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Ultimate Password Manager Showdown - Bitwarden vs. The Rest - FTK 502 May 202500:27:41

Ready to break free from closed-source password lockers? In Episode 5 of Freedom Tech Weekend, we dive straight into Bitwarden—the leading open-source password manager—and its self-hosted sibling Vaultwarden. 🚀

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The Most Private Browser Yet? Live Testing Kagi's Orion Browser App - FTK 425 Apr 202500:30:35

Welcome to Freedom Tech Weekend! In this live session we put Kagi’s new Orion Browser through its paces and ask a simple question: can you finally ditch Chrome, Firefox or Brave without sacrificing speed?

You’ll hear:

  • Real-time install & first-launch on macOS
  • A deep dive into Orion’s zero-telemetry promise and the independent Size-of-Cat privacy audit
  • Side-by-side comparison with Firefox, Brave and Safari privacy matrices
  • Live network-traffic sniffing that instantly flagged a tracker on my own site (😅)
  • How Orion’s built-in content blocker, WebKit engine and iCloud-synced keychain work together
  • Why paying for software like Kagi Search flips the incentives in your favor

Stick around to the end for a sneak preview of next week’s Bitwarden + Vaultwarden password-manager showdown and a quick demo of Maple AI — our fully encrypted AI chat that keeps client data off Big Tech servers. Try it free at https://trymaple.ai.

Freedom Tech Weekend is all about helping you migrate off proprietary, data-hungry services and onto sovereign, open-source tools you control. Hit Subscribe and ring that bell so you never miss a privacy upgrade!

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FTW 14 -Bull Bitcoin, Milei, Coinbase, Lightspark, Casa, Chamber, Geoarbitrage, Primal, Zeus, Mutiny, Liana, Fedimint, Unleashed, Coldcard, RoninUI, Citadel, PayPerQ, ChatGPT, LoLRa - bennyjeans11 Apr 202400:24:08

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FTW 13 - Julian Assange, SBF, Craig Wright, Bitmain, Neutronpay, Machankura, Casa, Jan, Hedehog, Alby, Mutiny, Fedi, Unleashed, Zeus, BTCPay Server, Nunchuck, Unchained, Jade, Cashu, Mynymbox, Citrine, NDK, Ollie06 Apr 202400:34:58

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FTW 12 - Starshield, Roman Sterlingov, SEC-02, HRF, OpenSats, Umbrel, Openvibe, Wikifreedia, Open Agents, Stacker News, SimpleX, Samourai, RoboSats, Stratum V2, Bitcoin Mints, Cashu, Strike Black, Meraki/Toska26 Mar 202400:33:54

News

Software Releases & Project Updates

Song of the Week

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FTW 11 - COPA, TopBuilder, Pix in Brazil, Bitcoin Takeover SXSW, Bisq 2, FreeGPT-2, StartOS, Ghost, Blowater, The No Good Redwood Ramblers20 Mar 202400:17:41

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Song of the Week

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FTW 10 - Egypt, IMF, Dr Phil, Censorship, Meshtastic, Privacy for Personal Finance, Tor, SEC-01, Mutiny, Sparrow, Polar, Amethyst, Primal, Slidestr, Brythreesixty16 Mar 202400:22:59

News

Project Updates

  • Actual 24.3.0
  • Mutiny Wallet on App Store and Play Store
  • Sparrow 1.8.3
  • Polar 2.2.0
  • Amethyst 0.85.0
  • Primal for Android 0.95.4
  • Sliderstr

Song of the Week

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FTW 9 - OpenSats, Strike, Cypher, Fountain Radio, Cashu, Coinbase, Wikifreedia, GrapheneOS, Unleashed, Stacker News, NDK, Slidestr, Voltage, Zeus, Wasabi, Nos, Man Like Kweks07 Mar 202400:23:05

News**

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Song of the Week

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FTW 8 - Web of Trust, Signal, Wikifreedia, CHADBot, Exodus, Avalanche, Braiins, Zap.store, Nostr Nests, GrapheneOS, Passport, Primal, Coracle, KYCNOT.me, Longy27 Feb 202400:35:51

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Song of the Week

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FTW 7 - Julian Assange, Brilliant Labs, eCash over Mesh, Matrix, nsec.app, Creatr, Adnauseum, Lightning v2, Umbrel, Zaprite, Square, Listmonk, Tails, Wavlake, Wormhole, Sara Jade21 Feb 202400:33:42

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Song of the Week

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FTW 6 - GitHub ban, Spoutible, Zeus, Satcom, CASCDR, Obtainium, Osty, Amethyst, Mutiny, Fountain, Nostrudel, OxChat, Coracle, Primal, Shipyard, Ainsley Costello13 Feb 202400:38:43

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Song of the Week

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FTW 5 - Environmental Tracking of Bitcoin Mining, Nitter, GitStr, Nostriga, GrapheneOS, Damus Purple, BlueWallet, Start9 NostrWalletConnect - Feb 306 Feb 202400:14:07

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Ditch QuickBooks: Take Back Control with Firefly III - FTK 318 Apr 202500:34:56

Welcome to Freedom Tech Weekend — your weekly dose of open-source tech you can run yourself.

In this episode, we explore Firefly III, a powerful, privacy-first alternative to tools like QuickBooks and YNAB. This open-source, self-hosted personal finance app gives you full control over your financial data with no monthly fees and no data harvesting.

We walk through setup, features like transaction importing, budgeting, piggy banks (goal tracking), API usage, and how Firefly III stacks up against proprietary platforms like Intuit's QuickBooks. If you’re tired of subscription bloat and privacy invasions, Firefly III might be the finance tool for you.

🔗 Firefly III: https://firefly-iii.org

We also demo Maple AI, a confidential AI assistant that helps answer questions privately with zero data logging.

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FTW 4 - Alternative GitHub, KYC for Cloud, Freedom Convoy, Power in Africa, Gridless, Follow the Money, Ocean, Meshtastic, Mutiny DLCs, nos, Age of Data, SimpleX, Primal, Zeus, Unleashed, RelayGuardian - Jan 2730 Jan 202400:26:12

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FTW 3 - OpenAI, ChatGPT, Ego Death Capital, EFF, Top Builder, Bitcoiners, Sparrow, Plasma, Nostr in Drupal, Fountain on Product Hunt - Jan 2023 Jan 202400:17:17

Freedom Tech Wrap 3 - Jan 20, 2024 - your weekly source for news and project updates in the freedom and independent technology space. Freedom Tech Wrap is an independent show. If you want to support what we’re doing, you can send us value through your Podcasting 2.0 app. And share with your people!

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FTW 2 - Bitcoin ETF, Rabbit r1, Sovereign Eng, LoRa, Meshstastic, nostream, GrapheneOS, LibreOffice, firefly iii15 Jan 202400:15:06

Freedom Tech Wrap 2 - Jan 13, 2024 - your weekly source for news and project updates in the freedom and independent technology space. Freedom Tech Wrap is an independent show. If you want to support what we’re doing, you can send us value through your Podcasting 2.0 app.

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FTW 1 - Jan 6, 202409 Jan 202400:15:00

First episode of Freedom Tech Wrap. This is your weekly update about freedom technology projects for the week ending Jan 6, 2024.

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Learn to control all your AI using MCP in Goose - FTK 211 Apr 202500:31:59

In this episode of Freedom Tech Weekend, we explore Goose, a powerful tool that uses Model Context Protocol (MCP) to coordinate with various AI tools and agents. Goose is an on-machine AI agent that automates engineering tasks, allowing you to integrate different tools and services to streamline your workflow.

We dive into the basics of Goose, its features, and its potential applications. We also discuss MCP, a protocol that enables AI agents to communicate with each other and with various tools, and how it can be used to create a more seamless and automated workflow.

During the stream, we attempt to use Goose to automate tasks such as transcription and blog post generation, and discuss the potential benefits and limitations of using such tools.

Whether you're a developer, a tech enthusiast, or simply interested in learning more about AI and automation, this stream is for you. Join us as we explore the possibilities of Goose and MCP, and learn how to use these tools to enhance your productivity and workflow.

This is a show that streams every Friday at 15:30 UTC or 10:30 Central (Bitcoin Park Time).

To chat about upcoming episodes and suggest tool ideas you want to see discussed:
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Episodes are unofficially sponsored by the company I co-founded called OpenSecret. We make a sweet, freedom tech AI chat app called Maple AI.

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Create your own VPN with Tailscale - FTK 104 Apr 202500:31:08

Welcome to the first episode of Freedom Tech Weekend. This is a show that streams every Friday at 15:30 UTC or 10:30 Central (Bitcoin Park Time).

In this episode we discuss Tailscale, the personal VPN app that lets you connect together your own devices to create a secure tunnel from anywhere in the world.

Moving forward, the show will be interactive with the community for people who are there live as well as those who interact on social media in the days leading up to the stream.

To chat about upcoming episodes and suggest tool ideas you want to see discussed:
Follow me on X: @marks_ftw
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Episodes are unofficially sponsored by the company I co-founded called OpenSecret. We make a sweet, freedom tech AI chat app called Maple AI.

Check out Maple AI - private, end-to-end encrypted AI Chat at https://trymaple.ai

FTW 19 - Texas Tech, College Football, Tor, Roman Sterlingov, PlebLab Top Builder22 Nov 202400:19:31
News Data Breach Project Updates
FTW 18 - DNA Privacy, Freedom House, Start9, Haven, Lightspark, Alby, Obsidian01 Nov 202400:28:02
News Data Breach Project Updates
FTW 17 - Welcome back - WordPress & WP Engine, Michael Saylor, Fedimint, and AI Girlfriends24 Oct 202400:33:03

Intro

  • Welcome back to Freedom Tech Wrap, a weekly podcast on news and project updates in the freedom and independent technology space.
  • Host Marks shares his objectives for the show:
    • Increase the reach of important privacy tools to the general public
    • Keep a pulse on the freedom tech space

Changes to the Show

  • Increased distribution channels to major podcasting platforms
  • Limited number of stories and updates covered per episode
  • Expanded focus to cover various tools for decoupling from permissioned platforms
  • Separate feed for interviews and long-form content
  • New website: https://www.freedomtechwrap.com with a curated tools page

News

  • WordPress vs. WP Engine drama
  • Fedimint releases a web SDK for building wallets in the browser
  • Michael Saylor considers risks of Bitcoin self-custody and advocates for third-party custody

Data Breaches

  • AI Girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen
FTW 16 - Samourai, Phoenix, FISA 702, Assange, Braiins - Nate Johnivan29 Apr 202400:31:46

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FTW 15 - FISA 702, Snowden, Mi Primer Bitcoin, Paraguay, Sparrow, Wasabi, Phoenix, LNCast, AI Studio, Hushline, Satoshi 7B, Zappy 21st, IROH18 Apr 202400:36:08

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