This is an attempt at answering that challenging question recorded at CreativeMornings/Montreal on the theme of silence (sorry for the poor audio and video quality).

This is also the first public mention of the privacy guides project which, at the time, was only an idea.

I am very happy the project is now underway!

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Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U

Popular Chrome extension Hola sold users' bandwidth for botnets 👉 https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/29/8685251/hola-vpn-botnet-selling-users-bandwidth

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Why I don’t trust my iPhone (or any other smartphone) in the context of privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPYn6FC5t8
Why well-implemented 2FA mitigates both infosec and opsec attack vectors 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlzPKJP4TQ
How to configure macOS for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJBgb8XJoA8
Why 1Password is the best proprietary password manager 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu3iP1njMRI

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Spoiler: AdBlock has been acquired by an undisclosed buyer, uses Google Analytics to “aggregate information about traffic patterns and how [their] website and extension are used” and “sometimes share[s] anonymized and aggregated information that cannot be associated with an individual with third parties or the public”.

Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U

Adblock extension with 40 million users sells to mystery buyer, refuses to name new owner 👉 https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/10/02/trust-us-we-block-ads/
AdBlock Privacy Policy 👉 https://getadblock.com/privacy/

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THANKS!

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How to disable IPv6 on iOS (cellular only) and macOS and why it’s a big deal for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzx9T7GtmT4

Draft 👉 https://draft.sunknudsen.com/

How to disable IPv6 on iOS (cellular-only) and macOS (see change log) 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzx9T7GtmT4

Draft 👉 https://draft.sunknudsen.com/

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How to make cheap, no residue and reusable iPhone camera privacy covers 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdaGgEd9L9Q
How to configure macOS for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJBgb8XJoA8
How to spoof MAC address and hostname automatically at boot on macOS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXANpr_zX8

How Google--and everyone else--gets Wi-Fi location data 👉 https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-google-and-everyone-else-gets-wi-fi-location-data/
Google admits collecting Wi-Fi data through Street View cars 👉 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/may/15/google-admits-storing-private-data

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How to use Google services without compromising privacy using Tor 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_V9blT3q38
How to spoof MAC address and hostname automatically at boot on macOS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXANpr_zX8

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Why Signal is more private and secure than iMessage and SMS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCaP-saTcU

Meet Moxie Marlinspike, the Anarchist Bringing Encryption to All of Us 👉 https://www.wired.com/2016/07/meet-moxie-marlinspike-anarchist-bringing-encryption-us/
WhatsApp Co-Founder Puts $50M Into Signal To Supercharge Encrypted Messaging 👉 https://www.wired.com/story/signal-foundation-whatsapp-brian-acton/

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Why Firefox is the best browser for privacy and how to configure things properly (see change log) 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH4DdXC0RFw
Why 1Password is the best proprietary password manager 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu3iP1njMRI
Why well-implemented 2FA mitigates both infosec and opsec attack vectors 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlzPKJP4TQ
How to configure iOS for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK76EKvburA

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Why well-implemented 2FA mitigates both infosec and opsec attack vectors 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlzPKJP4TQ
Why Firefox is the best browser for privacy and how to configure things properly (see change log) 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH4DdXC0RFw

How hard is it to intercept SMS (two-factor authentication)? 👉 https://security.stackexchange.com/a/11512
Hacking 4G and how to get arrested in 10 minutes - Christian Sørseth 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEeOFE_DreU
Signal 👉 https://signal.org/

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How to disable IPv6 on iOS (cellular-only) and macOS (see change log) 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzx9T7GtmT4

Reference material 👉 https://github.com/sunknudsen/guides/tree/master/archive/how-to-benchmark-server-performance-using-speedtest-and-sysbench
1984 👉 https://1984hosting.com/
Njalla 👉 https://njal.la/

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How to configure iOS for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK76EKvburA
How to encrypt, sign and decrypt messages using GnuPG on macOS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE8fL5Fu8x8
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Reference material 👉 https://github.com/sunknudsen/guides/tree/master/archive/how-to-remove-exif-metadata-from-images-on-macos

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Why using hola! (or any other free VPN) is a very bad idea 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlY_ud4unMw
How to spoof MAC address and hostname automatically at boot on macOS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASXANpr_zX8

KRACK Attacks: Breaking WPA2 👉 https://www.krackattacks.com/
KRACK - Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOgJswt7nAc
HowToDecrypt802.11 - The Wireshark Wiki 👉 https://wiki.wireshark.org/HowToDecrypt802.11
Wi-Fi deauthentication attack 👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack
Mullvad 👉 https://mullvad.net/en

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How to configure macOS for privacy 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJBgb8XJoA8

Reference material 👉 https://github.com/sunknudsen/guides/tree/master/archive/how-to-protect-mac-computers-from-cold-boot-attacks

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Why Signal is more private and secure than iMessage and SMS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCaP-saTcU
Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U

Reference material 👉 https://github.com/sunknudsen/guides/tree/master/archive/how-to-create-signal-account-without-using-personal-phone-number

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Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U
Why well-implemented 2FA mitigates both infosec and opsec attack vectors 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZlzPKJP4TQ
Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U

TBP AKF 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8
TOTP specs 👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_algorithm
Yubico OTP specs 👉 https://developers.yubico.com/OTP/OTPs_Explained.html
1984 👉 https://1984hosting.com/
Njalla 👉 https://njal.la/

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Mark vs Pavel vs Moxie and why governance is everything 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxULcUA4B5U

Startpage Acquired by System1, Privacy One Group – Still Safe? 👉 https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group/

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Why it’s time to drop WhatsApp and switch to Signal 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uceI0wmpkWI
Why Signal is more private and secure than iMessage and SMS 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zCaP-saTcU

Signal's Terrible MobileCoin Betrayal 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoO2uWrX1M
New year, new CEO 👉 https://signal.org/blog/new-year-new-ceo/
No, Cellebrite cannot 'break Signal encryption.' 👉 https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-and-clickbait/
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective 👉 https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/

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