In this week's show, I discuss CLEAR's intrusive privacy policy and highlight alternatives to Authy using KeePass, with a privacy friendly solution for scanning QR codes. I also address the common mistakes people make when backing up their MFA codes. Additionally, I share some of the highlights from attending the SANS OSINT Summit in Washington, D.C., and explore various uses for custom domain names. Finally, I touch on the Starbucks app and the benefits of using Tello for pre-paid SIM cards.

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This episode was recorded on March 14, 2024

1. CLEAR Privacy and Selling Souls
2. Authy discontinues the desktop app from March 19th, 2024
3. Alternative MFA solutions using KeepassXC and KeepassDX
4. Storing backup MFA codes in a Veracrypt container
5. Make sure you keep scanned copies of your credit cards and ID!
6. Update on the SANS OSINT Summit
7. Alternative to Mint Mobile with Tello
8. Using the Starbucks app privately
9. Custom domain names

• CLEAR Security Breach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0I0BTtnMC4
• OSINT Combine Free Tools: osintcombine.com/freetools
  • Whatsmyname: https://whatsmyname.app/
• Tello: https://tello.com/
• QR Scanner (PFA) by Secuso Research Group: https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/QR_Scanner.php
• Skull Games: https://skullgames.io/
• Trace Labs: https://www.tracelabs.org/
• Expired Domains: https://www.expireddomains.net/deleted-domains/

- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

In today's show, I have a conversation with Lawrence Gentellio, the CEO and Founder of Optery, a personal data removal service. Lawrence shares his own experiences with identity theft and what motivated him to start Optery. We also discuss the future of privacy in the United States, Utah's new privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), and the bare minimum you should be doing to protect and secure your private data.

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This episode was recorded on March 6, 2024

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1. Lawrence's experience with identity theft highlights the importance of a credit freeze
2. The need for disinformation
3. A reminder on hunting apps
4. The future of data privacy and the need for services like Optery
5. Data privacy in the UK and the existence of search sites like 192.com
6. Update on next weeks show

• Optery website: https://www.optery.com/
• PC Magazine Editors Choice Award for Optery: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/optery
• PC Magazine's list of the best personal data removal services: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-personal-data-removal-services
• Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA): https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/utah-consumer-protection-act-a-new-law-to-protect-online-privacy/

- Philip R. Zimmermann, creator of PGP encryption

In this weeks show I discuss some of the concerns of using TOR over a VPN, and take another look at data removal from people search sites, including a look at Mozilla Monitor, a new service for data removal from the makers of Firefox. I'll also discuss the importance of freezing your credit and putting the title of your home into a revocable living trust, prior to removing your records from people search sites.

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This episode was recorded on February 16, 2024

1. I'm still on the road!
2. Anonymity with TOR and VPN
3. Get that Credit Freeze and Revocable Living Trust
4. Data Removals from people search sites
5. Mozilla Monitor, a new data removal service
6. Quick update on the Complete pfSense Setup Guide

• Mozilla Monitor: https://monitor.mozilla.org
• Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/download
• DeepCorr: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3243734.3243824
• Foundations of Digital Privacy, Part One: https://lockdown.media/the-foundations-of-digital-privacy

-George Orwell