Hybrid Cloud Group.org™ - Simple

Realigning for 2025 … meanwhile, site is preserved as Proof of Past.

builds upon years of experience (since well before 2017 launch) … sharing at no-charge for friends of our community

While the world catches up to where we were years ago

(e.g., the stampede triggered by Elon Musk's tweet ... reg. WhatsApp's supposed privacy)

It must feel good to know you have been ahead of the herd by just following Linkedin.com/today/author/Caieus ~and~ have been benefiting/enjoying his Pro-Privacy ideas & tools for FREE for so many years!

Note: this screenshot is kept here as proof of how long ago this was done — the tools shown here have been updated since, see Digital_Privacy_&_Survival_Kit™ (DPSK™).

DISCLOSURE:

2024.oct.24: going by my first-name Caieus ~and~ Zane is in my middle-name

"Zane" is in his middle-name preserving continuity with his past achievements

"zane" is preserved in various places as proof of past work & achievements

so when you see "Zane Moreign" remember it is me "Caieus Moreign"

what I share may not be posh & polished as you may wish ... but it will be of immediate value & straight-to-the-point.

the below is still relevant (glimpse of how far ahead of the curve we are :-) ... new releases coming in 2025-H2 (e.g., nostr)

Welcome to

Zane Moreign's Simple_Safety™ {Digital Privacy + Survival + More} Offerings

builds upon years of growing up in Hybrid Decisions® Incubation Labs + Professional Computing Community — since well before launching this in 2017

Linkedin.com/today/author/caieus is proof of how long / timeline of my Talks + Articles + Videos + some more about me.

This page is kept relevant/up-to-date with updates, and gradually refined & expanded with my evolving tips & tools into Digital_Privacy_&_Survival_Kit™ (DPSK™).

In addition to the X+ things grouped based on function {Living the Online-Life™, Living the Remote-Life™, Living the Mobile-Life™ , and more,
… on Windows 10 & 11, Linux, Android, and even for Mac & iOS (despite Apple constantly making things harder, e.g., google-tells-apple-fix-texting-between-android-iphone) }
☀ announcing sneak-peek into Brothers_Moreign™ Life-beside-Tech™ new for 2024 … and yes, it is also at no-charge :-)

1) Zane Moreign's Simple_Safety™ Video Series (below)
+ Articles & more at Linkedin.com/today/author/caieus

▹ Playlist: Teasers, Talks, & Events

e.g., raising the question as to "Why Facebook & other trackers are on my bank account web page — after I log into my account? If that matter then attend the Talks, and if you are unable to attend, then the enjoy the recordings :-)

▹ Playlist: Tutorials & How-To's

e.g., using Teams via the WebBrowser without downloading/installing Teams software, and using the tools within DPSK™

▹ Playlist: Product Gotchas & Reviews — it's about what to look for in a product

e.g., heat-maps showing the heat bleeding through the keyboard, and highlighting the ridiculous new-location of the power-button on some models

2) Zane Moreign's Simple_Safety™ Digital_Privacy_&_Survival_Kit™ (DPSK™)

for Windows 10 & 11, Linux, Android,

with some for Mac & iOS despite Apple constantly making things harder, e.g., google-tells-apple-fix-texting-between-android-iphone

These FREE/no-charge Third-Party Offerings ("TPO") are

— (1) simple to use, (2) easy to install/setup, (3) cross-platform (i.e., Windows and *nix, and also Mac), (4) pro-privacy, (5) with encryption … etc., … basically, keep us safe online.
— grouped together into functional focus sections, which together make up the complete DPSK™. For simplicity, it is kept up to date with concise choices [remember: "cutting thru the noise"].

Note: This new DPSK™ launched in 2021 … is the result of years of evolution & growth expanding upon the vision of the initial "Zane's Simple_Safety™ Toolkit FREE for Friends-n-Family" [that started in 2017 and is End-of-Life (EOL) 2020].

Disclaimer: Not paid by any of the suggested products; suggestions provided are just that, sugestions, and you are responsible to do your due-diligence, educate yourself, and decide for yourself, as I do not wish to waste time rehashing what they have already explained well on their respective site.

click here to read more

~ Zane's Simple_Safety™ Toolkit FREE for Friends-n-Family … End-of-Life (EOL) 2020 ~

After the surge of ransomware in 2016, coupled with the massive Telemetry Gathering in Windows 10, Zane Moreign (of our Incubation Labs) launched his Simple_Safety™ series to offer simple & safer computing tools-n-tips to our Friends-n-Family and Community — for FREE — by carving out some $0 Tools-n-Tips from our commercial Hybrid Decisions® Safer_Computing™ Platform (click here for gist)

All credit goes to Zane Moreign for creating this and continuing to make every effort to keep this toolkit up-to-date and current with the latest release of Windows 10, and for getting sponsorship/recognition from us/Hybrid Decisions®, Tor Project, DoD/US Air Force Research Labs, and others.

Over the years Zane has evolved his Simple_Safety™ Toolkit … which was like playing whack-a-mole with the constant shifting/changes of Windows10 with every build/release (now, DPSK™: Band-Aids for Windows).

2 ⊹ announcing … Zane Moreign's Simple_Safety™ Digital_Privacy_&_Survival_Kit™ (DPSK) … release scheduled for 2021-Q2

Zane continues to carve out some strategies & approaches from our commercial Hybrid Decisions® Safer_Computing™ Platform & Offerings.
For areas that we do not build software (e.g., windows band-aids, such as, anti-spyware/anti-malware/etc.), Zane continues to seek out Third-Party Offerings (TPO) — thus striving to get the best for his audience.
ALL Zane Moreign's Simple_Safety™ offerings continue to be made available per our simple Disclaimer (at the bottom of this page) — at no-charge/free for Friends of Our Community Effort, HCCUG.org™

~ Zane's Simple_Safety™ Toolkit FREE for Friends-n-Family … End-of-Life (EOL) 2020 ~

After the surge of ransomware in 2016, coupled with the massive Telemetry Gathering in Windows 10, Zane Moreign (of our Incubation Labs) launched his Simple_Safety™ series to offer simple & safer computing tools-n-tips to our Friends-n-Family and Community — for FREE — by carving out some $0 Tools-n-Tips from our commercial Hybrid Decisions® Safer_Computing™ Platform (gist above)

All credit goes to Zane Moreign for creating this and continuing to make every effort to keep this toolkit up-to-date and current with the latest release of Windows 10, and for getting sponsorship/recognition from us/Hybrid Decisions®, Tor Project, DoD/US Air Force Research Labs, and others.

Over the years Zane has evolved his Simple_Safety™ Toolkit … which was like playing wack-a-mole with the constant shifting/changes of Windows10 with every build/release … this toolkit has reached End-of-Life (EOL) —— ESPECIALLY given where we ALL are with the new-normal and the above announcements.

▹ DPSK™ : Living the Online-Life™ (focus: bare-minimum for web-browsing)

click here to read more

Web browsers: LibreWolf has built-in privacy tools, IridiumBrowser.de the better option for Windows that is built on the same Open-Source Chromium codebase that powers Google Chrome & Microsoft Edge browsers. Ungoogled Chromium for Linux. Tor Browser for generic browsing.

Search Engine for any browser: SearX.be pulls from multiple search engines, metager.org pulls from multiple search engines but sometimes is wonky, Whoogle-Search think safer google search, can be self-hosted ... we noticed these superseded DuckDuckGo,
NOTE: duck.ai seems better than perplexity.ai
Tip: you do not have to stick with just one, as results vary based on your search and thier ongoing updates/tweaks.

Chromium based browser Extensions: Smart HTTPS, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, uBlock Origin, Privacy Settings

more options below

▹ DPSK™ : Living the Remote-Life™ (focus: remote-working with laptop)

click here to read more

Text, and Calls (audio & video) that is on your phone AND laptop/computer - https://signal.org/download/
NOTE: there are those, incl. techies, who whine about signal not having some bells-n-whistles that their current NON pro-privacy apps offer … well, here's a gentle reminder — this site is meant for those who CARE about their Privacy and WANT to take ACTION. (so, do not waste our time with why you do not like signal :-) especially when Signal.org folks are active & release frequent updates, to keep us safer … at no charge!
Using only a browser (nothing-to-install) online meetings FREE https://teams.live.com ... that outclasses most everyone else's free offerings
For managing aliases https://simplelogin.io/ so you can keep private your real email.
For secure email nothe beats https://proton.me/ followed by https://tutanota.com/ ... each have their unique sell, and are in the EU (i.e., GDPR)
NOTE: proton also has Pass (with some niceties), Calendar, and Drive but think of it as a cloud folder, as it does not have view/edit, such as, NextCloud.
Best opensource for online collaboration a pretty decent alternative to Microsoft SharePoint or Google-Workspace https://nextcloud.com/providers/
NOTE: when it comes to usability it is extremely hard to beat Microsoft (e.g., VSCode overtook the opensource space by storm, though it has Microsoft hooks, suggest VSCodium instead of VSCode) ... sorry cannot recommend Google as its usability is about hiding/abstracting things, and not even touching Apple.

This is in addition to DPSK™ : Living the Online-Life™

▹ DPSK™ : Living the Mobile-Life™ (focus: streamlining phones/devices)

click here to read more

Text, and Calls (audio & video) that is on your phone AND laptop/computer - https://signal.org/download/
ad blocker and privacy app for Android and iOS https://blokada.org/
ad blocking and enhanced privacy browser for Android www.bromite.org/ and Tor Browser www.torproject.org/download/ ... Tor Browser alternative for iOS https://onionbrowser.com but not as secure as Tor Browser due to Apple's technical restrictions.

▹ DPSK™ : Living with Windows™ (Band-aids, Duct-tape, WD-40, & More for Windows 10 & 11)

Band-aids_for_Windows™ : whack-a-mole tools to plug holes & leaks that increase risk of ransomware (e.g., see below tools)
Duct-tape_for_Windows™ : try to stop things from falling-off, disappearing, or from being ransomed (e.g., antivirus, etc.)
WD-40_for_Windows™ : makes things move smoother & less squeakier (e.g., cleaners, optimizers, debloaters, etc. … some of these WD-40 tools-n-tips require some technical expertise, some non-techies can do :-)

click here to read more

after significant research ... Initial Release: 2017-Oct
updated for since windows 11 first preview build

Concise set of Third-Party Offerings ("TPO") that do their best to plug the privacy & other holes in Windows 10 & Windows 11. Some of these TPOs have been around since Windows10 first previewed.

O&O ShutUp10 ~ www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 made by Microsoft Gold Partner, the simplest of all
Blackbird ~ https://www.getblackbird.net/ (not working on the first pre-release of Windows 11 preview 22000.51)

The most comprehensive of the lot — proceed with caution

- W10 Privacy ~ www.winprivacy.de/deutsch-start/download/
Destroy Windows 10 Spying (DWS) ~ https://github.com/Wohlstand/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying

(CAUTION: This can gut the entire "store/metro apps" thus reducing the noise/chatter — making Windows fly :-)

3) Articles & more

Linkedin.com/today/author/caieus

4) Research

www.ORCiD.org/0000-0003-1045-2820

5) Next public event:

many events are for members only; sign up here

COMING_SOON: Living without BigTech™ i.e.,Microsoft/Apple/Google/Meta/etc. … yeah, its waaay easier than you think.

Linux : there are many flavours/distros, Debian is simple & updates cautiously + combine with browsers: librewolf, ungoogled chromium and search engine: duck.ai or perplexity.ai and other things mentioned above. Qubes if you want something really out there, for power_users. Tails ISO is safer than most for just browsing, however, remember everytime you reboot, it is a fresh/new system, it does have a way to save files, again, start slow.
How-to : look into ventoy so you can just download any Linux distro & try it out or install it. ... try by downloading Tails :-)
SaferOS™ : www.HybridDecisions.com/SaferOS for those who are committed to minimizing digital/online exposure & prefer to NOT be beholden to BigTech. NOTE: I have no clout there, nor am I recommending them, just sharing what I know, see discloure below.

this is just a glimpse into what is coming ... before Aug-9 ish, 2025 ... sharing on July-4th 2025 as my gift to those who want to be FREE of BigTech

DISCLOSURE

IF you want all of these aspects PLUS a whole lot more, built-in and ready to go … try to get Hybrid Decisions® Safer_Computing™ Operating System SaferOS™

I CANNOT help anyone get into the HDC-CAP via which you are granted access to SaferOS™, though I am part of their Incubation Labs.

I am not being paid to talk about them or any vendor — am doing it so you are aware that there is a company that takes care of all these things and more, a company that helped Microsoft build Microsoft's technologies that power Microsoft Cloud (see their 3 Microsoft Case Studies)

As of 2025, by the Grace of God, am heading out for my PhD in Quantum Computing … stay tuned for more.

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