Decentralized and censorship-resistant messaging platforms w/ Sean O'Brien

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Wondering what alternatives are available for Twitter or similar centralized and censored services? This episode, we're sitting down with Sean O'Brien to chat about the need for decentralized and censorship-resistant micro-blogging and short messaging platforms.
More about Sean O'Brien:

Sean O'Brien's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/sean-obrien/
Panquake -- https://panquake.com/
Talk Liberation newsletter -- https://talkliberation.substack.com/

Sean O'Brien's recommended tools to Opt Out:

uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
GNU/Linux, specifically Debian and Debian-based distributions -- https://www.debian.org/
Ubuntu, an easy-to-use Linux distro based on Debian -- https://ubuntu.com/
Tor and Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/
Tails, a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship -- https://tails.boum.org/
Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/

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

Threema's website -- https://threema.ch/en
Comparing Threema with other popular messengers -- https://threema.ch/en/messenger-comparison
Threema source code -- https://threema.ch/en/open-source

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. Decentralized and censorship-resistant messaging platforms w/ Sean O'Brien (00:00:00)

2. Sean O'Brien introduces himself (00:01:03)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:01:59)

4. What about privacy makes it such an important topic for you today? (00:06:06)

5. What is a common myth about personal privacy you've run into? (00:08:42)

6. What is a roadblock you've seen people struggle with when it comes to personal privacy? (00:10:25)

7. How do you motivate or prompt people to get past that roadblock? (00:12:07)

8. What's something that you feel like almost no one agrees with you on? (00:23:35)

9. Would you mind breaking down a bit what Panquake is, and why you chose to dedicate your time to it? (00:32:29)

10. How does Panquake compare to Twitter or decentralized alternatives to Pleroma or Mastodon? (00:35:32)

11. Who will be able to contribute to consensus on Panquake's blockchain? (00:41:19)

12. Why is a blockchain necessary, and how will privacy be preserved on it? (00:44:29)

13. What are some of the tools you use regularly to opt out that you’d recommend others take a look at? Why? (00:56:02)

14. What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to realize the need for personal privacy? (01:02:40)

15. This week's project to help you Opt Out - Threema (01:06:30)

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