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Some in the Monero groups here are not Libertarian, and are more interested in privacy/tech in general. That’s fine. But Macro level politics are important to Monero... Because Reto/Haveno is a response to those politics.

The Libertarian Convention went down and there were some developments, including picking a nominee and Trump speaking. There are big political impacts of Trump talking at LP because he is being forced to be more pro-crypto and anti-CBDC to try to sway Libertarian voters. The fact that a mainstream candidate is even showing up to the table is big. “Free Ross” signs went up directly in front of the conservative cameras like Right Side Broadcasting, and Trump did make concessions on Ross

Now is Trump actually pure? No. Is the LP nominee pure? Actually, No.
An ideological battle went down, and here’s what came out of it: https://rebelnet.me/news/0xcfca11d5fe4eb61788

New iOS update is resurfacing deleted files that users thought were gone.

In some cases, nude photos, even after the user WIPED it and SOLD the device.

Highlighting the danger of using Monero on iPhones and Macs, https://rebelnet.me/news/0xa6f1ae72427b2f1120

So if you haven’t already, consider switching to Linux and DeGoogled phone.

New attack on VPNs!

There is a new critical VPN vulnerability from Leviathan Security group, which they call “TunnelVision”. It allows the ISP or local router to see your VPN traffic by abusing the routing options:

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/novel-attack-vpn-tunnelvision/

Update April 29: You have to update Feather wallet, it fixes a previous minor error with sending Monero. This new version is 2.6.7, and I confirmed it works. Your funds are safe. Update right in the wallet. Spread the word.

Original post: I do not speak for the developer, I am just spreading awareness to reduce panic and help.

Feather wallet has an issue. Version 2.6.5 may potentially get a failed transaction on sending funds. Version 2.6.6 has issues with starting up on Linux. Your funds are 100% safe, you can even import the exact file to a different wallet, and not have to resync.

Developer has the fix, it’s being built, he’s getting a couple hours of sleep. No need to panic, it’s a minor issue that will be resolved shortly.

Let’s all thank dsc & tobtoht for their hard work!

https://docs.featherwallet.org/guides/donate

Monero is actually the quickest to rebound! Huge moves down to 108 now 120. Monero moving faster than most other altcoins and Bitcoin. XMR community is the smartest and fastest, even without as many centralized exchange listings.

Saturday night cryptocurrency markets heavily sold off on the news that Iran had striked Israel with drones. Now surprisingly markets are rebounding off the news that Biden says the US won’t back an Israeli response to Iran’s strikes.

Big News on Peace and a potential XMR trade: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/buy-dip-peace-news/

Some cypherpunks are confused as to why cryptocurrency prices are affected by war in this situation. And the answer is that Wall Street considers crypto to be a tech stock, especially after the US Bitcoin ETF. And at the highest end of the risk spectrum. Therefore, considering the traditional markets like the NASDAQ are closed, the leveraged traders short sell risk where they can in the only 24/7 market.

I am not saying their worldview is correct, I view it as a currency and not a stock. That’s why I’m saying buy the dip, and someday after more adoption, they will see it that way.

LewRockwell is an extremely popular Libertarian website. They recently published a well shared article from Dr. Mercola on why to ditch Google: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/joseph-mercola/goodbye-google/

While it’s great that people see the messages of privacy and anti-censorship, it’s bad that the suggested solutions not only won’t help, but in fact likely turn people off. Here’s a key example:

“Your suggestion of reading the privacy policy for every website people visit to avoid Google analytics is not practical. A far better solution is to use the browser extension uBlock Origin, which lists all third party JavaScript calls by domain, and allows you to block it. In fact, your own website MercolaMarket has Google’s APIs on it, which allows them to see the IP address of anyone buying your products. The most ridiculous part is the very article on LewRockwell.com telling me to read privacy policies to avoid Google Analytics, uses Google Analytics and Gmail.”

And this is just one of the many examples in an open letter we wrote. The primary problem is not technological, but apathy. It doesn’t have to be like this. We just need the real solutions to make it to the readers screens, like Monero.

I stand here today to ask you to share our open letter, so that the thousands of readers of LewRockwell can learn: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/letter-to-lewrockwell/

I stand here today to ask you to be part of the genuine change. Because at the end of the day, LewRockwell is only a reflection of what his readers want. And so the challenge is not convincing him, but you.

Most Nostr users post to relays on Cloudflare and Hetzner. They don’t realize that they’re easily censored, and it’s not decentralized.

Even worse, there is the threat of radical Bitcoin Maxis trying to censor Monero via forced lightning paywalls on the relays. Like a chess player thinking ahead, we outline some XMR relays and Tor Onion ones in this new easy to read guide: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relay-guide/

Tor Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/nostr-relay-guide/

Spain has banned Telegram.

They are claiming this is over copyright violations of users, that Telegram is failing to police. Now some users will be forced to consider decentralized solutions. As I have repeated many times, Session messenger empowers users to defy state level censorship, with its unique blockchain based DNS that completely separates physical locations from identity. And our team has repeatedly mentioned using Session to defy a Monero ban.

With Session, if the location of the VPS or device is discovered, the user can rotate the blockchain name to a new public key. On the other hand, SimpleX, Tor Onions, or XMPP are tied to physical devices with encryption keys in memory, and their discovery is a game-over.

However, Session receives a lot of criticism. Rather than ignore this, I tackle it head on, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/

Tor Browser Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/

Huge amount of these guides reference if they accept Monero.

What’s the best ________ ?

Best VPS hosts, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vps/

Pro/Con of Phone Numbers/Services, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burners/

Crypto-to-Crypto “No KYC” Swap Websites https://simplifiedprivacy.com/swaps/

How VoIP works, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/voip/

Best Crypto→ Fiat gift cards: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-vendors-that-accept-cryptocurrency/

Types of DeGoogled Phones, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphones/

Pro/Con of Linux Distros, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-distros/

Pro/Con of Private Routers https://simplifiedprivacy.com/router/

Pro/Con of Virtual Machines, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/types-of-virtual-machines-whats-right-for-you/

Best Agora Societies, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/realworldagora/

Best Google Alternatives, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-life/

Best email? Check out, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/

Someone asked me how to download Youtubes privately with open source. So I wanted to share the info with you since it's all written out.

Which of course you are wondering How to watch the classic "breaking monero" on youtube, privately? Duh.

In this fast guide, we break down all the different methods, ranging from web browser, desktop, android, command line, to even browser extensions. In fact, one of our community members was kind enough to open source his android termux script to do so,

which is part of the guide found here: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-download-youtubes/

Got one I missed? comment below! we'll add it

In a shocking new hack, the data of 43 million French citizens was leaked from a government database, onto the darkweb.

Yet the French government is pushing for heavy VPN restrictions, to collect and identify huge amounts of data, including even banning foreign VPNs that wouldn’t have to comply.

Simplified Privacy has grave concerns about such a broad and powerful expansion of government power, when they have not proven the ability to handle even basic identifier data on their citizens. We once again urge the use of Monero and warn against blindly trusting authority: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/

Tor Browser Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/france-hack-vpn-restrictions/

Roman Sterlingov was recently convicted for running a Bitcoin mixer.

This is a very dangerous legal precedent. Because the only hard evidence for him to potentially serve 20 years in prison is that his KYC Bitcoin went through many hops and wallets, before being used later to supposedly buy a domain name.

This court case means that anyone is responsible for the future actions of anyone you pay, because if those funds turn out to go to anything illegal, you’re automatically on the hook. And people wonder why we like Monero?!

Get the full scoop on this shocking case, it's the ultimate why Monero: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/

Tor Browser Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/unproven-proprietary-chainalysis-software-jails-bitcoin-user/