maps database called Sensorvault. This was so secret that not even Congress knew about it until it was up and running! Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here . To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Choose the Free $0 Webinar Access Membership option ✓ Click the confirmation lin...

In this clip from our Open Source Navigation webinar, Above CEO Hakeem Anwar speaks to how megacorps like Google and Apple have been collecting all the WiFi access points in the world for surveillance purposes in the past decade. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Choose the Free $0 Webinar Access Membe...

In our Open Source Navigation webinar, Above CEO Hakeem Anwar explains that when you use a normal SUPL service on a big tech phone you're sending over a lot of information, like unique identifiers, to Google. Above Phone (via GrapheneOS) keeps you protected by running a proxy server so you don’t have to connect to Google satellites. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here To sign up: ✓ Click...

In our Open Source Navigation Webinar we discussed what the origin of prehistoric maps were in the ancient world. Long before OsmAnd and Google Maps, our ancestors used to chisel out detailed maps in mammoth tusks to keep track of where they were going. Sign up FREE to watch more webinar clips here To sign up: ✓ Click on 'Signup' in the navigation menu ✓ Enter your name and email ✓ Choose the Free...

This Holiday season, you may witness some strange screen staring behavior from your friends and family. Did you know the average teen spends over 7 hours daily staring at screens? That's not including essential school work. Big Tech is deliberately engineering addiction. Anxiety and depression are skyrocketing. IQs are dropping. None of this is an accident - it's by design. Want to protect your fr...

Last month, a recent investigation by French newspaper Le Monde uncovered significant privacy risks involving high-ranking government officials' location through their use of the fitness tracking application Strava. The investigation revealed that the movements of multiple world leaders—including U.S. President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump—can be tracked through their security personnel's...

The countdown is on! Our FREE Hidden Signs Your Phone is Compromised Webinar premieres on November 19th at 2 PM CST. Don't miss out on: * How law enforcement breaks into locked phones (yes, even with a passcode) * Real-time detection of Pegasus-level spyware threats * Professional-grade security measures you can implement today BONUS : Live attendees get an EXCLUSIVE Black Friday discount on Above...

In part two of my People's Reset presentation " We Are Technology ", I'm getting into a controversial topic. I discuss how sex may deplete the life force energy and vitality in men, using the theories of Swami Vivekanada who claims to have additional mental and vital energy from practicing abstinence from sex for 12 years. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...

At the People’s Reset this year I gave a presentation " We Are Technology " an alternative theory and approach to the technology of our body. I discussed the three types of breathing in Kriya yoga and the physical, energetic and emotional benefits of Yin yoga. What did you think of the presentation? Is the technology of the body a topic you are interested in? Support our work: https://www.tiktok.c...

I spoke with Rose O’ Leary from DarkFi about the problem of centralization in app development and pointed to the recent Telegram saga with Pavel Durov. Rose talked about an alternative to GitHub, where you can contribute code to any project anonymously. Although Rose was also quick to point out that she can’t necessarily protect herself once her image is online and on social media. What do you thi...

In part 2 of my interview with Rose O’ Leary from DarkFi, I asked about the involvement of the FBI and the IRS in tracing and tracking transactions. I was wondering how DarkFi could potentially safeguard visibility into the blockchain. What did you think of the answer Rose gave about Monero's ring signature? Do you have any alternative options to propose in this space? This is a public episode. If...

We had the privilege of asking the Monero community our questions from our article: LEAKED: IRS Attempts to Trace Monero in Leaked Training Video, Response from Monero We received a response from Rucknium - an anonymous statistician of Monero Research Lab who’s conducted some of the first professional statistical analyses of the Monero blockchain and contributed work through Monero’s CCS (communit...

Hakeem Anwar, CEO of Above Phone recently had a chat with Rose O' Leary from an exciting new project: DarkFi. He talked about how inspiring it is to build technology that brings people together rather than creating more division, especially here in the US. DarkFi is a base layer for anonymous applications and smart contracts that aims to be multi-chain interoperable. Curious to hear what you think...

The reason I started using cryptocurrency was because I didn't want anyone to be able to spy on what I spend my money on. Can you relate? In part 2 of IRS Attempts to Trace Monero I'm asking the hard questions - Is Monero actually private? Is any cryptocurrency private? I would love to hear from you in the comments below! Watch the uncut video and read the full article here ! Support our work: htt...

We’re living in a comic book. A legendary cat and mouse game is taking place, with the world’s financial privacy at stake. Tyrannical regulatory bodies are obsessed with ensuring no one can exchange money without their knowledge. They join forces with international law enforcement and corporate technology partners that weaponize surveillance on the blockchain. Who stands in their way? A bunch of M...

In a significant blow to open access advocates, the Internet Archive has lost its appeal against major publishers in a landmark copyright case. The dispute centered on the Archive's "Open Library" system, which operated on a principle called "controlled digital lending." This allowed the Archive to lend out e-books for texts they physically owned, mirroring traditional library practices. The contr...

If Google Maps went down this very moment, would you be able to get directions to the nearest grocery store? Would you be able to get back home if you're on the other side of town? Probably not, because we have lost our sense of direction. We're super tied down to these big tech mapping applications, which when you search for food, it gives you b******t like McDonald's and Walmart, lowest common d...