THEY ARE WATCHING.
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Government
State surveillance, legislation, and government overreach
Surveillance
Surveillance tech, tracking systems, and spyware
Corporate
Big Tech data harvesting and corporate surveillance
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
Gunra Ransomware Tracker: Methods and Victim Sectors (2025-2026)
Gunra ransomware lists 30+ victims on its leak site and breaks in through Fortinet firewall flaws. The CVEs, techniques and mitigations from CISA advisory AA26-...
ACCESS FILEHow to Download Your Data from Google, Facebook, and Other Big Tech
Step-by-step guide to Google Takeout, Facebook Download Your Information, Apple Data and Privacy, and TikTok. What you get, and how to read it.
ACCESS FILEHow to Stop Your Phone From Being Tracked Online
Cut the advertising ID, in-app browser tracking, app SDKs, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth beacons that follow your phone between apps. Real settings paths.
ACCESS FILERansomHub Tracker: Known Victims and Methods (2024-2025)
RansomHub claimed 210+ victims from February to August 2024, per CISA advisory AA24-242A, then shut down in April 2025. Known victims, CVEs and CISA mitigations...
ACCESS FILEVolt Typhoon Tracker: What the Public Record Shows (2021-2025)
PRC state-sponsored Volt Typhoon, which US and allied agencies say is pre-positioning on US critical infrastructure: victims, methods and responses, 2023-2025.
ACCESS FILEHow to Limit What Siri AI Can See in iOS 27
iOS 27 Siri AI can read on-screen Signal chats and send prompts to Private Cloud Compute. Settings paths to lock it down, with the iPhone 15 Pro cutoff.
ACCESS FILESECURE YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Every step toward digital privacy is a step toward freedom. Begin with our comprehensive roadmap.
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