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Jonah Aragon

@jonaharagon.com
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President of Triplebit, a nonprofit ISP and Tor relay association. Director @privacyguides.org 😄 Minneapolis • he/him 🏡 jonaharagon.com 🎙️ youtube.com/@jonaharagon 🦣 mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 28/01/2026
Advertisements aren’t just annoying, they are one of the most prevalent attack vectors on the internet. Minimizing the amount of content you are downloading and running makes you much safer, and it speeds up your browsing at the same time! 😄
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 29/01/2026
There's a lot going on in the United States. If you plan to exercise your legal right to protest, we kindly remind you to not RSVP online, "check in" on a social app, or share your name or email with protest organizers.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 23/12/2025
Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier (Phreeli) youtu.be/zLOXsFmLayw
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Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 16/09/2025
Welcoming @peter-marsden.co.uk's first contribution, "Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death" takes a look at how even the best privacy laws around the world fail to protect those in death. This is a call to arms for posthumous privacy rights. www.privacyguides.org/posts/2025/0...
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Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death
In the early hours of 6 June 2020, Nicole Smallman and her sister Bibaa Henry had just finished celebrating Bibaa’s birthday with friends in a park in London. Alone and in the dark, they were both fat...
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 18/07/2025
discuss.privacyguides.net/t/do-you-run... The Tor Project is looking for more WebTunnel bridges to be distributed to Russian users via Telegram (info: forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays...) I'm hosting some, and if you can run a web server you can too:
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Do you run a Tor bridge?
I’m surprised at how few there are:
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 13/06/2025
Smartphones can be an essential tool for protestors fighting for their rights, but they also make you vulnerable to the mass surveillance many protests are targeted with. If you're taking part in the action, make sure you minimize your risk: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security
Your phone is an essential tool, but it also represents a huge risk to your privacy and security. Understanding these best practices when it comes to securing your smartphone will help keep you and yo...
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 15/05/2025
Yeah X, those seem like two perfectly good solutions to this problem!
An ad on X saying “enough ads today?” The ad image below is split in half horizontally. The top half shows a billboard with blue skies on it with a blue background. The bottom half shows a “Go ad-free on X Premium+” button on a black background.
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Triplebit (AS401332) @triplebit.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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A box filled with Raspberry Pi compute modules and Compute Blade components from Uptime Industries
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 21/04/2025
Encryption is a cornerstone of security on the modern internet. In this video we dive into how it works and explain why it's so important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQV...
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Is Your Data Really Safe? Understanding Encryption
YouTube video by Privacy Guides
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 21/04/2025
inb4 @bsky.app doesn't let our organization become a trusted verifier to verify our team members lol
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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 04/04/2025
Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people will hit the streets in the US for the first time since the effective collapse of the constitutional republic. With so many new folks marching, rallying, and taking action, there’s a growing need to disseminate information on keeping ourselves & others safe.
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The Protesters' Guide To Smartphone Security Zine : Jonah Aragon (text); Firestorm Books (layout) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A 16 page zine created from text by Jonah Aragon, Project Director of Privacy Guides (privacyguides.org).For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your...
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 21/03/2025
🇪🇺 While we tend to focus on technical matters over jurisdiction, the US doesn’t have a monopoly on the best tech. Nowadays many people are looking for solutions outside the US, so we’ve compiled a list of our recommendations that are based in Europe: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives
There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day. These privacy-centric recommendations come from a variety of Europ...
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 28/03/2025
If you don't know who Micah Lee is, you should read this article. And if you do know who Micah Lee is, you should definitely read this article 😎 We spoke with Lee about what he's working on currently with Cyd, Lockdown Systems, OnionShare, and more! www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Interview with Micah Lee: Cyd, Lockdown Systems, OnionShare, and more
This article is an interview with Micah Lee, the creator of Cyd and OnionShare, founder of Lockdown Systems, and author of Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 01/04/2025
Privacy Guides is officially taking a stand against dangerous and frightening technologies. www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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The Dangers of End-to-End Encryption
Privacy Guides is formally taking a stand against dangerous and frightening technologies.
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 25/03/2025
Privacy is a human right that should be granted to everyone, no matter the reason. But for millions of people around the world, data privacy is also crucial for their physical safety. For people in extreme situations, privacy can literally mean life or death. www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Privacy Means Safety
Privacy is a human right that should be granted to everyone, no matter the reason. That being said, it's also important to remember that for millions of people around the world, data privacy is crucia...
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 21/03/2025
📄 My latest @privacyguides.org article highlights some of the many privacy-respecting, European tools that can replace the tech you use every day: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives
There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day. These privacy-centric recommendations come from a variety of Europ...
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 18/03/2025
KeePassXC is one of the best options for a local-only password manager. In our latest tutorial, we'll walk through setting up KeePassXC to work with your YubiKey as an additional factor to secure your local-only password database. www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager
This tutorial demonstrates how to install the local-only password manager KeePassXC and secure a password database with YubiKey.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/03/2025
Please Like Me
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Please Like Me
It can be strange, sometimes, to be me. I’m the wealthiest man on the planet, for starters. Leaders across America, and indeed the world, look to me as a visionary driving technological progress in ar...
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 14/03/2025
📹 Our latest video is now live! This week we discuss the difference between privacy & anonymity, two often confused terms, so that you can make informed decisions about the privacy tools you choose to use. www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...
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Stop Confusing Privacy, Anonymity, and Security
Are you mixing up privacy, security, and anonymity? Don't worry, it's more common than you might think! In this week's video we break down each term, so you can make educated decisions on what tools a...
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 19/01/2025
This is not a win for privacy, this is a massive loss for all Americans as the country descends into the internet censorship that has plagued so many of the other unfree countries around the world. #tiktok #privacy #censorship
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 02/01/2025
We didn't like the VPN videos out there on the internet - so we made our own! Watch on PeerTube at the link below: neat.tube/w/6HDQH1wnTA...
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Do You Need A VPN?
Commercial Virtual Private Networks are a way of extending the end of your network to exit somewhere else in the world. This can have substantial privacy benefits, but not all VPNs are created equa...
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 17/01/2025
There’s some exciting things coming your way from Privacy Guides! This week we’ve hired 3 people dedicated to creating informative and engaging privacy/security content, both in the written form and on video 🎥 www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Privacy Guides Hires Three Staff Members
Privacy Guides is welcoming three new additions to the team.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
He penetrated the top ranks of prominent right-wing militias & devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials. He was so successful, he became a militia’s top commander in Utah. The latest must-read from @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @propublica.org
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Didn't expect the defining image of 2025 to turn up quite so quickly.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 24/12/2024
Trying out YouTube without a Premium subscription today to see if I can save some money, and wow this app is practically unusable 😳
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 22/12/2024
Baking time 👨‍🍳
A bunch of peanut butter blossoms
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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 15/12/2024
I find it kind of frustrating that Apple TV+ consistently puts out basically the best television shows I’ve ever seen, and they don’t even bother letting anyone know the shows exist or that they should sign up.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 13/12/2024
I am blown away by this first look at upcoming video content for @privacyguides.org – and I'm *so* excited to be working with Jordan on more videos like this for our channel, coming soon! discuss.privacyguides.net/t/do-you-nee...
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Do You Need A VPN?
Hi everyone! I’m Jordan, and I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be creating video content here at Privacy Guides! This is my first video, and I’ve always felt that VPN videos often missed important detai...
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 09/12/2024
Trump wants to somehow make Canada and Mexico states when we can’t even make Puerto Rico one?
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 03/12/2024
This is cool news! IVPN — a provider we’ve recommended for a long time now — has acquired Safing, a private network technology company that has been a part of our own community for many years now. Very excited for them both! discuss.privacyguides.net/t/safing-acq...
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Safing acquired by IVPN
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 26/11/2024
Following the US DOJ’s claim that Google Search is a monopoly, Google is now injecting in-text advertisements for Google Search in third-party websites on their iOS app, without website owner consent 🤦 discuss.privacyguides.net/t/googles-io...
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Google's iOS app now injects advertisements for Google Search on third-party websites
Fresh off the news that Google search is a monopoly, they are now using their iOS browser to add links to Google Search on any website visited.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 24/11/2024
Still waiting for those apologies 🤣
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 23/11/2024
There is a lot of misinformation in the online privacy space. We created a page covering some common misconceptions to try and help: www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/co...
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Common Misconceptions - Privacy Guides
Privacy isn't a straightforward topic, and it's easy to get caught up in marketing claims and other disinformation.
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Chris Jones @fivebfive.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
As usual, @mmasnick.bsky.social dropping sanity on us. Remember, power we give government we like today, will be used by government we don’t like tomorrow. From @techdirt.bsky.social ‘Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea?’ www.techdirt.com/2024/11/20/d...
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Dear Senators Klobuchar & Lujan: Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea?
You have likely heard that Donald Trump has nominated conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services. This is dangerous and cruel for a very long li…
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tiqquna matata @skittishprey.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
the country is more radical than most people believe. we can't keep letting Minnesota snowplow name censors shape the narrative.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 20/11/2024
I am gonna put so much Ceph on these bad boys
A bunch of Intel NVMe U.2 SSDs
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 20/11/2024
I’m like a month late to watching this but wow Smile 2 was a good scary movie
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 19/11/2024
If you haven't already read this essay from @carissaveliz.bsky.social, what are you doing? One of the best articles on privacy written in recent years - check it out: aeon.co/essays/priva...
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Privacy matters because it empowers us all | Aeon Essays
Don’t just give away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook – protect it, or you disempower us all
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 19/11/2024
When you get an iOS and a macOS security update simultaneously you just know it's gotta be good 😅
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 19/11/2024
I'm trying to find all the privacy people on Bluesky, tell me who I'm missing! go.bsky.app/2WueAqP
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I really don’t get this. A couple days ago I was added to a list called something like “uppity assholes who think they’re too good to follow back.” I follow a combo of ppl I know and ppl I find smart, cool, or funny. This is because I want my timeline to be populated by stuff I want to consume.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 18/11/2024
Age yourself with your first computer
A large, gray Toshiba Satellite laptop running Windows 95. It has a floppy disk reader, no trackpad, and a display with terrible viewing angles
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
i know this will come as a surprise to you, but queer people are actually capable of thinking for ourselves. the primary opposition to #KOSA has been led by LGBTQ youth and frontlines, trans and POC led organizations. Big Tech opposes all regulation. That's no surprise. Stop lying about KOSA
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 17/11/2024
Multi-Party Relays aim to provide better privacy protections than VPNs do. They showed a lot of promise when they first emerged, but years later there are fewer options than ever. What happened? 📝 New opinion piece from team member @friadev www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Where are all the Multi-Party Relays?
Privacy Guides is the most popular & trustworthy non-profit privacy resource to find privacy tools and learn about protecting your digital life.
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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · 15/11/2024
I’m sad I didn’t do this and now there seems to be no way to do so anymore. I want to know my number! 😅
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 15/11/2024
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