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Cyberdeck privacy stack — GrapheneOS, Tails, Orange Pi and rotating-IMSI carrier
100k ft — What is this?
Cyberdeck privacy stack — GrapheneOS, Tails, Orange Pi and rotating-IMSI carrier
50k ft — Why care?
This is an opinionated privacy kit for going 'digitally off-grid'. It includes a self-built cyberdeck on a Rockchip-based Orange Pi, a Linux distro that doesn't ask for age verification, and GrapheneOS with the camera and accelerometer disabled. It adds a carrier that rotates your IMSI (likely Cape), a VPN you can pay for with mailed cash (likely Mullvad), and Tails on a USB stick for secure messaging. Treat the hardware-backdoor claims with skepticism.
10k ft — Key takeaways
• A carrier that rotates your IMSI daily and keeps no subscriber names limits phone tracking.
• Building your own small computer teaches you how few components it really needs.
• Keep Tails on a USB stick for sensitive messaging sessions.
5k ft — Tools & techniques
Cape, GrapheneOS, Mullvad VPN, Orange Pi, Tails
IMSI rotation, cyberdeck build, sensor disabling
1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
Current stack of hardware, network service providers, and OS level protections. Want the phone? Search 8849
Transcript excerpt
You gotta build a cyber deck y'all. Sorry, but you gotta make a computer that you have customized that doesn't have an accelerometer in it and that will allow you to run Ageless Linux. Ageless Linux is a Linux distribution that will not ask you how old you are or for your driver's license in order to use your operating system. Cast mobile or freely but really cast mobile is the only one that I'll trust right now because it rotates your IMSI which is your identifier every single day. And they don't store the names of the people who own the phone numbers and you can sign up with an eSIM. You need to disable your accelerometer. You need to disable your front facing camera which you can do with an operating system called Graphi. Once you do those things you can actually be digitally off-grid. You also need to use a VPN. I personally am not sponsored by but recommend small bad buy because you can send them cash in the mail. You need to build the cyber deck so that you understand how few components actually go into a computer and so that you can get a computer that isn't monitored by the state. I recommend the Rock Chip series because they don't have a back door built into the hardware. This is known as orange pie which is an open source raspberry pie. Then you need to have a tails install on a USB drive so that you can send secure messages. That's basically how you get away from Palantir to the degree that you can get away from Palantir. I'm not depressed. I love being alive. I…
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