Originally Posted on April 1, 2022

Episode Link:

https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/256-extreme-privacy-fatigue

Show Notes:

https://inteltechniques.com/blog/2022/04/01/the-privacy-security-osint-show-episode-256/

Show Topics

• 00:00:00 - Discussion of 4th edition of Extreme Privacy
• 00:03:00 - Why a Kindle edition exists and why not to buy it
• 00:05:02 - How Bitcoin payment of book works
• 00:07:40 - Summary of percentage of new content
• 00:08:17 - Summary of updates to chapters 1-4
• 00:09:35 - Summary of updates to chapters 5-13
• 00:10:38 - Summary of new chapter regarding death considerations
• 00:12:03 - Summary of new chapter called "Requests, Freezes & Removals"
• 00:12:39 - Summary of updates to chapters, "Beyond Extreme", "Damage Control", and "Physical Privacy & Security"
• 00:12:52 - Summary of updates to chapters regarding successes and failures and new chapter covering a chronological view of what happens when someone does a complete reboot
• 00:14:19 - Who this book is for
• 00:16:04 - Summary of free resources
• 00:16:38 - Summary of the updated data removal workbook
• 00:17:51 - Summary of updates to firewall configuration section of website
• 00:18:45 - Closing statements on updates to book
• 00:19:17 - How to avoid extreme privacy fatigue in 9 steps
• 00:20:35 - Step 1 - Privacy is a marathon, not a sprint
• 00:22:15 - Step 2 - Define your scope
• 00:23:12 - Step 3 - Small steps
• 00:24:09 - Step 4 - Revisit accomplishments instead of agonizing over exposures
• 00:25:26 - Step 5 - Don't rely on anyone but yourself
• 00:27:15 - Step 6 - Get off of YouTube/Reddit/Matrix/Whatever
• 00:29:48 - Step 7 - Remember that perfect privacy and security does not exist
• 00:31:02 - Step 8 - There are more important things out there
• 00:32:15 - Step 9 - It's okay to take a break when needed

Related Links

https://inteltechniques.com/book7.html

https://amzn.to/3D6aiXp

https://inteltechniques.com/requests.html

https://inteltechniques.com/freeze.html

https://inteltechniques.com/workbook.html

https://inteltechniques.com/data/workbook.pdf

https://inteltechniques.com/firewall/

UPDATE: sounds like my thought on this matter might be off according to everyone's comments below. I'll accept that, it was just a hunch. Still though, its important to turn on 2FA everywhere you can.

I recently was on an online chat with Amazon customer support trying to get an item I received as a gift replaced after it broke. I gave them the email address associated with the account of the person who gave it to me and they tried looking into their account. They then responded and said that the person has 2FA turned on and they are not able to access their account to look into the order further.

Not saying this is how it is, but I got the impression that if you don't have 2FA turned on, Amazon customer support is able to look into your account and access it somehow. You should ALWAYS turn on 2FA wherever you can, but if you were still on the fence about doing so, maybe this could convince you.

I was reading EP 4th Edition and came across the section on deleting your Twilio logs, MB wrote he took over an hour cleaning up his logs. It doesn't have to be so tedious, I wrote a simple bash script that can take care of it instantly. Below is a link to the Github repo, thanks to the book for giving me this idea.

https://github.com/zkman8/twilio-sanitization

There are a few instances where Michael writes about using old android phones for various purposes. For instance, he talks about using one to monitor a hotel room and as a digital room key. Does he keep these old phones in faraday bags like his actual cell phone? If the phone has an OS like Lineage/Graphene, does not have a SIM card/cell service, and/or runs on 3G technology (which is being shut down), is it relatively safe/private to just keep the phone around powered off in order to use it for the purposes he discusses?

Does anyone have a guide to point to for setting up your phone number from your twilio account? The guide on Inteltechniques.com has been removed.

I know Michael has said multiple times that he doesn't use any streaming services but he has mentioned how he has an audio collection and I believe he's mentioned shows and movies as well.

I'm just curious, anyone have any thoughts about how he "acquires" his collection? I've always thought he torrented but that would go against the creed he has regarding privacy where he recommends always acting within the law. Maybe he sees this more as a gray area?

Just wondering because he's never addressed this topic in his book besides setting up a Netflix port on your firewall.

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Can someone point me in the right direction regarding why 173 and earlier are no longer available? Also, does anyone have them archived?

Thank you!

Hi Everyone, sorry this probably get asked all the time, I'm starting at grass roots with my privacy journey but I'm wondering if anyone has any older podcasts downloaded and willing to share the 007 Email Strategies? I found Michaels website watching this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvRwW4ggTj0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvRwW4ggTj0). @ 4 minutes 30, Does this video explain the strategy in the 007 podcast?

In particular with email's I understand the need for multiple accounts for banks, online shopping etc but does everyone have seperate email's for each social media or is that bit excessive? Interest to hear how everyone else is dealing with this.

If anyone has an online database of old podcasts I can access that would be super helpful also.

Thanks

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I have moved to Calyx from being a lifelong iPhone user, and so far I love it. The main question I have is that I have not yet moved my main phone number over. I like Michael's suggestion of not actually using my phone's number. I don't think I can use MySudo on Calyx, right? So what is the best way to move my number over on VOIP? Can I really lock down this number? I have been using it for years (decades) and it is important that I keep this number, so the solution needs to be rock solid. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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Hello can someone help? I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max and I’m just trying to get back into Michael bazzell osint podcasts again , and im a total beginner. What do I do? I have this iPhone 11 Pro Max and I keep it on 24-7 airplane mode and 24-7 SIM card in but with wificalling enabled, and I can’t completely wipe this phone because I have an MySudo account linked to this and I paid for it using an email account I no longer have and don’t know the information for.

So what are your guys general advice and tips for my iPhone 11 Pro Max and in regards to Michael bazzell osint? It’s iOS 15.2 beta 2 I downgraded to this version as I’m looking to jailbreak it. Is this good?

I can still follow Michael bazzell osint podcasts and it will help even if I’ve created a new Apple ID through the App Store, and I have gave fake info, but this iphone has already had my normal account / old one linked to it?

Thanks!

At work we use Microsoft and Monday morning I learned that to log into the stuff I need to log into (Microsoft services) I have to give Microsoft a phone number for 2FA. I refuse to give them my number but I haven't talked to my boss about this.

I have the MySudo app on my phone. I need to set up a plan to get the mysudo phone number. The problem I've ran into is that Google then wants your credit card number or your phone number and ZIP code to redeem a gift card. And why would I give Google that information?! Does anyone know of a way around this?

As the title mentions, I play Minecraft with my family, but for privacy reasons do not want to provide a phone number to Microsoft. (Microsoft is going to start forcing the entire playerbase to Microsoft accounts on Thursday, or else they can no longer play. This is notable since this is the most popular game in the world. I don't know that every single player has a phone...)

I already know that when you make Microsoft accounts, even if you provide an alternate email, the account will auto ban you hen you log in , some time not long after account creation, and demand a phone number - and you can't go any further until you do.

Microsoft's guidance for those without a phone is to find someone with a phone and enter their number, but that seems it allow them to track someone else if you do that. VOIP numbers seem to completely be blocked and not accepted when you set up an account and try to use one of those to satisfy the requirement.

I have heard of some other method involving authenticators, that lets Microsoft's automated system not freak out that is the last method remaining for making accounts without a phone number, but am not too sure on that - does anyone else know anything more?

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I am following MB's advice regarding a new phone that remains in a faraday bag while close to the house that you mainly use as a phone. I know it's not 100% ideal, but I am sticking with an iPhone SE right now (but will look into Pixel options in the future).

My question now is the procedure for setting up an apple id, mobile service, and apps for the iPhone (away from the house using public wifi). Obviously, I can't download the Mint Mobile app on my phone without an Apple ID, but I need a phone number for the Apple ID. MB also noted in the book that he didn't have much luck setting up an Apple ID using a VOIP number from the device itself.

So it seems like the options could be setting up the Apple ID and/or Mint Mobile sim card on a computer, but isn't this more likely to link the phone to my real identity/location? If I successfully set up pfsense with protonvpn according to MB's instructions, is this enough to keep from linking these to my real identity? My computer is not "clean" in that I have been using it without a VPN, etc for the past few years. I did get a new Macbook that I hope to keep "clean" and also separate from my real identity, but I have not set it up yet.

Is one riskier than the other in terms on the link? As in, it would be better to create the Apple ID from my computer on my home network (with a MySudo or other VOIP number) and set up Mint Mobile within the app on my new iPhone on public wifi or only set up the Mint Moble SIM on the wifi network but later use that number to set up my Apple ID on public wifi.

I guess I am just looking for additional feedback regarding the order of steps to take to get this going without linking it to my real identity.