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If you’ve ever wanted to dive deeper into personal privacy and security, there’s no better resource out there than Escape the Technocracy. I chat with the creators on why they started the project, what to expect from it, and where they’re taking it next.
More about Gabriel and Urban
Gabriel’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/gabriel-custodiet/
Urban’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/urbanhacker/
More about Escape the Technocracy
Website: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/
Newsletter: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/watchmans-torch-newsletter/
Twitter: https://x.com/WatchmanPrivacy
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Tired of Bitcoin conferences for suits and TradFi bros? Nifty has been making Bitcoin conferences great again with Bitcoin++ for years now, and she’s joining me on Opt Out to chat all things Bitcoin dev, Bitcoin++, and more.
More about Nifty
Nifty’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/nifty-nei/
More about Bitcoin++
Website: https://btcpp.dev/
Bitcoin++’s Twitter: https://x.com/btcplusplus
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The VPN paradigm has grown stale, with simple one-party providers being the best available. But what if we could further minimize trust by shift to a two-party hop system? Obscura is doing just that, and we’re sitting down with their founder Carl Dong to learn all about it.
More about Carl
Carl’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/carl-dong/
More about Obscura
Website: https://obscura.net/
Obscura’s Twitter: https://x.com/obscuravpn
Technical Blog Post on Obscura: https://obscura.net/blog/bootstrapping-trust/
iCloud Private Relay: https://www.apple.com/icloud/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.pdf
MASQUE at the IETF: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/masque/about/
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AI is all the rage, but with it come new privacy questions and concerns. Marks from OpenSecret joins to walk us through how we can have our AI-generated cake and eat it too.
More about Marks
Marks’ guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/marks/
More about OpenSecret and Maple AI
OpenSecret’s website – https://opensecret.cloud
How does OpenSecret work? – https://blog.opensecret.cloud/opensecret-technicals/
Maple AI’s website – https://trymaple.ai
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Two years after our first episode on SimpleX, we’re back with an update on all they’ve been working on, including a new approach to chat relays with Dan from Flux.
More about our guests
Evgeny’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/evgeny-poberezkin/
Dan’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/dan-keller/
More about SimpleX
Website – https://simplex.chat/
Quantum-resistant encryption blog post – https://simplex.chat/blog/20240314-simplex-chat-v5-6-quantum-resistance-signal-double-ratchet-algorithm.html
“Privacy-preserving content moderation” blog post – https://simplex.chat/blog/20250114-simplex-network-large-groups-privacy-preserving-content-moderation.html
Network operator monetization plans – https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/rfcs/2024-04-26-commercial-model.md
Run your own SimpleX SMP server – https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq
More about Flux
Website – https://runonflux.com
Flux’s new AI product – https://ai.runonflux.com/
Supporting Opt Out
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