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In this episode we discuss the reasons of why to protect your data including your personal cloud files. We discuss different open source and paid alternatives to store your most precious files, photos, contacts and more. Privacy is not inherent with the internet, the more you can control and manage the more your digital life becomes sovereign. 

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Podcast Resources

Zero Knowledge Services where you have the keys, they don't but if you lose the keys you lose your data.

- Tresorit - https://tresorit.com/

- Mega - https://mega.io/

- Icedrive - https://icedrive.net/

- Pcloud - https://www.pcloud.com/

- Proton Drive - https://protonmail.com/blog/proton-drive-early-access/

What Closed Ntwrk uses - Nextcloud - https://nextcloud.com/

Encrypt your files with the open source application call "Cryptomator" https://cryptomator.org/

Editorial resources referenced in the podcast regarding Apple users paying a premium for flights and hotels:

        https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18595347

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/

https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/mac-users-higher-hotel-prices-orbitz/story?id=16650014

In this episode I talk about some very simple and practical applications and techniques to start safeguarding your personal information. These can be implemented on day 1 of your privacy journey. 

I discuss the following:

- Securing purchasing transactions with the use of https://privacy.com

- Implementing "sudo" profiles with virtual phone numbers, email and text using https://mysudo.com

- Using an email aliasing tool called Simple Login to avoid the spam train after signing up for services - https://simplelogin.io

- Setting up a password manager to manage all your logins to websites so that you never use the same password on more than one website. I talk briefly about KeyPass and 1Password but I'm currently using Bitwarden because you can self host it if you desire. - https://bitwarden.com

I also discovered a great podcast on the same topic called "Opt Out" and I have been really enjoying it so I wanted to share that as well. - https://www.optoutpod.com

I have no affiliation with any of the services I have mentioned. This is purely my opinion and I may change in the future and if I do I will be sure to discuss that on the podcast.

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In this episode I have a conversation with my brother about his journey switching from an iPhone to a Google Pixel running a de-Googled operating system called GrapheneOS. We discuss the challenges and new found excitement for unplugging from the corporate marketing engine. We touch on the switch to Linux from Mac OS and what is holding us both back for certain use cases. 

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Hello, my name is Simon and this is my first podcast on privacy and security. My goal is to cover a lot in a short episode on what types of topics I will be covering so you will know if this is the type of podcast you will be interested in. If you want to know more about how to protect your data and your identity then come along for the first bumpy road of this journey with me.