This is NOT the Future. This IS happening NOW. Federal prosecutors are trying to put a man in prison for the crime of protecting his private data. Samuel Tunick was flagged by AI-assisted surveillance systems for the sole offense of political association, detained at an Atlanta airport without a warrant, denied a lawyer, and ordered…
I need to take a moment to talk about Android, its role in the global surveillance society we live in, and the alternatives available to ordinary people like you. In case you don’t know, I spent 15 years troubleshooting for Google while watching it turn from the world’s big, friendly librarian into a global data-harvesting…
This Is A Direct Threat to Encryption Worldwide, Including for Americans On July 11, 2026, the European Parliament advanced the “Chat Control” regulation using an “urgent procedure” pretext while many Members of the European Parliament were already away on summer recess. The proposal, which requires messaging platforms to scan private communications for Child Sexual Abuse…
I have spent decades protecting individuals, dissidents, and families from the creeping overreach of surveillance systems, both on and offline. And what I see crystalclear is that Palantir Technologies is not just another tech contractor operating internationally. The truth behind Peter Thiel’s AI spy operation is far more sinister than most people realize. Palantir’s technologies…
I’ve been a techie and analyst for a good piece north of three decades. I was there for the DotCom boom/bust, the 2008 crisis, and I’ve seen and participated in multiple waves of technological and financial innovation. One thing I know for certain is that truly world-changing shifts ALWAYS happen in the plumbing of finance…
I’ve defended online privacy and free speech against growing threats for decades now. And during this time I’ve seen how small policy changes can gradually erode the personal liberties we all take for granted in our daily lives. Today I’m writing as someone who transitioned from big tech to carry out independent work protecting individuals,…
Although it’s basically been overlooked in the news cycle, the leak of Peter Thiel’s exclusive Dialog Network is not just another piece of tech gossip flowing through our social streams; instead it reveals how secretive gatherings like Bilderberg quietly steer global policy, technology, and economies, often at the expense of everyday citizens’ autonomy and privacy.…
By the shade of George Orwell Looking back at writing 1984, I now realize I was just a starry-eyed optimist back in those days. Indeed, in 1948 I could not have possibly foreseen any of the ways in which Big Brother is now controlling us, our thoughs, our opinions, and our behavior. I predicted that…
As the descendant of Soviet dissidents I have spent almost three decades analyzing governance trends slowly getting out of hand on both sides of the Atlantic. But between the creeping technocracy and population oppression of the European Union since the 1990s and Canada in more recent years to the rapid takeover of Washington by corporate…
In my decades as a disaster recovery specialist and digital forensics analyst, I’ve watched money evolve from paper notes and coins to digital ledgers that move at the speed of light. Yet nothing quite matches the quiet revolution unfolding right now on the global payments stage. Over the past few weeks, fresh conversations with industry…
