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Michael Fischer
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Independent blogger writing about privacy and safety.
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Michael Fischer 2 years ago
Very important Reads on Bitcoin Privacy: Yaël Ossowski on Why Privacy Matters:
Why Bitcoin privacy matters in the real world
Avoiding financial surveillance on-chain isn't just a paranoid pursuit. For many, it's a matter of life and death.
 Yaël Ossowski on Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins:
Not your keys, not your coins: Claiming better ownership of your stack with Bitcoin privacy
The tools to be a better sovereign Bitcoin user are at your disposal - and recent developments suggest you should use them
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Michael Fischer 2 years ago
Data and Goliath The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World A Book by Bruce Schneier You are under surveillance right now. Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who’s with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you’re unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you’re thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it. The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we’re offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches. Much of this is voluntary: we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we’ve gained? In Data and Goliath, security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us exactly what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day. You’ll never look at your phone, your computer, your credit cards, or even your car in the same way again.
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Michael Fischer 2 years ago
Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect, Now Available on Umbrel "Our new addition to the Nostr ecosystem, Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is aiming at being the unifying standard for wallet-app connections." Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect, Now Available on Umbrel "Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) allows users to import their existing bitcoin lightning wallets into apps." "Developers can offer one-click or even automated bitcoin payments with just a few lines of code." "Alongside the OAuth2 Wallet API, Alby's JavaScript based SDK now also includes the Nostr Wallet Connect API, which exchanges payment requests and lightning invoices securely over the Nostr protocol." "The dedicated Alby relay ensures that payments and messages are not published but reliably send to the receiver. Apps are able to conduct payments on the user’s behalf depending on permissions given by the user and receive a preimage back for confirmation." "We are extremely excited to announce a new Umbrel app that is based on NWC." "By using Alby and specifically NWC, users will be able to pair their Umbrel node to any app and operate in a seamless and sovereign way. No more jumping from one app to the other, constantly scanning QR codes, or giving up your privacy by using third-party nodes." "Install the Nostr Wallet Connect app on your Umbrel, connect it to an app and enjoy non-custodial one-click payments in any app." How to connect your Umbrel node "Add the Alby App store as a community Umbrel app store by clicking the button in the top right corner in the Umbrel app store." 2. "Install the Nostr Wallet Connect app from the Alby App Store." 3. "Create a session, give it a name and reveal the secret QR code." 4. "Connect Amethyst: In Amethyst, long press the Zap icon and scan the QR code that you generated in the previous step by clicking on the little QR code icon." 4. "Save the wallet configuration in Amethyst and start zapping directly from your own node." "If you have any questions or are looking to implement NWC yourself, feel free to reach out." Original Announcement / Archive Umbrel NWC Announcement / Archive GitHub Repo
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Alby Launches Nostr Wallet Connect, Now Available on Umbrel
"Our new addition to the Nostr ecosystem, Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is aiming at being the unifying standard for wallet-app connections."
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Michael Fischer 2 years ago
Zap Android Wallet Forked and Rebranded To BitBanana "BitBanana has all the features that made Zap Android great, plus a host of additional capabilities. It will be actively developed while Zap - at least for now - is unmaintained." Zap Android Wallet Forked and Rebranded To BitBanana "The main reason for the change was to provide clarity. Zap Android was just one implementation of the Zap family, which consists of Zap Android, Zap iOS and Zap Desktop." "All three implementations are based on their own code base and are each developed and maintained by different developers. The features that these implementations offer are also not identical." "While I enjoyed working with the Zap team arround Jack Mallers, they are by now fully focusing on Strike." "Since I want to continue what I started with Zap Android, it's time to do it under my own name. They did no longer take an active part in decisions for quite a while and therefore should not be associated with the outcome." What's new "Really not much. The whole git history is retained and the same developer is maintaining it. The fork happened at tag v0.5.9-beta." "You can even use the Backup/Restore functionality to easily migrate from Zap Android to BitBanana while keeping your contacts and connected nodes." Changes: The Name. The Logo. Slight color adjustments. Community management. BitBanana now has its own discord channel. Translations are now done with weblate. The "beta" status is ended and the app can now be normally rated an reviewed in the app store. Lots of new features in intial release (Taproot, Channel summary, closed channels, sign/verify, ... ). Over time more differences will occur as BitBanana is actively maintained and will receive new features. Announcement / Archive GitHub Repo
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Zap Android Wallet Forked and Rebranded To BitBanana
"BitBanana has all the features that made Zap Android great, plus a host of additional capabilities. It will be actively developed while Zap - at l...
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