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The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar

The most important weekly tech news + solutions.

Every week we cover the most important tech stories of the week that impact your life, all under 20 minutes. You"ll get our recommendations and one powerful open-source tech solution or skill every single week. Share the #TBOT show with your friends: https://takebackourtech.org https://tbot.substack.com tbot.substack.com

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15:03

How the IRS Eliminates Financial Privacy

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/10/23

The reason I started using cryptocurrency was because I didn't want anyone to be able to spy on what I spend my money on. Can you relate? In part 2 of IRS Attempts to Trace Monero I'm asking the hard questions - Is Monero actually private? Is any cryptocurrency private? I would love to hear from you in the comments below!Watch the uncut video and read the full article here!Support our

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7:47

IRS Attempts to Trace Monero in Chainalysis Training...

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/10/22

We’re living in a comic book. A legendary cat and mouse game is taking place, with the world’s financial privacy at stake. Tyrannical regulatory bodies are obsessed with ensuring no one can exchange money without their knowledge. They join forces with international law enforcement and corporate technology partners that weaponize surveillance on the blockchain.Who stands in their way? A bunch of Monero nerds and nodes.Many thanks to the talented ULY.XYZ for the art in this article.Watch the uncut

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3:47

Internet Archive Hacked: What You Need To Know

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2024/10/21

In a significant blow to open access advocates, the Internet Archive has lost its appeal against major publishers in a landmark copyright case. The dispute centered on the Archive's "Open Library" system, which operated on a principle called "controlled digital lending." This allowed the Archive to lend out e-books for texts they physically owned, mirroring traditional library practices.The controversy intensified when the Archive launched its "National Emergency Library" during the COVID-19

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1:20

How To Avoid Big Tech Map Applications

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/10/16

If Google Maps went down this very moment, would you be able to get directions to the nearest grocery store? Would you be able to get back home if you're on the other side of town?Probably not, because we have lost our sense of direction.We're super tied down to these big tech mapping applications, which when you search for food, it gives you b******t like McDonald's and Walmart, lowest common denominator things.That’s why I am pleased to announce Above is hosting a webinar called Open Source

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2:59

Energy Weapons, Radiation and Alternative Technology

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2024/10/16

Mike from the amazing health & supplement company Alfa Vedic asks: does all wireless technology need to be dangerous to biology? Hakeem briefly discuss how his research into EMR led him to the conclusion that a lot of wireless frequencies are like energy weapons in terms of the harm it does to biology. We would love to hear from you, what do you think? Support our

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6:54

A Phone Free From the Influence of Big Tech

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/10/15

In a recent interview with Mike from the amazing health & supplement company Alfa Vedic, Above CEO Hakeem Anwar details his background as a software engineer and how he was building a kind of electronic prison when in the heart of NYC during the plandemic. A single update on a Google or Apple phone can make a dramatic impact on over 7 billion phones in use. Especially the shady, privacy invasive practices that were perfected on apps developed in the pandemic. Hakeem poses this question: why wouldn't

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4:50

Live Demo of All Above Phone Privacy Features

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2024/10/07

For those new to Above products, Above CEO Hakeem Anwar provides a live demo of the Above Phone for total transparency of the device. Notably, GrapheneOS allows for total restriction of the microphone and camera on the Above Phone, regardless of third party app preference. If you want to keep your cellular identity completely private or use an eSIM, Above Phone can do that too! What type of phone or OS are you currently using? Are you happy with it? Please let us know in the comments! Support our

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4:23

How iPhone and Android Leak Data Every 5 Minutes

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/10/04

Hakeem Anwar from Above Phone & Take Back Our Tech and Nicole Sauce from Living Free in Tennesee speak on the sharp uptick in interest of Android phone adoption, particularly in developing countries. The reason? Hakeem points to a study that came out of Trinity College Dublin that show that phones were connecting back to Google and Apple to leak private data every 5 minutes. Support our

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2:12

Privacy and Social Media: Can They Coexist?

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2024/10/03

Hakeem Anwar from Above Phone & Take Back Our Tech and Nicole Sauce from Living Free in Tennesee have a nuanced discussion about alternative social media platforms in the post-Telegram era that can genuinely respect our privacy. Support our work:https://www.tiktok.com/@takebackourtechhttps://x.com/abovephonehttps://x.com/takebackourtecht.me/takebackourtechhttps://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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33:51

Cooperation between the surveillance state and Tech...

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2024/10/02

Hakeem Anwar of Above Phone and Take Back Our Tech on the surveillance state, growing Big Tech encroachments, and the tech alternatives in hot demand as people look to hang on to basic privacy: https://realitycheck.radio/replay/tech-tuesday-with-special-guest-co-founder-and-ceo-of-above-phone-hakeem-anwar-deep-cooperation-between-the-surveillance-state-and-tech-giants-and-the-demand-for-de-googled-devices/Support our

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5:15

The Weaponization of Surveillance Pricing

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2024/09/26

Following the rise of e-commerce in the 2000s, surveillance pricing has emerged as a potent weapon wielded by corporations and tech giants to maximize profits at the expense of consumer privacy. This invasive practice has expanded far beyond e-commerce platforms to encompass a wide range of retail stores and industries, including retail giants like Target and Staples.Target's mobile application, for instance, has been revealed to employ geolocation data to dynamically adjust prices based on a user's

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5:33

Your Social Security Number Leaked on the Dark Web

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2024/09/24

In a year already marked by massive cybersecurity incidents, another major data breach has come to light, affecting millions of Americans. National Public Data (NPD), a background check company owned by Jerico Pictures Inc., recently disclosed that it fell victim to two separate cyberattacks in 2024, with the first occurring in April.According to NPD's statement, the stolen data includes highly sensitive personal information like names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, and

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3:56

Police Officers Use AI Chatbots To Write Crime Reports

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2024/09/19

The Oklahoma City Police Department is experimenting with an AI tool called Draft One, developed by Axon, to generate initial drafts of incident reports. This system utilizes the audio recorded by officers' body cameras during an incident. In one example, Sergeant Matt Gilmore's hour-long searcha with his K-9 dog was automatically transcribed and summarized into a report in just eight seconds, a task that would typically take him 30 to 45 minutes to write manually.Draft One is an AI solution built

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5:52

VIDEO: Making Up Security Vulnerabilities for Clicks

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/09/18

Earlier this month, major tech outlets picked up on findings from iVerify, a security company who claimed they discovered a malicious Android package (‘Showcase.apk’) on millions of phones."The app vulnerability leaves millions of Android Pixel devices susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, giving cybercriminals the ability to inject malicious code and dangerous spyware." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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10:32

Telegram Plays Ball and Commits To Moderation

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2024/09/17

Last week on Telegram, chats were ablaze with rumors that direct messaging on the platform lost its encryption, after CEO Pavel Durov posted bail from a French jail and Telegram made a quiet update to their FAQ. Below you’ll see the sentence that got omitted, which is rightfully disturbing. Remember though, that almost everything sent through Telegram is accessible to the platform’s core moderators and engineers, with the exception of secret chats, the end-to-end encrypted chats which hardly get

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11:02

The Technology Cold War: Russia & China Can’t Get Rid...

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/09/06

The news cycle today indicates we’re moving through another Cold War, and despite the heightened tensions with Russia and China, neither country has shown significant progress in kicking Microsoft out of their countries. An estimated 84% of Russians and 77% of Chinese citizens still use Microsoft Windows when comparing desktop operating systems. Of course when you compare with mobile usage the picture transforms and Windows quickly loses its dominance. In China, Android has surpassed Windows with an

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2:19

Dan Astin Gregory and Hakeem Anwar on Abusive...

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/09/03

Dan and Hakeem get into how technology is being used as a system of control and the danger of dealing with abusive software. What do you think? Is technology leading us towards an Orwellian future?Support our work:https://www.tiktok.com/@takebackourtechhttps://x.com/abovephonehttps://x.com/takebackourtecht.me/takebackourtechhttps://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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3:39

Dan Astin Gregory and Hakeem Anwar on Digital ID

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/08/30

Dan and Hakeem discuss the evolution of the Greater Reset conference and the technology sessions at the conference. Hakeem gets into the dangers of digital ID and how to opt out of this dystopian system by using the Above Phone. Are you worried about being forced to have a Digital ID?Support our work:https://www.tiktok.com/@takebackourtechhttps://x.com/abovephonehttps://x.com/takebackourtecht.me/takebackourtechhttps://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss

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2:13

Join us at the People's Reset, September 27-29 in...

The #TBOT Show with Hakeem Anwar ·

2024/08/29

Dan and Hakeem explain their student mindset when it comes to constantly learning new things and hopefully meeting new people at the coming People's Reset conference that is happening September 27-29 in Bath, UK!What do you think about the interview? Does it make you want to attend the event? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tbot.substack.com/subscribe

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6:12

AI Surveillance & Pre-Crime: On the Sentient World...

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2024/08/28

Since 2006 the U.S. Department of Defense and Homeland Security have been working on a decidedly Orwellian computer simulation called the Sentient World Simulation (SWS). This virtual world, a kind of digital twin, is designed to mirror the real world with the aim of predicting various hypothetical scenarios in the future.The SWS is comprehensive in its virtual model of human society, encompassing everything from political dynamics and military operations to complex global events and their potential

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