The reason I do not own a TV for the last 18 yrs.

A while back, I did some research into Marketing. And to understand the tactics I read some books.

Three books in particular changed my entire outlook not only when observing advertisements, but also social media trends and the old-school media constructed narratives.

The Grievance studies affairs was also an eye opener. It reminded me of the gasoline lead scandals.

Concepts of social engineering go beyond marketing. It is used daily to form artificial consent. I guess Operation Mocking Bird is used in more then one way.

To understand why a brand is popular or why it sounds like a forest full of mocking birds, its good to understand the underlying structures and behaviors that can produce the conditions needed.

Using Bots in a digital age, is bringing these concepts together on steroids.

Things fall into perspective when you look under the hood.

Know your enemies?



They know who you are.

It's time to uncover who they are.

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.





https://www.surveillancewatch.io/

Source is twitter from account GrapheneOS:

Wired was manipulated into spreading misinformation to market Palantir and iVerify by misrepresenting a vulnerability in a disabled demo app as being a serious problem which could be exploited in the real world. They should retract the article but won't.
https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/

"iVerify vice president of research [...] points out that while Showcase represents a concerning exposure for Pixel devices, it is turned off by default. This means that an attacker would first need to turn the application on in a target's device before being able to exploit it."

"The most straightforward way to do this would involve having physical access to a victim's phone as well as their system password or another exploitable vulnerability that would allow them to make changes to settings. Google's Fernandez emphasized this limiting factor as well."

So I have been learning a lot, practicing and am slooowly getting it. Slow but the more I do the better I comprehend.

I started to learn HTML/CSS 21.07.2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/christy222/p/my-second-round-with-html

How did socialists get such a stranglehold over so many corporations, which are ostensibly focused on making a profit?
James Lindesey from new Discourses explains.

Hint: ESG

I wonder how the new Gulags will look like? I fear I might find out sooner then later because I can not hold my tongue in the face of tyranny.

THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL.

Communism is here.

Recommended Watch.

Available now for streaming.

'BENEATH SHEEP'S CLOTHING'

Link: https://beneathsheepsclothing.movie

OhOh, the new Operation Mockingbird?

GOOGLE’S TRUE ORIGIN PARTLY LIES IN CIA AND NSA RESEARCH GRANTS FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE (QZ)

The intelligence community and Silicon Valley have a long history.

"The intelligence community wanted to shape Silicon Valley’s efforts at their inception so they would be useful for homeland security purposes."

Full article:
https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance

Oh wow, has anyone heard anything on this front?

From Simply Bitcoin on Twitter/X:
A major cyberattack has disrupted Iran's central bank and its entire banking system.

Only other source also from Twitter from Iran International English

Interessting.
I have done zero research into this though. But seems to be worth a look into it. I also have zero insight to the publication site. No idea how trust worthy they are:

This federal agency entity is now more commonly referred to as the “CIGIE” (pronounced as “sig-ee”) by federal employees, but to the power brokers of the United States of America, it remains, and is still referred to, as “The Council.”

https://archive.ph/v66WP

https://intelligencer.today/the-council-who-is-running-the-united-states-of-america/18/07/2024/8132/

Why not caring about digital privacy effects everyone around you.
Your nonactions can really hurt others.
-https://cybershipwreck.substack.com/p/why-not-caring-about-digital-privacy-

Whats-app is a great example. In Germany a court case raised the question as to the privacy violations of others that do not use Whats-app.

Whats-app was known for scanning, reading and sending all your phone contacts to the USA for Facebook to use as they please.

The court concluded, external contacts have to consent to this violation in written form.

*https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/weitergabe-von-kontakten-durch-whatsapp-vor-gericht-15085153.html

No one does this, companies gloss over this fact when they force employees and customers to use Whats-app.

You are giving away my data without my consent.

This could be mitigated by using the same features in a privacy focused app like Signal or Sessions. Bit more freedom and privacy is offered by SimpleChatX, where you do not even need a phone number to sign in.



You might not care that your data is exploited, others get rick off of you or that leaked/stolen/hacked data can be used in phishing attempts or even get people killed or financially ruined.

Those are real world consequences that arise when people get lazy and continence is more gratifying then keeping themselves and others safe.



Lets see what the news for today tells us:
Up to 2.9 Billion Records Stolen in a Hack of US Background Check Company (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/up-to-2-9-billion-records-stolen-in-a-hack-of-a-us-background-check-company/)

The leaked data consists of two text files totaling 277 GB, containing almost 2.7 billion plaintext records, slightly less than the 2.9 billion originally claimed by USDoD. Unlike previous leaks, this 2.7 billion record set does not include phone numbers and email addresses.

Further Exa.:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/01/23/massive-26-billion-record-leak-dropbox-linkedin-twitterx-all-named/

Here we have not only that you got robbed, but that the mindvirus of woke communist made you pay for it.

Recently hacked Indian exchange WazirXIndia went from "democratising crypto investing" to "democratise the loss".
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/biggest-indian-crypto-exchange-wazirx-hacked-230-million-funds-stolen-funds/articleshow/111837172.cms

But the remaining tokes will be converted and distributed as part of their FAIR AND TRANSPARENT SOCILIZED LOSS STRATEGY/ DISTIBUTE THE IMPACT EQUUITABLY.



Self Custody is the solution.
Stop trusting 3rd parties with the things most valuable to you or your company (this includes data).

Companies grow fast, their situation has to adapt with that growth. It's understandable that companies reach for solutions of 3rd Parties.

I understand the convenience.

But here also lies the potential of economic loss.

And it could lead to bankruptcy or being locked into contracts, that hinder growth.

These companies are in a race, and all they see is the race.

But sometimes you need to sit out the next round and take a breath.

A lot of companies are tangled up with many different tools, that at the end of the day harbor risks and costs money. Lots and lots of money.

These companies usually have locations globally and do not see the potential in moving to more decentralized structures, with less dependencies on 3rd party actors. Using tools that can adapt and scale, locally.

I understand the costs, and that some locations will need a different form of 3rd party agreement (external IT for remote locations as an example). The difference lies in contractional individual agreements, which you hardly have with centralized big tech.

Its a better „insurance“ at the end of the day, that's for sure.

I root for many of these companies. I wish them success and growth.

But shake my head at the lack of interest at the fundamental level.

So I wish them the best of luck and hope they do not regret the decisions they make by paying rental license for a generic but popular product. Then losing that data or even selling it to other 3rd party vendors. And then getting sued by the data owners, which will always be the person you got the data from.

Some times its better to go a pace slower, and invest.

I have lost patients with many lazy people, so much that I do not give out real emails or telephone numbers if I now that these pwople use spyware and do not care about other peoples privacy rights.

Most still find ways to contact me. So thats a plus.

Be aware of what tech you use and how it can really hurt you if you do not use privacy features.

Start small:

Use Brave instead of Google for browsing

Use Signal instead of Whats-app

One little change today, will save a lot of grief at the end of the day.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hackers-are-leaking-childrens-data-s-little-parents-can-rcna1926

https://www.identityiq.com/identity-theft/how-sharenting-can-lead-to-identity-theft/

Pay to reject cookies seems to be the new thing.

This is extortion. It smells like desperation and it makes the entire Company look like it is a greedy fraud.
Having to PAY for not wanting to be tracked by your website is mildly stating it, blackmail.

I cannot even reach the cookie page to find out what and how I am going to be tracked before deciding.

This feels very illegal. Just regarding the GDPR. I will have to read if anything has changed allowing the extortion of consumers.
These tracking sites and third party snoops, are a huge liability for security. If leaks happen, phishing attempts can be preformed by this collected data, and data brokers earning a ton of money from your own data.

This should concern anyone.

Specially if you just read the popup: Some tracking of PERSONAL DATA may not require your consent. Then why pay?

Using the Browser Brave mitigates this. Firefox is another alternative, in Firefox you can use the reader mode (found in the bowser bar where the address is shown, right hand side, the icon looks like a piece of paper with lines on it) .

If you use the tools correctly, you will be amazed how pleasant it is to browse the web with hardly any advertisements following you from one page to the next device, like creepy stalkers.

Research Ublock Origin, if you are not willing to leave the data kraken Chrome.

And please, do not use these companies. Deny them your money and attention, there are so many alternatives, if you want to read the article, just search it in a browser, I am sure someone else has written about it as well.