<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sovereignty Strategies: Shadow Walks]]></title><description><![CDATA[After markets attract me in my Travels.]]></description><link>https://letters.empiresec.co/s/walks</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!orja!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9954af4-0ac7-424f-8c9f-76535115d218_399x399.jpeg</url><title>Sovereignty Strategies: Shadow Walks</title><link>https://letters.empiresec.co/s/walks</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:24:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://letters.empiresec.co/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Securitybrahh]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[securitybrahh@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[securitybrahh@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[securitybrahh@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[securitybrahh@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Multi Grid]]></title><description><![CDATA[not Off Grid, agorism not anarchism.]]></description><link>https://letters.empiresec.co/p/multi-grid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://letters.empiresec.co/p/multi-grid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:01:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a37f1309-56c8-49c7-a6ce-ab49d966718d_1024x683.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Idea of off griding, is opting out of everything.</p><p>I think that's inhumane, what you rather want to, is have:</p><p>1. Your own grid (mostly as a backup)</p><p>2. Local grid (community)</p><p>3. "Offshore" grids. (National (state) as well as international - one step at a time)</p><p>Remember</p><p>Lone wolf dies, the pack survives.</p><p>Sovereignty is not about going in the woods and dieing alone, its about optionailty.</p><p>Creating resources that you can rely on if the time comes, only when the time comes.</p><p>Humans alone as individuals are nothing, its how we coordinate is, what makes us stronger. </p><p>Sovereignty is about acquiring the strength to quit toxic relationships and bravery to create new ones.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is Web 3.0, not "crypto"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cypherpunks know]]></description><link>https://letters.empiresec.co/p/web3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://letters.empiresec.co/p/web3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47a6a0b0-633b-4b1c-adb9-0bad91580eb5_1024x819.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been in this space since crypto was a short hand for cryptography not shitcoins.</p><p>Cryptography is a mathematical wizardry by which you can keep your digital memories <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric-key_algorithm">safe</a> from prying eyes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography">share</a> secrets across different channels without meeting in the first place, give proof of something you have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof">without</a> revealing what that thing is, be a <a href="https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/40436/what-is-the-difference-between-honest-verifier-zero-knowledge-and-zero-knowledge">witness</a> of the proof &amp; even apparently <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyber">beat</a> quantum computers.</p><p>You think VPN's protect you? well kinda, base layers of the internet is encrypted <em>by default </em>by something called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyber">TLS</a>, so thank <s>god</s> cryptographers for that. VPN protect you from the malicious upper layers, at least when you choose a good provider. </p><p>(btw that malicious upper layers are the apps you love)</p><p>But all in all, its plain simple (albeit hard) maths that you probably won't use when buying a coffee, but well again, thank god for those wonderful people who gave their sweat and blood for this beauty called maths.</p><p>The thing is, internet and our devices were made by keeping efficiency in mind, not security, but once efficiency got achieved, we got plagued with shareholder greed taking over.</p><p>Web 1.0 was a read only environment meaning you can only consume information, Web 2.0 is read/write environment meaning you can interact with the information and Web 3.0 is first and foremost a secure environment.</p><p>Once Web 3.0 has been achieved, we can then move on to adopting <a href="https://lightningprivacy.com/en/introduction">lightning</a> or quite possibly <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/openalias.html">monero</a> as our medium of exchange, as cash &amp; digital bank accounts is controlled by Tyrannical governments and their institutions which degrade the value of our collective productivity. </p><p>Just to beat inflation we have to think about investments rather than focusing on what we do best - our work.</p><p>While Bitcoin can serve as a unit of account, as its optimized for <a href="https://www.baeldung.com/cs/distributed-systems-the-byzantine-generals-problem">verifiability</a> not privacy or scale.</p><p>So anons, now that I have cleared this big misconception that web 3.0 is not about infecting every piece of humanity with casino shitcoins but <em>securityyy</em>, what you gonna do with this information?</p><p>This is the question you can only answer.</p><p>Love, Wisdom &amp; Tech Savviness</p><p>Yours only</p><p>securitybrahh | The Sovereign Shadow</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Delta]]></title><description><![CDATA[#0 rule of OPSEC, and anything in life really]]></description><link>https://letters.empiresec.co/p/time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://letters.empiresec.co/p/time</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sovereign Shadow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/45541009-7be7-4f96-a5e7-074368bf06f5_1024x683.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything gets outdated.</p><p>The edge changes, the reality shifts.</p><p>You are in between that reality.</p><p>You are not &#8220;in&#8221; the present, nor in the future nor in the past.</p><p>You ARE the present.</p><p>Time is all there is.</p><p>Hence change, adapt.</p><p>The enemy won't know where you are, because its not where, it's when.</p><p>Plausable deniability &amp; pleading negligence is alpha.</p><p>Reality isn't what they tell you, it's what you tell them.</p><p>Time is on your side only when you believe it doesn't exist. </p><p>Love, Wisdom &amp; Tech Savviness,</p><p>SecurityBrahh | The Sovereign Shadow</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>