#teslatechconference

This week I'm on site in New Mexico for the Extraordinary Tech Conference. Look what i found!

These are presented as 13,000 year old alien artifacts dug up in Jalisco Mexico. One depicts a pregnant alien astronaut!!

Watching George Wiseman, one of the leading expers on Browns Gas at the ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference!

#TBOT @ The Extraordinary Technology Conference

My dear peeps,

This past week I attended the Extraordinary Tech Conference in Albuquerque New Mexico! A big thanks to Steve Elswick & team who organized the conference and were gracious hosts.

I got to expand my horizons past digital technology and learned about revolutionary technologies that might just save the world, including: development of anti-gravity devices in the 1940s onwards, a new form of mathematics that could completely replace our current system, how Browns gas could be used to turn water into gold, and how GEET engines could turn trash into energy with fresh air as the byproduct.

The part that amazed me was that many of these scientists and investors were pursuing research of their technology with little outside help or investment. The community is tight knit but super welcoming and they are always ready to teach people what they know!

I really believe that many of the technologies at the conference have the potential to completely change how we think about energy, medicine, food, and water. I'm going to be writing detailed posts and releasing a short video about the event, but you can start learning right away:

There's a complete DVD set now on sale for the conference, which is a $100 off until 5PM PST on 8/18/2022. (today) It comes with 25 sessions in the conference and 3 workshops!

Get it here: https://teslatech.info/ttstore/conftapes/teslatech/etcframe.htm

Become a member of Tesla Tech: https://teslatech.info/ttstore/conftapes/teslatech/etcframe.htm

More resources: https://teslatech.info/ttstore/entrance.htm

Upcoming stuff:
- The Extraordinary Tech Conference Recap
- New Above Phone Partnership
- Earthship Biotecture

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- Share the #TBOT newsletter
- Get an Above Phone
- Follow Take Back Our Tech

NEW for TLAV: Resurfaced Documentary Uncovers Accusations of Child Abuse Against Former Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley

The documentary ‘The True Story of Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley’ and its accusations against Mormon Church leadership has not been seen by the public in almost 30 years — until now.

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/resurfaced-documentary-uncovers-accusations-of-child-abuse-by-former-mormon-president-gordon-b-hinckley/

#TBOT: Power Users #2
Why XMPP Is Better Than Any Other Messenger

Morning folks,

Today I got the urge to rally more people onto XMPP, so I'm summing up the many reasons why XMPP is the best messenger in terms of privacy, usability, and functionality. I believe it is a crucial tool to maintain free communications with a little more adoption and resources towards its development it could potentially surpass the likes of Telegram, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts and others.

Before we get into it, you might:

- Read the in-depth introduction to XMPP
- Remember Above Privacy Suite offers a paid XMPP service
- Join the #TBOT XMPP Group at tbot@group.chat.above.im (you'll know how to join by reading the article above)

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Alright, onto the 9 reasons why:

1. XMPP can be fully anonymous. When registering you only need to pick a username and a password. That's it.

2. Anyone can run an XMPP server, allowing for free & public providers. Take your pick from here: https://list.jabber.at/

3. When you send a direct message to an XMPP contact, there are only two servers that have record of this (yours and theirs, or only one if you share a server). This is unlike other platforms where messages can be replicated to others servers (Matrix), and pass through a centralized key lookup layer (Signal).

4. There are many XMPP clients (or applications) to choose from, both mobile and desktop. For Android we recommend Snikket/Conversations, for Linux we recommend Dino. And yes, there are clients for Windows and macOS!

5. You can send messages, files, voice messages - and make voice and video calls, which can all be encrypted easily using OMEMO encryption. (if your server supports it, which most do). All of these functions work seamlessly and perform well.

6. You can log into multiple devices simultaneously (desktop/mobile) and when both parties accept each others encryption keys, you will have synced up messages that are end to end encrypted. Talk about secure comms!

7. XMPP doesn't require the use of your phone's contacts, you can manage your own address book inside XMPP and pick whatever names you'd like.

8. Transparent and accessible development standards - anyone can propose an extension to the XMPP protocol. If a extension is approved, the developers who work on the clients and servers are not forced to implement it, and you as the server operator are not forced to enable it. In comparison, ask yourself how you might propose a change to the other privacy messengers that are regularly recommended? What would happen if they introduce a bad change to their protocol?

9. Did I mention you can easily bridge your XMPP messages and calls out to the phone network by using JMP.chat? All this without giving any more information, and $2.99 a month that can be paid in Bitcoin?! Its quite a vibe sending out a bunch of text messages from your computer and getting them back on your phone.

Support My Work:
- Signup for our XMPP server and other cool services
- Get an Above Phone
- Follow Take Back Our Tech

PRESS RELEASE: Above Phone Partners with Presearch, A Decentralized Search Engine
Above Phone will now ship with the Presearch App and default Search Engine

August 25th, 2022
United States
phones@above-agency.com

Above Phone (Above Agency) is proud to announce a partnership with Presearch, a decentralized search engine powered by the community! Our phones will now ship with the Presearch Browser, and will have Presearch set as the default search engine.

Above Phone has always shared the vision of a full suite of decentralized internet utilities, such as the communications and privacy services in Above Privacy Suite.

With Presearch, we now have the leading decentralized search engine enabling our users to make private searches across web and mobile. Users can even earn cryptocurrency in the form PRE tokens as they search, make sure to sign up today.

We celebrate Presearch and its long term vision of creating an ecosystem where everyone can help keep information open, relevant, accurate, and free from censorship!

Above Agency has also started running its own Presearch Node. This node acts as a search proxy, receiving anonymized search queries from users and responding with data from a multitude of search sources, helping separate a user from their searches. You can start running yours today and generate the PRE token for the work.

Join the movement:
- Search on Presearch
- Get an Above Phone
- Run your own Presearch Node

We look forward to seeing a day where all people have the ability to choose from a variety of useful & accurate internet utilities that respect the individual right to privacy and open access to information.

More About Presearch

Presearch operates a search engine with more than 4 million registered users, making it one of the largest blockchain projects in the world. Its users conduct over 100 million searches a month.

Why do people use Presearch? There are three main Unique Value Propositions (UVPs):

- User control over data and privacy
- Payment for contributing value to the ecosystem
- Decentralization of the search ecosystem

About Above Agency

Above Agency is a digital agency that builds friendly technology ecosystems for people who value privacy & freedom. We got our start helping activist organizations and movements build robust presences without relying on abusive big tech companies.

The above.phone is a mobile privacy solution that combines five different components

Secure hardware
Open-source operating systems (GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, and DivestOS)
Free & Open Source Applications
Privacy Services

The fifth and final component is user education accompanied by a change in mindset, and real-world practice. These are supported by our migration support calls and knowledge base. We hold migration support calls to help transition customers to the Above Phone from their existing device, with the goal of a complete transition. Our Knowledge Base is open and free to the public to inspire and share what is possible here and now!

PSA: Although I love you all, I will never message you directly asking for your involvement in crypto or investments.

Watch out for imposters and scammers! Fake profile: @takebackourtech1
Since we're now on their radar, it will be the first of scamming accounts. Let's keep each other informed :)

~ Our connection is sacred

New Article By EFF: Fog Data Science, Selling Extensive Location Data to the Police, Generated By Apps On Your Smartphone
@takebackourtech

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/inside-fog-data-science-secretive-company-selling-mass-surveillance-local-police

This latest investigation by the EFF shows that private companies like Fog Data Science have billions of location points from millions of devices and sell this information to state, local, and county law enforcement.

What can their software do?
- "Area Searches" - similar to Google's Geofence warrants, law enforcement can pick a date/time and draw a location to find devices within their bounds.
- "Device Searches" - allows them to drill down into a device's lifetime and show location patterns (where people sleep and spend time)

Although Fog does not collect 'personally identifying information', its easy enough for to get associated data from other sources. One thing that would be easy for Fog Data Science to collect would be the AndroidID / Apple Advertising IDs, which are made available to every app - and these are also can be easily connected to a real identity.

Here's another example where Fog's tracking was used to identify interstate travel to prompt Coronavirus testing.

We can see immediately that the tracking happens over a long period of time (90 days), allowing a clear read of the location signals that specify the individual's home, their place of work, maybe even their favorite restaurants.

This is a truly disturbing violation of privacy, but one that you can defend yourself from:

How to protect yourself:
- Use alternative operating systems that don't put Google or Apple behind the wheel
- Audit your existing apps for trackers (its these trackers that feed into data surveillance like Fog)
- Switch to FOSS apps on F-Droid, or an alternative app without trackers
- Deny permissions to all of your apps that have trackers
- Use a VPN

Hey peeps,

I am developing a collection of quality independent media podcasts and RSS feeds.

Who do y'all follow for good journalism and interesting content? Can be news/tech/education/healing or anything!

Let me know at @takebackourtech_chat

Self Hosted Planet-Scale Navigation Is In Sight with Maps.Earth
@takebackourtech

Happy to have discovered maps.earth project recently which allows you to self-host your own maps server with place/address search and routing!

The Headway Project was born out of a frustration with the need to send current and future location data to a corporation in order to figure out how we’re getting from A to B. Offline-only maps apps can be frustrating to use, and sometimes suffer from performance problems, poor data coverage, or other technical limitations.

Headway aims to remedy these issues by bundling industry-standard software into a web app that’s easy to set up for yourself or your friends. No need to send your location data to anyone you don’t trust, not even maps.earth.

Try out their demo here: https://maps.earth/

Expect to see this one day in Above Privacy Suite.

Friends,

Next Saturday, September 17th, we are hosting the 10th worldwide Freedom Cell Network Conference call!

We will be shading updates on the new FCN site, the upcoming Greater Reset 4, and more tips and strategies for organizing your cells!

Stay tuned for more details!

Dear peeps,

I am going to start doing a live-streamed show weekly, going over tech & other news. ❤️

What platforms might I stream to?

Here's what I have so far:
- Flote
- Odysee

Not sure about:
- Dlive

Give me your suggestions!