New Anonymous Phone Service
December 5 2025A new anonymous phone service allows you to sign up with just a zip code.
Read moreLike Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices
December 2 2025In his 2020 book, “Future Politics,” British barrister Jamie Susskind wrote that the dominant question of the 20th century was “How much of our collective life should be...
Read moreBanning VPNs
December 1 2025This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children!
As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by...
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First Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of
October 27 2025Mother Jones has a long article on surveillance arms manufacturers, their wares, and how they avoid export control laws:
Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws...
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This chilling paragraph is in a comprehensive Brookings report about the use of tech to deport people from the US:
The administration has also adapted its methods of social...
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Flok License Plate Surveillance
October 9 2025The company Flok is surveilling us as we drive:
A retired veteran named Lee Schmidt wanted to know how often Norfolk, Virginia’s 176 Flock Safety automated license-plate-reader cameras were...
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
September 26 2025Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to...
Read moreDetails About Chinese Surveillance and Propaganda Companies
September 22 2025Details from leaked documents:
While people often look at China’s Great Firewall as a single, all-powerful government system unique to China, the actual process of developing and maintaining it...
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Automatic License Plate Readers Are Coming to Schools
August 11 2025Fears around children is opening up a new market for automatic license place readers.
Read moreSurveilling Your Children with AirTags
August 5 2025Skechers is making a line of kid’s shoes with a hidden compartment for an AirTag.
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