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Post #2247 1.06K
If Above built a subscription-based private AI service, what would you like it to do?

Is there a way it could make your life better?
How could it empower you to learn on your own instead of abstaining to the AI?

Let me know your thoughts.
Post #2246 1.24K
I recently spoke with Jerm Warfare about digital ID, privacy, and the future of individual freedom in our increasingly controlled world. Check it out!

https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/hakeem-anwar-on-substack-and-digital-id-creep-jerm-warfare
UK Column Hakeem Anwar on Substack and Digital ID Creep | Jerm Warfare Hakeem Anwar and Jerm explore the implications of digital ID, age verification, and privacy concerns in the context of technological advancement and government policies.
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Post #2245 3.31K
⚡️NEW CONTENT: Own Your Router with Open-Source Firmware

Earlier this month, the FCC banned all new foreign-made routers. A National Security determination warned that compromised routers "can enable in-depth network surveillance, data exfiltration, botnet attacks, and unauthorized access to U.S. government or American businesses’ networks.".

A little funny considering that most people in the U.S rent routers that behave similarly. Internet service providers encourage customers to use their routers, which are locked down with proprietary firmware. This enables them to monitor your internet usage, open up your network as a public hotspot, or use WiFi sensing to detect who's in your house.

It seems we already have enough to worry about at home, and lots of reasons to own our routers. I had the pleasure of chatting with Daniel — an experienced open‑source networking engineer. Regaled by his deep knowledge of Wi‑Fi firmware, open‑source router projects, and mesh networks I asked him for a short interview. The interview will dive into the future of open‑source networking, practical advice for home‑router users, and the changes he believes are needed to give users more control over their own connectivity.

👉 Read the article
📱 If you want real solutions, start with Above.

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Post #2244 1.12K
Is it just me or is it really weird that a private search engine is encouraging me to look up porn?

If you make a normal search on Presearch at nighttime you see this huge 'ad' for their Spicy Mode...

I really do wonder what incentive they have for directing users towards it. At this point we all know that its a harmful addiction that millions of people are caught up in.

I don't care if people seek it out themselves but it feels like a conflict of interest for a private search engine to be directing people to porn sites, one of the most privacy invasive and harmful industries on the web.

Not to mention they are programming people's behavior by showing this mode at night...

That and seeing a million ads littered in the search results. This doesn't feel private — it feels weird and like Presearch sold out big time.

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Ah, I see now — an OnlyFans aggregator paid the big bucks to steer searchers towards their site. Sometimes I hate the internet.
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Post #2243 1.16K
A digital identity already exists for most people. A digital ID is different: it’s an official, cryptographically verifiable credential that can live on your phone, often inside wallet apps tied to Apple or Google ecosystems. That’s the shift. Identity becomes portable, scannable, and easy to require everywhere.

If you want to slow your involvement, start treating your phone less like an identity container and more like a tool you control. Use privacy-respecting tech, reduce what you share publicly, and keep payments and daily life as offline as you reasonably can.

🔗 Read the full blog post here

📱 Privacy isn’t a setting, it’s a system. Above helps you build it.
Above Phone All About Digital Identity | Explanation This article explains what digital identity is and how identification systems have evolved. It covers digital ID rollouts in Europe, Asia, and North America, identifies key beneficiaries, outlines the main risks, and discusses possible solutions.
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Post #2242 1.13K
⚠️ What to do if FOSS apps get blocked on phones — FOSS War Room

At the Parallel Society 2026 “FOSS War Room,” we war‑gamed five imminent tech‑freedom disasters and gathered the sharpest minds to sketch real‑world solutions.

Scenario: Google’s 2027 Developer Verification will make any unregistered app un‑installable after 30 days, killing F‑Droid, Aurora Store and the donation pipelines for independent developers.

Note - This talk was recorded before the release of Google’s new unverified app flow

▶️ Watch the mastermind to get solutions

Check out these privacy projects:
https://logos.co/
https://dark.fi

📲 Privacy phones aren’t just alternatives - they’re better than big tech. Learn more about Above.

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Post #2241 2.04K
⚡️Understanding Telegram’s Privacy and Security

Telegram is trusted by millions, but how does it handle your data? Dive into its privacy principles: no ads and minimal data storage. Explore the differences between cloud chats and secret chats, and learn how to protect your privacy while using Telegram.

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Post #2240 1.15K
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Post #2236 1.13K
Digital ID systems are almost never introduced as “mandatory.” They’re introduced as convenient, then they become required by proxy. The COVID-era health certificates showed the pattern: you could technically refuse, but refusal meant no travel, no events, and limited participation in daily life.

The only leverage individuals have is friction. If you can opt out of biometrics, do it. If you can choose a process that doesn’t force a scan or a wallet, choose that lane. And start building habits that reduce dependency on gatekeepers, because once access is automated, there’s no person to reason with.

🔗 Read the full blog post here

📱 Above Phone helps you opt out of Big Tech defaults.
Above Phone All About Digital Identity | Explanation This article explains what digital identity is and how identification systems have evolved. It covers digital ID rollouts in Europe, Asia, and North America, identifies key beneficiaries, outlines the main risks, and discusses possible solutions.
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Post #2234 1.54K
Remember Calamari clots?

https://www.drtrozzi.news/p/calamari-clots-part-1-morphological

Here's an analysis from my friend Dr. Trozzi on clots recovered from embalmers:

Across all samples examined, the anomalous casts displayed a consistent structural pattern.

Compared with ordinary postmortem clots, the casts showed:
- strong elasticity and tensile strength
- coherent branching structures that followed vascular pathways
- white coloration rather than red or yellow clot material
- laminated fibrin structures indicating partial formation in flowing blood

They also differed from classical antemortem thrombi, which typically contain large numbers of trapped blood cells and fully developed Lines of Zahn.

Instead, the anomalous casts displayed dense fibrin networks with minimal cellular content and unusually resilient mechanical properties.

While morphology alone cannot determine their origin, the findings suggest that these structures may represent a previously uncharacterized intravascular phenomenon.
www.drtrozzi.news Calamari Clots Part 1: Morphological and Histological Analysis of Strange Blood Clots Reported Since 2021 A new pathology study examines unusual intravascular casts and finds structures that differ from both postmortem clots and conventional thrombi.
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Post #2233 1.05K
The biggest AI risk isn’t “robots.” It’s quiet: cognitive offloading. People stop verifying, stop thinking, and start treating a model like an authority.

Use AI like a tool, not a replacement for your brain. Ethical AI means running models locally, feeding them curated sources, and staying in control of what goes in and what comes out.

If you care about autonomy, privacy, and even the environmental footprint of cloud systems, local AI is the direction worth learning.

🔗 Read the full blog post here

📱 Privacy isn’t a setting, it’s a system. Above helps you build it.
Above Phone What is Ethical AI? We explain Ethical AI vs cloud AI, their link to deep learning, the risks of cloud AI, and solutions. The webinar shows steps to use ethical AI.
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Post #2232 3.93K
🫨 Disaster Planning for Freedom Tech: FOSS War Room

What the f*** should we do about tyrannical tech lockdowns?

• Age verification on computers
• Digital ID on cell phones
• FOSS apps banned on phones
• Private Cryptocurrency Becomes Illegal

I asked some of the smartest hackers on earth that question at Parallel Society 2026. We war-gamed the tech disaster scenarios that we’re facing, and the audience jumped in with solutions.

Watch the full talk on Substack.

If you don't know about Logos, they produced the event and are authoring a comprehensive technology stack for storage, messaging, and more; the primitives we need for free software of the future.

Check out important tech:

• https://logos.co/
• https://dark.fi/

If you’re interested in learning more about Parallel Society, you can check out the website here:

https://ps.logos.co

📲 Everything your old phone can do while giving you more freedoms & privacy. Learn more at Above.

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Logos Logos: Build the Parallel Private-by default technology to reclaim civil society. Logos is the decentralised infrastructure for building parallel systems.
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Post #2231 943

Forwarded from Unlimited Hangout

I would really like to promote the above piece on my large-ish Twitter/X account, but unfortunately the company has decided to block me from logging despite repeated attempts to have it unblocked through support. It seems my username was DDOSed to prevent me from using it.

If you are a X user, would you remind retweeting Mark's tweet to support in an attempt to get my account restored? I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Whitney

https://x.com/markgoodw_in/status/2036125465396596811
X (formerly Twitter) markgoodw.in (@markgoodw_in) on X hey @Support you blocked @_whitneywebb's ability to log into X due to suspicious logins detected. asking for help to bump this in the support cue with likes and retweets so we can promo this new …
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Post #2229 1.22K
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