Phone Privacy

(Note: graphene only works on Pixel phones, if you have a non pixel phone you can instal lineage, but it’s a more complicated process) Google is all over our phones. The amount of data that they’re collecting about us is astronomical, regardless of whether we’re using an iPhone or an Android. But why does it matter if Google knows so much about us? First, that data is being siphoned up by governments: Not just the US government, but governments all over the world. While we’re probably not doing anything wrong, what is considered “normal” or “acceptable” today may not be tomorrow. Regimes come and go, culture changes, but that data is forever. Second, carving out some privacy in our digital lives is important. Surveillance has dramatic effects on a society: We self-censor and conform when we know we’re being watched. Luckily there are lots of ways that we can protect our data so that it’s not all collected and stored in a permanent record attached to our identity. I went to a “de-google your phone” install party the other weekend, where we learnt how to install a new operating system on our phones that will better protect our privacy. We installed “GrapheneOS”, a privacy and security-enhancing phone operating system recommended by Snowden. We also downloaded some awesome google-alternative apps. In this video I’ll teach you how to do this too. (NOTE: GRAPHENE ONLY WORKS WITH PIXEL PHONES) 00:00 Intro 02:29 What is GrapheneOS? 03:51 Install Tutorial 07:44 Alternative to Google apps 11:02 My takeaways 11:25 Purchasing a pre-installed Graphene phone Difficulty level for this tutorial: 1.5/3 It is actually not that difficult to live a Google-free lifestyle, enjoying almost all the things you would normally do on your phone, without compromising your privacy. Huge thank you to members of Boston Zcash for their help organizing this de-googling installation party, Kieran from Railgun for his help with research, and the many other privacy experts I consulted! I’m considering offering phones on my website with graphene and all the core apps that I use preinstalled. Visit https://nbtv.media/essentialprivacy if interested in learning more! Find the install packages and instructions at https://grapheneos.org Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, Naomi Brockwell To make a tax-deductible (in the US) donation to NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: https://cryptobeat.substack.com/ Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch this video on LBRY: https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/de-googled-phone:3?r=34kF7MxQqxN6ajSzQDL7wZ8xYxVYozBS Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)

Our cell number is tied to everything we do. Most of us have had our cell phone numbers for many years, even decades, and we hand it out to everyone: to merchants, healthcare providers, social media accounts. That number can become associated to us like a social security number, and it allows all our interactions to be correlated. We need to ditch the idea that we have just one number our whole lives, that we give to everyone. In this video we’re going to give an example of a clean up strategy you can use to lock down your existing number, and create multiple VoIP numbers not associated to your real world identity, that don’t tie all your activities together. 00:00 Why Handing Your Cell Number Out Is Dangerous 02:36 VoIP vs Cell Number 05:16 New Phone Strategy Overview 05:47 Porting Existing Number to VoIP 06:17 Number Porting/SIM Swap Attacks 07:23 Google Voice Porting 08:24 VoIP Communications are NOT PRIVATE 10:10 New SIM 10:26 Creating Multiple VoIP Numbers 12:02 MySudo Note: The specific products mentioned are available in a few countries including America, but the overall ideas that you should never hand out your cell number, should lock down existing cell numbers by porting to voip, should get a new sim phone number you don't share with anyone, and should only use voip numbers going forward, are universal concepts. Hopefully this video will help you choose the right strategy for wherever you are based! Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, Sam Ettaro, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: https://cryptobeat.substack.com/ Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read) https://amzn.to/3JzUwXh Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)

The big G Maps is by far the most downloaded navigation app in the US and for good reason. Invading your privacy and surveilling you helps them provide better services. Their entire business model revolves around collecting huge amounts of information about you and selling it to advertisers. What are some more private alternatives? We dive into map apps that help you reclaim your privacy! 00:00 MOST downloaded Map 00:39 G Maps 2:17 Apple Maps 5:13 OpenStreetMap 5:58 OsmAnd 8:34 Organic Maps 8:57 Summary Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: https://cryptobeat.substack.com/ Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch this video on Odysee! https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/MOST-private-MAP-apps:e Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read) https://amzn.to/3JzUwXh Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)

Assange once said, “A mobile phone is a tracking device that also makes calls”. He’s not wrong. There are countless ways that phones track our movements, and one of them is via WiFi probe requests. In this video we explain how your phone automatically connects to your WiFi whenever you return home or to your favorite coffee shop, and why it leaves your device vulnerable to all kinds of attacks and surveillance -- it can allow people to maliciously intercept your internet traffic, track you, or find out personal information about you. Main takeaways: Turn your WiFi OFF when you're not using it Don't automatically connect to WiFi networks Forget networks after joining them Keep your OS and device updated 00:00 Intro 01:00 How WiFi connections work 04:29 Hidden networks 05:49 Why broadcasting SSIDs is a privacy nightmare: Tracking 07:45 Why broadcasting SSIDs is a privacy nightmare: Exposes Private Info 09:06 MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE VIDEO: malicious connections 11:03 How to protect yourself 13:11 Summary Research paper from Johanna Ansohn McDougall: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.03745.pdf Video from Modern Rogue: https://youtu.be/NkNgW3TwMy8 Brought to you by NBTV members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: https://cryptobeat.substack.com/ Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch this video on Odysee! https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/How-Your-WiFi-is-Betraying-You:e Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read) https://amzn.to/3JzUwXh Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)

Seeing as we do a huge amount of our communicating via messaging services these days, it's important to know what information we giving out, and to whom. There are many messaging apps that bill themselves as being "private", but which ones actually are? We dig into Whatsapp, iMessage, Telegram, Signal, Session, Threema, Wire, and Matrix to tell you what's what. Written by Reuben Yap, C. Edward Kelso, and Naomi Brockwell Special thanks to Kieran Mesquita and Andy for their help with research Edited by Lee Rennie To make a tax-deductible (in the US) donation to my channel, visit https://cointr.ee/nbtv Sign up for the free cryptobeat newsletter here: https://Naomibrockwell.com/cryptobeat Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch on Odysee: https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/MOST-Private-Messaging-Apps:3?r=GUK6PrynXgHhu1LzZDT5WDeFDtJLbvUv Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag wallet (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, and phone) https://amzn.to/2SUkPhu Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe!) https://amzn.to/2SXYHmf Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data) https://amzn.to/2YyJMnH Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Don't use wifi, and if you must, append the tag ‘_nomap’ or ‘_optout’ to your SSID to stop other websites tracking your location.

Telegram advertises itself as a private messaging app, and has attracted over 800 million users. But Telegram is one of the last apps I'd recommend if you're looking for private communication. In this video we explain how encryption actually works on Telegram: how it's not possible to end-to-end encrypt group chats, and how direct messages are not private by default. There are also some red flags about their encryption protocol, and how they present their overall privacy to the broader public. 00:00 Intro 00:47 Group Chats 01:38 One to One Messages 04:25 Encryption 05:54 Who Gets Access to Your Data? 08:27 Conclusion Group chats on Telegram are wildly popular. But just remember that those messages are all able to be read by Telegram, as well as anyone else who is able to get access. I don't want anyone being misled about the privacy on the platform due to impressive marketing campaigns. Best Messaging Apps: YT: https://youtu.be/rTPBqWzjuyo?si=j9-umhbiTqRrB9Qm LBRY: https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/MOST-Private-Messaging-Apps:3?r=GUK6PrynXgHhu1LzZDT5WDeFDtJLbvUv Worst Messaging Apps: YT: https://youtu.be/47_3_vaUSIU?si=qrmrTyrZhJQ7wv0o LBRY: https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Worst-messaging-apps-for-privacy:a?r=GUK6PrynXgHhu1LzZDT5WDeFDtJLbvUv Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee Rennie, Cube Boy, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval, Reuben Yap, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) NBTV's new eBook out now! Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media

Our phones are complex devices that leak our location in countless ways. We explain 3 essential settings for protecting your location data: - Airplane Mode - Location Services - WiFi We dive into how they work and try to demystify location tracking, hopefully leaving you with a better understanding of how to use these tools in your privacy toolbox. 00:00 Do you know how to stop location tracking? 02:28 Airplane Mode 07:58 Location Services 09:54 WiFi 12:10 Summary 12:39 BLE and Faraday Bags 13:10 Don't throw out your devices Our phone can be both an ally and inadvertent foe in the modern digital landscape. There are many other settings you can toggle, depending on your apps and operating system, to help decrease how much location data you reveal, and we'll go through these in another video. This can all go a long way to helping you fortify your digital life. Brought to you by NBTV team members: GrapheneOS, Reuben Yap, Lee Rennie, Cube Boy, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) NBTV's new eBook out now! Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch this video on LBRY! https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/location-tracking:7 ________________________________________________________________________ Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - Naomi Brockwell https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Extreme Privacy - Michael Bazzel (The best privacy book I've ever read) https://amzn.to/3BLZ1gq No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) Samsung note 10 - https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb iPhone XR - https://amzn.to/3Q8Sq4S Pixel 6a - https://amzn.to/3i9dnQz Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/3Z1N8Mz Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!!

Your phone is your portal to the digital world, where all kinds of sensitive activity happens. It's important to make sure your phone isn't leaking all this information about you, and the operating system you use makes a huge difference. Android and iOS collect a huge amount of data from you, so in previous videos we've explained how to instal GrapheneOS instead. In this video we dive into detail about what makes Graphene great for privacy, explain how to get started and what you need to know before you even buy your phone, and walk you through how to optimize your settings to really get the most from your device. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Overview 01:52 Purchasing the Phone 02:10 Pixel Hardware Benefits 04:33 Warning about Carrier Contracts 06:32 Cell service 07:09 Mobile Accessories 07:46 Settings Tutorial 16:26 Out of the Box Benefits 18:03 Other NBTV Resources 18:32 Conclusion How to instal GrapheneOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIFBN390clQ Phone privacy playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt3zZ-N423gXV-0pdxnRn-nw0WzVKh4NY&si=PdcEZLPdOs776AUU A great GrapheneOS "next steps" guide: https://github.com/Scrut1ny/GrapheneOS-Guide Michael Bazzel's phone privacy book: https://inteltechniques.com/book7a.html Phone privacy is important, and Graphene does a great job at helping you reclaim more control over your digital life. Brought to you by NBTV team members: Scrut1ny, Jonathan Tomek, GrapheneOS, Reuben Yap, Lee Rennie, Cube Boy, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) NBTV's new eBook out now! Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media

What is AT&T doing at 1111340002? That is what SIM expert David Allen Burgess asked when he found secret records of phone activity that the user had no idea about. Welcome to the magical world of proactive SIMs - SIM cards that send data off your phone without you or your phone's operating system knowing. There is no public documentation about these messages, there's no way to see all the information in the messages, and the cell companies won't talk about it. Are SIM cards more vulnerable than we'd thought? Huge thank you to David Allen Burgess for his time and expertise! You can read his original report here: https://medium.com/telecom-expert/what-is-at-t-doing-at-1111340002-c418876c212c To make a tax-deductible (in the US) donation to NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here: https://cryptobeat.substack.com/ Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media Watch this video on Odysee! https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Proactive-sims:a?r=34kF7MxQqxN6ajSzQDL7wZ8xYxVYozBS Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos! Recommended Books: Permanent Record - Edward Snowden https://amzn.to/305negc No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m What has the government done to our money - Rothbard https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy! Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076 USB-C to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy Lightening to ethernet adapter: https://amzn.to/2nWyNns Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone) https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred) https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2 Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe! Choose the size right for your computer) https://amzn.to/3F816Sn Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data, choose the size for your phone) https://amzn.to/3wNtYwb Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing) https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)

When you want to watch videos on your phone, you're probably using an app whose dual role behind the scenes is to gather as much information about you as it can. It observes all of your actions, and adds all this information to a database about you that it shares with thousands of other companies. Why not use a more private video-streaming app? In this video we explore alternatives, and explain how each works. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Overview 01:10 Data Collection 04:27 Important Disclaimer! 04:58 NewPipe 09:38 LibreTube 10:36 LBRY/Odysee 13:39 TryLBRY App 13:49 Conclusion We have the power to choose how much of our digital self we share and who has access to that information. Privacy isn't about hiding — it's about choosing what to share, when, where, and with whom. Choose apps that protect your personal data, and cast a vote for a more privacy-conscious internet. Brought to you by NBTV team members: Reuben Yap, Lee Rennie, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval, Cube Boy, and Naomi Brockwell To support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support (tax-deductible in the US) NBTV's new eBook out now! Beginner's Introduction To Privacy - https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Visit the NBTV website: https://nbtv.media