Here’s how to get started with Nostr In this week’s #TBOT solution, I get started with Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays). Nostr is a censorship-resistant decentralized social media protocol. In this video, we’ll do a short overview and show you how to get started in less than one minute. Watch on […]
“Most Americans don’t realize they live under an expansive surveillance regime that likely violates their constitutional rights. Every purchase, deposit, and transaction, from the smallest Venmo payment for a coffee to a large hospital bill, creates a data point in a system that watches you—even if you’ve done nothing wrong.” […]
A new modeling study by researchers at North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University projects that the rapid expansion of data centers supporting artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency mining could raise wholesale electricity costs by as much as 57% in some U.S. regions by 2030. The study, published in Environmental […]
If you are new to the Equibit story, please read The Assassination of Equibit, originally released in 2023. In one of the clearest examples of technical surveillance in his case, Chris Horlacher discovered and documented a DNS-based Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack that was intercepting and potentially monitoring his internet traffic. Discovery of the DNS […]
Your weekly tech update! Tonight, the FCC, Google, and the UK Government make big moves against private and free technology. The hits don’t stop — keep ’em coming, and we’ll keep the solutions coming on #TBOT. Watch on Substack Bye Bye Burner Phones?: A new FCC rule threatens to end phone anonyminity by […]
When it was reported that Wegmans grocery stores were utilizing facial recognition technology (FRT) to collect data on their customers, the company declined to disclose the software-end of its surveillance machine. Their reticence may be related to the FRT industry’s deep ties to the national security state — leaving consumers’ […]
The infrastructure for the global digital control grid that was slowly being constructed over the past five years is now in the acceleration and implementation phase: perspective There can be no globally shared AI infrastructure or digital embassies without giving data centers all the land, energy, and water they need, […]
Parents in Washington state got wind of AI ‘experiment’ at their children’s pre-school and were able to stop it, but how many other similar programs are being run without parents’ knowledge? If you appreciate these updates, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a donation of any size via GiveSendGo. Those preferring […]
Europe is now openly discussing restricting Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling some of its most sensitive government data, including financial records, judicial files, and healthcare information, and this marks a major turning point in the relationship between Europe and the American technology sector. According to reports surrounding the European […]
DARPA is looking to write and erase epigenetic base modifications in DNA that could be used for cognitive enhancement, biological threats protection, and regenerative medicine. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DNA-Protein Epigenetic Chemistry Engineering (D-PECHE) program aims “to develop novel methods of modifying DNA bases in living […]