Episode #6. Are there too many open source projects? Or too many of the wrong type? Or is everything a-okay? Today we chat about what feels like the oversaturation of FOSS.

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Techlore Talks Interview: Abdullah Atta, CEO of the private note-taking service Notesnook. Today I find out who’s behind the open source, zero-knowledge note-taking service Notesnook!

Abdullah's Twitter

Abdullah's GitHub

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:39 - About Abdullah & Notesnook

01:42 - What made you want to create Notesnook?

05:06 - Who is the team behind Notesnook?

05:59 - What are the challenges behind your service?

09:58 - Why is E2EE important for digital notes?

12:29 - Who is the target audience for Notesnook?

17:06 - What is the overall goal of your service?

20:35 - When will Notesnook have collaboration? / Collaboration rant

24:55 - How does Notesnook handle feature parity across different apps? / more collaboration rant

28:28 - Where do you see yourself going from here?

29:31 - Is Notesnook open source?

31:21 - What are the next big technical challenges?

34:17 - Outro

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Episode #5. Apple's newest security & privacy changes, like E2EE for more iCloud services is here! But it's not all great news.

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Verifying Safety Number

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00:00 Introduction

00:57 E2EE iCloud Updates!

16:23 2FA Security Key Support

26:51 iMessage Contact Key Verification

34:21 Takeaways for listeners

37:34 Apple's Privacy/Security ecosystem

39:30 Random chit-chat

49:09 Outro

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Episode #4. Social media moderation, deplatforming, freedom of speech, internet anonymity, and more!

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00:00 Introduction

00:55 Our stances on social media moderation

03:48 Do we have a right to be on social media services?

05:40 Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences

08:59 How anonymity impacts our behavior on the internet

14:34 Our personal experience moderating/administrating communities

27:32 Side tangents (our communities in the past: Matrix, Telegram - and recent Vivaldi stuff)

36:40 Finishing up content moderation discussion

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Techlore Talks Interview: Daniel Hovie, CTO & David, CCO from Safing. VPNs, Tor, SPN, decentralized VPNs - so many tools! But how do they stack up against each other!? Tune in to this exclusive interview with Safing!

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00:00 Introduction

01:43 What is the SPN?

04:50 How does the SPN compare to a traditional VPN?

08:18 Is this all decentralized?

10:04 What phase of development is the SPN in?

11:42 How does the SPN compare to the speed of a VPN?

15:04 Summarizing SPN vs VPN

15:41 Covering SPN's multi-identity system for multiple IP addresses across connections

20:08 Geoblocking perks of the SPN

21:10 How does the SPN compare to Tor?

24:13 Issues with Tor & how Safing attempts to fix some of those issues

26:12 Speed of SPN vs Tor

28:08 Summarizing VPN vs SPN vs Tor

30:28 Integration & history of the Safing ecosystem

34:21 The golden question: Decentralized VPNs - are they legit?!

45:10 Wrapping things up

46:44 Fun announcement for sticking to the end

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Episode #3. How do cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias fit into privacy, security, FOSS, tech, and the world today? You all asked for more free-form, and here it is!

Referenced resources:Cognitive Dissonance: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cognitive-dissonance-2795012Confirmation Bias: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-confirmation-bias-2795024Growth EQ Podcast on this: https://thegrowtheq.com/how-to-change-your-mind/Growth EQ on Guru Syndrom: https://thegrowtheq.com/how-to-spot-guru-syndrome-and-what-to-do-about-it/(Yes, they're both longer than 45 minutes, still amazingly relevant topics that people should 100% listen to.)

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Episode #2. Is Facebook finally dying? Is the current ad revenue model possible without invading user data? Can FOSS projects be successful financially? Welcome to the second episode of our new weekly series - Techlore Talks - where we unpack concepts in a free-form discussion.

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Episode #1. What's new in iOS 16, iPhone 14, and what does it mean for privacy & security? Welcome to the first edition of our new weekly series - Techlore Talks. Leave feedback, we've love to hear!

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00:00 Introduction to Techlore Talks

01:00 Our iOS 16 Experiences

02:15 iOS 16 Feature Updates

02:28 iOS 16 Feature Updates - Lock Screen

05:34 iOS 16 Feature Updates - iMessage Updates

08:35 iOS 16 Feature Updates - Web Push Notifications

09:40 Summarizing Our iOS 16 Experience

10:17 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates

10:25 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Patches & iOS 15.7

12:54 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Lockdown Mode

18:18 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Safety Check

21:57 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Rapid Security Response

23:44 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Passkeys

26:38 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Private Access Token

30:51 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - Clipboard Access

32:11 iOS 16 Privacy & Security Updates - WiFi Passwords

33:30 iPhone 14

33:55 iPhone 14 - eSIM Only Privacy/Security

39:19 iPhone 14 - Privacy of Satellite Mode

40:39 iPhone 14 - Mini Removal

42:13 iPhone 14 - USB C

45:28 iPhone 14 - Car Crash Detection

48:40 Wrapping Up & Final Thoughts

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Techlore Talks Interview: John Ozbay, CEO of privacy notes & photos service Cryptee. What goes into developing a private & secure service? Today we sit down with John to discuss the inner-workings of their open source tools.

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Cryptee Website

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:01 Why is Cryptee a web app, rather than offering traditional clients?

00:07:32 What features are offered to give users deniability?

00:09:09 What are the several risks of being reliant on an app store?

00:12:00 How & why is Cryptee built without reliance on any 3rd parties?

00:16:41 Where might users have to sacrifice convenience for security?

00:19:29 What do people compromise with most services?

00:34:07 Is Cryptee for everyone? Who is the service targeted for?

00:46:11 How does Cryptee perform across different browsers?

00:55:54 Why is Cryptee's backend not open source?

01:02:32 Final questions, comments, and summaries

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Techlore Talks Interview: Douglas Tuman, Host of Monero Talk We're pleased to present Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk to discuss the future of Monero, Private Money, Digital Cash, Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and more!

Monero Talk

MoneroTopia

Monero Talk Interview with Henry

Douglas Tuman Twitter

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:51 Why did you run for congress and what was it like?

05:50 Is Bitcoin anonymous?

07:23 Why do people think Bitcoin is anonymous?

09:43 How does Monero differ from Bitcoin?

11:13 Is there incentive to use Bitcoin over Monero for privacy?

12:36 Do you see crypto as a technology or an investment?

14:37 What's your story surrounding Monero?

17:54 Can Bitcoin accomplish what Monero does?

19:55 Are there projects that compete or beat Monero's privacy?

23:12 How does Monero compare to shielded Zcash?

24:45 How can we confirm Monero is safe?

28:54 How are you involved in the Monero world?

31:36 How does privacy fit into the cryptocurrency world?

32:46 Why do you value privacy and why is it important to you?

40:22 What are some of your favorite privacy tools?

44:23 Favorite privacy tools rapid questions!

45:20 What's Monerotopia?

48:04 Final Discussions!

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