Forwarded from Above Phone Announcements
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!
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!
presearch.io
Presearch - the Community-powered, Decentralized Search Engine
Presearch is a decentralized search engine that provides search choice, quality results, privacy and rewards to those who want to end the search monopoly and take back the web.
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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
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
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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
@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
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police
A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, EFF has learned. This personal data isn’t gathered from cell phone
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Forwarded from The People's Reset Activation
The Greater Reset Co-Creation is coming up in less than 5 months on January 18th-22nd, 2023!
We're so excited to bring everyone together once more, we are preparing two awesome venues and want to get a head count. Which event will you be joining?
We're so excited to bring everyone together once more, we are preparing two awesome venues and want to get a head count. Which event will you be joining?
Anonymous Poll
16%
I've confirmed travel to Morelia, Mexico
6%
I've confirmed travel to Central Texas, USA
13%
Morelia, Mexico but have not confirmed travel
8%
Central Texas, USA but have not confirmed travel
5%
I'll be holding a watch party
54%
I'll be watching online
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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
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
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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.
@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.
maps.earth - open source maps for everyone
Powered by Headway and OpenStreetMap
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Forwarded from Freedom Cell Network (Announcements and Updates)
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!
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!
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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!
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!
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Forwarded from Invicta
How Big Tech Revenue and Profit Breaks Down, by Company
▪︎In Q2 2022, about 72% of Alphabet’s revenue came from search advertising. Google dominates the search market—about 90% of all internet searches are done on Google platforms.
▪︎Amazon’s biggest revenue driver is e-commerce. However, the costs of e-commerce are so steep, that it actually reported a net loss in Q2 2022. As it often is, Amazon Web Services was the company’s main profit-earner this quarter.
▪︎Apple’s biggest revenue driver is consumer electronics sales, particularly from the iPhone which accounts for nearly half of overall revenue. Apple Music, Apple Pay, and Apple TV+ also generate revenue for the company. But in Q2 2022, Apple’s services branch accounted for only 24% of the company’s overall revenue.
▪︎Microsoft has a fairly even split between its various revenue sources, but similarly to Amazon its biggest revenue driver is its cloud services platform, Azure.
🔗 Source
▪︎In Q2 2022, about 72% of Alphabet’s revenue came from search advertising. Google dominates the search market—about 90% of all internet searches are done on Google platforms.
▪︎Amazon’s biggest revenue driver is e-commerce. However, the costs of e-commerce are so steep, that it actually reported a net loss in Q2 2022. As it often is, Amazon Web Services was the company’s main profit-earner this quarter.
▪︎Apple’s biggest revenue driver is consumer electronics sales, particularly from the iPhone which accounts for nearly half of overall revenue. Apple Music, Apple Pay, and Apple TV+ also generate revenue for the company. But in Q2 2022, Apple’s services branch accounted for only 24% of the company’s overall revenue.
▪︎Microsoft has a fairly even split between its various revenue sources, but similarly to Amazon its biggest revenue driver is its cloud services platform, Azure.
🔗 Source
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Forwarded from Freedom Cell Network (Announcements and Updates)
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Forwarded from Freedom Cell Network (Announcements and Updates)
The Freedom Cell Network: Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands
@FreedomCellNetwork | https://freedomcells.org
If you're reading this message - you likely know about the problems. We face threats to our health, food, water, energy, security, economy and community.
When we hear about these problems from official sources, the solutions never involve everyday people. Instead we must trust the experts & authorities to solve the issues for us, whilst we support them with political participation and tax dollars.
Wouldn't you rather take matters into our own hands?
The Freedom Cell Network invites you to do just that.
Founded in 2016, the network is home to over 33,000 members and hundreds of Freedom Cells all around the world.
Each Freedom Cell is a local, self-directed group of approximately 8 people.
There is no hierarchy, no politics, no violence: just regular people collaborating on local solutions.
On the Freedom Cell Network website you can find local cells and members on a world map, direct message, organize events, trade, start your own cell and much more! All completely for free.
Sign up today: https://freedomcells.org
Follow us on Telegram: @FreedomCellNetwork
Attend our conference: The Greater Reset 4 Co-Creation, In-person and live-streamed January 18th - 22nd, 2023
Yours,
Ramiro Romani, Co-Producer of The Freedom Cell Network / The Greater Reset
Founder of @takebackourtech
@FreedomCellNetwork | https://freedomcells.org
If you're reading this message - you likely know about the problems. We face threats to our health, food, water, energy, security, economy and community.
When we hear about these problems from official sources, the solutions never involve everyday people. Instead we must trust the experts & authorities to solve the issues for us, whilst we support them with political participation and tax dollars.
Wouldn't you rather take matters into our own hands?
The Freedom Cell Network invites you to do just that.
Founded in 2016, the network is home to over 33,000 members and hundreds of Freedom Cells all around the world.
Each Freedom Cell is a local, self-directed group of approximately 8 people.
There is no hierarchy, no politics, no violence: just regular people collaborating on local solutions.
On the Freedom Cell Network website you can find local cells and members on a world map, direct message, organize events, trade, start your own cell and much more! All completely for free.
Sign up today: https://freedomcells.org
Follow us on Telegram: @FreedomCellNetwork
Attend our conference: The Greater Reset 4 Co-Creation, In-person and live-streamed January 18th - 22nd, 2023
Yours,
Ramiro Romani, Co-Producer of The Freedom Cell Network / The Greater Reset
Founder of @takebackourtech
The People's Reset
The People’s Reset: Mexico - January 2026
We invite you to join us for 5 days of discussion about the diverse opportunities available for those who seek to live in harmony with humanity and the planet, while respecting our innate freedom.
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Forwarded from Freedom Cell Network (Announcements and Updates)
Join Us for the 10th International Freedom Cells Conference Call
This Saturday, September 17th, at 12PM CDT, we are hosting the 10th worldwide Freedom Cell Network Conference call!
We will be sharing updates on the new FCN site, the upcoming Greater Reset 4, and more tips and strategies for organizing your cells!
The call is free to join. There will be time for questions. And, yes, it will be recorded and shared afterwards!
Unfortunately, because we expect well over 100 people on the call we are going to use Zoom. We prefer to use Jitsi but sometimes it can be unstable with large amounts of people. We will be switching in the near future.
Freedom Cells Conference Call
Time: Sep 17, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81335691797
I hope to see you on the call! Don't miss out on the chance to learn how you can benefit from the rapidly growing worldwide Freedom Cell Network!
This Saturday, September 17th, at 12PM CDT, we are hosting the 10th worldwide Freedom Cell Network Conference call!
We will be sharing updates on the new FCN site, the upcoming Greater Reset 4, and more tips and strategies for organizing your cells!
The call is free to join. There will be time for questions. And, yes, it will be recorded and shared afterwards!
Unfortunately, because we expect well over 100 people on the call we are going to use Zoom. We prefer to use Jitsi but sometimes it can be unstable with large amounts of people. We will be switching in the near future.
Freedom Cells Conference Call
Time: Sep 17, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81335691797
I hope to see you on the call! Don't miss out on the chance to learn how you can benefit from the rapidly growing worldwide Freedom Cell Network!
MONDAY @ 12 PM CST - TBOT Podcast #1: You Think You've Seen Censorship? Here's an Internet Shutdown
Hey peeps,
Please join me for my very first podcast tomorrow at 12 PM Central! I'll be discussing recent events in Pakistan which lead to massive political unrest, charges of terrorism against the former Prime Minister, and the resulting internet shutdown. It'll give us a good look at technocratic strategy when opposition movements become too big to control.
You can watch it live at:
👩🚀 Odysee
💚 Rumble
⛵️ Flote
Hey peeps,
Please join me for my very first podcast tomorrow at 12 PM Central! I'll be discussing recent events in Pakistan which lead to massive political unrest, charges of terrorism against the former Prime Minister, and the resulting internet shutdown. It'll give us a good look at technocratic strategy when opposition movements become too big to control.
You can watch it live at:
👩🚀 Odysee
💚 Rumble
⛵️ Flote
Odysee
TBOT Podcast #1: Internet Shutdowns In Pakistan After An Attempt To Overthrow The Government
In the very first episode of #Take Back Our Tech, Ramiro discusses Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister's efforts to overthrow it's current government. Learn how the government will respond during massive soc...
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I managed to recover my system this morning! The show must go on. See you all in a few!
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Forwarded from The People's Reset Activation
Which of the first of our announced speakers are you most excited to see present!?
Anonymous Poll
51%
Catherine Austin Fitts
5%
Jack Spirko
19%
Henna Maria
6%
Tom Woods
4%
Christian Westbrook
17%
Alec Zeck
LIVE NOW: Discussing Internet Shutdowns In Pakistan
I'll be discussing recent events in Pakistan which lead to massive political unrest, charges of terrorism against the former Prime Minister, and the resulting internet shutdown. It'll give us a good look at technocratic strategy when opposition movements become too big to control.
You can watch it live at:
👩🚀 Odysee
💚 Rumble
⛵️ Flote
I'll be discussing recent events in Pakistan which lead to massive political unrest, charges of terrorism against the former Prime Minister, and the resulting internet shutdown. It'll give us a good look at technocratic strategy when opposition movements become too big to control.
You can watch it live at:
👩🚀 Odysee
💚 Rumble
⛵️ Flote
Odysee
TBOT Podcast #1: Internet Shutdowns In Pakistan After An Attempt To Overthrow The Government
In the very first episode of #Take Back Our Tech, Ramiro discusses Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister's efforts to overthrow it's current government. Learn how the government will respond during massive soc...
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