MidFest

29 Aug 2024 12:40

$200 from swappa. Installing Graphene OS is super simple. I recommend trying such by yourself before buying one already setup. " De-googling" is simple with GrapheneOS and a Pixel.

MidFest

29 Aug 2024 07:12

Pixel 7a. How much to degoogle it?

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29 Aug 2024 06:50

SMS is not secure or private at all, whatsoever. Telegram is 'good', Signal is better, and Session is even better yet for privacy, although sacrificing utility/reliability. Face-to-face is the ultimate as long as you do not have electronic devices within earshot. Keep looking folks, the times are changing. AI on your devices is a huge threat, with possibility to collect screenshots of your 'private/secure' chat applications, depending on your OS capability, which grows with every update. :-/

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29 Aug 2024 05:37

Briar should work without internet. Bluetooth and WiFi capable. Although has been a while since testing it.

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28 Aug 2024 15:58

Although I no longer use Apple devices, I am curious if it's possible (short of leaving your Apple device offline) to prevent Apple from removing installed apps?

I've seen those instructions before and didn't pay attention to them enough to know they weren't effective to protect remote uninstallation of apps.

Obviously if you leave the device offline it may prevent such uninstallation, but that too renders the app worthless for communication which is their goal.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:41

That makes sense, not quite as bad as using the enemy's children to clear bombs/ mines from tunnels as other organizations of people apparently do currently but explains why I don't use their hardware/ software.
It's easy enough to get an old android device to run telegram on and stay connected here.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:08

Not in the way that it says.

That feature shown is to stop apps from being deleted when someone physically has possession of the iOS device. For example, when you hand your young kid your iPhone and you don't want him accidentally deleting any apps that are installed.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:05

Is it not possible to stop apple from deleting the app?

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:03

seemed relevant, to the chat discussion

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 12:59

BREAKING - Telegram announced that Apple will remove the Telegram app from their phones without their joint notice. Telegram announced that to prevent this, apply to mentioned settings.

Join: John McAfee

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26 Aug 2024 02:14

@rSophieBot is a bot that an admin (likely @DocBarber) added to this group but I believe only admins can use it to ban spammers. From what I can see the only other admin for this group is @Squawk7500

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25 Aug 2024 19:50

Am not an admin, nor do I know how to make bots. @DocBarber @colljrdam

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25 Aug 2024 16:39

Well, this is obnoxious.

MidFest

25 Aug 2024 08:07

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/breaking-telegram-ceo-arrested-french-authorities-refusing-follow/

MidFest

22 Aug 2024 18:42

Mid-Continent Liberty Festival 9 starts six weeks from today, 2-7 October ‘24

Do you like to trade and barter? For campers, vending at MidFest is FREE! Vendors there accept various forms of payment, including: crypto (ARRR, XMR, etc), silver (90% silver coins, ounces, etc), goldbacks, cash and so on. I’ve never seen plastic and checks accepted, not even for camping. People offer all kinds of products and services in this camp-wide agora with people selling from their campsites.

Midfest is family friendly with liberty kids having a great time together all over the camp. Many of them trade in the agora.

Camp Copperhead is low-cost, especially when you consider all of the amenities. There’s plenty of room for thousands of campers and over 50 RV spots with water plus 30A electric. Of course you can park your RV elsewhere and call it a tent :-) There are no reservations, unless you want one of the four cabins. Just find your spot (campsites have no boundary) and a camp representative will be around for payment. Midfest has no other fees.

The highlight of MidFest for many people are the gatherings around various campfires. Choose the ones you enjoy, or build your own fire as an invitation to others. Note that the campground asks that the fire bans (rare during April) be respected. Bringing your own fire-ring cover to stop embers from drifting away allows less concern.

Acoustic music, singing and other performances at the fires and campsites will generally draw a crowd. There is no performance or speaking schedule. If you have something to say, just show up and talk wherever.

Enjoy the beautiful night sky in this quiet, rural setting. Commune with nature, sunrises, sunsets, yoga. Fishing and free paddling in your own canoe are nearby.

MidFest is a wonderful time to experience what real liberty feels like and meet others of like mind in real life. Most people there are kindred spirits seeking a stateless society who already “get it”. You’ll rub elbows with Freedom Cells, Pirates (ARRR), Rainbow and other tribes and groups. The moral code is the non-aggression principle (linked on the website). Midfest has it’s own dispute resolution process on the website which hasn’t been needed yet with all of the love and liberty setting the tone. Unjust laws are no law at all, so they’re thoroughly disregarded, with enthusiasm. The covid hysteria was actually quite fun to disregard, as most did in the surrounding area.

Are you ready for an incredible experience like the Mid-Continent Liberty Festival? Have you ever immersed yourself in spontaneous order with no advance planning, where the most amazing things can happen, unhindered by organized plans? Does this sound like a great place for your liberty group to gather, conveniently located at the middle of North America, in the beautiful western foothills of the Ozarks? If so, learn more at http://Midfest.info, bastyon://Bastyon.com/Midfest and in Qortal at qortal://WEBSITE/Midfest
You’ll find a Midfest flier to share with liberty lovers and post where they visit. Midfest has no organization. So, promotion is up to everyone who wants to help make the next Midfest even more special.

Will you be celebrating liberty (freedom with morals and responsibility) in the beautiful western foothills of the Ozarks on 2-7 October, or longer? Hope to give you a hug at Midfest.

Please share this message and the website everywhere, today, so people who like to plan can be there.

Peace, love and liberty,

mike
The Midfest founder
NOT in charge :-)

MidFest

29 Aug 2024 07:20

It looks like @colljrdam has offered to do this in this message.

MidFest

29 Aug 2024 06:56

At a minimum, I do recommend this. Pixel device with degoogled OS such as Lineage/Calyx/Graphene. Any of those is far better than whatever comes with the phone you have now. There are many options, from DIY to off-the-shelf. Prices vary. My current daily driver phone is a Pixel 5 with degoogled OS, out of pocket was about $200. It's not 'too expensive'.

MidFest

29 Aug 2024 06:42

The Doc chose Session.

MidFest

29 Aug 2024 05:33

Sms works without internet. Maybe we could set up a text group.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:57

Yeah, that's worse.

If you're going to use a smartphone/tablet, there is currently no substitute for an up-to-date Pixel device that has been de-googled and running the latest GrapheneOS. Of course proper user behavior with said device is also imperative.

On that note, I provide a service to clients who want such de-googled mobile devices, as well as those who want Linux-based computers. I applaud people who take steps to disentangle their lives from intrusive and abusive Big Tech.

I can speak more about this at MidFest with anyone interested. Or feel free to message me privately.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:11

If you don't want Apple deleting any of your installed apps remotely, do not connect your iOS device to the internet.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:06

oh, they don't announce when they delete stuff from their phones, gotcha

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:05

But the information you forwarded is false.

MidFest

28 Aug 2024 14:01

This is an old hoax.

MidFest

26 Aug 2024 20:41

Feel free to share my contact info with any peace, love, and liberty types interested to visit along with our telegram channels- T.me/s/shiresociety & /BarterTowne and our hipcamp:
https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/new-hampshire-primitive-clothing-optional-camping-6p0h0lye
We're making progress every day, haven't updated it with the new features.
The guy working with me on this had the best camping venue for voluntaryists to visit in the Monadnock region for a few years before they sold that near Keene NH, one of the Free States most visited regions.

We're further out from civilization here just past the "Upper Valley" region, much more remote and self-reliant here.

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25 Aug 2024 20:44

I am not an Admin for this group either. And @DocBarber is no longer on Telegram (likely never to return).

MidFest

25 Aug 2024 16:50

Indeed. Only solution besides a proactive admin is a for an admin to setup a bot.

MidFest

25 Aug 2024 08:07

Pardon me please if this is a repeat post.

Heads Up!

MidFest

24 Aug 2024 04:30

Hi y'all. Back again.

MidFest

16 Aug 2024 20:35

It's a private gathering of people with very similar perspectives to attendees of Midrest. This particular meeting at PAZNIA is about 1 hr east of st. Loius in IL.