Privacy by default, contributing to FOSS, and Monero w/ Justin Ehrenhofer

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Wondering how you can contribute to FOSS projects without being able to code, or why privacy needs to be the default option in tools you use? This episode, we're sitting down with Justin Ehrenhofer to chat about contributing to FOSS projects as a non-dev, why privacy by default matters, and where Monero fits into his toolkit.
More about Justin:

Justin's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/justin-ehrenhofer/
MAGIC grants, a non-profit -- https://www.magicgrants.org/

Justin's recommended tools to Opt Out:

OBS, a FOSS recording/streaming tool -- https://obsproject.com/
KeePassXC, a FOSS password manager -- https://keepassxc.org/
Bitwarden, a FOSS password manager -- https://bitwarden.com/
Matrix, the protocol - https://matrix.org/
Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client - https://element.io
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/
Flarum, a self-hosted forum/Reddit alternative -- https://flarum.org/
Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app -- https://nextcloud.com/
ProtonMail, an encrypted and private email service -- https://protonmail.com/

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

Bitwarden -- https://bitwarden.com/
Bitwarden Server -- https://bitwarden.com/help/article/install-on-premise/

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. Privacy by default, contributing to FOSS, and Monero w/ Justin Ehrenhofer (00:00:00)

2. Justin introduces himself (00:01:07)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:02:23)

4. What about privacy makes it such an important topic for you, today? (00:08:54)

5. What is a common myth about personal privacy you've run into? (00:11:40)

6. How do you motivate or prompt people to get past that roadblock? (00:13:42)

7. What's something that you feel like almost no one agrees with you on? (00:19:39)

8. Would you mind walking our listeners through a brief description on what Monero is and why it's the most used private digital currency today? (00:38:19)

9. What was it that drew you in made you want to spend so much time working on Monero? (00:46:01)

10. In what ways do you think non-developers can help out FOSS projects that they use? (00:49:06)

11. What are some of the tools you use regularly to opt out that you’d recommend others take a look at? Why? (00:56:47)

12. What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to realize the need for personal privacy? (01:03:10)

13. Where listeners can find/communicate with Justin (01:05:59)

14. This weeks project to help you Opt Out - Bitwarden (01:07:50)

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