FBI Gets to Peek at Your Browser History
Under the guise of national security, Congress is looking to expand surveillance powers of the FBI; this time they are coming for your browser history. After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Government signed the Patriot Act into law. This legislation opened the door for federal authorities to investigate American citizens suspected of violating a vaguely […]
Congress Pushes to Police Internet
Struck down for being unconstitutional, congress revisits a bill to police the internet which would make platforms and end users both liable for content. June 29, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The United States has become a sociological tinder box. Lock downs ushered in depression level economic hardship. The portrayal of the pandemic […]
Shopping for Citizenship? Let’s Talk Turkey?
If you’re shopping for a second citizenship, let me present a country with warm hospitality, rich and diverse culture, and an affordable cost of living: Turkey. June 22, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It seems with all the stuff happening in the world, things have come to a veritable stand-still. Depending on where […]
A Small Reprieve in Surveillance
The United States has been under the jackboot of the surveillance state for quite some time; but recent events have brought about some reprieve in the facial recognition. June 15, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It looks like there’s been a slight armistice in the brokering of our private data. I’m pleasantly surprised […]
Taxation by Citation: Policing For Profit
Tickets, fines, fees, surcharges, and asset forfeiture are all forms of policing for profit, and it’s lead to more discord within local communities. June 8, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I remember when people called out George W. Bush about his foreign policy. “The US is not the police of the world!” they […]
The Destruction of COVID-19 Response and Aftermath
COVID-19 has done some harm to people around the world, the but the toll of the response and the aftermath are much worse. June 1, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The COVID-19 is bad. For many, it has been deadly, and for others a tough recovery. We can dispute how the numbers are […]
The Crypto Economy Has Arrived & Not a Minute Too Soon
Cryptocurrency has been around for about a decade, but it’s becoming normalized and its application more commonplace and streamlined. By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It used to be, bartering was the only form of economic transaction. You have cows, I have tomatoes. We determine a quantity of cows that equal the value of a […]
The Immortality of the Patriot Act
Like a bad case of herpes, the Patriot Act is flaring up again in the halls of the Senate, and there were some hits and misses, with the main casualty being privacy rights. May 25, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The sun set on Section 215 back in March around the same time […]
Smartphones to Reach “Peak Tracking” (No Warrant)
Yet another feature to the smartphone has been added to track users, and that collected data is sold to the government to avoid obtaining a warrant. Just a few years ago, anyone who warned that “Big Brother is watching” was mocked, called a conspiracy theorist, and told to put on a “tin foil hat.” Almost […]
Gig Workers Unite
More politicians have their sights on restricting and regulating gig work, and they are coming for it during the worst possible economic times. May 18, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Provided governments don’t have the global society regressing back to some dark age, the days of professional career monogamy are waning. Keeping options […]
