CryptoTech Solutions

In today's show, I interview James Donaldson, CEO and co-founder of Copperhead, a team of information security researchers, forensic analysts, and software developers who produce a hardened, source-available version of the Android operating system – appropriately named CopperheadOS. The vulnerabilities of the Android operating system have been known for years, but up to this point, Google has had little incentive to fix them because: 1) most customers don’t seem to care about digital...

Hey Gang, Sorry I’ve been away for so long, but spent the summer moving half-way across the country…literally. If you’re in the Washington, DC area and you’re interested privacy or cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin, Dash, or Monero), then contact me at joel@cryptotech.solutions or on Twitter @CrypTecSolution because I’d love to hangout with like-minded people. If you don’t live in DC but you’re interested in these topics and have a question you’d like answered, please feel free to contact...

In today's show, I interview CEO/founder Todd Weaver about his computer company Purism and how they were fixing Vault 7 exploits before it was cool. As anyone watching this show probably already knows, Vault 7 is an archive of documents released by WiliLeaks that prove the CIA recently lost control of a suite of hacking tools, including malware, viruses, trojans, and un-patched “zero day” exploits, which allow an attacker to subvert most common operating systems and take control of the...

In today's episode I wanted to cover a blog post I wrote back on Jan 31st titled "Burner Phones Go Black Market in Poland." The blog post was inspired by an article on Lodzpost.com, and you can find a link to the original article in today's show notes page. So back at the beginning of this year Poland put a new law into effect requiring retailers there in Poland to record and report the identity of every customers buying "pre-paid" Sim cards, or "Burner Phones" if you want to call...

Welcome! CryptoTech.Solutions is my attempt to encourage the use of digital privacy tools and cryptocurrencies by everyone, NOT just techies! My goal is to create product review and step-by-step tutorial videos, podcast interviews with developers and activists in the digital privacy and cryptocurrency communities, and blog about current events affecting digital privacy. My favorite cryptocurrencies at the moment are: Bitcoin, Dash, and Monero. Today’s Sponsors Are: CryptoTech’s Amazon...