Insights and Perspectives
Updates and analysis on security technology and implementation.
Your Phone, Laptop, and TV Are One Profile. Here’s How They Got Linked.
Cross-device tracking stitches your phone, laptop, and smart TV into one profile via shared accounts, your home IP, and TV content recognition. How to break the links.
Your Advertising ID Is a Tracking Number. Here’s How to Actually Kill It.
Your phone’s advertising ID (GAID/IDFA) ties your app activity into one sellable profile. Why resetting it isn’t enough, and why a de-Googled phone has none at all.
Surveillance Capitalism in Plain English (You’re Not the Product, Your Future Is)
You’re not the product, your future behavior is. Surveillance capitalism explained simply: extraction, prediction, sale, and how to step off the pipeline.
Does iPhone Lockdown Mode Actually Work? (Yes, and Here’s Where It Stops.)
Yes, Lockdown Mode genuinely works, spyware is coded to abort when it detects it. What it disables, where it stops, and how it compares to a ground-up hardened phone.
Your Data Just Leaked. Here’s the First 48 Hours.
Your data has already leaked. The first-48-hours playbook: change reused passwords, strong 2FA, lock your email, freeze your credit, and make the leaked data worthless.
Two-Factor Done Right: Why SMS Codes Are the Weak Version
SMS 2FA is the weakest and most-defeated form. The honest ranking, SMS vs authenticator apps vs hardware keys and passkeys, why phishing-resistance matters, and email first.
Sandboxed Google Play: How a De-Googled Phone Still Runs Your Apps
Sandboxed Google Play runs Google as a powerless, unprivileged guest, so a de-Googled phone still runs your apps. What it can and can’t see, and how to wall it off.
What’s Your Threat Model? The Question That Comes Before Any Gadget.
Before you buy any security tool, define your threat model: what you’re protecting, who from, and what you’ll accept. The five questions, and why calibration is everything.
50 Steps to Harden Your Phone, or Start With One That’s Already Hardened
A 50-step hardening checklist can’t remove data collection baked into a commercial OS, and doing it by hand across devices never ends. Why the first step is a clean OS.
Your Data Isn’t Spread Out. It Funnels Through a Handful of Companies.
Push notifications, 2FA codes, and identity checks funnel through a few companies. Governments quietly compel that metadata. The threat model, and how to route around it.
Recent Posts
- Your Phone, Laptop, and TV Are One Profile. Here’s How They Got Linked.
- Your Advertising ID Is a Tracking Number. Here’s How to Actually Kill It.
- Surveillance Capitalism in Plain English (You’re Not the Product, Your Future Is)
- Does iPhone Lockdown Mode Actually Work? (Yes, and Here’s Where It Stops.)
- Your Data Just Leaked. Here’s the First 48 Hours.
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