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I'm a tech enthusiast exploring the intersection of Nostr, AI, privacy, and crypto. Big on Linux, obsessed with open systems. In my downtime, I’m into photography, music making, and riding motorcycles — anything that gets me thinking or moving.
We've Hired Someone New!|This Week in Privacy #28 (Nov 21, 2025) By: Privacy Guides Channel: https://cdn.neat.tube/streaming-playlists/hls/bed3212a-6799-4337-a169-1ec643d39d35/43f54453-be64-4e94-add6-097599b73ad8-master.m3u8 Welcoming Nate Bartram to Privacy Guides! Also: WhatsApp is rolling out interoperable messaging in the EU, Windows 11 is rolling out an AI agent that scans your files and folders, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #28! Nate has been publishing resources at @TheNewOil for many years now, and is the former host of the @surveillancereport podcast. We're really excited about our plans going forward into 2026, and we shared a bunch of them in this video! Timestamps: (Coming soon) Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content! ❤️ Support our work: 💬 Join the community: 🏡 Visit our website: Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 Copyright ©️ 2025 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible. 🎬 Credits =============== Host: Jonah Aragon Host: Jordan Warne Producer: Jonah Aragon Researcher: Kevin Pham #twip #privacy #livestream
IVPN Breaks Industry Silence on Logs, Audits & Affiliate Scams - Viktor Vescei Interview By: Techlore Channel: https://techlore.tv/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d6fb90f1-c80a-4ef8-a096-6a2f48ec6d63/978a96a3-0558-416d-b2fb-3a30961b0ae1-master.m3u8 Viktor Vescei from IVPN gives us a brutally honest VPN interview. He admits you can't truly verify no-logs claims, explains why most audits are "snapshots in time," and reveals why IVPN shut down their affiliate program due to industry-wide misinformation. This is an insider's perspective on what's really broken in the VPN industry and how to actually evaluate providers. Techlore empowers individuals with practical digital privacy knowledge, security tools, and advocacy resources. Discover how to protect your online data and regain control of your digital identity. 📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO: • 🔎 RELATED VIDEOS: • 📺 RELATED CHANNELS: • Surveillance Report: https://www.youtube.com/@surveillancereport • Techlore Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@techloreclips • Surveillance Report Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@surveillanceclips • Henry's Personal Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@henry-fisher 🔐 TECHLORE RESOURCES: • Techlore Homepage: • Go Incognito Course: • Techlore Forum: • Exclusive Signal Group: • Recommended Privacy Tools: 🧡 KEEP TECHLORE INDEPENDENT: • Become a Techlorian: • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/techlore • YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6KfncB4OV6Vug4o_bzijg/join • Affiliate Links: • All Support Methods: This content couldn't be freely available without our Techlorians, huge thanks to: BRIGHTSIDE, Clark, Ente, Larry, Richard, Afonso, JohnnyO, kevin, love your content, x, 3c3c1d, Alexandre, Nadio, NotSure, Philip, Seth, Stephen, Steven 🌐 FIND TECHLORE ELSEWHERE: • PeerTube: • Mastodon: • Bluesky: • Twitter: • LinkedIn: • Telegram Channel: ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:54 - Viktor's background & journey to IVPN 00:04:47 - IVPN's 15-year history 00:07:33 - VPN company ownership & acquisition attempts 00:11:24 - IVPN's brutally honest blog 00:12:56 - White labeling in the VPN industry 00:15:55 - VPN use cases beyond privacy 00:19:04 - Using a VPN for streaming? 00:20:17 - Compartmentalization techniques 00:21:32 - Normalizing VPN usage 00:22:27 - Privacy vs. streaming compatibility 00:25:32 - Websites blocking VPN users 00:29:04 - VPN technology deep dive 00:30:11 - Are VPN comparison charts useful? 00:34:29 - VPN jurisdiction & the "eyes" debate 00:42:09 - Multi-hop VPN connections 00:44:38 - Threat modeling for VPNs 00:45:30 - Picking a VPN server location 00:48:44 - Transparency reports & warrant canaries 00:52:04 - VPN logging: the uncomfortable truth 00:54:42 - Why VPN audits are "snapshots in time" 00:55:28 - Diskless servers explained 00:57:17 - System transparency project 01:00:09 - Being an open source VPN 01:01:54 - VPN payment methods (cash & Monero) 01:06:09 - Simultaneous device limits 01:09:58 - WireGuard history & privacy issues 01:14:34 - First-party vs. rented servers 01:19:35 - Sponsors & affiliate program problems 01:32:15 - VPN provider relationships behind the scenes 01:35:04 - Acquiring Safing (Portmaster) 01:37:08 - DNS filtering plans 01:38:39 - Firewalls (Safing Portmaster integration) 01:40:50 - Safing SPN network 01:42:05 - IVPN's 2025 roadmap 01:44:33 - Outro YouTube mirror:
image This started yesterday as a “could this even work?” idea. By today, it’s a running PeerTube → Nostr bridge. It pulls videos via the PeerTube API, falls back to RSS if needed, posts cleanly to Nostr, credits the original creator, and actually plays properly in most clients. It’s Dockerised, rate-limited, and just ticking along. AI didn’t magically build it for me. I still had to make the calls and change my mind a few times. But it absolutely collapsed the time between “rough idea” and “working thing”. Curious? #nostr #peertube #buildinpublic #foss
Example JSON with PR-shaped tags { "kind": 30078, "created_at": 1734585600, "pubkey": "YOUR_PUBKEY_HERE", "tags": [ ["d", "nostr-proposal-kind"], ["title", "Nostr Proposal Kind: protocol-native proposal objects"], ["summary", "Introduce a replaceable, addressable kind to publish and revise protocol proposals on Nostr, enabling coherent indexing and discussion without implying authority."], ["status", "draft"], ["t", "proposal"], ["t", "governance"], ["t", "kind"], ["r", " https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips"], ["relates-to", "kind:30000-39999"], ["client", "proposal-cli"] ], "content": "## Problem\n\nProtocol proposals are fragmented across repos and chats with no canonical on-protocol artefact.\n\n## Proposal\n\nDefine a replaceable, addressable proposal kind with explicit lifecycle metadata.\n\n## Scope\n\nCoordination artefact only. No approval or enforcement semantics.\n\n## Feedback requested\n\nLifecycle states, minimal tag set, and whether a dedicated kind is warranted." }