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One of the important things to realize these days is that when you turn a device off, it may not actually be turning off. Instead, it might go into a standby or low-power mode and keep working in some way depending on the device, while looking like it is not functioning anymore. It’s especially important to keep this in mind when you care about privacy and security. Read more ⟶

There are important things that you probably don’t know or realize about the SIM card in your device. Especially if you care about security and privacy, you should know that using a secure device with a secure and privacy-oriented operating system and applications, still make you vulnerable when there’s a SIM card installed in the device. Read more ⟶

The Linux Foundation published their annual report for 2025, and it’s clear from that report that much of the funds that they receive do not go to the development of the Linux kernel, as many people would probably expect. From their own report, of about $311,343,021, only $8,410,114 actually got spent on the Linux Kernel Project. Read more ⟶

A while back I blogged about how the criminal US Government has spies in major (tech) companies. It was clear from that post that if you work at Big Tech companies or companies doing any kind of sensitive work, some of your co-workers are probably connected to 3-letter agencies such as the NSA, CIA and even Mossad. These days the problem is only getting worse; let’s take a look at some examples. Read more ⟶

The FBI conducted a sting operation in Europe by creating its own supposedly ‘secure’ phone and messaging platform. The operating system incorporated portions of GrapheneOS and was aggressively promoted as GrapheneOS or as being based on it. There are lessons to learn from this. Read more ⟶

I haven’t been on LinkedIn for over a year now. My account was permanently ‘restricted’ (banned) on or around September 11th 2024 for what LinkedIn claims is “hateful speech”. At the time, I shared a lot of videos and re-posted other people’s posts on LinkedIn about the genocide by Israhell that is currently still ongoing in Palestine. Read more ⟶

Many people don’t realize how the information being collected about them can ultimately be turned against them, putting them at a disadvantage. Even when it comes to trivial or seemingly innocent information, you can’t even begin to imagine how that information might be used against you in unexpected, indirect, or creative ways. Read more ⟶

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the U.S. House of Representatives informed staff on Monday, June 23th 2025 that they are not allowed to use WhatsApp. They may not download the app on their smartphones or desktop computers and must remove it from their devices if it’s already installed. The CAO cited a lack of transparency regarding WhatsApp’s privacy and security as the reason for the ban. Read more ⟶

During the Canadian truckers’ protest against COVID-19 restrictions in early 2022, 34 cryptocurrency wallets associated with the movement were blacklisted, exposing a critical vulnerability in Bitcoin’s ability to provide true financial autonomy. Anyone interacting with those wallets by sending or receiving money from them would risk being tracked down and punished by the robberment. Read more ⟶

On October 16th 2024, O’Keefe Media Group published footage of Jeevan Gyawali, a senior software engineer at Meta, discussing how Meta censors information on their social media platforms (among which Facebook and Instagram). According to Gyawali, anything they dislike is automatically demoted by their algorithms, resulting in reduced reach. Read more ⟶

I’ve been telling everyone for a few years now not to use Telegram because it lacks end-to-end (E2E) encryption by default and cannot be trusted. Without E2E encryption enabled by default, Telegram is able to read and monitor most one-on-one communications on their servers. On top of that, group chats are never E2E encrypted so Telegram can monitor and read all communications in group chats. Read more ⟶