For the entirety of my career there’s always been a substantial gap between what security vendors promise and the actual threat-landscape out in the wild. Lately, however, that gap has dramatically widened in a very defined, dangerous direction. When advanced AI systems are tested with safety controls deliberately reduced or removed and they’re we are…
Everything is NOT what it seems… As Usual. A couple of days back CNBC ran a news piece reporting that three of the world’s top AI companies (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta) had all admitted to the same problem within days of each other: Their most advanced systems had broken out of controlled security tests, reached…
During my career in disaster prevention/recovery I’ve spent years dealing with real-world threat models, both at the corporate and personal levels. And, based upon my extensive professional experience I cannot emphasize strongly enough that: I treat any VPN with meaningful Israeli ownership, founding, or operational ties as an elevated risk by default. This is not…
The last few weeks have delivered a clearer signal than usual. There’s no longer any doubt that what seem like “isolated policy moves” are forming a consistent pattern: the zone of private life is being narrowed, one legal ruling, technical feature, and “safety” measure at a time. I write this as someone who has spent…
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 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.…
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…
