PGP, Bitcoin, and Yunohost w/ Diverter

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Ever wondered how you can easily self-host tools, or thought about hosting tools for friends or family to use? This episode, we're sitting down Diverter to chat about his favorite hosting solution, Yunohost, the importance of hosting tools for friends, family, and online communities as "Uncle Jim", and where Bitcoin fits into his toolkit.
More about Diverter:

Diverter's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/diverter/
As easy as P, G, P -- https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/as-easy-ators-pgp/
Becoming "Uncle Jim" -- https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/becoming-uncle-jim/
Protecting Your Bitcoin Identity (BANB2020 Presentation) -- https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/protecting-your-bitcoin-identity/

Diverter's recommended tools to Opt Out:

Bitwarden, a FOSS password manager -- https://bitwarden.com/
Standard Notes, an encrypted-by-default notes app that is free and open-source -- https://standardnotes.com/
Open Keychain, a PGP key management app (Android-only) -- https://www.openkeychain.org/
Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/
Threema, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal -- https://threema.ch/en/
TesserCubeDV, a keyboard with integrated PGP support (Android-only) -- https://github.com/secretestsquirrel/TessercubeDV-Android

This week's project to help you Opt Out - Nitter:

More info on Nitter (Github) -- https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
A list of public instances -- https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
Diverter's Nitter instance -- https://nitter.usethetools.org/
Fritter, an Android app for using Nitter -- https://fritter.cc/

Opt Out's Sponsors:

Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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Chapters

1. PGP, Bitcoin, and Yunohost w/ Diverter (00:00:00)

2. Diverter introduces himself (00:01:15)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:03:22)

4. What about privacy makes it such an important topic for you today? (00:08:39)

5. What is a common myth about personal privacy you've run into? (00:12:30)

6. What is a roadblock you've seen people struggle with when it comes to personal privacy? (00:16:07)

7. How do you motivate or prompt people to get past that roadblock? (00:16:07)

8. What's something that you feel like almost no one agrees with you on? (00:20:13)

9. Where does cryptocurrency fit in with the other tools you use for personal privacy? (00:25:28)

10. How to use Bitcoin privately via Samourai Wallet (00:36:33)

11. Mining Bitcoin at home (00:41:14)

12. Would you mind breaking down what PGP is, why people should use it, and a little about how you use it? (00:45:45)

13. What makes Yunohost such a great tool to you, and what drew you to Yunohost initially? (00:56:02)

14. How does our ability to self-host tools lead to a responsibility to the less tech-savvy around us and our becoming "Uncle Jim"? (01:04:11)

15. What are some of the tools you use regularly to opt out that you’d recommend others take a look at? Why? (01:15:34)

16. What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to realize the need for personal privacy? (01:20:46)

17. This weeks project to help you Opt Out - Nitter (01:25:51)

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