Wondering how global surveillance could realistically work, or how VPNs can play a role in your privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Smuggler to chat about global surveillance, a realistic look at VPNs (and Tor!), and his journey as a cypherpunk. More about Smuggler: Smuggler's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/smuggler/Cypherpunk Bitstream Podcast -- https://taz0.org/bitstream/Smuggler's blog -- https://opaque.link/Smuggler's paper on global surveillance -- https://opaque.link/post/2011-06-16-global-spying/Smuggler's recommended tools to Opt Out: CashGlasses and mask for physical privacyFace-to-face meetingsShipping containers as a Faraday cageVoice masking technologyThis week's project to help you Opt Out - Whoogle: Github -- https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-searchMy instance: https://search.sethforprivacy.comMy instance on Tor: http://nuifgsnbb2mcyza74o7illtqmuaqbwu4flam3cdmsrnudwcmkqur37qd.onionSetting it as your primary search instance -- https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#set-whoogle-as-your-primary-search-engineOpt Out's Sponsors: Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://www.optoutpod.com/sponsors/#sponsor-cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://www.optoutpod.com/sponsors/#sponsor-localmoneroSupporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://www.optoutpod.com/support/Reviews -- https://www.optoutpod.com/reviews/new/Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!