A Privacy Loophole When Installing @GrapheneOS on a Pixel For anyone serious about de-Googling their life, you need to know about this. I've seen privacy concerned people overlook a crucial step in the GrapheneOS installation process that creates a direct link to Google. The Step: On a Google Pixel, before you can unlock the bootloader, you must enable "OEM unlocking" in the Developer Options. The moment you toggle that setting, your phone makes a network request to Google's servers. Google receives that request and can see your IP address. If you're doing this from your home network, an IP tied to your name, you've just created a digital fingerprint linking you (and your location) to that specific device's serial number before you even wiped it. Google now knows that 1) the person at your IP address is in possession of that specific Pixel phone, and 2) that you intended to modify its software!!! How to Mitigate: Use a trustworthy VPN, or preferably, public Wi-Fi (like a café) that is not associated with you.

Please feel free to join my talk: "21 Million Bitcoin?" When: Tomorrow morning - Saturday, January 3rd - at 10:00 AM GMT (ending at 10:30) I'll walk you through parts of the Bitcoin source code to explain exactly how the supply is capped at ~21 million BTC. We'll also cover why this cap cannot be changed (people have tried before!). To protect your privacy, please avoid sharing your real name, keep your camera turned off, and don't share any personal sensitive information about you. 🙂 Just dial in here:

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Just gave my first webinar last week on Bitcoin’s core mechanism - had such a lovely audience! 🧡 So I’m doing more! The next one will be on January 3rd: I’ll explain how Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million. It’s free - check out my site and register :)

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