YouTube Handles | The security feature we ALL needed

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://blog.youtube/press/ https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/introducing-handles-a-new-way-to-identify-your-youtube-channel/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw-vODp-8Y - Video: YouTube Needs to Fix This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QxMFwQAfM - Video: YouTube Comment Giveaway SCAMS ft. Pleasant Green

October 17, 2022 · 1 min · 27 words · Josh

Why you probably don't need a VPN | Do I need a VPN?

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://matt.traudt.xyz/posts/2019-10-17-you-want-tor-browser-not-a-vpn/ https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/index.html https://privsec.dev/knowledge/commercial-vpn-use-cases/ https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/ftc-calls-out-internet-providers-for-amassing-user-browsing-data/ https://blog.james.cridland.net/why-you-probably-dont-need-a-vpn-e7bb35e7d744 https://www.tomsguide.com/news/you-may-no-longer-need-vpn

October 10, 2022 · 1 min · 13 words · Josh

Progressive Web Apps | How they work + Security & Privacy

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://appsco.pe/ - Site with list of Progressive Web Apps https://medium.com/@amberleyjohanna/seriously-though-what-is-a-progressive-web-app-56130600a093 - What is a Progressive Web App? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest - Web app manifests https://web.dev/learn/pwa/service-workers/ - Service Workers https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul/ - Alex Russell post about “websites that took all the right vitamins.” https://blog.nviso.eu/2020/01/16/deep-dive-into-the-security-of-progressive-web-apps/ - Progressive Web App security https://www.simicart.com/blog/pwa-hardware-access/ - Progressive Web App and hardware access https://asperbrothers.com/blog/pwa-vs-native-app/ - PWA vs Native App

September 19, 2022 · 1 min · 66 words · Josh

GrapheneOS Sensors and Network Permission Toggle

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ Links referenced for video https://grapheneos.org/features#network-permission-toggle - GrapheneOS Sensors and Network permission toggle documentation https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/597 - GitHub issue referenced regarding default sensor permission seting for system apps

August 21, 2022 · 1 min · 33 words · Josh

You're probably doing it wrong | Multi-Factor Authentication Explained

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ Links referenced for video https://privsec.dev/knowledge/multi-factor-authentication/ - PrivSec.dev article - great read https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-5c-nfc/ - YubiKey 5C NFC I purchased https://www.dongleauth.com/ - Check the services you use for MFA support https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/researchers-trick-duo-2fa-into-sending-authentication-request-to-attacker-controlled-device - Duo 2FA article https://fidoalliance.org/fido2/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/2022-07-sms-phishing-attacks/ - Cloudflare stopping phishing scam with hardware tokens

August 15, 2022 · 1 min · 50 words · Josh

How your phones' wallpaper can be used to track you

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ Links referenced for video https://fingerprint.com/blog/how-android-wallpaper-images-threaten-privacy/ - privacy.com main article referenced https://github.com/fingerprintjs/blog-android-wallpaper-id-demo - WallpaperID App used in demo https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/WallpaperManager#getWallpaperColors(int) - Android source code - getWallpaperColors https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/graphics/palette/VariationalKMeansQuantizer.java;l=31?q=KMeansQua&ss=android%2Fplatform%2Fsuperproject - getWallpaperColors source code - K-means clustering https://www.clear.rice.edu/elec301/Projects02/artSpy/patmac/RGB.jpg - 3D color cube https://clarle.github.io/yui3/yui/docs/color/rgb-slider.html - RGB sliders

August 7, 2022 · 1 min · 48 words · Josh

Secure Contacts Storage | Free Cloud Storage Android | Nextcloud

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://nextcloud.com Nextcloud Homepage https://nextcloud.com/signup/ - Nextcloud Account Signup https://www.howtogeek.com/448829/how-to-export-apple-icloud-and-iphone-contacts-to-windows-10/ - How to export iCloud contacts https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/7199294?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop - How to export Google Contacts

May 22, 2022 · 1 min · 29 words · Josh

Most Secure Phone 2022 | DeGoogle Your Phone | Google Pixel 6?

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html - Pixel 6 New Security Features https://source.android.com/security/biometric https://www.wired.com/story/google-pixel-6-tensor-chip-security/ https://www.engadget.com/google-tensor-soc-pixel-6-chip-170059466.html https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/2014/01/14/random-numbers-and-cryptography https://www.androidcentral.com/what-titan-security-module https://www.androidcentral.com/how-does-google-titan-m2-and-tensor-security-core-work https://www.androidcentral.com/what-titan-security-module https://source.android.com/security/trusty https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/pixel-6-review-google-hardware-finally-lives-up-to-its-potential/

May 22, 2022 · 1 min · 23 words · Josh

So you just installed GrapheneOS, now what?

🎥 Video Link Other tutorial videos referenced https://youtu.be/ocwznyrMVwE - GrapheneOS calendar setup https://youtu.be/NJzA9yRGgeM - GrapheneOS contacts setup https://youtu.be/eyWmcItzisk - GrapheneOS phone backup https://youtu.be/SZ0PKtiXTSs - GrapheneOS Google Play Services install Links referenced for video https://attestation.app/about - Auditor App details https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium - Vanadium Browser details https://f-droid.org - F-Droid Store https://auroraoss.com - Aurora Store

May 14, 2022 · 1 min · 51 words · Josh

uBlock Origin - Bounce Tracking Prevention | Browser Privacy

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Strict-blocking - uBlock Origin example documented https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dead_Rising_2 - You can click the “Green Man Gaming” link here if you want to follow along https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-6723194-10912384?url=https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/dead-rising-2/?tap_a=1964-996bbb&tap_s=341948-7fd0d2 - Direct link to click tracker, only click if you have uBlock Origin installed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string https://brave.com/privacy-updates/8-grab-bag-2/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/brave-has-a-plan-to-stymie-websites-that-override-your-privacy-settings/?comments=1 https://brave.com/privacy-updates/16-unlinkable-bouncing/ https://brave.com/privacy-updates/8-grab-bag-2/ https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dead_Rising_2 https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/http-www-dpbolvw-net-whenever-i-click-a-link-it-redirects-me-here.940336/ uBlock Origin Download Links https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm - Chrome/Chromium https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ - Firefox https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-origin/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak?node=10232440011 - Microsoft Edge

April 24, 2022 · 1 min · 66 words · Josh