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Sovryn Tech Supplemental 01-2021: “Browsers, Social Media, Messengers, and Control”
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English - January 10, 2021 23:44 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsTechnology Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Brian Sovryn brings you this special episode of Sovryn Tech to discuss the dramatic (though long-predicted and warned about) changes that have taken the internet by storm on social media, messaging platforms like WhatsApp, and even browsers like Firefox. It seems like nothing is safe...but the Man of Tomorrow is here to give you hints on what might be. Share this one with friends and family!
Story Links:
--”WhatsApp claims Terms of Service change only affects business accounts” Link: https://bit.ly/3nxb727
--”Mozilla says we need more than deplatforming” Link: https://mzl.la/3bqhQbO
--”Amazon suspends hosting Parler on its servers over violent content” Link: https://nbcnews.to/39kwq1R
Reference Episodes:
--Making censorship and identity-resistant content: ”Sovryn Tech’s Dark Podcasting: How to Make Content That Can’t Be Shutdown” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/dpep0001/
--Telegram vs Apple: ”Sovryn Tech Ep. 0386: “The Last Phone”” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtep0386/
--Google Drive isn’t safe: ”Sovryn Tech Ep. 0380: “Go Local”” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtep0380/
--Don’t trust Mozilla: ”Sovryn Tech Ep. 0388: “Angels Don’t Wear This Halo” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtep0388/
--Twitter Hack: ”Sovryn Tech Ep. 0394: “PIA 5G”” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtep0394/
--Google Accounts Get Deleted Unwarranted: ”Sovryn Tech Ep. 0395: “The Google-less Life”” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtep0395/
--Dark Android: “Sovryn Tech Special 0045: “Dark Android II: F-Droid Strikes Back” Link: https://zomia.podbean.com/e/svtspecial0045/
Alternative General Phone Installs:
--LineageOS: https://lineageos.org/
--F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/
--MySudo: https://mysudo.com/
--Hushed: https://hushed.com/
Messaging Alternatives:
--Telegram: https://telegram.org/
--Element.io: https://element.io/
--Briar: https://briarproject.org/
--Wire: https://wire.com/
--Threema: https://threema.ch/
--Protonmail: https://protonmail.com/
--Tutanota: https://tutanota.com/
--Mailvelope: https://www.mailvelope.com/
--OpenKeychain & K9 Mail: https://www.openkeychain.org/, https://k9mail.app/
The *Real* Solutions:
--TrueNAS & NextCloud Link: https://nextcloud.com/talk/
--Synology NAS & Chat: Link: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/chat
Browser Alternatives to Firefox
Firefox/Quantum/Gecko-based browsers:
--GNU IceCat (Linux, macOS, Android): https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
--Pale Moon (Linux,
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