Will Cape be my new favorite carrier? This is a first impressions video. I want to talk about some of Cape's features and why I think they are actually neat and not snake oil, but I haven't been using Cape nearly long enough to speak to network coverage/performance, real-world testing, etc. 🤑This
Increase Mastodon's Character Limit Create a file config/initializers/zzz_local_patches.rb: require Rails.root.join('app/validators/status_length_validator.rb') if ENV.has_key?('MAX_POST_CHARS') && ENV['MAX_POST_CHARS'].to_i > 0 && ENV['MAX_POST_CHARS'
Transfer Mastodon Media to Object Storage with Rclone rclone copy --fast-list --copy-links -P \ --max-backlog 10000 \ --order-by size,mixed,75 \ --transfers 32 \ --s3-chunk-size 16M --s3-upload-concurrency 8 \ ./live/public/system/ remote:media-bucket/ * fast-list is compatible with Garage S3 * max-backlog queues up to 10,000 files at a time * order-by size,mixed,75 takes those 10,000 and sorts them by
My theory about Apple's "Limit precise location from cellular networks" feature It seems Apple is releasing a new privacy feature exclusive to iPhones with an Apple-designed modem: Limit precise location from cellular networks - Apple SupportWith the limit precise location setting, you can limit some information that cellular networks may use to determine your location. Available on compatible iPhone and iPad
I'm Getting Into Mesh Networks... (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum) I love networking, a lot. So much so that I've run my own ISP since 2024, complete with its own ASN, IPv4/6 address space, fiber optics, etc. However, do this and you quickly realize how reliant you still remain on central service providers. The internet is a
Why I don't like Phreeli :( Transcript I hate to be a naysayer, but I’m concerned about Phreeli. If you haven’t watched Louis Rossmann’s recent video or read about this carrier on the Privacy Guides forum yet, Phreeli’s a new cellular carrier in town that’s making bold claims about privacy. You
Memory Tagging Explained: Why the iPhone 17 is a Cybersecurity Game-Changer This video was based on my recent article at Privacy Guides, included below: Memory Integrity Enforcement Changes the Game on iOSApple’s new support for ARM’s Memory Tagging Extension in iOS and their A19 SoC is an underrated feature for journalists, activists, and other high-profile figures.Privacy GuidesJonah Aragon
The Protestors' Guide to Smartphone Security For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your smartphone is an essential tool you depend on for organizing with your peers, accessing and distributing information, and helping others. It also represents a great risk, as a tool that is easily appropriated by authorities for targeted and mass surveillance. The perennial question
"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again "No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage, but that's no longer true in Firefox 128. Less than a month after acquiring the AdTech company Anonym, Mozilla has added special software co-authored by Meta and built for the advertising industry directly
A Caddyfile for hosting your clearnet domain and all subdomains on Tor After installing torrc and pointing your hidden service to your Caddy server: # Redirect base domain to www subdomain http://example.onion { redir http://www.example.onion{uri} } # Proxy all subdomains of example.com http://*.example.onion { @hostnames header_regexp hostname Host (\S+)\.example\.onion # note the backslashes before the dots
Running a Monero Node in Container Manager on Synology DSM 7 Today I'm going to walk you through running a local Monero node on your Synology NAS using the Container Manager app on the Synology DiskStation Manager 7 operating system. You will need to enter this text in Container Manager when you get to the compose file creation step
Mozilla is Taking on Data Brokers with Monitor Plus My latest video in which I talk about Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new automatic data broker opt-out tool from the creators of Firefox, and the ridiculousness that having to deal with data brokers legally sharing all your personal information in the United States is a thing at all. Video Notes