Threat models and the importance of open-source software w/ Nathan from TheNewOil [S01:E04]
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Wondering what the difference is between privacy, security, and anonymity and how the three intersect? How about what a threat model is and how to develop one for yourself? This episode, we're sitting down with Nathan from The New Oil to chat about threat modeling, the intersection of privacy, security, and anonymity, and how open-source software is central to opting out of surveillance. More about Nathan: Getting in contact -- https://thenewoil.xyz/links.htmlThe New Oil website -- https://thenewoil.xyz/index.htmlThreat modeling -- https://thenewoil.xyz/threatmodel.htmlThe intersection of privacy, security, and anonymity -- https://thenewoil.xyz/privsecanon.htmlChoosing a browser and plugins -- https://thenewoil.xyz/browser.htmlUsing RSS -- https://write.as/thenewoil/staying-informed-without-big-techThe New Oil videos on PeerTube -- https://peertube.thenewoil.xyz/video-channels/thenewoil/videosThe Surveillance Report podcast, where Nathan is co-host -- https://techlore.tech/sr.html Nathan's recommended tools to Opt Out: Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app -- https://nextcloud.com/ProtonMail, an encrypted and private email service -- https://protonmail.com/QubesOS, a privacy-preserving and security-focused Linux distro -- https://www.qubes-os.org/DD-WRT, a Linux-based router firmware -- https://dd-wrt.com/Bitwarden, an easy to use password manager -- https://bitwarden.com/KeePass, a basic and local password manager -- https://keepass.info/Simple Login, an email aliasing service - https://simplelogin.io/Privacy.com, a payment card aliasing service - https://privacy.com/MySudo, a phone aliasing service - https://mysudo.com/ This week's project to help you Opt Out - PeerTube: PeerTube, a federated video platform -- https://joinpeertube.org/What is PeerTube? A short video explainer -- https://framatube.org/videos/watch/217eefeb-883d-45be-b7fc-a788ad8507d3Running your own PeerTube instance -- https://docs.joinpeertube.org/install-any-osThe New Oil PeerTube instance -- https://peertube.thenewoil.xyz/Opt Out Podcast PeerTube instance -- https://videos.optoutpod.com/ Supporting Opt Out:  Donations -- https://www.optoutpod.com/support/ Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show (https://www.optoutpod.com/support/)