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Decentralized and censorship-resistant messaging platforms w/ Sean O'Brien
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English - September 06, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsTechnology privacy cryptocurrency open-source software surveillance data-sovereignty foss Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Wondering what alternatives are available for Twitter or similar centralized and censored services? This episode, we're sitting down with Sean O'Brien to chat about the need for decentralized and censorship-resistant micro-blogging and short messaging platforms.
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Sean O'Brien's recommended tools to Opt Out:
uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlockGNU/Linux, specifically Debian and Debian-based distributions -- https://www.debian.org/Ubuntu, an easy-to-use Linux distro based on Debian -- https://ubuntu.com/Tor and Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/Tails, a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship -- https://tails.boum.org/Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/This week's project to help you Opt Out - Threema:
Threema's website -- https://threema.ch/enComparing Threema with other popular messengers -- https://threema.ch/en/messenger-comparisonThreema source code -- https://threema.ch/en/open-sourceOpt Out's Sponsors:
Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:
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