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- Yesterday19 min
Dispatch 03 - The Age Check Is Already In Your Operating System (re-released)
https://closednetwork.io/us-age-verification-laws-live-tracker/Released on main feed to consolidated from the dispatch feed. IN THIS EPISODEsystemd PR #40954 — a birthDate field in JSON user records, merged 18 March 2026. The PR explicitly names AB 1043, SB26-051 and Brazil's Lei 15.211. Revert attempt (#41179) rejected; Lennart Poettering's position is that the field is optional and systemd "enforces zero policy."MidnightBSD shipped the first native age-bracket subsystem in any OS — aged(8) daemon, agectl(8) CLI, agev(3) library, four Unix groups gating package installs. Self-declared only, no ID, no network calls. Their own community called it "Orwellian." The same project's licence now bars residents of Brazil and, from January, California.Three US states have enacted OS/device-level age signal laws: California AB 1043 (eff. 1 Jan 2027), Colorado SB26-051 (substantive duties 1 Jul 2028), Illinois P.A. 104-0664 (eff. 1 Jan 2028, $50,000 per violation).Only Colorado exempts open source — and the test is whether you're permitted to install your own modified build, not which licence you picked. It's an anti-lockdown rule, not a paperwork rule.That exemption exists because of one meeting. System76's Carl Richell met co-sponsor Sen. Matt Ball, who suggested excluding open source.California AB 1856 would add the same carve-out to AB 1043. Suspense hearing 13 August 2026.Texas SB 2420 (app store age verification) is in force. Fifth Circuit stayed the injunction 4 June, SCOTUS declined to vacate in July, merits argued 4 August 2026 — decision pending. The panel applied intermediate scrutiny and reasoned that "the 'payment' for apps that are purportedly 'free' is access to user data and private information."Brazil's Lei 15.211 has been in force since 17 March 2026 — currently the only OS-level regime actually operating anywhere.
- Yesterday3h 24m
Episode 62 - With The Hated one - Centralized Economy - Signal, Proton, AI and Banter
Episode 62 — Off the Record with The Hated One: Signal, Proton & the AI Hype Machine No agenda, no script — just a long, relaxed conversation with The Hated One. We get into his Signal video and why "better than WhatsApp" isn't good enough anymore, his theory on how Signal ended up fragmenting the private-messaging world, and the Proton drama: leaked internal Slack messages, an "AI-first" push, and what happens when a trusted privacy company starts putting speed ahead of security (and why he's glad he turned down their sponsorship). From there we zoom out to AI itself: what it actually is, why the ROI numbers don't match the hype, why chatbots can't replace real research, how each of us does (and doesn't) use it, running models locally, and what the AI bubble could mean for privacy, hardware ownership and the economy. Along the way: surveillance pricing, calling the hotel instead of using the app, owning your own domain, SimpleX, Session, Briar, XMPP, mesh networking with MeshCore and Reticulum, and Paperless-ngx.Go follow The Hated One on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheHatedOne/videos and support him on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/thehatedone/home . He's ad-free and sponsor-free, so viewer support is what keeps him going. We'd love your feedback on Signal, Proton and AI. Disagreement is welcome, name-calling isn't. Closed Network: closednetwork.io Privacy · Security · Control
- 2 weeks ago29 min
Dispatch 04 - "Take Your AI Off the Internet"
"Take Your AI Off the Internet"This is the companion audio for the article "Take Your AI Off the Internet: A Practical Guide to Running Local LLMs" and for the Local LLM Downloads hub. Runtime is about 14–16 minutes. Recorded October 2026. It follows up the local LLM mention in Episode 61.Back in Episode 61 I mentioned, almost in passing, that you can run an AI model on your own computer, with no account, no cloud and no log on anyone else's server. A lot of you wrote in asking how. This dispatch answers that.First, the why. When you use a hosted chatbot, your words are processed on someone else's machines, and from there they're within reach of courts, policy changes and product decisions you'll never hear about. In 2025 a federal court ordered OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT conversations, including ones users had deleted. In December the court ordered 20 million de-identified chat logs handed over in the New York Times copyright case, and in January it upheld that order over OpenAI's objection. Separately, a "make this discoverable" checkbox put private shared chats into Google search results. Nobody was hacked in either case. The data simply lived somewhere other than the user's own machine.Then, the how. I explain what an "open-weight" model actually is and how much hardware you need (8, 16 or 32 GB of RAM). I walk through setup on Mac, Windows and Linux using LM Studio, the easy path, or Ollama, the engine. That includes the right way to handle Ollama's "pipe this script into your shell" Linux installer.Finally, staying safe while you do it. That covers how to use the Local LLM Downloads hub, why you should prefer safetensors and GGUF files (a model file can be malware), how to verify what you downloaded, the Ollama cloud setting to switch off, and why you should never open Ollama to the internet.The full written guide has every command, link and source in it. It's on the site and linked below.https://closednetwork.io/local-llms-take-your-ai-off-the-internet/
- 2 weeks ago1h 29m
Episode 61 - Back on My B.S. - Last Episode?
Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-61-back-on-my-b-s-last-episode/312Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - You Keep The Show Going!Support Me On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkDirect Donation Support - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupXMR Chat & Cryptocurrency Donations - https://xmrchat.com/closednetworkPatreon Supporters$20 — Privacy Bad AssMichael Bates (longest-running supporter)TKTryingDavid$10 — Privacy Supporterinferno_potatoMrMilkMustacheDolores YV0$5 — Privacy AdvocateHutchCyathBryan AbshierWebsite Direct SupportersCraig D — Privacy SupporterXMRchat TipsSubversion Stopper —"BASED backgroud music sir, nice."Thank You To Our Moderators:Unintelligentseven - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub15rp9gyw346fmcxgdlgp2y9a2xua9ujdk9nzumflshkwjsc7wepwqnh354dMaddestMax - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub133yzwsqfgvsuxd4clvkgupshzhjn52v837dlud6gjk4tu2c7grqq3sxavtJoin Our CommunityClosed Network Forum - https://forum.closednetwork.ioJoin Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.orgARMADA NOSTR - https://armada.buzz/s/armada.closednetwork.ioSimpleX Group Chat - https://smp9.simplex.im/g#SRBJK7JhuMWa1jgxfmnOfHz7Bl5KjnKUFL5zy-Jn-j0Follow Simon On The SocialsMastodon - https://closednetwork.social/@simonNOSTR - Public Address - npub186l3994gark0fhknh9zp27q38wv3uy042appcpx93cack5q2n03qte2lu2 - primal.net/simonTwitter / X - @ClosedNtwrkInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/closednetworkpodcast/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@closednetworkEmail - simon@closednetwork.ioTOPICS*** Age Verification Update. ***- "America's Chat Control Doesn't Say 'Scan.' It Says 'Sue.'"Citizen Lab’s “A
- Aug 12, 20261h 55m
Episode 60 - Let's Talk On Reticulum / W Guest Qbit
Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-60-lets-talk-on-reticulum-w-guest-qbit/202Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netClosed Network Podcast Dispatch Feed - https://feeds.yellowball.fm/q0ZxyeThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - You Keep The Show Going!Support Me On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkDirect Donation Support - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupXMR & Cryptocurrency Donations - https://xmrchat.com/closednetworkPatreon Supporters$20 — Privacy Bad AssMichael Bates (longest-running supporter)TKTryingDavid$10 — Privacy Supporterinferno_potatoMrMilkMustacheDolores YV0$5 — Privacy AdvocateHutchCyathBryan AbshierWebsite Direct SupportersCraig D — Privacy SupporterXMRchat TipsSubversion Stopper —"BASED backgroud music sir, nice."Thank You To Our Moderators:Unintelligentseven - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub15rp9gyw346fmcxgdlgp2y9a2xua9ujdk9nzumflshkwjsc7wepwqnh354dMaddestMax - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub133yzwsqfgvsuxd4clvkgupshzhjn52v837dlud6gjk4tu2c7grqq3sxavtJoin Our CommunityClosed Network Forum - https://forum.closednetwork.ioJoin Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.orgSimpleX Group Chat - https://smp9.simplex.im/g#SRBJK7JhuMWa1jgxfmnOfHz7Bl5KjnKUFL5zy-Jn-j0Follow Simon On The SocialsMastodon - https://closednetwork.social/@simonNOSTR - Public Address - npub186l3994gark0fhknh9zp27q38wv3uy042appcpx93cack5q2n03qte2lu2 - primal.net/simonTwitter / X - @ClosedNtwrkInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/closednetworkpodcast/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@closednetworkEmail - simon@closednetwork.ioTOPICSReticulumhttps
- Jul 14, 20261h 32m
Episode 59 - Collect First, Justify Later
Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-59-collect-first-justify-later/199Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkhttps://xmrchat.com/closednetworkDirect Support - https://closednetwork.ioSubscribe Without Patreon - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupMichael Bates - Privacy Bad AssDavid - Privacy Bad AssTK - Privacy Bad AssTrying - Privacy Bad AssVO - Privacy Bad AssMrMilkMustache - Privacy SupporterHutch - Privacy AdvocateInferno_Potato Privacy SupporterDolores Y - Privacy SupporterDirect Support - Craig D Thank You Producers! You Produce This Show!TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!!@bon thousands and thousands and thousands of SATs sats!!@fireflygow - 5,000 sats!!frigolay - 34,540 SATs.. HOLY SHITEwardemoff - 5,000 SATsSilas ThornbrookXMR CHAT BOOSTS- HookersOnPhonics - $20Thank You To Our Moderators:Unintelligentseven - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub15rp9gyw346fmcxgdlgp2y9a2xua9ujdk9nzumflshkwjsc7wepwqnh354dMaddestMax - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub133yzwsqfgvsuxd4clvkgupshzhjn52v837dlud6gjk4tu2c7grqq3sxavtJoin Our CommunityClosed Network Forum - https://forum.closednetwork.ioJoin Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.orgSimpleX Group Chat - https://smp9.simplex.im/g#SRBJK7JhuMWa1jgxfmnOfHz7Bl5KjnKUFL5zy-Jn-j0Join Our Mastodon server!https://closednetwork.socialFollow Simon On The SocialsMastodon - https://closednetwork.social/@simonNOSTR - Public A
- Jun 15, 20261h 48m
Episode 58 - The Price Of Being Watched
Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-58-the-price-of-being-watched/198Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkhttps://xmrchat.com/closednetworkDirect Support - https://closednetwork.ioSubscribe Without Patreon - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupMichael Bates - Privacy Bad AssDavid - Privacy Bad AssTK - Privacy Bad AssTrying - Privacy Bad AssVO - Privacy Bad AssMrMilkMustache - Privacy SupporterHutch - Privacy AdvocateInferno_Potato Privacy SupporterDolores Y - Privacy SupporterDirect Support - Craig D Thank You Producers! You Produce This Show!TOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!!@bon thousands and thousands and thousands of SATs sats!!@fireflygow - 5,000 sats!!frigolay - 34,540 SATs.. HOLY SHITEwardemoff - 5,000 SATsSilas ThornbrookThank You To Our Moderators:Unintelligentseven - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub15rp9gyw346fmcxgdlgp2y9a2xua9ujdk9nzumflshkwjsc7wepwqnh354dMaddestMax - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub133yzwsqfgvsuxd4clvkgupshzhjn52v837dlud6gjk4tu2c7grqq3sxavtJoin Our CommunityClosed Network Forum - https://forum.closednetwork.ioJoin Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.orgSimpleX Group Chat - https://smp9.simplex.im/g#SRBJK7JhuMWa1jgxfmnOfHz7Bl5KjnKUFL5zy-Jn-j0Join Our Mastodon server!https://closednetwork.socialFollow Simon On The SocialsMastodon - https://closednetwork.social/@simonNOSTR - Public Address - npub186l3994gark0fhknh9zp27q38wv3uy042appcpx93cack5q2n03qte2lu2 - primal.net/simonTwitter / X - @ClosedNtwrkInstagram - <a href=
- May 15, 20261h 28m
Episode 57 - Age Verification Is Becoming Digital Border Control
Show Notes - https://forum.closednetwork.io/t/episode-57-age-verification-is-becoming-digital-border-control/192Website / Donations / Support - https://closednetwork.io/support/BTC Lightning Donations - closednetwork@getalby.com / simon@primal.netThank You Patreons & Direct Supporters! - https://www.patreon.com/closednetworkhttps://xmrchat.com/closednetworkDirect Support - https://closednetwork.ioSubscribe Without Patreon - https://closednetwork.io/#/portal/signupMichael Bates - Privacy Bad AssDavid - Privacy Bad AssTK - Privacy Bad AssDavid - Privacy Bad AssTrying - Privacy Bad AssVO - Privacy Bad AssMrMilkMustache - Privacy SupporterHutch - Privacy AdvocateInferno_Potato Privacy SupporterDolores YTOP LIGHTNING BOOSTERS !!!! THANK YOU !!!@bon thousands and thousands and thousands of SATs sats!!@fireflygow - 5,000 sats!!frigolay - 34,540 SATs.. HOLY SHITEwardemoff - 5,000 SATsSilas ThornbrookThank You To Our Moderators:Unintelligentseven - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub15rp9gyw346fmcxgdlgp2y9a2xua9ujdk9nzumflshkwjsc7wepwqnh354dMaddestMax - Follow on NOSTR primal.net/p/npub133yzwsqfgvsuxd4clvkgupshzhjn52v837dlud6gjk4tu2c7grqq3sxavtJoin Our CommunityClosed Network Forum - https://forum.closednetwork.ioJoin Our Matrix Channels!Main - https://matrix.to/#/#closedntwrk:matrix.orgOff Topic - https://matrix.to/#/#closednetworkofftopic:matrix.orgSimpleX Group Chat - https://smp9.simplex.im/g#SRBJK7JhuMWa1jgxfmnOfHz7Bl5KjnKUFL5zy-Jn-j0Join Our Mastodon server!https://closednetwork.socialFollow Simon On The SocialsMastodon - https://closednetwork.social/@simonNOSTR - Public Address - npub186l3994gark0fhknh9zp27q38wv3uy042appcpx93cack5q2n03qte2lu2 - primal.net/simonTwitter / X - @ClosedNtwrkInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/closednetworkpodcast
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