Big Quality of Life Upgrade.. Previously, HydraVeil's sync had the user blindly download ALL locations, browsers, operators, and plans every single time. This was a speed negative, especially for Tor mode. Now, the new version checks only what changed by fetching a single tiny master list. In addition, we refactored the entire UI to load faster across the board. Try it out, it's a huge difference.

Blazing Fast UI Upgrade | HydraVeil 2.5.2 | Simplified Privacy

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Monero & Bitcoin prices are a reverse propaganda index The lower they get, the higher the brainwash of the population

hCaptcha with Cloudflare now is requiring disabling Tor Browser's fingerprint protections. Once you allow that popup warning, it's like getting your picture taken. It doesn't matter if you put the mask back on for that account after. Tor is to privacy, what Elon Musk's Twitter is to free speech: Hope you're on the king's good side today. While HydraVeil is like Nostr, we assume oppression.

500! Our organization's Signal group on privacy tech hits 500 people. Huge thanks to everyone who participates, answers questions, and the volunteer mods. Wanna know something? AI has debug knowledge. While the people in this room have wisdom:

Signal Room | Simplified Privacy

pay Bitcoin layer 1 once, and get the privacy of 6 separate Monero VPN subscriptions. The cryptography behind it is pretty fun, I wrote up a history of where it came from,

Advanced Cryptographic Tickets Deep Dive | Simplified Privacy

How can you pay once, but be anonymous for each profile? I know you won't read our yellow paper with the cryptography, so here's a fast meme slideshow. Then you unblind it. This is all automatic & instant. You’re sending text and doing math (not waiting on a blockchain). Later when you use it, Maximum Convenience. No Altcoin Printed. Pay once, look different each time. HydraVeil.net

Big News: Before, you had to buy each VPN profile separately with XMR or BTC, Now, HydraVeil has cryptographically anonymous tickets. You pay once, get 6 tickets, and cash them in for Wireguard keys anytime. The billing server can't know these tickets are the same person, without breaking elliptic curve cryptography. This means you get the privacy & isolation of having each profile (or device) completely separate, but the convenience of a single payment like a traditional VPN. This update is live in the app now. The link below has: -Source code on our git -Beginner meme article on how it works -Advanced article with white paper citations using the same math formulas, and why we picked the protocols/libraries we did You don't need to know the math to use it though. It's automated with the push of a button, and takes about 3 seconds,

Anonymous Tickets | HydraVeil Release 2.2.6 | Simplified Privacy

Game changer feature drops very soon. In fact, it's so good you'll be questioning whose funding me. And the answer is you. Huge thanks to everyone whose be using the VPN service and/or SMS exchange. And another huge thanks to anyone who donated to the wallets on the website. I could not be more excited for this upcoming release.

There's a lot of discussion over Nostr & Bitcoin taking over But ironically, the feature Nostr needs most, is more content unrelated to Nostr. And the feature Bitcoin needs, is more businesses accepting it that are unrelated to the Bitcoin industry itself.

Nextcloud vs Cryptpad Nextcloud is slow because of the permissions related SQL database lookups. Even if many features are turned off, it still has slow load times on the web UI. Yes there are mobile apps slightly better. They are doing optional AI features now too. It's too much bloat in my opinion, too much feature creep without first focusing on the fundamentals. Only exceptions on the speed are doing it in your physical home, or have a CDN service. Cryptpad is improving. It’s end-to-end encrypted docs for those who don’t know, while Nextcloud isn't encrypted but still slower for docs. Use it on a chromium based browser for faster decryption than Tor browser. I'd recommend Cryptpad over Nextcloud. What do you think? If you've self-hosted nextcloud with success, I'm open to hearing your debate.

Age verification is rolling out in the UK This means vendors such as Apple are now forcing age verification or your iPhone is "child proof" locked. [1][2] This is similar to laws in California or Australia. In fact, many linux distros may be requiring age verification. [3] Some of these verifications can be bypassed with a VPN. However, the next logical step is politicians will say, "we have to restrict VPNs or block Tor IPs". This is why Simplified Privacy operates under a parallel agora system, using cryptocurrency deposits, PGP contracts, and a focus on tools such as Linux, Nostr, and Arweave. And also why we have support groups on platforms such as Signal, with hundreds of people in the group, to ask questions on these technologies. However, there are negative effects of this. One is that SP can't raise fiat VC funding to buy billboards like Mullvad. This leaves a psychological impression that companies who have the funding are "more legitimate". When in fact it's the opposite. If we have an objectively better product without using any of the tyranny approved methods. It demonstrates that you don't need to comply with your business either. A terrorist threatens civilians to achieve political aims. While as I look to improve the lives of civilians, so they ask "Why do I need politicians?" Sources: [1]

Apple Support

Age requirements for managing an Apple Account in the UK – Apple Support (UK)

Some Apple Account settings and feature requirements for children, teens and adults will vary depending on your country or region.

[2]

LADbible

What happens if you don’t verify age in new iPhone update as Pornhub unrestricted for users

Apple's iOS 26.4 update introduced age checks for iPhone users in the UK - and Brits who don't complete them will essentially have a childproof phone.

[3]

GitHub

GitHub - BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems

The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems - BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify

Session messenger is ending I originally liked Session for an uncensored email list, to compliment Nostr's scroll-off feed. Over 350 people subscribed to our list. But ironically, now I'm censored. So, now I'm doing a real email list. Send an email from any provider to news@simplifiedprivacy.org and the bot will respond.

A real genius is able to explain complex concepts in the most basic terms. So don't ever be intimidated when you're trying to learn. If the guy can't make it sound simple, then he really is retarded.

FBI extracted deleted Signal messages, even after the app was uninstalled. When Signal messages arrive, iOS stores push notification previews locally on the device. In this case, those previews stayed behind even after Signal was uninstalled. - Only incoming messages were captured this way - Disappearing messages that had already vanished inside Signal were still recoverable from the notification cache -This is iOS behavior, not a Signal vulnerability. And likely impacts other ALL apps on iOS. The quick fix, to turn it off: Signal → Settings → Notifications → Show → set to "No Name or Content" You'll still get a notification ping, but iOS just won't cache anything useful. The real fix: Switch to GrapheneOS The original 404media source is paywalled, https://cybernews.com/security/fbi-extracts-signal-messages-from-suspect/

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FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database

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Top 6 Android Privacy Tips 6) Don't use or give out your SIM card's real phone number. Instead, use VoIP (internet -to-> regular phone) with a VPN. This appears in calls or texts to be a regular number, but hides your location from the cell tower. Only use your real underlying SIM card for getting data. 5) Don't literally buy the phone in your real name. The IMEI hardware identifier then is following you around, and defeats the purpose of VoIP. We offer Pixel phones prices below Google's official store for Monero or Bitcoin. It can then eSIM with digital crypto plans, or cash for a physical SIM. 4) Use a burner Crypto Service for account sign-ups. We now have a new SMS exchange where you can get non-VoIP P2P confirms, that appear to the service as a random number. This avoids you paying a monthly fee (it's a single time), bypasses restrictions, and seperates each account from you, your SIM, or the VoIP you talk to your family/friends on. And best of all, there's options to restore it later on in an emergency. See SimplifiedPrivacy.net 3) See if your bank offers YubiKey. Bank of America allows you to declare you're "going abroad" and switch from SMS confirm, to YubiKey. But they never check if you actually leave. This means you can avoid maintaining a real SMS line to bypass their VoIP tests. If you buy an SMS Zelle confirm from the exchange, then the seller can't access your bank account without both the password and the yubikey sign. That's wayy more secure than even an SMS line you own. 2) Abuse Shared Cell Tower IPs When you connect to a cell tower, you're sharing the same IP address as every other user of that tower. This means even if your VPN is really logging, or compromised by memory dumps at the datacenter, there is still an anonymity pool. As our previous content has repeated, Mullvad is Sweden, has really no ability to stop M247's US servers from a memory dump. Their "in memory" routine is really propaganda, if being in memory is the problem itself. But when you use a VPN on your home ethernet, the VPN provider can identify you and you alone. If you re-use that same VPN subscription when you're at home (only your household on that IP), and when you're on the tower (sharing it with your entire city), you undo the magic of celltower's shared IPs. That's why I'm so excited about the 1.5 euro quick burner plans from our VPN with accomplished Nostr-verified operators. The web panel could not make it faster or easier to use Monero or Bitcoin, and get an isolated sub for mobile. And you could even use one operator for your home like a router, and another for android. You only need one location for a router! See web.hydraveil.net 1) Switch to a Degoogled OS You really can't get meaningful privacy if your entire operating system is compromised. By default both iPhone and stock Android do Wifi triangulation and Apple/Google share the notifications with the US government. I hate to give you the bad news, but it kinda defeats the purpose of freedom tech, if the government and Big Tech are the ones who really own your Bitcoin and Nostr keys. You heard the saying "All your base belong to us"? He was talking about stock Google. Master Yoda said in the Last Jedi, "Pass along what you have learned". I word it, "When you explain a concept, you actually learn it. Repost this so you can easily find it and act on it."