Taking the Internet Back
summary
Internet traffic funnels through Facebook, AWS S3 and a few CDNs so three or four major hubs now carry the bulk of requests, making surveillance and outages easier. Transport encryption (TLS/HTTPS) is widespread but servers still see plaintext, so end-to-end tools matter: use Signal or PGP/GPG for content, avoid closed‑source messengers like WhatsApp for trust, and watch Telegram for metadata weaknesses. Host your own stack with Nextcloud, sync with Syncthing, use Tor/I2P for anonymity, and prefer browsers with Privacy Badger for tracker blocking.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:30Internet is getting broken
- 4:25My Data
- 5:45What you want to protect
- 7:16Sharing information
- 8:38Tricking
- 11:24Privacy
- 13:25Encryption
- 14:40Messaging
- 17:27Metadata
- 19:35Alternatives
- 21:42Search
- 23:23Sandstorm
- 23:52Cloud Sync
- 25:04Social
- 25:54Privacy Guard
- 26:09Protonmail
- 26:37Tor
- 27:17Prison Break
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