Summary: No tin-foil hats required. On this episode, one of the PNW subdued duo has been diving into the dark and light side of the web in search for something more secure with their online life. What would it take for more secure email? Or how about more secure messaging? Or how about a private digital hypertube for all your data that even Elon Musk would appreciate? Meanwhile the other half of the duo...is just taking in the hygge of the analog life. Wanna find out more? Tune into this 117th edition of the #bhampodcast.<br><br><br>Shout-out to AJ & Chris' Moms<br><br>Where Chris used to be - Tech Life<br><br>* Chrome - Web browsing<br>* Gmail - personal email<br>* Google - all searches<br>* Lastpass (<a href="https://www.lastpass.com/)" rel="noopener">https://www.lastpass.com/)</a> - Password manager, one fairly-strong password for many online accounts<br>* Apple Messages - SMS communication with all phone contacts<br>* Bank Debit/Credit Visa card - online payments<br><br>The big question: Why change things up?<br><br>1 - Tired of my email, web browsing, calendar appointments, photos, and search requests being stored by the big G. <br>2 - The data profile Google has on me is extensive. I want to reclaim some privacy in my personal life. <br>3 - I want to create a barrier between my online life and my family's financial resources.<br><br>Where Chris is now - Tech Life<br><br>* Firefox - Open-source browser, all the add-ons that I used to use with Chrome, no data profiling<br>* ProtonMail (<a href="https://protonmail.com/)" rel="noopener">https://protonmail.com/)</a> - one personal account, other personal/freelance domains forwarded to it, with numerous aliases<br>* Private Internet Access VPN (<a href="https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/)" rel="noopener">https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/)</a> - easy to install on all operating systems. $80 for two years, about $3.50/month for private encrypted web browsing.<br>* Startpage (<a href="https://www.startpage.com/)" rel="noopener">https://www.startpage.com/)</a> - Anonymous Google search results. Masked IP number, location, browser, and operating system... And a lot more.<br>* DuckDuckGo (<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/)" rel="noopener">https://duckduckgo.com/)</a> - Alternative web search site. No personal information collection, stored search history, trackers, ad targeting. Just a search result. With over 12,000 shortcut bangs. <br>* Bitwarden (<a href="https://bitwarden.com/)" rel="noopener">https://bitwarden.com/)</a> - unique masked email address and a unique 25+ character password... For every online account. Passphrase generator FTW.<br>* Signal (<a href="https://signal.org/)/Wire" rel="noopener">https://signal.org/)/Wire</a> (<a href="https://wire.com/en/)" rel="noopener">https://wire.com/en/)</a> - Encrypted communications<br>* MySudo (<a href="https://mysudo.com/)" rel="noopener">https://mysudo.com/)</a> - Family/friends phone number (migration in process), non-family/friends number (retail, online)<br>* Blur (<a href="https://www.abine.com/)" rel="noopener">https://www.abine.com/)</a> - Many masked emails, messages forwarded to one personal account<br>* Privacy.com (<a href="http://privacy.com/)" rel="noopener">http://privacy.com/)</a> - Linked with funding source, masked debit cards, spending limits, one card per online account.<br><br>Meanwhile- how does AJ reboot his digital life....Analog + Hygge = Spring/Summer Time <br><br>“Community Powered <br><br>KMRE, 102.3 FM<br><br>and streaming at kmre.org” (<a href="http://kmre.org/)" rel="noopener">http://kmre.org/)</a>
