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🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://proton.me/ https://tuta.com/ https://stalw.art/ https://stalw.art/docs/email/management/masked-email/ https://stalw.art/docs/install/upgrade/ https://stalw.art/pricing/ https://www.smtp2go.com/ https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/servers/faq/ https://www.tb.pro/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/state-of-the-thunder-answering-community-questions/ Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. I wanted to make a video on my updated email setup. For years I was using Proton and Tuda, but at this point I have migrated all my domains to a self-hosted instance of Stalwart. I want to start off by giving some background on this decision and then some of the pros and cons of it. So while I have my complaints about both Proton and Tuda, in general I think they both provide a great service. It’s also worth understanding my outlook on email is that it’s not private at all. You’re using one unique identifier to contact another unique identifier. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71998357/united-states-v-tunick/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/ https://www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Cop_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTurSi0LhJs Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So today what I want to talk about is the case of United States versus Tunick. This is regarding the use of the duress pin on Graphene OS. I thought we could start off by just reading the official indictment against Tunick before covering some other nuances in this case. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1ospoca/im_the_grapheneos_project_member_who_accompanied/ https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compatibility-with-grapheneos/ https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/49648939984916-Android-Remote-Attestation https://privsec.dev/posts/knowledge/badness-enumeration/ https://www.wired.com/story/they-built-privacy-tool-grapheneos-now-sworn-enemies/ https://developer.android.com/develop https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/34369-original-grapheneos-responses-to-wired-fact-checker Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. Okay, looks like we’re good to go. Again, welcome, everyone. Today I’m joined by spring-onion from the GrapheneOS team, and we’ll be taking your questions, kind of going through things. We don’t really have much of a format for the chat, but let’s see how it goes. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.ivpn.net/setup/router/openwrt-wireguard/ - IVPN setup guide https://www.ivpn.net/status/ - IVPN server list https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. Today I want to talk about how to set up a whole-home VPN on OpenWrt. If you already know why you want to do this, feel free to skip ahead to the instructions. The timestamps are listed below the video. But if you’re curious about why you might want a whole-home VPN, let’s start with a demonstration. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/is-your-android-tv-streaming-box-part-of-a-botnet/ - Article about home streaming devices https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/gl-mt3600be - Installation instructions https://www.gl-inet.com/en-us/products/gl-mt3600be - Router product page https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So I recently purchased the router you see on the screen now, the GL.iNet Beryl 7, or the GL-BE3600. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://flash.android.com - Android Flash Tool https://grapheneos.org/install/web - GrapheneOS Web Install (Used to remove non-stock key) https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it 📝 Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So today I’ll be covering how to install stock Android OS on a Google Pixel currently running GrapheneOS. This process should still work if you’re running a different operating system than GrapheneOS looking to install the stock OS on your device, but for the purpose of this demo, it’ll be a Google Pixel 7 running GrapheneOS. So to get started, we’re going to head on over to grapheneos.org. Select install GrapheneOS. Select web USB-based installer. Scroll down in the table of contents to replacing GrapheneOS with the stock OS. This is the one part that’s specific to GrapheneOS, and that is GrapheneOS factory images. Flash a non-stock Android verified boot key, which needs to be erased to fully revert back to the stock device state. Before flashing the stock factory images, you should boot the device into fast boot mode and make sure the boot loader is unlocked. Then erase the custom Android verified boot key to untrust it. And then regardless of which OS you’re using, we’ll be using the Google web flashing tool. So we’ll get to that shortly. But the first step in this process is to enable OEM unlocking and USB debugging. So to do that, swipe up on your device, go to settings, scroll down to about phone, tap on that, scroll down to the bottom, tap on build number, I think four or five times. You’ll be prompted for your PIN code. Enter that. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro - Android Developer docs on manifest https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Calendar/blob/8c6c8b704d4211e46ee87a09f7aa2ff7ed4340c6/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L2-L13 - Calendar app manifest https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it 📝 Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So today I want to talk about Android app permissions and the reason for that is recently I was on a consultation call with a client. I was helping them figure out some issues they were having with an app. Turns out they had some permissions disabled. They don’t know when it happened but I showed them how to access them, how to work through the issue and they were extremely happy knowing that information. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/ - Ars Technica Article https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html - Android Developers Blog Post https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830 - GrapheneOS Mastodon Post https://blog.knowbe4.com/ftc-states-that-scams-cost-u.s.-consumers-158.3b-in-one-year - FTC Article https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it 📝 Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. Google has been working with the community to make your device security more robust while still being respectful of platform freedom. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/32656-motorola-partnership-announcement - GrapheneOS forum Motorola partnership announcement https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/25099-pixel-10-support-for-grapheneos-is-now-available - GrapheneOS forum Pixel 10 support announcement https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/ - Motorola announcement of GrapheneOS partnership https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116159602850585685 - GrapheneOS Mastodon partnership announcement https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47214645 - Hacker News: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it 📝 Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ...

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.qubes-os.org/ - Qubes OS https://isso-comments.de/ - Isso https://intheshellpodcast.com - In the Shell Podcast https://yellowball.fm - 🟡 Yellowball, don’t just host your podcast, own it 📝 Transcript Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So, here we are back again to dive into Qubes OS. In my first video, I did say that I wouldn’t be using Qubes OS without recording it. So, a couple things to clarify on that. ...