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Rob Braxman Tech on Odysee
by Rob Braxman Tech
I'm the Internet Privacy Guy. I'm a public interest hacker and technologist. I use my extensive knowledge of cybersecurity and tech to serve the public good. There are enough tech people focused on the corporate side. Very few care about what happens to the average person. I care about privacy. I warn you of digital manipulation, disinformation, mass surveillance. I also discuss alternative communication modes especially with a prepper focus. I discuss HAM radio, SDR, QRP modes, Digital modes when running portable. I am a General Class licensed HAM radio operator. I'm a successful software architect and have built many enterprise systems. I also have an open-source social media app Brax.Me Join me on my LIVE STREAM on weekends 8-10pm Pacific Time. Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=17858353&fan_landing=true Contact me on <a href="http://rob
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Why Is Linux So Difficult to Install? Because of Microsoft.
Part 1 - WHAT'S WRONG WITH LINUX SERIES Why is it a nightmare installing Linux when Windows is already running? The surprising detail is not something on the Hard Drive but it's in the Firmware. And it's a mandate by Microsoft. This Firmware plugin means that we are screwed. Microsoft makes it…
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Dump the Cloud and Build Your Own Homelab Server for $1000 for the Ultimate Privacy Solution.
With game changing new tools like Tailscale available, setting up a Homelab server frees you from dependence on any cloud provider and allows you to keep your data out of your phone and computers. Remove the risk of your data being acquired during travel. Set up a home lab server and do it for…
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You are Emitting RF. Devices Like Signal-Trace Tracks Your Signature
Something I predicted in the past is now moving into production use. And that is the use of sensors to detect each of your individual RF signatures. Creating a dense network using ALPR Cameras equipped with RF detection devices, a map of frequencies can be developed to find anyone. My new Tech…
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Border Officials Asks For My Phone. These 4 Setups Decide What They Get
If you are confronted by a border official at any country, let's be frank. if they want to unlock your phone, you don't have much of a choice. Unless of course you want to be denied entry. But what they can see depends on choices you make in advance. In this video we will examine those choices…
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Microsoft Seeks World Domination?
You're probably blindsided like me about who the threat is in Tech. I was thinking the threat is Google and Facebook. But then I wasn't really studying the moves as carefully from one of the biggest players. One of the Top 4 Corporations in the world. Microsoft. You'll be surprised! My new Tech...
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You Hate Flock? Well There's More...
Flock has gone viral as a topic and deservedly so. I'm glad it has reached mainstream media. But to complete the picture, we have to close the loop as warrantless surveillance doesn't end with Flock. It is but another cog in the wheel. Let's learn the full story. My new Tech Deep Dive Channel -...
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The Privacy Mistake That Makes Aliases Useless
If you are tech-savvy with privacy tools, you might think you will automatically be safe. But there are a few "gotchas" that people don't know about because no one is there to tell them. Today, I will be the one to teach you the holes in the average person's privacy plan and it's due to not...
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Most People Are Telling Themselves the Wrong Hacking Story
You ever get that feeling of anxiety about a potential hack? Login alert from a city you’ve never been to. Phone battery draining weird. Some random post or a friend saying their phone is full of Trojans and someone’s watching everything. Suddenly your brain goes: “I’m being targeted. Someone’s...
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"Our AI Doesn't Learn from You and Your Data is Local" - Blatant Lies from Big Tech
When you use Windows and you enable features you will see privacy statements like "Our AI doesn't learn from you". Or another one referring to Windows Recall capturing periodic screenshots is "Your data is local". These are FALSE. These are lies. While in legalese, they may actually be correct…
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Book Release on Amazon Kindle Store!
Announcing the release of the new book "Your Mind Is the Product", a series of essays that paint the picture of the privacy dilemma and potential solutions. Kindle Store https://amzn.to/4gBCsyR My new Tech Deep Dive Channel - Please Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/@RobBraxmanDeepTechDive...
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Hide Your Real Phone Number: 3 Easy Phone Privacy Levels (No Tech Headache)
In a recent video on "Invisible Phones", I scared the beginners because the explanation of that solution was more advanced. But it is only one of 3 possible options. Today we will reframe this into levels of solutions for hiding your phone number and the base solution requires no tech skills.…
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OneDrive Is Scanning Your Files – Here’s How to Kill It Completely
Did you know what happens exactly when OneDrive is activated? Many of you don't. And if are not aware of it, your private documents and photos become part of the Microsoft collection of world knowledge, and intimate information about you. Microsoft scans your data, presumably for CSAM and malware...
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GDID - Microsoft’s Secret Windows Tracker That Can’t Be Turned Off
In the news is a newly discovered Windows tracker that has some scary implications. It can be used to track your activities all over the Internet and was recently used against a Cyber-criminal case by the US Government. It involved information supplied by Microsoft and it reveals a level of...
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The Invisible Phone: Ditch PSTN Forever – No IMEI, No IMSI, No KYC, Total Stealth Calling
There is a way to evade the surveillance infrastructure of the phone network. It means combining several technologies into a complete solution. But many have tried this and claimed that it was difficult to make it work reliably. In this video I will demonstrate that you can create this PSTN...
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Challenge: Open Source Home Automation – In 24 Hours
Here's the story of a newbie on Home Automation firing up Home Assistant and various IOT devices with zero knowledge at the beginning. Follow the the experience and now I know what's up! I've avoided Internet of Things (IOT) devices because they are such privacy invaders. But you can do Home...
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XMPP: A Forgotten King of Privacy in Messaging
This messaging standard deserves a fresh look. Among the popular choices of messaging apps like Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, and iMessage, this stands out as superior in privacy. Why? Because it's entire design was based on collecting no personally identifiable information and…
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IPv6 Is Watching You: The Hidden Privacy Nightmare (Good News and the Bad News)
The vast majority of people, even tech people, do not understand the dangers of IPv6. This mysterious feature of the Internet is even being used actively by some Big Tech sites and we thought this was only used internally. You do even know that you have multiple routes over the Internet and some...
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Hot off the Press! BraxSIM Unlisted Cell Service for the Privacy Minded
We just launched BraxSIM Unlisted which is a privacy focused eSIM cell service for our community. There are two offerings: a standard US Cell Service with unlimited calls and texts and varying High Speed Data starting at $15 a month (no prepayment requirid), and the second offering is a Data only...
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Revelation on Used Computers! They’re Not Slow!
I was forced to use an old 5 year old laptop for the last two weeks and it opened my eyes to the bill of goods that we've been sold. I didn't notice any significant performance difference with the majority of things that I do with my daily driver. And yet the old computer specs would leave you to...
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This Linux Tip Will Save You! Multipartition Install
If you ever mix Linux with Windows, whether it be on separate drives or one dual boot drive, or just from some corruption of Linux, I have a new way of installation that will save you. This foolproof method will ensure that nothing will break your install. Even if Windows overwrites the…
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The VPN Arms Race - They Block, We Figure Out a Counter
If you use a VPN, you can't even make a restaurant reservation without some site blocking you for using a VPN. What they want to do of course is to force you to turn your VPN off. The end result is the IP address becomes your identity. This is such a fundamental issue to protect on the Internet...
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I Asked AI About IP Addresses… And It Proved It Still Thinks Like a Normie
Can you rely on AI to give you advice such as Privacy related advice? Well I can prove to you now that by default it gives quite incorrect information just from the simple question "Can an IP Address reveal an exact location?" ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone and Brax...
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Do You Want Microsoft AI's Crubby Hands All Over Your Private Data?
You're skipping my AI videos. I know that. But give me a listen for a moment because you need to understand who the opposition is and why I'm teaching you what I'm teaching you. The world is changing and you can't ignore it. But if you don't pay attention, you will be a victim. There's more to…
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Finally! A Simple Tutorial For Installing Openclaw AI Agent with Ollama Open Source Models
Installing Openclaw and giving instruction for its use has terrfied many users in the past. It was full of complexity and unclear procedures. I rewrote the installation scripts and simplified the instructions and now you can install Openclaw with Ollama with just one simple installation script....
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You’ve Got Nothing to Hide? Good. Show Me Your ID.
The seemingly cavalier attitude of the average person with the statement "I've got nothing to hide" now comes to bite us in the behind with upcoming changes that will render Linux and De-Googled phones not practical for the common person. All because no one cared. This gave politicians the signal...
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My Honest Experience With Creating Local AI
I've successfully implemented a local AI solution and a local AI is the holy grail of the combination of privacy and AI. This was not some simple project and there was a lot of learning and a lot of expense plus extensive trial and error to make things work. Also having real goals for what the AI...
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How Your Phone is Tracked – And How to Stop It
The mobile phone is the most surveilled device in the history of the world. But the current generation of users have learned to set this aside as unimportant. This now results in the phone generating an extraordinary amount of data that can find your every location, police your thoughts on the...
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Do You Really Understand AI? (I’m Finding that Most Don’t)
In personal discussions with people and hearing them talk about their experience with AI, I see a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding. In some cases, I see deep fear. In other cases I see a full trust when trust isn't warranted. AI can be useful but it has limitations and it has faults. AI...
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Warrantless Surveillance Needs to Stop! A Call to Action
FISA 702 powers the surveillance of the United States government against its own citizens, in spite of the law being targeted towards supposedly "Foreign Persons". The reality is that this law that is subject to another renewal in Congress is finally gaining resistance because it is the basis of...
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How Tailscale+Rustdesk Makes Remote Access Simple and Truly Private
The go to solution for remote access has been Sonic Wall appliances. Or if you don't want to spend the money, you go for the riskier Port Forwarding option. These options have been eclipsed by two new technologies I will introduce today: Tailscale Mesh VPN and Rusk Desk for Desktop Remote access....
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The Skynet Moment: How Mythos AI Just Changed Cybersecurity Forever – And Why It Should Scare You
Fresh new news. Just a few days ago in early April 2026, Anthropic made us aware of the new model called Mythos Preview which they were testing for a few weeks. And they came up with their own adjectives like spooky and scary about what Mythos can do. It is clear that this is a turning point in…
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TPM - The Microsoft Choke Point - Age Verification and Identity Control
New laws like Age Verification are being legislated but the average person isn't understanding the true effect of these laws using modern operating systems from Big Tech. The actual effect has nothing to do with age verification but is actually an enforced digital identity. What is touted as a…
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Don’t Buy a New Computer in 2026! (Even for AI Use – Here’s Why)
New changes in technology like the fast pace of AI adoption and AI agents are triggering us to think of buying a new computer. I'm here to tell you that that is bad news in 2026. If you buy in 2026, you will waste your money and you will not get the best options.…
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Why Are you Feeding the Palantir Database?
Many of you are populating the mass surveillance databases seemingly on purpose. If you understand how the Palantir systems see the mass surveillance data, it might make you rethink what you do. Reminds of seeing a photo of a mob of protesters all with phones out taking videos of some event at…
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OpenClaw Nightmare: Context Overflow, Not Prompt Injections
OpenClaw can start doing bad stuff: delete your files, overwrite your code, send garbage emails, and ignore your instructions all because you didn't understand how it works. No, it is not because some attacked the AI via prompt injection which is the common expectation of the danger of an AI…
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The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UI—It's the End of Personal Computing
Windows users sitting in the sidelines are not understanding the source of the Windows hate. But that's because the messages are not getting through. Windows is changing. In a big way. The changes are so huge that really it is evolving to a completely different kind of computing experience that…
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Age Verification Mandates: The ‘Protect the Kids’ Scam That’s Building a Permanent Surveillance Grid
Last year 25 states passed new laws requiring Age verification laws on sites with adult content. While this was pretty bad for Internet Privacy, it was actually trivial to overcome so I did not panic. But CALIFORNIA, decided to up the ante to pass a law that will likely impact all apps that all...
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OpenClaw vs Copilot AI Agents are Two Different Things! How You Can Install OpenClaw with Privacy
There are AI Agents and there are AI Agents. And the one that you've heard for years now is Microsoft's Copilot or Windows 11 the Agentic OS. But now we can run our own AI Agent Infrastructure on OpenClaw and of course the word is that it is not private and not secure. That's poppycock. Privacy…
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OpenClaw: Creating AI Agents Without Big Tech. Is it Useful?
A new project on Github is the fastest growing and it is OpenClaw, an AI Agent tool that can interface with any LLM. I gave this a test to see what the use case is. From its title as a 'Personal Assistant', frankly it is a fail. But as a general AI automation tool...OMG. The things I discovered...
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Why the Classic Computer Science Degree Might Leave You Jobless in 2026 – And What to Do Instead
The new thing now in software development is Vibe Coding. Yes that's a real term and it means having AI do the programming for you. While this might get some young people excited about how easy it is to write software with AI, this has some implications. Data shows that entry level programming…
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Let's Do a Detailed Review of Zorin -- Is This Good for Ex-Windows Users?
More and more computer user are flocking to Linux. But what's surprising is that a large number migrated to Zorin. Apparently it got 2 Million downloads in 3 months with the new Zorin 18 version. Why are Ex-Windows users migrating to this choice of distro? Does it deserve this attention? Let's do…
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Privacy Isn't Supporting Criminals: Addressing the Backlash on My Protester Video
There were very negative comments from some people in the Protester video. People were unsubbing and thumbs-downing and very many showed their discontent by not even watching the video. The main issue stated as the reason for the negativity was that they perceived that my video is meant to help...
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Eyes Everywhere: How Governments Track Protesters and What You Can Do About It
There's a lot of protests going on in the US and in other countries and Gov. Walz, just said bring your phone and take pictures of everything! This is exactly the advice you must not follow if you want to be safe in a protest. If you are in Iran, this advice will get you killed. Drop the stupid...
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Palantir kills people? But what if the real villain is closer to home?
Many viral videos capitalize on Palantir being the evil company bent on surveillance and elimination of your privacy. And though I've talked about what I understood about Palantir for over a decade, I didn't really truly understand what they did. So I did some deep research and instead of...
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Windows 11 QEMU/KVM Installation Guide in Linux Including TPM and Secure Boot
This video is a tutorial on how to install Windows 11 in a QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine. This is based on Ubuntu 24.04 as the host Linux system, using a Linux compatible Laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 2025), with a TPM emulator and UEFI/Secure Boot emulator. Windows 11 25H2 Download...
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Agentic AI CoWorker Just Got Hired in 2026
Be wary. While you think Microsoft's end goal is for you to have an AI companion, this could actually just be the side project. The real project is Microsoft's announcement that Windows 11 is now the Agentic OS. What it means is truly implementing AI at the worker level. It means your Agentic AI...
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Microsoft's Agentic AI Push: Genius for Business or Disaster for Your Personal Computing?
Microsoft is aggressively pushing Windows 11 into the Agentic-OS world where the AI doesn't just behave like a chatbot but does tasks for you. While this has explosive implications in the enterprise world, there is doubt that this has actually been figured out for personal use. In the enterprise...
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The Unlisted Landline Is Back in 2026
Remembering the old days when there were unlisted phone numbers. That concept is long gone and quietly removed from our memory. But we'll discuss a new option that gives you that unlisted number back in 2026. ---------------------------------- BraX3 Privacy Phone is on https://braxtech.net...
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The Only Safe Way to Use Windows 11 – Eliminate the Microsoft Account (MSA) Permanently
Sometimes we do not have a choice but to use Windows 11. I will tame Windows 11 so all the privacy invading features are turned off. And the only way to do that is to use a Local Account and this has to be a long term solution. But this is a complex process since you must follow certain steps or...
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Password Complexity is a Lie – Here’s What Actually Keeps You Safe
I've seen many of you use such complex passwords that are very hard to type and extraordinarily difficult to remember. And this is because many of you have been trained to think that complex passwords are what keeps you safe from hackers. But the truth is surprising because hacks don't actually...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm the Internet Privacy Guy. I'm a public interest hacker and technologist. I use my extensive knowledge of cybersecurity and tech to serve the public good. There are enough tech people focused on the corporate side. Very few care about what happens to the average person. I care about privacy. I warn you of digital manipulation, disinformation, mass surveillance.
I also discuss alternative communication modes especially with a prepper focus. I discuss HAM radio, SDR, QRP modes, Digital modes when running portable. I am a General Class licensed HAM radio operator.
I'm a successful software architect and have built many enterprise systems. I also have an open-source social media app Brax.Me
Join me on my LIVE STREAM on weekends 8-10pm Pacific Time.
Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=17858353&fan_landing=true
Contact me on <a href="http://rob
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