An incredibly interesting video about how he was approached by Proton, and they were willing to give him an associate link worth $70 per sign up. Given most people might just have the mail plus or similar package, that doesn’t…
There are some interesting tidbits in the write up. Of course, anything that brings privacy is outlawed. Interestingly, they’re making you send micro transactions to prove you control the address you’re sending cryptocurrency to if over 1,000 EUR, and tracking…
(Zeus Github Readme below) I had finally got around to installing the Zeus Lightning Wallet, and I’ve been impressed with it. Since I run my own Bitcoin and Lightning nodes using Raspiblitz, their menu made setting it up to access…
A good overview of the security philosophy of Trezor hardware wallets, but in the video they specifically cover the new Trezor 7, which uses their own secure element chip which can be audited, which isn’t hidden behind an NDA.
I thought they might be fixing these fees for credit card transactions, but it doesn’t look like much. I get 2% back on my credit card purchases, which in reality is the credit card company giving me a kickback of…
An interesting article on what led to the formation of Oracle and Larry Ellison becoming a billionaire. And I find it of interest what they name some of these companies, highlighting definition 6. And by divine, this would be in…
I’ve covered these Flock ALPR cameras quite a bit, and they’re an incredible invasion of our privacy, so this case is hilarious, in that the judge ruling since tax payer dollars pay for these cameras the images must be released…
I had no idea about the connection to a spyware company and how some of the label data wasn’t encrypted. I was aware of the hack, but I had a strong password which made brute-force attacks problematic, as well as…
Bull Bitcoin has a very interesting Bitcoin wallet that allows you to use Bitcoin, Liquid and Lightning, with the handy thing being that you can use your own Bitcoin and Liquid nodes. You don’t really need to run a Liquid…
Interesting perspective on Rust and if we can trust it? I do compile and run Electrs, a Rust implementation of Electrum Server, on my Bitcoin nodes which wallets interface with for transactions. Beyond crates and woke developers, you have to…
Taking a fee and their online behavior indicating that they encouraged money launderers to use the service took them over the line, as well as taking the plea deal. But the real story is this was an attack on services…
It would seem an attack by the government on employing privacy perserving techniques, implying illegality, as It seems what they were doing was legal, and they were exploiting people who themselves were exploiting others with the same techniques of observing…
