Hey everyone!
I think it's really important not to put all our eggs into any one basket.
I'm not saying you should leave any platforms... rather I am saying, you may enjoy a new privacy respecting account.
I'll say it: I do like Twitter. As long as it does not require personal information, I will continue to use it.
It's a valuable tool.
Especially for OSINT.
Speaking Of Twitter, They Have A New Official Tor Hidden Service
If you have an account, use it.
And Be Sure To Watch My Video On Tor Browser Usage To Minimize Footprints.
For more anonymous Twitter OSINT usage, take a look at this Tutorial On Creating A 2nd Tor Browser For Anonymous OSINT (adding + customizing privacy-redirect to use Tor Hidden Services Only).
(using a 2nd Tor browser for this dedicated purpose. Simply download a 2nd copy, and follow the original tutorial!)
If you simply want to search and view frontends: Twitter, Youtube, Reddit, Search Engine Redirects, and more, see my earlier post on privacy-redirect. And "Search Google Anonymously".
This article is not about pushing you off platforms. It's about creating new options that empower you.
πΊ VIDEO MIRRORS
Click Image Below To Watch On Peertube:
[ Peertube ]
[ Odysee / LBRY ] (if you aren't on Odysee yet, register w/my invite link)
[ Bitchute ]
[ Youtube ]
[ Invidious ] (π§ π Tor Hidden Service Link - Only Works In Tor Browser)
Watch And Read:
Social Media
Behind the scenes, political, social, and other power sectors guide (or manipulate) the direction of trends (and more) heavily using social media data and associated identities.
They shape your experience... after they fingerprint your mindset...
Something To Think About: Are centralized social media sites part of "hacking" humans?
Watch the latest video (scroll down), and read below...
Alternatives
Would you like a more "straight up" platform option?
What Do I Mean?
A social media experience that provides exact search results.
Where larger creators do not overshadow regular everyday people.
Where corporations do not set the trends.
Where smaller creators are not hidden behind the paying, and downranking / "shadowbanning" is not part of the equation.
Anyways, just watch the video! π
(and share!)
HACKING HUMANS
In the beginning of this video, we utilize a fitting clip of Yuval Harari, explaining how, using our data, and our identity (this is key), humans are being "hacked" online.
He emphasizes the need for a combination of extreme computing power, tons of personal data, and (emphasis on this one) "biometric data".
A big part of this (biometric data part) is being able to link the vast sums of data together.
To put a face on it. Group individuals by interest. Analyze, and then even engineer behavior.
Collecting this data, and associated identity can be done any number of ways, some of which I explain in the video (including recent news story examples).
Outside the ways mentioned in this video, web crawling (bot / program scans the web) for identifying information, physical features (biometrics), and social networks.
Centralized Social Media requiring identity for authentication makes up the perfect ingredients for this formula for "hacking humans".
Try Out One Or More Mentioned In The Video
Follow me at Mastodon instance: https://fosstodon.org/@RTP
If we want to be free people, we should realize tools like Tor Browser really are essential (helping 'scramble' data's associated with identities on any given day).
What I mean by that, is by using Tor Browser (properly) and a pseudo-anonymous account (ex: nickname, non linked data), traditionally useful data can become massively useless.
When going through Tor Browser (used properly, identity is no longer tied - there is no way to determine how many ppl are on Tor browser at any given time, how large the group for each set of browser windows, etc.
Example: data could be x number of people with multiple devices, or 5 million people's data. One can't be sure (outside ip addresses connecting into Tor, but this is encrypted / compartmentalized multiple times over along the destination path).
Each split between thousands of exit nodes that make their connection to the destination.
LINKS
Mastodon Servers (Facebook / Twitter Alternative)
Pixelfed Servers (Instagram Alternative)
Peertube Servers (Youtube Alternative)
Fediverse Party (Explore Federated Networks)
FediDB (Developer Tools For ActivityPub)
Added: if you join an instance, accounts are completely"free". Many do accept / rely on donations (if you are in a position to do so, or would like to) to help continue running their servers.
(It's not required to donate)
Even sharing your experience with others (ex: as I try to do here) is another way to "give back" to the instance, maybe leading up to another user who is able to.
No pressure, I am not affiliated with any instances or organizations relating to any of the above mentioned topic, but wanted to mention this, to help spread awareness.
Questions? Opinions? Leave Your Thoughts Below!
Thanks for joining at buymeacoffee.com/politictech. And if you like what I do, you can now buy me a coffee β β€οΈ And if you do (if you don't, still like to hear from you), comment what you like most (topic, content), and I'll do my best to keep it in mind, to put some focus on it in future content.
(or, if you don't like what I do, maybe share this video somewhere horrible and maybe talk trash about it? π€ π everything helps the algorithm)
Until the next one...