Balancing privacy with mental health, plus second realms w/ j43

Wondering how to find the right balance of privacy and convenience, or struggling with the mental strain of a journey towards personal privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with j43 to chat about the mental strain that can be caused by a journey towards privacy, and a deeper look at parallel economies or "second realms".

More about j43:

• j43's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/j43/

j43's recommended ways to Opt Out:

• Use HTTPS only!
• Blocking trackers, at DNS/IP whenever possible
• Blending into the noise, having a portion of your digital identity that looks more "normal" to corporations and 3rd parties
• DYOR and find a good VPN provider that you trust
• Don't rely 100% on Tor for privacy alone

This week's project to help you Opt Out - Nextcloud:

• Site -- https://nextcloud.com/
• Self-hosting -- https://nextcloud.com/install/#instructions-server
• Self-hosting via my Docker Compose project -- https://github.com/sethforprivacy/self-hosted-services
• Self-hosting via Yunohost -- https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/uncle-jims-cloud/
• Davx for syncing calendar/contacts with mobile -- https://f-droid.org/en/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/

Opt Out's Sponsors:

• Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
• LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
• IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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