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.

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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.

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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

The case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a ter...

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."

LinkedIn makes more money selling your data, than the job posting fees. Even if your full real name is on LinkedIn, you want to avoid giving them your SIM card's real underlying phone number. Because then you're handing over to all these aggregated cross-service data brokers, what other services (that aren't in your real name) you sign up for, and what you do on those. And you're handing over to the government, the full metadata of where you are 24/7, who you're standing near, and who you talk to and what you say on that number. But LinkedIn will reject VoIP numbers, and most "crypto confirm" services will be detected. Because they buy a block of numbers, and are often labeled "landline" on APIs. That's why I'm so excited about the new P2P SMS Exchange we made (Simplified Privacy). Not only does it filter out sellers using VoIP with multiple API checks, but the numbers appear to services (such as LinkedIn) as a random number. There is no relationship between one seller's number and another. Try it out for Monero or Bitcoin Lightning,

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Simplified Privacy

Simplified Privacy has HydraVeil a unique browser fingerprint VPN, and an SMS Exchange to peer-to-peer buy and sell SMS confirmations that are not ...

A bunch of minor GUI bug fixes isn't that sexy an update. But it has to get done. So if you were one of the users complaining, I'm delivering on the promise, HydraVeil 2.2.6 Sha256sum, 084e265a31c4c7ecd9737e1459f29f36e3375ba9076b6bac475601886da904a2

The new Iceland server is super fast and low "fraud score" IP address. Now Simplified Privacy is only directly running 3 of the 8 locations. That gives you plenty of options for one operator systemwide, and another for the browser fingerprint. Wayy faster than Tor, no javascript restrictions, cookies saved, and no IP address blocked. Try it out for 1.5 euros in monero/lightning. View quoted note →

!! The SMS Exchange is now officially open for buyers !!! We got sellers from the USA, Colombia, Ukraine, & more. You can get a non-VoIP SMS confirmation to register any account privately, for Monero or Bitcoin Lightning. It could be social media like Youtube/Twitter, messengers like Signal/Telegram/WhatsApp, business accounts like Yelp, or even financial accounts like Zelle/Paypal. How it works is: you get matched with a seller by your choice of service/country, and it serves you the number, and if you want a burner email. If it doesn't work, then the buyer gets 3 disputes, which triggers a match to a new seller and number. If it does work, you have the option to "restore", which means paying again but skipping the matching process, and getting that same seller/phone number again. So if you lie, and falsely dispute, you lose the right to restore later in an emergency. This is on the dot net domain:

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Want to earn Bitcoin or Monero without KYC? A big problem with digital privacy, is that some services require SMS registration, and many times block VoIP numbers.. Even worse, there are Crypto “SMS-confirm” services that buy blocks of phone numbers, but once Big Tech's security vendors find out what the block is, the entire block may get banned or labeled VoIP. Leaving many privacy-conscious users feeling frustrated and isolated from parts of the internet. But not everybody wants to be anonymous. Some people don't care that much. What if there was a way that those who don't care that much, could sell their phone number to those who do? That's why I'm excited to present to you a huge new project from Simplified Privacy, the SMS Exchange. You can register as an SMS seller, and get notifications via your pick of SMS, Telegram, XMPP, or Session. You reply to an automated system with the SMS registration code, and boom, you earn your favorite cryptocurrency in a few seconds. Not only can these surveillance firms not stop a guerrilla P2P market like this, but it's a huge step forward for the circular parallel economy, to never be dumping Bitcoin or Monero on an Exchange, in order to pay for blocks of phone numbers. Instead, this is an opportunity for some savvy cats to on-ramp without KYC. And even pay for their phone bills with an easy side hustle. I encourage you to check out this extremely short article with some of the details, and consider reposting this so we can help the Nostr economy succeed.

Crypto SMS Verify | Simplified Privacy

US government just banned "foreign made" routers from being imported. Absolutely ridiculous, from Wikileaks years prior, it was revealed the US government was hacking home routers from the default ISP. Now they want to cut off your defenses.

9to5Mac

Your wireless router is now banned from sale in the US

Almost every new wireless router for use in US homes is now banned from sale within the country under a...

We are adding more nodes, and looking for operators. If you're interested in promoting Nostr, Linux, Bitcoin, Monero, open-source, Security, Parallel economies, and of course Privacy, even when they want to prevent you from being private, reach out. View quoted note →