I can finally talk about this...

As you guys know, once upon a time, I

was a Navy SEAL.

And then, I contracted for CIA.

And

that was a whole 'nother life.

But in that life, one thing I learned is

how important

encryption in protecting your data is

on your devices.

And so, let me give you an example.

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>> One time when I was contracting for CIA,

we were in a

very poor country in the Middle East.

And in that country,

we were hunting

ISIS, Taliban, terrorist organizations,

stuff like that. But it was a very

permissive environment. And when we were

there, we had to get these black phones.

Super complicated.

Not easy to use, very not user-friendly

at all.

And to be able to operate it, it was

like an app inside of an app inside of

an app.

And then you get your secure

communications. And we had that because

there was like a spy game going on in

this place.

China was there, Russia was there, the

Iranians were there, and everybody is

kind of collecting on each other. That

experience has just always made me

extremely paranoid about what's being

sucked out of my phone, what information

are people getting. And then it kind of

fell off a little bit as I kind of

changed careers. Now you know I run a

podcast called The Shawn Ryan Show.

And you know, when that started, it was

interviewing former colleagues of mine,

people that I contracted with at CIA,

people that I worked with in the SEAL

teams, former Green Berets, former

DEVGRU guys, Delta guys, intelligence

professionals. And then the show kind of

developed. And it got bigger.

And we started

meddling a little bit in politics and

talking to members of the

administration, current and former

administrations.

Very powerful people. And then it went

to vice presidents and presidents and

now it's all the way up to heads of

state all over the world. Intelligence

professionals in Austria, Vienna. The

spy capital of the world where we

interviewed Ahmad Massoud,

the leader of the Afghan resistance.

We went to Taiwan and interviewed

Bi-khim Hsiao, the vice president of

Taiwan.

Where China is just constantly

exploiting information out. Dubai, where

they hand you a free

VPN card as you enter the country. What

do you think that's for?

And so

through this journey I've been really

paranoid,

worried about myself and my team because

we're in communication with all these

people. And what we've noticed is

once you get in touch with them, all

their friends want to get in touch with

you. And they all have access to you.

And so I started looking for a black

phone.

Meaning a phone that just cannot be

tracked, can't be traced, can't be

exploited, and I found them. And they're

expensive.

I'm not talking about the ones that are

500 bucks or a thousand dollars. I'm

talking ten thousand dollars plus for

one phone. But I needed them for my

team.

To protect them

as well as myself. So I partnered with

some of the developers that developed

one of those black phones. These guys

are all former Intel guys,

NSA types,

very good at tech. I wanted something

that could protect everybody. Not just

people that can afford a ten thousand

dollar plus phone. And so we turned it

into an application.

We call it the Glacier app. My favorite

thing about the Glacier app is the

burner number feature.

This is like the real James Bond

MI6, CIA level stuff. And so what do we

use it for? Well, as I just mentioned,

different heads of state, politicians

that we don't want to talk to. I don't

want those people to have my number.

So with the Glacier app, you can pick a

burner number with any area code you

want in the country.

You pick it, you give that burner number

out,

and if they take advantage of you or

your phone or they start calling you or

handing out your number or anything that

pisses you off,

you just deactivate the number. You burn

it. Gone. Relationship over. They have

no way to contact you now.

And then you just pick another one. Now

how does this apply for

everyday people?

Like you. I'll tell you how it applies.

How many of you guys have donated to out

of the generosity of your heart, you've

donated to a non-profit, and then what

do they do? They export your number and

they sell it. And then you get spam

calls from them non-stop begging for

more money.

Or maybe it's a political campaign and

that politician just continues to pander

you for more money.

And then they sell your number, and then

the next politician is pandering you for

money because you donated to the other

one. Or it's a pizza joint or a hotel or

you're trying to get a discount at a

store and then they sell your number.

And then the next thing you know, every

single phone call that comes in is a

spam call. Well, now you can give them a

burner number, and when they do sell

your number,

deactivate it, burn it, throw it in the

trash, pick a new number. They have no

way to contact you again either. That's

my favorite feature. Along with that, we

have secure DNS. Now what's secure DNS?

Well, very simply put, secure DNS keeps

your phone from being exploited while

you're browsing the internet. How many

times have you been

talking about a product next to your

phone, something you want to buy, maybe

it's a new device,

maybe it's a new car,

maybe it's a new camera,

whatever it is, and then all of a

sudden, every social media app you open,

every web browser you open, it's all

these ads about the exact thing you were

just talking about like 5 minutes ago.

Well, these are the kind of things that

secure DNS help

fix. So, here's an example. Today,

it's about 4:00 p.m.

and my phone has already blocked over

1,300 web trackers. And I don't even

have any social media apps on my phone,

but I'll bet you do.

So, yours would even be more than mine.

And we have a US-based VPN who collects

no data off your phone. All of your data

stays localized right on your device.

So, you never have to worry about us

exploiting it. Now, if you look at VPN

companies, I researched the out of

this when we were developing this, and

most of the VPN companies, actually,

I feel pretty comfortable saying all of

the VPN companies

that are advertised on podcasts, they're

owned by Chinese companies.

They're owned by Pakistani companies.

They're owned by Israeli companies.

I'm pretty sure we've all figured out by

now

that those companies and those nations

do not have our best interest.

So, what do you think they're doing with

all that information that they're

sucking out of your phone? I don't know,

but I'll bet you could come up with some

stuff.

And so, we developed the Glacier app.

It's the simplest app on the market.

Just a couple of buttons, your phone's

protected. Couple of buttons,

you got yourself a burner number or five

or more. It's easy.

You open the app,

you hit connect,

done. You're protected. You can get the

Glacier app at the App Store. You can

get it at the glacierapp.com.

It's available for iOS right now.

Android's coming soon. If you have an

Android and you want the Glacier app, we

have a link below here. You can sign up

for the newsletter and we will inform

you when it's ready. It'll be out soon.

Once again, ladies and gents, the

glacierapp.com

or just go on the App Store and look up

the Glacier app.

Remember,

privacy isn't paranoia.

It's protection.

The Glacier app.

Take your privacy back.

Download Glacier today.