Emergency Alert Test
Our Emergency Alert Test
Written by Aaron Kelley
Our Los Angeles office recently had the opportunity to test our recommendations for those who wish to avoid mandatory emergency alerts (and test alerts) within their mobile devices, and the results were surprising. On Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 at 11:20 Pacific, three of our devices alerted, but one did not.
There has been many conspiracy theories about how the recent test alert was an attempt by the government to collect data about our locations, but we do not buy into that. We just wanted to know if our settings worked. For our test, we full reset four mobile devices. Two were a Pixel 6A with GrapheneOS default settings. The other two were an Apple iPhone 14 with default settings. All four devices possessed eSIM service from Mint with cellular service from T-Mobile. All four were next to each other with a strong signal. The following settings represent the modifications to each GrapheneOS device. The device on the lef
The Dangers of Data Removal Service Doxxing
Great reminder to always do data removal yourself. This allows you to be absolutely sure that it is done correctly and kept confidential.
Data Removal Guides/Links:
https://inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
https://inteltechniques.com/data/workbook.pdf
https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
Here is some good context:
EPISODE 157-Podcasting Lessons Learned
https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2020/02/14/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-157/
[23:18.20] Let's talk about services,
[23:19.40] and this is where we can get into some anonymity things.
[23:21.92] There are a bunch of new companies
[23:23.76] that will allow you to host your podcast on their platform
[23:27.40] and then they will distribute your files for you.
[23:30.12] I have always used SoundCloud,
[23:32.16] but there are many others like Libson and Podbean,
[23:35.20] and there's all kinds.
[23:36.24] Do your research and see what you like.
[23:38.80] Let's first have a conversation about self-hosting.
[23:41.64] Yes, you could self-host your MP3 podcast files
[23:46.64] and you could create an RSS feed,
[23:51.04] self-hosted on your domain,
[23:52.56] which you could then send to Apple and Google
[23:54.64] and all the other players,
[23:55.72] and then they would add your feed to their platform.
[23:59.56] I don't recommend this unless all of the following apply.
[24:04.64] One, you are comfortable manually creating RSS feeds
[24:08.40] for podcasts.
[24:09.40] If you know how to do that, okay,
[24:10.76] you're already, you know what you're doing anyway.
[24:13.84] Two, you have a dedicated server,
[24:15.88] a shared hosting account through Namecheap
[24:18.32] or GoDaddy or something like that,
[24:19.92] will work fine for your podcast
[24:22.16] until you get several hundred listeners
[24:24.24] and then you might run out of resources
[24:25.92] and now no one can get your podcast.
[24:27.64] Personally, I would never consider self-hosting my own podcast.
[24:32.00] Half of that is because I don't want the responsibility
[24:34.84] of creating these RSS feeds.
[24:36.60] The other half is I would rather let a platform
[24:41.32] meant to host these files do the hosting for me.
[24:44.68] Again, I'm using SoundCloud,
[24:45.88] I think it's about 130 bucks a year,
[24:47.84] but SoundCloud's one of the very few
[24:51.56] that have a free tier.
[24:54.00] Most podcast hosts only have paid plans
[24:57.40] and you have to choose which level you want.
[24:59.24] With SoundCloud, your basic plan is free.
[25:02.00] It's very limited.
[25:02.96] You get three hours total of upload time,
[25:06.28] very basic controls, but you could do it.
[25:10.12] What I like is if you are considering trying out a podcast
[25:14.56] but you're not ready to commit,
[25:15.84] then SoundCloud would let you create it.
[25:18.32] You have up to three hours of shows
[25:20.52] you can upload with no cost, no commitment
[25:24.04] and you could use an alias name
[25:25.32] because there's no payment involved.
[25:27.24] That's one of the big benefits.
[25:28.68] From there, you would have to go to a pro-type plan.
[25:33.08] Again, I think it's a little over a hundred bucks a year.
[25:34.76] It's not crazy expensive,
[25:36.36] but it's all those expenses, of course,
[25:38.28] add up when you're trying to do these things.
[25:40.92] I've heard good things about Libson, L-I-B-S-Y-M.
[25:44.52] What I don't like about their pricing plans is
[25:46.40] it's based on total storage.
[25:49.24] So if I'm going to upload multiple hours a month,
[25:52.56] I might have to pay more than if I only upload an hour a month.
[25:56.20] That might actually be well for you,
[25:57.92] that all a cart type thing might be better.
[26:00.32] With Libson, you have to kind of decide
[26:02.52] how much am I going to upload, pick the appropriate plan.
[26:05.32] You can always upgrade if you need to,
[26:07.00] but that's kind of a pain.
[26:08.68] My concerns about SoundCloud,
[26:11.48] I've had two outages where I couldn't upload,
[26:13.84] I wouldn't process, it was errors on their end.
[26:16.12] And at the time when that was happening,
[26:18.12] I was very frustrated and I was looking for other providers.
[26:20.80] In hindsight, it was only down for a few days each time.
[26:23.72] It's not a huge deal.
[26:25.56] I guess it could be a huge deal if you have sponsors saying,
[26:27.80] "Hey, why is this show not out?"
[26:29.60] But for me, it didn't really matter that much.
[26:32.20] My bigger concern with SoundCloud is they've been saying
[26:35.24] for years that they're not making money
[26:37.04] and they're laying off people.
[26:38.32] And that gives me concern, however,
[26:41.12] being that we haven't seen it shut down
[26:43.56] or talk about shutting down,
[26:45.00] maybe they have their act together.
[26:46.96] I would do your research though,
[26:50.28] look into longevity, that's very important,
[26:53.92] because if I set up the podcast and Apple accepts it
[26:58.00] and I have the RSS feed entered
[26:59.68] and everyone's listening to it,
[27:01.32] but then SoundCloud shuts down tomorrow
[27:03.52] or whoever you're using shuts down,
[27:05.48] you now have to create a new RSS feed
[27:08.08] and resubmit that it can be done.
[27:10.32] It's just kind of a pain
[27:11.36] and you might lose some listeners that way.
[27:14.44] Not a huge deal, it can be fixed,
[27:16.64] but just things to consider.
[27:18.32] Overall, I'm happy now with SoundCloud
[27:22.92] and even with the large spikes of listeners I've seen,
[27:27.00] I've never noticed an outage or throttling of any sort.
[27:31.20] So I know they can take the load, if that makes sense.
[27:35.40] You can put show notes in your podcast feed
[27:39.56] through SoundCloud or wherever,
[27:41.20] but you should also have some type of website or blog.
[27:44.48] Personally, I would prefer something on your own domain,
[27:47.88] something you control,
[27:49.16] and I believe that you should replicate all your show notes
[27:51.32] on some type of web site,
[27:53.24] not just on the show notes portion of a sound file
[27:57.32] in an RSS feed.
[27:59.64] This could be a WordPress blog,
[28:01.84] it could be your own website.
[28:04.00] Sky's the limit here,
[28:04.96] I just think you should have that separate area.
[28:06.76] I have the blog section on my website,
[28:08.80] Intel Techniques.com,
[28:09.88] all of my podcasts are posted there as well as everywhere else
[28:13.00] and all the show notes are there as well.
[28:15.24] That allows it to be indexed by Google and everyone else
[28:17.84] and it allows people to have a search function on your site.
USA Driver's License Barcode
What do/would you put over your barcode? What do you think MB has on his? Curious to see if others implement this tactic.
EPISODE 269-New OSINT Tools & Breach Data Lessons
[31:26.86] Now, one thing I've started doing is on the back of my driver's license, there is a barcode. I would never let anyone copy it, but I did go ahead and take a, I made a vinyl sticker of a new barcode and I put it on my driver's license.
[31:37.86] So if I am ever forced for some reason to allow a system to scan my driver's license, it'll scan, but the message that you're going to get is probably not something safe to talk about on this show.
The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show - Status Update
https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html
STATUS: The SoundCloud podcast archive is offline. We are researching new hosts capable of servicing this audience.
Reasoning as to why they prune old shows
EPISODE 287-Listener Questions, UNREDACTED 5, & OSINT 10
https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2023/01/06/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-287/
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[20:22.30] - The most asked question, we'll start with that. [20:25.02] And this is a question that is dear to my heart. [20:27.74] Where are all the old podcast episodes? [20:30.58] I actually emailed you about this when they disappeared. [20:33.70] Where are they? [20:34.82] - Are there some missing? [20:36.66] - There are all of them missing. [20:38.54] There are all of them missing. [20:39.94] About from about a year ago onwards. [20:42.74] - Yeah, we've been purging old episodes [20:46.14] for a couple of years now. [20:48.10] Typically what we do is once or twice a year we go in [20:51.06] and purge everything over one year old. [20:54.10] And the reason for that is twofold. [20:55.90] First, we wanna be responsible. [20:57.90] We don't want to have bad information out there. [20:59.58] And there was some bad information. [21:01.66] We've been doing the show for many years. [21:02.94] So things that we've talked about in 2016, 2017, [21:06.26] they not only might not apply to today, they might be wrong. [21:09.30] And what was happening was, [21:10.70] and this is the second part of that, [21:11.74] we were getting a lot of complaints from people saying, [21:13.50] "Hey, I listened to your show episode 14," whatever, [21:16.46] from 2017. [21:18.34] I did the thing you said, [21:19.66] and then two years later I listened to another show [21:21.62] or I listened to the show from two years later after that. [21:23.70] You said that you shouldn't do that anymore [21:26.02] and basically you gave me bad advice, I'm mad. [21:28.90] So what we found was easiest was, [21:32.46] let's just prune old shows [21:34.38] because a lot of people are, [21:36.22] they're taking old advice, which is not bad advice. [21:38.42] It might have been good advice at the time, [21:39.54] but now it's bad advice. [21:40.58] Now they're applying these techniques, [21:41.98] which I shouldn't be applying. [21:42.98] And we just want to be responsible and say, [21:44.82] "Let's don't allow bad information to be out there [21:46.78] because a lot of people are following old stuff [21:50.14] thinking that it should still apply." [21:51.98] Now I think most people listening to the show [21:53.58] know that if you listen to a tech podcast [21:55.66] from five or six years ago, [21:57.14] you don't put faith in everything you hear, [22:00.66] but a lot of people were doing that. [22:02.02] So we pruned them and we will continue to prune them. [22:05.06] So I think right now the oldest show is October of 2021. [22:07.86] I would anticipate by spring, [22:09.54] we will probably go in again [22:11.14] and we basically prune everything over a year old. [22:13.94] I realized people don't like that, [22:15.82] but we felt like it was the right thing to do. [22:18.42] - So I understand the reasoning and it still breaks my heart, [22:21.78] but we'll go on to question number two.
Sadly no. All platforms seem to be wiped of all episodes too.
The Privacy, Security and OSINT Show - Ep 1-255
https://0.0g.gg/?d1fac00317d9bdb0=#DBSPNffnJYQa79wEzjeZ4XCQr9cLNqedTuKMaWhb6GHG
Reasoning as to why they prune old shows
EPISODE 287-Listener Questions, UNREDACTED 5, & OSINT 10
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[20:22.30] - The most asked question, we'll start with that. [20:25.02] And this is a question that is dear to my heart. [20:27.74] Where are all the old podcast episodes? [20:30.58] I actually emailed you about this when they disappeared. [20:33.70] Where are they? [20:34.82] - Are there some missing? [20:36.66] - There are all of them missing. [20:38.54] There are all of them missing. [20:39.94] About from about a year ago onwards. [20:42.74] - Yeah, we've been purging old episodes [20:46.14] for a couple of years now. [20:48.10] Typically what we do is once or twice a year we go in [20:51.06] and purge everything over one year old. [20:54.10] And the reason for that is twofold. [20:55.90] First, we wanna be responsible. [20:57.90] We don't want to have bad information out there. [20:59.58]
The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show - Transcripts
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The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show Transcripts
This archive includes transcripts up until episode 305, which was released on September 8th, 2023. These were transcribed using the FOSS whisper.cpp with the base.en model.
You can download and extract this ZIP and then use grep or rg (ripgrep) with the files to find specific keywords in order to find when and in which episode something was mentioned.
Example:
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$ rg -ie 'burner.*sim' 263-Proton Changes & New Breach Lessons.lrc 227:[13:32.00] I won't give out the make and model of this device, but it was very obvious that this was a knock off burner type phone that you would get maybe in a grocery store for $40 when you buy a prepaid SIM card
Notes
Episode 253-Bypassing VPN Blocks was released on March 4th of 2022, but it appears after some backlash from the community, MB decided to pull the episode. The response to the backlash can be found in 253-Dash Cams.
Yeah it can be annoying, but they have bills to pay as well. Maybe you can bum a copy off someone or somewhere when it pops up.
EPISODE 305-Revisiting VPNs & Firewalls
EPISODE 305-Revisiting VPNs & Firewalls
https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2023/09/08/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-305/
This week I revisit many updates associated with VPNs and Firewalls to coincide with the release of our next digital guide.
SHOW NOTES:
INTRO:
Jason
NEWS & UPDATES:
None
REVISITING VPNS & FIREWALLS:
https://inteltechniques.com/book7d.html
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?30dc0d1379292270#AeBHewMjQdPALmfgNDoHhWsFKdzHKnYYtnAdr4vAr4bz
Here you go! https://pixeldrain.com/u/RVBGMk9r
EPISODE 304-Linux Privacy & Security
EPISODE 304-Linux Privacy & Security
This week we release our new digital guide Extreme Privacy: Linux Devices, I offer a conversation about Linux privacy and security, and present several important OSINT updates.
LINUX PRIVACY & SECURITY:
https://inteltechniques.com/book7c.html
OSINT:
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?793c8a2e767e1bea#5bjMkAx7ezTKRjZJ26hSYJ2BHDC9obBwNMhBEUw4zmjy
VOIP.ms | Service Limitations
For those of you who might consider using VOIP.ms as suggested recently by MB (Michael Bazzell), beware of the limitations, specifically the MMS limitation.
Without MMS, you will NOT be able to receive messages over 160 characters in length. This is caused by the SMS 160 character limit. Anything >160 characters gets converted to a MMS message.
List of limitations below:
⚠️ LIMITATIONS
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➜ The limit of the capacity to send SMS/MMS via the portal is unlimited.
➜ The limit of sending SMS/MMS via the API is limited to 100 per day. For any modification to the limit, please contact support or open a ticket via the customer portal.
➜ At the moment, receiving and reading MMS is only possible through the message center or by using the SMS/MMS Forward option. MMS through SIP protocol is not available.
➜ The SMS/MMS Service is only available for US and Canadian local DID Numbers marked with the distinctive SMS/MMS Icon.
➜ The SMS/MMS Service can only be use
The invite link should be able to be used multiple times instead of only once.
Should be able to use the invite link below:
EPISODE 303-iOS Privacy & Security
This week we take a brief break from the self-hosting series and revisit iOS privacy and security.
iOS PRIVACY & SECURITY:
https://inteltechniques.com/book7a.html
Benefits of iOS
Risks of iOS
Privacy & Security Considerations
Settings
Remove unused stock apps
App Store login vs iCloud login
App funding
DNS: https://nextdns.io/
Calendars & Contacts: https://www.etesync.com/
Password Manager: https://strongboxsafe.com/
VoIP App: https://acrobits.net/
VoIP Service: https://voip.ms/en/invite/Mzc2NjM3
Data Service: https://refer.telnyx.com/refer/zrfmo
Custom App Settings
Shortcuts for Home Screen
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?01a41f194dc84e9b#6UNbk8VAUxcKJGVAJDV8Stv9iDAm2PYa9Nfr7WzCfCT7
EPISODE 302-Self-Hosted 4: The Next Level
SELF-HOSTED 4: THE NEXT LEVEL:
This week I continue the self-hosted series with a discussion about password managers, 2FA, Docs, Photos, Backups, Comms, and Media.
https://bitwarden.com/help/install-on-premise-linux/
https://bitwarden.com/help/licensing-on-premise/
https://bitwarden.com/blog/new-deployment-option-for-self-hosting-bitwarden/
https://standardnotes.com/help/self-hosting/getting-started
https://photostructure.com/server/photostructure-for-servers/
https://element.io/solutions/self-hosted-or-cloud-collaboration
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?149950011a6d89a3#5VWSgvYsTxgG1Fv9b5z33rjMyxdv6NrSjE2UcbTbJgg5
Use these methods to see which version of LUKS your volume is using. Make sure you are using version 2 or higher.
EPISODE 301-Self-Hosted 3: Calendars, Contacts, & Notes
EPISODE 301-Self-Hosted 3: Calendars, Contacts, & Notes
This week I continue the Self-Hosting series with a discussion about Calendars, Contacts, and Notes.
SELF-HOSTED 3: CALENDARS, CONTACTS, & NOTES:
https://github.com/etesync/server
https://standardnotes.com/help/self-hosting/getting-started
https://standardnotes.com/help/self-hosting/docker
https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/
https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
https://github.com/slackhq/nebula
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?a398c9795cd99b7e#6bi1vWv8QugMuzRSq6SCJeDWpfBZfK4QjyYc9KG48YmQ
EPISODE 300-Self-Hosted 2: Offline Knowledge
EPISODE 300-Self-Hosted 2: Offline Knowledge
This week I continue the self-hosted series with several easy options from which anyone can benefit. Let's archive some powerful data for offline use.
SELF-HOSTED 2: Offline Knowledge
https://library.kiwix.org/?lang=eng&q=wiki
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2023-05.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wiktionary/wiktionary_en_all_maxi_2023-04.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/other/mdwiki_en_all_maxi_2023-06.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/other/zimgit-medicine_en_2022-03.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/other/wikem_en_all_maxi_2021-02.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/zimit/fas-military-medicine_en_2022-05.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/ifixit/ifixit_en_all_2023-04.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/gutenberg/gutenberg_en_all_2023-05.zim
https://download.kiwix.org/zim/stack_exchange/mechanics.stackexchange.com_en_all_2023-05.zim
The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show - Transcripts
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ZIP archive containing text files of transcripts with timestamps of episodes 250-299. These were transcribed using the FOSS whisper.cpp with the base.en model.
You can download and extract this ZIP and then use grep or rg (ripgrep) with the files to find specific keywords in order to find when and in which episode something was mentioned.
Example:
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$ rg -ie 'burner.*sim' 1276301293-user-98066669-263-proton-changes-new-breach-lessons.mp3.lrc 227:[13:32.00] I won't give out the make and model of this device, but it was very obvious that this was a knock off burner type phone that you would get maybe in a grocery store for $40 when you buy a prepaid SIM card
EPISODE 296-The Argument for a Stock Browser
EPISODE 296-The Argument for a Stock Browser
This week I present an argument supporting the use of an untouched stock browser with no privacy and security hardening. Sharpen your pitchforks.
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?52395e757c507066#D3svvrPVrTgDoyJvyHNFVnizdnYQKXgs5dq65cFJFHTT
EPISODE 297-KYC, 2FA, macOS, & OSINT Updates
NEWS & UPDATES:
This week I offer many updates including new Know Your Customer concerns, better 2FA options, my latest macOS Devices digital guide, OSINT tool changes, and how to get your own free TV which of course monitors everything you do.
KYC Changes
Standard Notes 2FA Updates
https://inteltechniques.com/book7b.html
https://inteltechniques.com/tools/Videos.html
TV Spy
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?ad93f9f1a9062b57#Bs7FS8guExSBwBQknDePaPxhdinspva2zthFuQxjuFK5
SimpleX Group Chat for Privacy, Security, & OSINT
Group chat using https://simplex.chat/ to talk about anything privacy, security, or OSINT. SimpleX uses no identifiers so you don't need to give any info to join.
EPISODE 299-Self-Hosted Part I
EPISODE 299-Self-Hosted Part I
This week I begin the conversation about self-hosting everything, plus offer the latest privacy news.
https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1528902265-user-98066669-299-self-hosted-part-i.mp3
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?2a1fc86610c56fae#G1szAq4YmZsfEMG9ebCdYXGxod6X1R7UiRfRwjsmY8no
EPISODE 298-OSINT Maintenance
EPISODE 298-OSINT Maintenance
This week Jason joins me to talk about the nuances of keeping all your OSINT accounts, tools, and techniques maintained, plus we each share our most recent OSINT successes.
https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1523234632-user-98066669-298-the-osint-maintenance-grind.mp3
Transcript
https://0.0g.gg/?3551d5109bbb7d4d#BNaqm7avEYRBWup7aZVA3sGT5MKnMz8j8T27toD6tkqX