Navigating Privacy: How Above Phone Keeps You in Control

In a recent discussion on Redacted, we talked about how Above phone empowers you to maintain privacy and control over your data. We explore how big tech, like Google, often pushes features that are enabled by default, compromising your privacy. With Above Phone, you get a de-Googled experience that disconnects your device from Google's update stream, ensuring no unwanted background data sharing.

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⚡️Total Information Awareness

In a recent chat on the True Health Report, I dove into the concept of Total Information Awareness. Originally a DARPA project, the idea was to track and simulate global events by integrating vast data sources. We explore how modern AI applications, like Palantir’s systems, reflect that vision, blending public and private data for comprehensive surveillance. It’s a fascinating discussion on privacy, technology, and the implications for our future.

🤔 When surveillance is built through private companies instead of governments, who is actually accountable?

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⚡️Empowering Users: Customizing Your Above Phone Experience

Recently on Redacted, we explore how Above Phone puts privacy and control back into your hands. We discuss how the device offers guidance for users who want to install Google services, ensuring that you stay informed and maintain your privacy.

Learn how Above Phone provides open-source alternatives for common apps, allowing you to navigate and communicate safely without compromising your data. Plus, discover the flexibility of using your phone both with and without Google services, and how you can keep your personal life separate from your work apps.

Empower yourself with knowledge and the tools to maintain your digital independence!

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⚡️The Genius Act and Crypto Privacy: What’s at Stake?

I was recently on The Aaron Day Show and of course we got into privacy when it comes to crypto. In this clip we explore how new regulations classify privacy tech as licensed money transmission and what it means for privacy coins like Xano and Monero. What does it say when it privacy itself becomes regulated?

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More people need to realize this.

⚡️Unleashing Local AI: Empowering Your Privacy

In this conversation with Mike Adams, we're diving into the transformative power of the new Brighteon AI model. This 12-billion-parameter AI isn't just a static tool—it evolves over time, learning from tens of millions of science papers to expand its knowledge base. What's incredible is that you can run this AI locally on your device without expensive hardware, ensuring privacy and control over your data. Plus, with the ability to download and share the model, you hold the power of independent AI in your hands.

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AI and Its Psychological Impacts

In a recent webinar, I got into how AI can have real psychological effects. Over-reliance on AI can lead to what we call cognitive offloading, where people stop thinking critically and start leaning on AI for everything. It can even become a substitute for human connection, which is pretty concerning when you think about the emotional attachment some people form with AI. Have you seen this before??

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Stepping Off Their Playing Field

On The Higherside Chats we had a chat about how quickly we got pulled into the smartphone era and how quickly consent was given away. The big takeaway? The more we stay on their platforms, the more of our lives they consume. It’s a reminder that these surveillance systems rely on our engagement. If we just step off their playing field—switch to a different operating system, use privacy-respecting tools—we find out it’s not that hard to reclaim a bit of freedom. They’re not as smart as they want you to think.

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Yes — we’re coming to Mexico once again!

We’re part of The People's Reset, contributing a powerful talk on Day 2 about Bio-Energy + Regenerative Culture, alongside workshops and events designed to help you embody a regenerative way of life.

What is Regenerative Culture?
It is the consistent, positive transformation of communities guided by ethics & principles that benefit all life. It’s about building life-serving cultures rooted in local sovereignty, moving away from extractive and exploitative systems. 👉 Deep Dive Here

The Mission in Mexico:
To activate local energy and ancestral wisdom. We are bringing the South, Central, and North (Abya Yala) into coherence to awaken The Eagle & the Condor Prophecy.

“To regenerate our cultures with heart–mind coherence for future generations…”

What’s on Offer:
From body detoxification -to- land design and building sanctuaries/ecovillages. We provide the tools to shift your perception and your lifestyle. 🌿

Regenerative Culture Event Calendar 📅:
View & Register (Note: Spots are limited and sell out fast!)
https://luma.com/RegenCultureEvents?k=c

Featured Event
5 Day SEEDS Regenertive Retreat
February 4th - 8th
https://regenerativeculture.life/seeds-mexico/

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⚡️Surveillance on the Rise: The Impact of License Plate Readers

I was recently on True Health Report with Andrew Kaufman and we delve into the growing use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in public spaces. From Home Depot parking lots to municipal surveillance, these cameras are creating a massive network of data collection. We explore how this technology is expanding and the privacy implications it brings.

👀 How do you feel about the Flock cameras popping up in our cities?

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To all my vapers out there.

A groundbreaking study from researchers at UC Davis, published in ACS Central Science, analyzed aerosols from popular disposable e-cigarettes. They found that certain devices emitted lead, nickel, and chromium at concentrations higher than traditional tobacco smoke. Shockingly, one device released more lead in a single day of use than 20 packs of cigarettes.[1]

Lead exposure, even at low levels, can impair neurological development, especially in adolescents. Nickel and chromium are known carcinogens linked to respiratory ailments and allergic reactions. The culprit? The degradation of metal coils and the use of lead-containing alloys in internal components. The lack of standardized quality control in these disposable products makes their toxicity not just likely—but inevitable.

But the danger doesn't end there. Many of these metals also fall into a category called "metalloestrogens"—metallic compounds that can mimic estrogen in the body and bind to hormone receptors. According to GreenMedInfo's previous coverage, these metalloestrogens may fuel estrogen-sensitive cancers such as breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer.[4] This hormonal mimicry is especially concerning given the already endocrine-disrupting properties of other vape constituents

https://sayerji.substack.com/p/puffing-poison-is-vaping-the-new

Friends,

You can now find the full official main stage schedule on our website! This schedule includes the evening events.

You can download the files to save on your phone so you don't need to go online during the Activation.

The workshops schedule, including family and kids activities, is coming next week.

View the 2026 main stage schedule here: https://thepeoplesreset.org/official-schedule

I've never been big on New Year's Resolutions (why wait for an arbitrary gregorian deadline?) - but in the spirit of positive change I've decided this year one of the things I'm going to work on is conservation, or generally being less wasteful.

This is simple stuff like not purchasing too much fruit and letting it go bad, or not letting the sink run forever while I'm brushing my teeth (which I'm super guilty of).

I have some internal resistance to this because of the whole carbon-neutral gaslighting agenda, who's organizations lecture regular people on using less while turning a blind eye to the massive waste in military/industry - the main source of the problem.

Still, even though now I live in a water-rich area, I'm preparing for the day where I am truly responsible for my own water through a well or a rainwater catchment system. There's no reason to waste and in a precarious situation (maybe one we'll see in the future), it could mean the difference between a watered garden or hunger.

I also think twice before leaning heavily into Cloud AI, a UC Riverside study indicated that a 100 word ChatGPT response may use up to 500mL of water in its inference, this includes cooling the computers and cooling the infrastructure that generates the power.

Local Air-cooled AI is the way.

I dove deeper on conservation issues and the dangers of data centers on my recent AI webinar:
https://learn.abovephone.com/course/empowerment-with-ethical-local-and-private-ai/

Check it out and share!

Setting this intention, we can take responsibility for the planet every day and do more with less resources (either by choice or necessity) - rather than wasting our precious natural resources.

How about you - What are your positive shifts for this year?

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Surveillance Slips into Everyday Devices

In my recent conversation with Peak Prosperity, we talked about how surveillance isn’t always obvious anymore. It’s slipping into everyday devices—things like Wi-Fi routers that can detect movement inside your home just by analyzing signal changes.

This kind of tech is being framed as “smart” or “convenient,” but it raises real questions about consent and control. Once these features are normalized, most people won’t even realize they’re being monitored.

🤔 Where do you think the line should be when it comes to surveillance inside the home?

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