ShadowRebel

Up until now, I have been doing privacy videos with just my voice. Now after viewers refused to connect even a $0 Ethereum wallet because of a complete lack of trust in an anonymous shadowy figure, I have come forward to sacrifice my anonymity to advocate for and spread adoption of decentralized social media that is more resistant to censorship.

Yes the website is not fully decentralized yet. Yes MetaMask has privacy issues. But if you evaluate the technology we’re presenting, you'll understand why it's better than Google’s Youtube.

Before you curse this out as a scam without even understanding what it is, check out this video where I explain “encryption as identity” and how the Ethereum-powered video website works: https://vid.simplifiedprivacy.com/news/0x81ad645949cb936067f2f90f022e00a45cc75377b16eed0427e9e98c685951d4730bd09ba4f1fb4761d43281db2a8febe7017e304f1626d4bbba163c4a379cba1b

Why is this relevant to Monero? Because my videos will be a bunch of Monero wallet tutorials.

Hey I know I've been posting a lot about the liberty tech stack, and I thank you for those who listen. I am very passionate about this and working with a great animator. Many people have a vision for the internet that empowers users beyond just Monero as Money. I'm talking about the entire infrastructure. There's pieces of it that exist now, we should actually adopt them.

This animated 2-minute video explains a new framework to reject tyranny using a concept I call “encryption as identity”. What this means is communication and decentralized value systems divorced from traditional domain names, IP addresses, and external control or censorship. Everyone knows the example of Monero as money, but this video goes over some examples of these types of systems replacing Twitter, Telegram, and government-promoted DNS.

Let freedom ring: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/encryptionidentity/

Now let's address Monero specific concerns you should read after you watch the 2 minute video. Why does the Monero community dislike Nostr?

Nostr is not tied to any particular cryptocurrency. It’s just a protocol for sending messages. Nostr currently has bitcoin lightning tied to it, and so Bitcoin maxis dominate the userbase. But the actual protocol for content is different than the tipping on lightning. We have to separate the technology from the people on it. Various developers are already working on Monero solutions with interoperability. And Luke Parker gave a talk on the Monero Talk podcast about how Monero can be implemented. As far as the bitcoin maxi community being toxic, that’s true. But we need to be showing up to debate them. Our team is animating videos, making memes, promoting privacy. Why don’t you reach out and be part of the solution? Here’s our Nostr public key, we’ll repost your pro-XMR content.

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The list of who we follow on there is mostly pro-privacy pro-XMR people to fill your feed with. And Ameythst is in F-Droid has an incognito DM.

Why does the Monero community dislike Session?

Session is built using a proof of stake fork of Monero. So Monero people are angry that anyone dare to compete. First of all, this is Bitcoin’s attitude to Monero. Second, the communication platform does not require the end user to pay for or use this cryptocurrency. The oxen cryptocurrency that backs it should be thought of as a fund-raising tool for the company, and not a “currency”. It’s like corporate stock. It pays the company a percentage of the mining reward, so it’s more like a dividend. The actual communication platform is excellent, try it.

To the haters,

Rather than sit around and complain there is no utopian alternative, I promote adoption of tools that fit with the vision of encryption as identity for uncensored free speech. At the end of the day, Monero is just speech. I’m talking to say that I transfer units to you. And when these government thugs come to censor this speech, I will be ready with entire communities on a new IT stack. I am a man of action. I am a man of optimism.

This video heavily promotes Monero, but as part of a complete package for liberty.

Libertarians promote political freedom, but often ignore technology freedom. For example, the main party website LP.org makes 3rd party JavaScript calls to Google and Facebook, visible with the browser extension uBlock Origin. This JavaScript allows these Big Tech firms to do surveillance on behalf of the government and these are the same organizations that suppress pro-freedom speech.

Most Libertarian groups such as Mises or Cato are reliant on Democrat-controlled big tech platforms to spread their message and do not teach fundamental decentralized tech infrastructure for resilience against oppression.

This video goes over an introduction to Digital Freedom for Libertarians including:

1. Operating systems on the phone and PC
2. Monero gift cards & debit cards
3. Decentralized Instant messaging
4. Decentralized Email

Enjoy: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/libertarian101/

Monero's home is right now on Matrix. I'm disputing that. This is a video follow-up with some of the replies from last time.

If you are new, XMPP and Matrix are two competing federated end-to-end encrypted messengers. XMPP is far better, on server cost decentralization, speed over Tor, degoogled push notifications, multi-identities, and overall privacy. So if Matrix is inferior centralized bloatware, why is it more popular? Especially among XMR techies, who should in theory understand these concepts.

This brand new video gives a quick overview of the technical reasons that XMPP is the gold standard king of federation. And it briefly discusses how Matrix manages to push it’s agenda: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/xmpp-vs-matrix-why-matrix-sucks/

Some critics will say that “Matrix is a complete package, while XMPP is fragmented”. This is essentially propaganda, because all the XMPP clients interact (Dino, Gajim, conversations, monocles). The only one that doesn’t interact is OTR encryption from pidgin which provides an alternative for hardcore cypherpunks who want to destroy the encryption keys when the conversation is done. So because one single client has an alternative use case, the Matrix cheerleaders want us to fill out Google Captcha spyware to register on Matrix.org because it costs so much to self-host.

In my view, Monero is only one piece of the equation to digital freedom. You need the rest of the “encryption as identity” tech stack:

Monero is to Money, What Session is to Telegram, And Nostr is to Twitter.

Censorship on Twitter has given rise to this decentralized micro-blogging alternative that uses encryption as identity for unstoppable free speech.

I narrated this brand new animated video which goes over how Nostr works and why it matters: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr/

Nostr is right now dominated by Bitcoin Maxis, we're organizing a Monero takeover. DM us on Nostr: npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6

Everyone always talks about using Tor with Monero, so you should understand how it works. Here's an animated video to clear up any misconceptions or confusion you may have. Enjoy and thank you for your time: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/how-tor-works/

It's becoming more and more popular for websites (including Google & others) to demand you SMS text verify to use the service. This can be a huge drag on privacy. This article goes over a few services you can pay some tiny amount of cryptocurrency to get a burner SMS text number just for this purpose, including tips on which ones to use for which service:

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-temporary-burner-sms-verification-services/

Note: There are no affiliate links. This is a neutral third party article.

Sometimes we get so excited about one piece of technology (like Monero), that we may forget about the other pieces of it (ie the network we're using). Here's a good overview of some on the common misconceptions and vulnerabilities of VPNs: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vpn-mistakes-to-avoid/

Microsoft Propaganda has indoctrinated young children into believing that pressing control alt delete to restart their failed operating system is a normal part of the human experience. This article discusses the clear speed and economic benefits of switching to Linux: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-has-speed-economic-benefits/

Here's a very brief overview of some of the Monero Wallets with a quick pro/con of each. Including the official wallet, Cake, MyMonero, and Feather. Now with some of them, assumptions are made about your use of them (light vs full wallets), for example MyMonero being a lighter wallet and the trade-offs involved with this convenience. Enjoy and thanks for your time: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/monero-wallets-which-is-right-for-you/

From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook's spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you're not even on the platform: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platform-surveillance/

This has a bunch of open source apps that work on degoogled androids that will dramatically improve the quality of your experience: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/7-awesome-open-source-phone-apps/