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State surveillance, legislation, and government overreach
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Surveillance tech, tracking systems, and spyware
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Technical
Privacy tools, encryption, and security analysis
THE SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS
Every threat has a face. We sort them by who is watching and how much they can spend, from a lone stalker to a nation-state.
THE INDIVIDUAL
A stalker, an ex, a doxxer. One motivated person with free tools and patience can map your life from your public posts.
THE ORGANIZED GROUP
Harassment mobs, scam rings, private investigators. Coordinated money and manpower turn scattered clues into a dossier.
THE CORPORATION
Data brokers and ad-tech aggregate thousands of data points on you, then sell that reach to every other adversary.
THE NATION-STATE
Legal compulsion, spyware, and signals intelligence. The top of the ladder buys corporate tools and compels corporate data.
DATA SOVEREIGNTY IS RESISTANCE
Privacy is not about hiding. It is about power. It is the ability to determine who knows what about you, and how that information is used.
- Personal Security: Neutralize identity vectors and fraud risks.
- Cognitive Liberty: Prevent algorithmic manipulation of your worldview.
- Algorithmic Justice: Opt-out of biased automated decision systems.
- Human Rights: Privacy is the foundation of all other liberties.
ENCRYPT. OBFUSCATE. SURVIVE.
IMMEDIATE COUNTERMEASURES
Normalize Encryption
Use Signal for text. Use PGP for email. Reject unencrypted communication channels.
Block The Trackers
uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger are mandatory. Do not negotiate with advertisers.
Compartmentalize
Use different emails, browsers, and identities for different aspects of your life.
Obfuscate Your Location
A VPN is the bare minimum. Tor is better. Leave your phone at home when possible.
WARNING: DATA PERMANENCE
The internet does not forget. Data collected today by a "benign" entity can be sold tomorrow to a hostile one. Assume everything is logged forever.
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS
Analysis of government overreach, corporate surveillance, and digital rights
What Hotel Wi-Fi Can See About Your Phone and Laptop
Your phone hands the hotel network a hardware address before you sign in. The portal then asks for your identity. Here is what each side collects.
ACCESS FILEWhat Hotel Wi-Fi Can See About Your Phone and Laptop
Your phone hands the hotel network a hardware address before you sign in. The portal then asks for your identity. Here is what each side collects.
ACCESS FILESomeone Else on Your WiFi: How to Find the Unknown Device
Someone else on your network? Read your router's device list, tell your own phone from an intruder, cut the unknown device off, and lock it down.
ACCESS FILEHow Accurate Is Facial Recognition When You Wear a Mask?
NIST tested 89 face-recognition algorithms on masked faces in 2020. Some failed half the time. Here is what the federal data still says about masks and accuracy...
ACCESS FILEHow to Spot a Deepfake Video Call Before You Wire Money
The FBI is warning that criminals now run real-time deepfake video calls to authorize wire transfers. The visual tells are subtle; the verification steps are no...
ACCESS FILEShinyHunters 2026 Tracker: Every Victim, Every Method
ShinyHunters vishing attacks hit Salesforce and Okta in 2026. FBI says the group breached 140+ orgs and took $70M in extortion.
ACCESS FILESECURE YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Every step toward digital privacy is a step toward freedom. Begin with our comprehensive roadmap.
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