I Could Say The Same Thing …
… but it would feel like plagiarism
Go read DiveMedic at Areo Ocho “More Surveillance“
“Merely refusing to have any of this hardware is no longer good enough.“
I’m of two opinions (or more):
Note that I’m of the belief that such surveillance and the tools to make it possible are “Weapons of War” – “arms” so to speak – and therefore covered by the 2nd Amendment. Traditionally, spies are hung.
1) Fight Back:
Defense vs anti-Defense (as opposed to “Attack”) – “Countermeasures”: It’s amazing how much equipment of the type necessary to mount an effective counter-defense is available to the common public. It’s not free though: the difference between a 30-30 deer rifle and a sniper rifle.
2) Learn To Love It:
It’s impossible to get away from it and it’s only going to get more pervasive in a real hurry; they’re building – right now and underway – massive multi-billion dollar factories to mass produce more advanced tools. 2 years from now: the 2028 elections?
(Indiana, N Carolina, New York ($100B for one facility), Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Texas)
One major player is now the #1 company by market capitalization: Nvidia at $5.5T … which makes 1 company the #3 ranked by GDP, behind the US as a whole and China (Germany close behind $5.4T at #4). There are 14 companies worth $1T or more.
“Data Centers” using AI sounds so much better than “it’s a central gathering and interpretation point for surveillance information“. AI is not what people hope for but it’s a damn good search and compile engine. So there’s not really any point in worrying about the overwhelming expansion of surveillance technology – it’s here and we get daily evidence that the justice system is seriously flawed at best. And you are being judged of everything you do in public … and home in same cases (Alexa?)
Nothing will change short of a >MAJOR< event that forces a disabling of the system. The war with Iran is not such a major event but could lead to one – say something like a nuke on DC …
Your life will change. Take the Blue Pill until then.
Probably the most dangerous thing in the world right now is the cellphone you may be reading this on. Did you know that it’s possible to put things on your phone remotely by anyone?
Is you phone synced to your computer?
Pictures, videos, texts, and other things can be put on your phone without your knowledge, then, when they come to arrest you, you have no defense.
You’ve seen the news articles where someone was arrested for kiddie porn and the mugshot of the varmint. You may have even made a nasty comment about the person, to someone else, or in an online forum, “Put his ass in the gen-pop and let the big dawgz deal with him!”, that sort of thing.
Did you ever stop to think that he didn’t do it?
Or that he lacked the financial where with all to mount a proper defense?
That sort of thing will immediately make you the scourge of your family, neighborhood and society at large and it will haunt you all of your days.
Turning your phone off can’t stop it, nor can pulling the battery and sim card and putting it in a faraday container. If it exists it is available and if it’s available it can be tracked to you, yes even burners.
I have a brand new cellphone but I almost never use it. A client emailed me and asked if I received his phone call. I looked at my phone and indeed he did call me 3 days before. Last week I was at a VA clinic and had turned the volume all the way down, so I did not hear it ring when the client called. I told him the best way to get ahold of me was by email because I never use my phone.
It’s been on my mind for sometime now to get out of everything tech. ALL the way out. Yes, it can be done, but there are sacrifices, and from my point of view the sacrifices seem minimal, especially when weighed against the potential liabilities now and even more so in the future.