Write down your intended DNS path end to end, then verify each layer against it. If the real path doesn’t match the story in your head, that’s the problem.

I told my daughter that her bitcoin wallet wasn’t quantum safe and that I could help her. She gave me her seed phrase and I immediately transferred out the $300 in bitcoin she’d been saving up with her $10 DCA’s. She’s still mad about it but I think the cost was cheap for the value of the lesson she learned.

Is he planning on making resets great again?

FYI your phone saves notifications for up to a month. This includes the message text if you have previews turned on. This was utilized recently by the FBI to extract deleted messages from Signal. To disable: In signal go to settings and notifications. Show -> No Name or Content In phone settings, go to app, then notifications. Show Previews -> Never

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FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages - 9to5Mac

The FBI was able to recover deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by extracting data stored in the device’s notification database.

I don’t even know what’s real anymore

People think blocked domains prove privacy. They don't. Cleaner logs can hide a DNS stack that's split across browser overrides, VPN rewrites, and device settings.

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Why You’re Still Getting Tracked After Blocking More With DNS

Blocking more DNS junk does not prove control. Learn why tracking can survive when your resolver path is split, bypassed, or never properly verified.

This is why DNS filtering frustrates people. Login flows get weird, streaming breaks, smart home junk acts stupid, and suddenly privacy feels like punishment.

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How to Run a DNS Blocklist Without Constant Breakage

Learn how to run a DNS blocklist without constant breakage. For people who want cleaner filtering, fewer false positives, and a setup that does not...

Hold up. Does that mean oil companies are going to have to keep bitcoin reserves to pay for tolls?

Every month I clone my computer to an external 3.5 6TB HDD that gets stored in a firebox.

Ok, that’s pretty funny

If I had a sat everytime someone claimed Adam Back was Satoshi. I’d have a lot of sats.

A lot of privacy advice adds more. I think it’s usually smarter to subtract first. Fewer apps. Fewer permissions. Fewer defaults you never chose.

People keep stacking more privacy tools on top of a setup they never verified. Then they wonder why things still leak.

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How to Check Where Your Privacy Setup Fails Before You Trust It

Think your privacy setup is working because the tools are on? Learn how to test DNS, VPN, browser, and phone behavior for leaks, fallbacks, and wea...

I miss the before times when I didn't know what a Strait of Hormuz was.

Is Iran going to use lightning for tolls or do they only accept on chain?

Write down five things: resolver per device, VPN drop behavior, app bypasses, IPv6 handling, and if your router enforces or just suggests. That will tell you more than another week of tweaking settings. #privacy

“I use private DNS” is not an audit result. What matters is which resolver is actually handling requests from each device.