If you’ve dealt with the hacker and security crowd for any amount of time, you’ll know that a lot of us are invested in techniques that help us preserve privacy. We’ll also cry foul when Governments and Corporations across the planet implement some kind of a compensating control or law that will limit, curtail, or derail privacy. The arguments haven’t changed since the freaking 60’s, but the strongest arrow in the quiver of the powerful is this phrase: ...
If I could pick a theme for this blog, it would most likely be “digital independence”. I may spend some time focusing my efforts on hacking, productivity software, command-line ballyhoo, or general philosophy, but in general I focus my efforts on tools and techniques that make me less reliant on others. Why use Gitea if you can use ssh and git? Why use Google Authenticator if you can use GNU pass? ...
Over my 20’s, I’ve spent a ton of time researching privacy and security measures utilized by hackers, spies, and criminals. Anyone who spends any amount of time on the subject will hear about an Operating system called Tails. If you haven’t, Tails OS is a linux desktop on a usb stick that is meant to forget everything you do. It’s in the name: T.A.I.L.S. is an acronym for The Amnesiac, Incognito, Live System. https://tails.net/about/index.en.html ...