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 […]
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 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 […]
TRACE is in the House
The House of Representatives has a bill called TRACE which will begin the efforts of monitoring people with or those who came in contact with people with COVID-19. May 11, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP If I were to look at the response to COVID-19 so far, here’s what I’ve observed: People became […]
The COVID-19 Panopticon Could Be Permanent
Letting no crisis go to waste, COVID-19 is being used as a Trojan Horse for all sorts of invasive policies, trampling your privacy in the name of safety. The COVID-19 virus isn’t just a pandemic in the viral sense, it has also created a privacy pandemic. In fact, the U.S. could be on the verge […]
Zoom Opens Door for Hackers to Access Your Camera
While everyone is already feeling uncertain and vulnerable, they turned to online conference services like Zoom, only to have their private information shared and left open to hackers. In a devastating one-two punch to your privacy, Zoom has admitted in a class action lawsuit that they provided your private information to Facebook. They also left […]
Google Cloud Security Fail: 200 Million Records Leaked
There’s only so much security and privacy people can expect from open-source services like Google. What can you do to mitigate risk? Imagine if everything about almost every U.S. citizen’s property sale or purchase was made public for anyone to grab — without any security whatsoever. No password protection, no two-factor authentication, not even a […]
Emergency is the Backdoor for Tyranny
State of emergency used as a backdoor for tyrannical wishlist as governments push through all sorts of invasive, and expensive policies in the name of “safety”. March 23, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP As the panic continues, I hear people talking about how this situation surrounding Covid-19, or the “Novel coronavirus”, is unprecedented. […]
Avast’s “Free” Antivirus Isn’t Free (Here’s Why)
There’s no such thing as a “free lunch”, or a “free” antivirus. In fact, the cost to your privacy is dear. Perhaps the idea that you can have a private life, free from being put under a microscope by a Government or corporate entity … is dead. Today’s example comes from Avast, a company that […]
