May 15, 2023 Probing the Ministry of Truth In the book “1984” (published in 1949), George Orwell envisioned a Big Brother that would control the media and dictate what was “truth”. But…
May 1, 2023 STOPping Mass Surveillance There’s a big difference between mass surveillance and targeted surveillance based on a court-approved, limited-scope search warrant. But advances in technology have made warrant-less,…
May 16, 2022 Global Privacy Control When we surf the web today – on our computers or smartphones – we are mercilessly tracked. Marketing firms and data brokers are hoovering…
March 7, 2022 My De-Google Strategy As my de-Google project progresses, I realized that I skipped the most important step: reconnaissance. Before you can de-Google your life, you need to…
December 13, 2021 End Run Around Your Rights The rampant collection and sharing of personal data is not just a creepy nuisance. Surveillance capitalism has actually had seriously deleterious effects on society…
May 17, 2021 Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 2) What is Tor, exactly? How and why would I use it? And what the heck is a Tor node? In part 2 of my…
April 26, 2021 Hunting for Stingrays (Part 2) While law enforcement touts the benefits of cell site simulators, today we will talk about the negative impacts, as well. While the actual impacts…
April 19, 2021 Hunting for Stingrays (Part 1) The single easiest way to track someone today is using their cell phone. We have them with us at all times and in order…
February 15, 2021 Not Just a Face in the Crowd Ep207. Clearview AI – the company that has hoovered up every face it can find on the internet to create a creepy person identifying…
February 1, 2021 Stop Watching Me! Tracking and data mining has gotten way out of hand. We’re not only being tracked online, we’re now being tracked around the real world,…
