Draken BlackKnight

Draken BlackKnightWARNING: This website is for informational purposes only. I am not responsible for any missing data, broken devices, an arrest record, you starting a thermonuclear war, or missing alarms. YOU are choosing to implement the information disseminated on this page. If you try to blame me for any of the aforementioned or anything else as a result of said implementation, I will laugh at you.Draken BlackKnightPrivacy, security, EDC stuff, and general skullduggery.Format

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Site stuff

[2023/01/15] | [2024/10/06] | Changelog/updates

Mobile

[2023/01/07] | [2024/06/07] | Android vs iPhone vs feature phone/dumbphone

[2023/11/25] | [2024/10/06] | Android Debloat Guide

[2023/01/08] | [2024/06/07] | Apps I recommend

[2023/01/09] | [2024/06/07] | Recommended keyboards (yes, it matters)

[2023/01/14] | [2023/11/25] | Recommended messengers

General online security

[2023/01/07] | [2024/07/17] | Browsers I recommend

[2023/01/08] | [2023/12/05] | Delete Facebook NOW

[2023/12/21] | [2024/06/07] | Delete X-Twitter

[2023/05/29] | [2023/11/30] | DNS

[2023/01/10] | [2024/06/08] | How to configure and use a password manager

[2023/01/12] | [2024/06/07] | Multi-factor authentication

[2023/02/18] | [2023/11/25] | uBlock Origin

[2023/01/08] | [2023/01/14] | Why JavaScript is evil

[2023/01/14] | [2023/09/04] | Why privacy even matters in the first place

Offline stuff

[2023/01/07] | [2024/06/07] | Everyday Carry (EDC)

[2023/01/08] | [2023/06/25] | Self-care

Stuff down the pipeline

Tor and VPNs

The importance of compartmentalization

Search engines

DeGoogling

Types of hacking and how to protect yourself

Helpful linksGoogle's whitepaper on Android's privacy and security sandboxing This is something to show your friend who claims Android isn't that private and secure.Apple's whitepaper on iOS/iPadOS sandboxing Another interesting read. Your move, Mobile Linux distros.Eldritch Data If the format looks familiar to you, it's because I've cribbed a LOT of that website's formatting for my own. The webmaster has a lot of good information on there.Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Carey Parker is a former software engineer at Cisco who wrote a book about how to be more private and secure called...Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons (the 5th edition was JUST released in mid-February). It's a very good book for beginners, pros, and everyone in between. Carey also hosts a podcast by the same name and has interviewed quite a few huge tech names and politicians.NBTV, with Naomi Brockwell A privacy advocate with a lot of great information. The Hated One's YouTube channel The Hated One is a YouTuber who creates privacy and security tutorials and informational videos. Some of what he says borders on tinfoil hat territory but the videos are worth watching.Techlore Another one who does a podcast, not just on YouTube. Takes a more nuanced approach than the Hated One. Also one of the cohosts of Surveillance Report. Just don't join the forums as there are too many trolls there.The New Oil Yet another podcaster. Informative website but not a lot of videos. The other cohost of Surveillance Report.Surveillance Report Podcast concerning security and privacy news. They try to be weekly. Cohosted by Henry of Techlore (who is never there, lol) and Nate from The New Oil.Contact

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I do not have Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or any other of Zuckerberg's properties. I don't care how "private" and "secure" they claim it is, Meta suffers at least one data breach a month on top of Zucc's greedy harvesting and selling of userdata.

I deleted my Twitter because Elon Musk is notoriously retaliatory and thinks he can do no wrong even when called out on everything he's doing wrong (like spending $44 billion on his idiotic midlife crisis then getting rid of half its staff).

I do not have Telegram because it's ~~a Russian honeypot~~not encrypted by default.