Krock @krock@social.privacytools.io

I just finished listening to Cryptonomicon (using Libby and someone else's library card). https://wikiless.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon?lang=en
I see why it is required reading for management at big tech companies. It is both very entertaining and educational about the tactics of espionage and the importance of encryption. The extensive and creative tactics to prevent their targets from suspecting they are being spied on are insightful. Does anyone have other recommendations of the like?

I watched yet another keynote speech by one of the big tech companies in CX(Customer Experience) space. They talk a lot about reading customer sentiment and providing personalized experiences. This is business speak for personal data acquisition and consumer manipulation. The company name does not matter as it is a common spiel I hear from all of them.

I am referring to the bicycle.

I spent too much time researching new electric cars. The details of the operating systems are not very available or revealing. I could not find any FOSS options.

The most thermodynamically efficient transportation device ever created is carbon neutral, inexpensive, evades ALPR’s(Automatic License Plate Readers), has no location tracking, no data collection, keeps me in great health, and puts a smile on my face. I will stick with this option until something better is available.

Is it GACC or is it FOSS?
Explaining what something is not rather than what it is can better convey understanding. I think I made up GACC(Government, AI, Corporate Controlled). I have found many normal people struggle to understand FOSS. So I ask this question and explain when they talk about an app or service.

Amazon’s purchase of MGM makes sense. Their AI will eventually be able to automatically generate movies based on the in-depth data profiles of their users that will easily convince them of what to buy and think. I will now avoid MGM along with the Washington Post. James Bond is total BS anyway. Spies just sit in front of computers analyzing all the data that people shed, not flashing around casinos in fancy cars.

Are you a spy?
I ask my friends to use secure communication and not take pictures of me. Sometimes they ask me, “Are you a spy?” I explain that every time they take a picture and upload it to some GACC (Government, AI, Corporate Controlled) media, they are sending a record of each person tagged with time and location to multiple databases used by corporate and government spies to track us and our associations. Who is the spy?

As summer festival and party scene begins, I try to minimize my digital footprints and the commodification of the self. I ask everybody not to take any pictures or videos of me because they almost always end up on some cloud drive or Zuckbook tagged with associates, time, and location. If people ask my why they cannot take my photo, it leads to great awareness raising conversations.

The Matrix (The Google) could be re-made to show all the captive people of the AI stuck in those towers of pods poking and swiping away on their phones to keep producing data for the AI. The original movie had people producing energy for the AI, but what it really needs is a constant flow of data. Poison or impede it, and it starves.

If someone will not take the time to learn gun safety, they should not own one. They put themselves and those around them at risk. I feel the same way about smart phones and other devices.

A friend of mine told me he tried Mastodon, but it never really caught him. I explained why that is the beauty of the platform. You choose what/who you want to follow or engage without corporations, governments, or AI telling you what to do or keep you on. Then he realized why he should be here.

When I remove my phone from its faraday sleeve, I sometimes feel like Bilbo Baggins putting on the ring. The eye of Sauron now sees me.

No war is ever won using only defensive tactics. https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/lie:f

I would rather wear a criminal court mandated ankle bracelet than a Fitbit. Only the government authorities are tracking me with the ankle bracelet. Fitbit shares data with at least 76 agencies who in turn resell it to who knows where.

I was recently speaking with a friend whose company buys data from Google for targeted marketing. He complained about the work they had to do to 'match up' the anonymized data to real people. I explained how I degoogled which was a new concept to him. He then said the famous words, "I have nothing to hide." It baffles me how he de-anonymizes personal data and doesn't understand the problem. It seems to be some kind of cognitive dissonance for marketing people?