Just got off the phone with my Colorado representative. I reminded him that:
Everyone knows Meta lobbied for these laws
Everyone knows it’s not "for the children"
My friends and neighbors care about privacy and we are watching how you vote
A vote for age verification is a clear indicator that you work for corporations and not constituents
You don’t have to live in Colorado to get involved! If your state is blue or light blue on this map, you are under threat of age verification laws!
en.wikipedia.org/…/Social_media_age_verification_…
NOW is the time to call/email/write to your state legislators. Don’t say, “Yeah, I should do that.” Just do it and do it today, because they could surprise vote on it tomorrow.
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VPN is the answer but keep in mind that you’re just moving the trust to the VPN (they can see your traffic).
The web uses a request/response architecture. Your computer requests a cat pic from the server and the server sends it back. Your IP must be in the request or the response cannot be routed back to you. VPNs act like couriers making requests and receiving responses on your behalf. So:
The cat pic server sees traffic coming from the VPN provider and doesnt know who you are.
The ISP sees encrypted traffic to the VPN but doesn’t know what it is.
The VPN sees everything.
Most web traffic is already encrypted with TLS but not the domain names and IPs (needed for routing).
If you really want to be anonymous on the web, use tor, but it’s slow and many websites block tor exit nodes so you will have a degraded experience.
The web uses a request/response architecture. Your computer requests a cat pic from the server and the server sends it back. Your IP must be in the request or the response cannot be routed back to you. VPNs act like couriers making requests and receiving responses on your behalf. So:
The cat pic server sees traffic coming from the VPN provider and doesnt know who you are.
The ISP sees encrypted traffic to the VPN but doesn’t know what it is.
The VPN sees everything.
Most web traffic is already encrypted with TLS but not the domain names and IPs (needed for routing).
If you really want to be anonymous on the web, use tor, but it’s slow and many websites block tor exit nodes so you will have a degraded experience.
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how to access crypto easily while at the same keep it private and safe?
These are conflicting requirements, true for all valuables: more accessible is less safe, more secure is harder to access. The solution is to split up your money in levels.
Some hot crypto on your phone, like cash in your wallet. I keep about $100 of monero on my phone, ready to spend if I meet an accepting merchant.
Similarly, leave some hot crypto on the exchange if you trade regularly.
Some warm crypto on your pc, locked, secured, protected by dog and gun. This is like your checking account, ready to send to an exchange if fiat is needed on a rainy day.
Everything else in air-gapped cold storage. Bury the seed phrases and tell no one. This is your “savings account”, the stuff you will hodl and pass on to your kin, with no plans to ever sell.
These are conflicting requirements, true for all valuables: more accessible is less safe, more secure is harder to access. The solution is to split up your money in levels.
Some hot crypto on your phone, like cash in your wallet. I keep about $100 of monero on my phone, ready to spend if I meet an accepting merchant.
Similarly, leave some hot crypto on the exchange if you trade regularly.
Some warm crypto on your pc, locked, secured, protected by dog and gun. This is like your checking account, ready to send to an exchange if fiat is needed on a rainy day.
Everything else in air-gapped cold storage. Bury the seed phrases and tell no one. This is your “savings account”, the stuff you will hodl and pass on to your kin, with no plans to ever sell.
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And just to plug them a little more, I believe EasyOptOuts is a family-owned business and they have been doing the work long before the over-advertised more-expensive copycats like DeleteMe came on the scene.
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Further reading: arstechnica.com/…/its-not-worth-paying-to-be-remo…
Tldr: They aren’t very effective, and none better than the next. However, they do more than nothing so get the cheap one (EasyOptOuts)
Ive been using them for two years. Negligibly cheap, like $20/year. Once a year they send a text email report. “We removed you from these sites… We tried to remove you from these sites… These sites have technical issues preventing removal…”
It does work to some extent because when I try to find myself on big people search sites like BeenVerified, I can’t find myself. And I used to be listed. 100% worth thr money imo. You can always subscribe for a year and then cancel.
Tldr: They aren’t very effective, and none better than the next. However, they do more than nothing so get the cheap one (EasyOptOuts)
Ive been using them for two years. Negligibly cheap, like $20/year. Once a year they send a text email report. “We removed you from these sites… We tried to remove you from these sites… These sites have technical issues preventing removal…”
It does work to some extent because when I try to find myself on big people search sites like BeenVerified, I can’t find myself. And I used to be listed. 100% worth thr money imo. You can always subscribe for a year and then cancel.
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