Back in 1949 the world was still recovering from World War II. The Korean War wouldn’t start for another year, but George Orwell was already focused on the dangers of communism and the totalitarianist government it builds. World War II was started by totalitarian governments; but worse than that was how such governments treat the citizens living under their control.
In his book 1984, the government, encapsulated in the persona of “Big Brother,” knew everything about everyone; where they were, what they were doing and even what they were thinking much of the time. This was used to keep control of people to an extreme that even the now defunct Soviet Union couldn’t reach. Yet with modern technology, the reality of such a government could very well be forming around us and we don’t even see it happening.
As we know, the government is actively spying on every one of us. That’s the essence of Edward Snowden’s message, since he left the employ of the NSA. While that spying is intended to help prevent terrorism, we’ve seen some in government be awfully free in their use of that term. One can quickly find themselves labeled as a terrorist if the political winds blow the wrong way.
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On top of the NSA, big tech is in cahoots with government in a number of ways, most especially with providing information to law enforcement officers, as they seek to solve crimes. But that same information which is being used for the good of tracking down and convicting criminals can very well be used against the rest of us. After all, any of us can become an instant felon, simply by Congress passing a law making something that has been legal, suddenly illegal.
An excellent case in point is the current push by Democrats to restrict our Second Amendment rights. Should they do that, then millions of law-abiding citizens will suddenly be faced with the option of turning in valuable firearms or hiding them from the government. Will the government hunt down those who haven’t turned in their guns, using the same tools they are currently using to track down criminals? Only time will tell.
So, what can we do to keep the government from having an idea where we are and what we are doing? To start with, we need to understand that the government has multiple means of tracking us, not just one or two. That means we’re going to have to defeat them all, if we expect to protect ourselves from electronic spying.
Here are a few places to start.
Use a Burner Phone
The easiest way for the government to track any of us is through our smartphone. We really don’t have a handle on everything that our phones are doing in the background, while we’re not looking.
Yet there’s nearly constant communication between our phones and the local cell phone tower.
It’s clear that the communications we have through our phones is readily available to the NSA and others.
You can even pay online services to do a little spying on family members, seeing their text messages, who they’ve talked to, what they’ve looked at online and where they’ve been. If you and I can do this, then you can be sure the government can do more.
Shut Off GPS Tracking
One of the most common ways our phones help the government keep track of us is through the phone’s GPS. Google and Apple keep track of our every move through that part of the phone.
If you go to Google Maps and click on your timeline in the menu, it will show you everywhere you’ve been, for the last several years.
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This feature alone could put you in danger if you just happen to be in the same place that a crime was committed. While that alone wouldn’t be enough to convict you; it would be enough to make you a suspect.
And that’s just one example of how the GPs could be used against you. What if they want to track you down because it has been reported that you said something against the government; they’d have no trouble tracking you down.
Clean Out Internet Browsing Activity and Cookies
One of the big ways that companies use the internet to keep tabs on us is through our browsing history and the cookies downloaded to our computers by the various websites we visit.
A lot can be learned about who we are and what we do by looking at that. That’s why major corporations invest so much in data mining, looking for people to buy their products.
Haven’t you seen how you can look at something online, then find advertisements for the same sort of product showing up in your Facebook feed and just about any online article you read?
That information is also admissible in court as a means of defining your character. Government prosecutors could build a totally false narrative about you as a terrorist or planning mass murder, backed up by no more than the websites you have visited. Simple curiosity can and will be used against you, perhaps even in a court of law.
Get Rid of Alexa, Siri, and other Voice-recognition Assistants
One of the key elements of Orwell’s imaginary society in 1984 was that the government was tracking what everyone was doing through their television sets.
Yet today, rather than the government having to hide that capability in our TV sets, we buy devices and use them in our homes.
Those devices track everything we do, listening in on our conversations, so that they can “serve us” better.
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Employees of those companies have come forth, confessing how employees at big tech companies listen in on people’s private lives.
If they’re doing it, then the government has access to it too. Remember, everything that device does goes over the internet and the NSA is tapped into that thoroughly.
Create Alternative e-Mail Accounts for Memberships
Our online identity is largely tied into our e-mail account.
Pretty much everything you sign up for, from buying dog food to looking at different sites, involves creating an account using that e-mail address. That online presence can lead government agents to look into all areas of your online existence.
The solution is to create multiple ‘personas,’ utilizing them for different things.
In order to do this, you’re going to have to provide false information at some point, as pretty much all e-mail services try to verify that you’re a real person and that you’re who you say you are.
Create Site-specific Passwords
Passwords are the bane of modern existence, with more and more websites requiring a membership and password for access. Even those that don’t are likely to require you setting up an account to buy anything.
The information attached to that account Is just one more source for the government to look at.
Most of us pick a password and use it for as much as we can. The problem with that is that once someone figures out your password, they can try it on a variety of different platforms, trying to access your account and see what you’ve been doing.
Four different products, bought from different vendors, could easily become the parts of a bomb in some investigator’s imagination.
Avoid JavaScript
JavaScript abounds throughout the internet, having been created to make it possible for web pages to be interactive.
Unfortunately, it’s full of security holes, having been created many of the more modern modes of hacking were invented. Today, breaking into JavaScript is considered small potatoes by hackers.
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Keep in mind that the government employs hackers too; they’re called “white hat hackers,” and while that term was originally coined in regards to people who were trained in hacking in order to play the “red team” in online security simulations, it’s used for any hacker who does their work as part of “legitimate” business.
Of course, as far as the government is concerned, anything they do is legitimate, regardless of what the law says.
Encrypt e-Mail
We’ve already discussed how the NSA is recording and reading every bit of communications that flows across the internet. That includes your e-mail. They know if you’re making an inquiry about buying a new home, having an online affair or discussing business secrets.
According to Snowden, some of those government employees are looking over people’s shoulders, watching their lives as if it were a live soap opera.
The world’s best code breakers work for the NSA and the majority of the world’s supercomputers are housed in their facilities. So the idea that they can’t break into an encrypted e-mail is ridiculous. Nevertheless, encrypting still makes it harder, meaning that they’d have to have a pretty good reason to bother.
While not perfect, encrypting your e-mail at least protects you from casual view.
Avoid Online, Credit Card and Debit Card Purchases
Probably one of the earliest ways that law enforcement used the benefits of the internet to solve crimes is through tracking credit card use. We’ve all seen cop shows where they tracked a suspect by looking at where they were using their credit card. That’s child’s play for the government today.
Of course, the government isn’t the only one tracking our online purchases, although I don’t think that companies have the ability to get into the records of our credit and debit card usage like the government can.
Either way, it can provide the government with a lot of information that you might not want them to know. Better to use cash and keep your transactions anonymous.
If you’ve got to buy things online, then use prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards, not associated with any bank account you have.
You can buy these easily at the checkout in many major stores, in denominations up to $500. That makes it possible to make a lot of purchase anonymously.
Then have the item shipped to an address that can’t be readily traced to you, like a PO box that you rented using a false address.
Don’t Fill Out Profile Data
One of the easiest ways for the government, criminals, companies and just about anyone else has of getting information about any of us is through our online profiles.
Social media has encourages people to live an open life, with everything about them becoming common knowledge. But that information can become dangerous if it gets into the wrong hands.
Save that information, so that you can give it to who you want to, rather than whoever wants it.
While it might not be quite as “neighborly” in the online community, holding that information back could help protect you from the government or from criminals.
One Final Thought
Doing the things I’ve mentioned in this article are likely to have unintended consequences. That is, they’re likely to make you look suspicious to anyone investigating you.
But then, if you haven’t done anything wrong, it really doesn’t matter how suspicious they think you look. They still have to find evidence, not suspicion, in order to take any action against you.
Your ready answer to this suspicion should be that you are protecting yourself from criminals. Even government agencies recommend taking precautions for that reason, so by stating that, you’re throwing the onus back on them. If they don’t like that, it’s just too bad.
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Interesting…..
but I would like a little more information on ways to defeat the spying.I know there are several but I always welcome other folks ideas, Some such as NOT using a smart phone ae pretty standard.
A lot of people are afraid to comment in fear of retaliation from our own Government. It was like that during the Obama administration. So many “far left” types have threatened to “punish” Conservatives for not walking in lockstep with the new Nazis we have in Government. The only time we have to revenge them is at the voting booths, and even then you cannot trust your vote will be counted.
I even think that these shootings are encouraged by the far left so that they have an excuse to disarm people and rape the Constitution bloody. Biden himself has told us the Constitution is useless against the power of his office (which was really stupid, because he warned us what his plans are – to enslave the 99% that aren’t filthy rich). When I saw him stumble three times on the stairway to Air Force One, I couldn’t help but think not only his mind is gone, but his body betrays him, too. I firmly believe that Biden/Harris are just “talking heads” for the rich 1% that populate the Planet. Harris laughs, and Biden doesn’t know where he is or what he is doing! Biden the Catholic who embraces premeditated murder by abortion. Why hasn’t the Church excommunicated him? This is exactly what he deserves besides arrest for election theft.
Dan Bongino suggests a parallel economy. Only use companies that have a strong Red leaning. He suggested a VPN service on his blog. I don’t use one so I forgot which one. But if a SS retiree uses it, it must be good.
They will know anything and everything about you anyway, unless you live off grid in the backwoods. I just try to live simply and don’t worry too much, there is enough to worry about these days
Nord VPN is a very good one!
Thumbs down because abortion is not murder.
It is technically the removal of a parasite.
crazysquirrel, so if someone killed you because you are a parasite feeding off of the host environment you occupy, that is okay with you?
Vladimir, I really enjoyed your reading. You seem exceptionally intelligent. What books you recommend that I read? You may reach me here: richardharris_50@yahoo.com
Richard Harris
Have to sneer at most of these hip,anti-surveillance sites. Long screeds on privacy, tracking etc. Then at the bottom of the page? Comment section is totally operated by DISQUS, which is the most insideous, pervasive widespread tracker online. Far more than FB or twitter even. Cause it tracks all that user’s entries ALL across the net, not just on twat and FB. Yet 98% of those who should know better, use it. Its pure poison.
The only way to “defeat the spying” is to take out the spies and their controllers!
The solution is really quite simple once you think about it. It’s just the squeamish part that one has to get past to see the most efficient solutions!
If you take out our governmental spying, there are other countries that will waltz right in and do it.
Terri,
Check out Rob Braxman on Odysee.com for all the cyber security you can imagine. He’s on YouTube too, but you really should avoid it if you access it via your own real name. YouTube is Google you know and they store your history on all your activities. You also get tracked by Facebook as they have their fingers into everything developing their ‘relationship maps’ between all people you communicate with. I could go on and on but learn from Rob for a deep dive into protecting yourself.
Rob has his own VPN service or you also can trust Unspyable.com.
Vladimir: Strongly agree! Every point is right on. But, the Nazis are not new, the same we faced in the 1940s. Joe Kennedy and many other wealthy men adopted Nazism in the 30s and shifted the dnc into it. My stepmother, 2 aunts and a mother-in-law were SS and hated the dnc, calling it America’s Nazi Party. niio
RFID…
RFID is in your car tires!
Mfr’s claim for ‘warranty reasons’, but does not block others from tracking you via those tires.
I’m afraid to comment on this one.
I wasn’t! See below.
STU, me to…
But, they don’t care anyway. We are a disease to them.
Hey, if they don’t fallow the constitution, do we have to fallow there laws.
Red Ant,
In a one word reply, NO!
It was written in jest
Use a strong VPN and stop using any Google or Apple products. Get off of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Red ant Yes, we are a disease to them, destroying their fantasy of a pristine earth. When push comes to shove, remember why we have the 2nd amendment. Dem have always treat the Constitution like toilet paper. niio
It is unclear how much data the NSA collects, but they do have the capability to intercept and record every electronic communication. What you think about that depends on how much you trust the Government. How far off the grid you go is a matter of choices. I spent a decade in my younger days leaving almost no trail, working in the cash economy, no bank acount, no Driver’s License, no phone, no credit, the pre-internet days to be sure. These days I am Uncle Sam’s little B because I take Social Security and Medicare (after ten years of not filing a tax return I got a real job and filed a return that year, never heard a word from the IRS). One important thing not mentioned in the article is to do all of your internet browsing through a Virtual Private Network, VPN. Hides everything you do on line, even from your ISP, the best VPNs use military grade encryption. Often overlooked with a VPN is the need to use a search engine that, unlike Google, does not collect and report your search data. Duckduckgo is one popular secure search engine for use with VPN. It is amazing how much of the internet is censored by Google and the other big players, especially any site that is considered far left, far right, or Libertarian. Man, i need the extreme views from all sides to even begin to approximate the Truth.
“It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.” The truth seems to be somewhere out there in The Zone these days.
I bet “The Truth” is laughing it’s asss off right about now, seeing how it is so blatantly ignored nowadays!
And considering the way “virtual” reality(?) is taking over, I doubt “The Truth” will be around much longer!
Too bad the Human Race just can’t seem to mature past its infancy, isn’t it?!
The only thing left that the Human Race has to prepare for is the “hospice scene” from the movie Soylent Green!
HEY JUDGE,
THE INTENT OF THOSE ‘BEHIND THE CURTAIN’ OF THIS ‘GENETICALLY MODIFIED’ REALITY IS TO BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION, TO FURTHER DILUTE THE PUBLICS’ PERCEPTION OF A TRUTH. EVIDENTLY, THE ABSOLUTES OF A TRUTH ARE ONLY PREFERABLE TO THE PRIVALIGED…OR SO THEY BELIEVE.
THE SOCIOPATHS WITHIN THESE GROUPS OF ORGANIZATIONS VIEW ANYONE OUTSIDE THEIR INNER CIRCLE AS A RESOURCE FROM WHICH TO EXPLOIT, MINIPULATE AND CONTROL. CONTROLLING THE NARRITIVE THROUGH WHICH THE MANIPULATION OF INFORMATION CREATES AND THE DESIRED OUTCOME MANIFEST.
PUT SIMPLY, CONTROL THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR INTENDED TARGETS AND YOU CONTROL THEIR REALITY.
THIS EXPLAINS THE ACTIONS OF ‘FACEBOOK’, ‘GOOGLE’,’TWITTER’ AND OTHERS, TO PURGE AND DENY ACCESS TO ‘ALTERNATIVE MEDIA’, WHERE A TRUTH OR LIE COULD BE DISSEMINATED BY THE READER.
THE FACT THAT THOSE ‘BEHIND THE CURTAIN’ HAVE RESORTED TO CENCORING IS QUITE OBVIOUS AND TELLING.
LOSING CONTROL OF THE NARRITIVE MEANS LOSING CONTROL OF…WELL, US! GOD FORBID!
EVIDENTLY,….. ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED TO MAKE UP OUR OWN HEARTS AND MINDS.
IT’S TIME TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR. DO NOT ALLOW YOUR MAGNIFICENCE AND HAPPINESS TO BE COMPROMISED OR DICTATED BY OTHERS. YOU’VE BEEN GRANTED ‘FREE CHOICE’ BY YOUR CREATOR TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHATEVER YOU WISH. YOU GIVE POWER TO THAT WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO THINK ABOUT. IT WOULD BE WISE TO USE ‘THOUGHT’….LOVINGLY AND COMPASSIONATELY INSTEAD OF PAYING ATTENTION TO FEAR BASED DRAMA AND THEIR MSM MINIONS THAT CATERS TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.
TURN OFF THE TV AND START TRUSTING YOUR OWN INTUITION AND DISCERNMENT.
THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE….SOON AS WE ALL FLUSH FEAR, APPREHENSION AND WORRY DOWN THE TOILET AND ADOPT LOVE, COMPASSION, JOY AND HAPPINESS AS PLAY PALS.
S, using all CAPS in text and blogs is a visual for YELLING, is that your intention?
Love your perspective
Putting the traitors infesting our country on the Gallows would be much simpler and more efficient, wouldn’t it???
Depends on who’s tightening the noose, doesn’t it?
I’ve already volunteered for that Honor!
TAL Good hat, MAKING HANGING TRAITORS GREAT AGAIN. It was for sale on FB marketplace but was removed. niio
For anyone interested in privacy minded alternative technologies, here are some this article didn’t cover.
-Use Brave Browser instead of Chrome/Edge/Firefox
-Create a free email account at a privacy conscious provieder @e.email (here: e.foundation/e-email-invite/)
-Consider a de-googled phone (e.foundation/products/)
Duck duck go is the browser I use now. At least I’m not giving money to the evil goog
Duck Duck Go is not a browser. It is an internet Search Engine. Browsers are Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave Browser etc.
Use Tor browser. Much better security and no tracking.
I also use protonmail for my email. About to start using a VPN that’s offshore and costs about $4 a month.
Check out Rob Braxman on Odysee.com for a massive education on cyber security. You can also use his VPN service as it’s a small trustworthy that’s not noticed as much as the big VPN service providers. Also you can trust Unspyable.com. These services run about $10/mon which is dirt cheap to protect your privacy. Unsayable offers a email service with there VPN service too.
Also check out Rob Braxman’s site: Brax.me
He prides a secure chat room there that is totally private.
Also check his Store for De-Googled phones. He’s got a massive crew that rids specific phones of all Google software so the phone Does Not require your identification to work. Check Rob’s store to see which phones are available as they sell fast. You can bring your own phone ( has to be specific models which you can learn about on his site) then pay a fee to have his crew De-Google it!
Yep, face recognition, cameras set up everywhere, artificial intelligence, google algorithms, mark of the beast, one world electronic currency, COVID passports. We are screwed
We were astonished when we were in Texas, 1500 miles from home. Walmart pulled up my wife’s birthday without her showing ID. At a small hardware in west Texas the same thing happened to me. Then this month a local Rural King here in Ohio pulled up a purchase we had made…without ID, the bank card or the receipt when my wife wanted to return jeans she had purchased. Big tech and the government are watching every move.
When they do that to you, tell them, “I can find out where you live too………………real quick like!”
The only way to defeat this enemy is to put the Fear of God into them, By Any Means Necessary!
Walmart shoppers are thje scum of the earth and deserve what they get.
well DICK, as in an appendage closely associated with the real asshole, I’m a proud WalMart shopping Deplorable, so screw you Libtard
Even though we’re still not hardcore about this list yet, we started a majority of them as long as 10 years ago and are constantly refining our online presence. The first step was easy: get off social media (it doesn’t help just to leave a profile blank, when they can track where you log in right back to your computer). That started our “unintended consequences.” We started noticing we weren’t being notified of/invited to events, because all that was being done on Facebook. Friends actually started getting frustrated with us that they had to email or pick up the phone to contact us. Then, we started trying to teach friends and family about the problems with posting pictures, (GPS stamping, face recognition, etc.) and requested pictures with us in them, especially our kids, not be posted. Then we stopped checking the permission box for using our likeness in any organization we’re in. That decision has been the worst. We have been made to feel like we’re being ridiculous and how much trouble we put people through. Not complaining, just saying getting off the grid will actually make people around you mad! But we’re dying on this hill, because it’s important.
Now you know who your REAL friends are, and those who are not, don’t you?!
It’s going to be just like the 1st Civil War, friend against friend, brother against brother, The Right side against the Wrong side.
There’s no going back now, is there?
And….
This article says “cookies are bad” but the first thing that pops up when you click on the article to read it is a little box wanting you to “accept cookies”
Go figure.
I totally agree. Prepper doesn’t practice what it preaches. Makes you wonder if prepper is legit. (Even to post this comment, I needed to fill out my email addy, check Privacy Policy Agreement etc. What gives?
I already use some of these ideas, but not all. I try to never fill out profile data and anything I order online is pretty benign. I never order ammunition, firearms, etc. online as that leaves a trail a blind man could follow. It is probably not completely possible to escape the ‘eye’ of ‘Big Brother’. There is a ‘list’, 72 or more things listed, that mark you as a possible ‘problem’ for the government. To find them, search ’72 things that might classify you as a potential terrorist’. The list was first published several years ago. If you read them you might find many that are rather chilling as, we most of the time, consider them to be rights or just everyday activities. We really have no idea just how much and or what the NSA or other agencies track and watch for, but I think Snowden only scratched the surface. I don’t think very highly of You Tube, Twitter or FaceBook. Maybe someday they will combine all three, just for those people who have to post ‘everything’ they do or say on these forms of social media, and call it…YouTwitFace. Posting everything you do, your daily life or whatever, on social media is ‘not’ very smart.
DavefSA
That list came out under slowbama. I think. So that was back around 2008. Before trump.
They must be scared of some people. It’s a dussy of a list. I coped it so I would have one.
Dave from San Antonio:
Heh,heh…my former boss used to tell that joke! ?
Judge Thomas said the Court hoped to get a case of monopoly against big tech, then slap them with antitrust laws. Then he smiled, happy at last.
—–Courts around the world are making decisions against the monopoly. US courts are fast following suit. Dershowitz’ case was a major step in that direction. Word is, Twit owner Dorsey is rumored to have had chest pains. But, he’s about 45 years old and already turning gray 🙂 niio
1) ditch all cell phones
2) stop using CC/DC
3) Don’t buy anything online
4) DITCH WINDOWS and MAC
5) Use one of the free secure Linux distributions on a USED laptop.
6) Avoid using your home internet.
7) Common sense – stop using social media!
8) Use an offshore email like protonmail or tutanota.
Remember, your car tires have RFID in them and you can be tracked that way.
It takes great effort to be anonymous. Lots of practice too.
Leave a trail of ‘breadcrumbs’ that YOU can control and for THEM to follow.
While it is impossible to stop every tracking, it is plausible to stop most tracking.
You forgot to mention to stop living in the 21st Century. If the Govt decides to do away with me someday, I’ll only have to answer to God. You’ve got to realize that they already have a detailed profile on 99% of us already. Not getting the Covid Mark will put you on a higher priority surveillance list though.
Crazy squirrel that’s a high order to follow. Seems unattainable at this point and juncture
We don’t even bother trying anymore. The gov traitors have us all out-teched!
We just wait for them to show up at our houses, because we know when they do show up, we will not survive the encounter. So we will simply take as many of them to hell with us as we can!
There are no other options now!
What? My tires have RFID? So?
I mean, it is bad enough that I use a toll tag, but I can’t see how the technology of RFID would work to track you in a tire. They’re used by the tire store for INVENTORY, not the evil road cops.
crazy: No es posible! ‘Net is a must for anyone with kids. They can and some day will use not having it as an excuse take away your children. If you want reality-based news, you have to go online for it. When I buy online, it’s usually gifts, small stuff, thing I wouldn’t use myself and often for the grandkids. When I buy for future need (cough :), most is cash and local. niio
This article is very useful. However you can also check out The hated one and techlore. They will begin a good lesson from dead stupid to ultra tight antigov.
I can’t do it. I get my work through the web, get paid via check, direct deposit, PayPal, and several others that always surprise me that I forgot about them.
Unfortunately that is what they want. And everything we post and say even in this website is attainable. Everything we say and post is affixed to our email address. Sooooo….
Then Arm Up my friend and practice, practice, practice, your family too!
It’s all We REAL Americans have left to protect our families, homes & properties against these traitors!
Here is a kicker for you. If you really are serious about being off grid then stop posting on this website. It is a form of social media just not made public.
Welp…the cat’s already out of the bag for a great many of us.
Trying to gracefully disengage from as many platforms, websites, digital banking and search engines as possible is all well and good, but if the gubment truly wants to “get” you, they already have all the info they need, from cradle to tomb. Newer cars all have tracking devices as do our cell phones, and whether it’s activated or not it by us they can remotely activate them. Almost everyone has a social security number for work, a driver’s license, licences/ certifications for certain types of work.
Somewhere, there is a record of some sort of everything you’ve done, everyone you’ve interacted with and everywhere you’ve been. If you attract enough of the wrong attention, or if someone in your circle of acquaintances has, you can be tracked down.
Otoh, if you are boring and vanilla, you won’t ping their radar, even if you’re bowling buddies with the unibomber. They’ll just think you’re a poor judge of character.
The point is, show them only what you want them to see.
Miz Kitty: Hey-lo angel! You said it. Did you get your hidden compartments built in yet? We have so many garden trenches here they’ll need a backhoe to find anything. Tohono say, if you’re serious about gardening here, dig down and get rid of the caliche (layers of natural baking soda, and nothing will root in it even when dying of thirst). 3+ feet deep and a new pick when you’re done. Junk mail, newspaper, coffee ground, leaves, weeds, logs and brush, then put the good soil back (provided you don’t need it to make adobe blocks 🙂 Dig in more coffee grounds, wet it, add heavy mulch, wet again. Let it sit for upt o 6 months but keep it watered. You then have a drought-resistant garden patch. And for other things, as well (cough 🙂 niio
Here’s a thought. When you back up your data, do NOT back up to “The Cloud.” Use a removable hard drive.
Do you know where those “cloud” servers are? China. It isn’t some amorphous wonder existing in the air. It is Chinese hardware.
There is actually a book for doing this:
How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace
In this articlethe author says “you’re going to have to provide false information at some point”….
Have you had a routine doctor appointment recently and the nurse ask if you’ve been down or depressed?…
At some point in your check up questions the nurse asks do you own any firesrms…
You seriously don’t think your answers are kept private by the doctors do you?
Have you tried to buy a firearm recently?…Questions: Have you ever been treated for a mental disorder or had mental health issues?
I’m sure the answers you give your nurse & doctor are in the FBI data base and are compared to your answers on your FBI background check when you buy a firearm.
Honestly I don’t trust doctors any more than I trust politicians. I’m not giving them any more information than I have to.
Guess it’s just the conspiracy theorist in me.
Mailpouch:
Not necessarily. I used to go to a doctor who had free WiFi for patient use. That same WiFi refused to allow patients to access ANY conservative websites, prepping websites, or even FOX news, which is pretty mainstream. It popped up with a message that access was denied due to “offensive content”.
I don’t go to that doctor anymore….
They are doing that so they can commit you as being a threat to yourself and others. I refused to have my 90 Yo mom answer those questions and I won’t either. I go to a naturopathic doctor. Insurance won’t pay for it, but i feel so much better about her practices. Even though my insurance company constantly tells her what to do about my care!!
we all need to gather get together and have a good ol’ revolution
Dillagaf6669:
Yep…and the absolute best way of doing that is to post a come on to a bunch of people you don’t know on a public forum.
Way to get noticed by the feds, sparky!
Unless you ARE a fed…
When buying and using any phone or portable hotspot, never give your ID or personal info.
Of course, the cash on the barrelhead is going to cost a lot more.
Your CAR can track you. Sirius, GPS, bluetooth, and even the RFID chips built into your TIRES can track you.
Your CC/DC has RFID chips in them and you can be tracked that way.
Been to walmart? CAMERAS everywhere, and at the checkout, they CLEARLY get your picture when you buy anything.
Other places do that too.
Almost impossible to buy anything online without a credit or debit card (prepaid ones won’t work most of the time either).
They DEMAND your identity and address.
STOP using windows/Mac. BOTH track you horribly.
Use Linux instead. At least that doesn’t come with built in tracking and such.
Learn how to make and use a Faraday Cage.
crazy: When I shop, I see a lot of places, especially smaller ones, that give a discount for cash purchases. Mind, this is not rural, but Tucson. Pima is a very dem county and people are fighting back. niio
Claude: When I reply to someone there’s no way for them to reply back, no ‘button to hit. Same when I want to speak to anyone who is replying to someone else. Thank you so much for this site and the books! niio!
Even if you disable tracking. They can still track you.
Clearing your cookies and browser data does absolutely nothing. It’s all been recorded by your ISP unless you use a VPN which essentially masks your IP address.
Your cell phone is rattling you out. Leave it at home if you go places. This is how they know who is not following rules like the lock downs at the pandemic.Some phones can not be tracked if you wrap them good in aluminum foil or store them in the microwave , have someone you know to call you to check if the cell phone rings. Cash is king and will break the link between you and the store and your money….just do not fill out a warranty card or use your printer that you registered since it will print yellow dots on the paper that identifies your printer.
a microwave will not block cell phone signals, both transmitted and received. a microwave will also not work as a Faraday cage, that is false claim that is constantly being posted on the internet.
Remember that your personal information is none of their business! Never fill out product warranty cards, or participate in surveys. When you have to fill out forms, fill out as little as possible and never give out your social security number even in the doctors office. Always wear a hat and sunglasses and try to never let them take your picture too!
CC: To Id someone, the doctor and others are not supposed to ask for more than the last 4 of your social and DOB. niio
I love my burner cell phone. Those people who wonder around broadcasting their actions through smartphones haven’t a clue what is happening.
I have a smartphone only it doesn’t have any SIMs and I carry it in a Faraday pouch, until I use it.
Use TOR, as well.
Most of my everyday stuff, I’m happy to let the government see my footprint. What I do and where I go in real life and all normalish transactions are great fodder. But when I bought a burner phone, I used cash (and wore a ball cap). Ammo… cash. Large quantities of food: cash. Anything I’m concerned about online I use an ancient anonymous email address over a VPN. Any transactions I don’t want tracked, if they are online a prepaid debit card, recharged using cash in person in the store if you need to.
Clearing browser cache, history and cookies might keep your spouse from easily seeing what. you do, but it does nothing to stop big brother. You need a VPN for that.
One other possible ‘privacy contaminate’ might be your smart TV. I don’t know if just HAVING one will be the problem or if it needs to be connected to cable, satellite or computer, but they can record conversations, can even video you, on or off. I have an older TV that isn’t a ‘smart’ one, and it isn’t connected to anything but the power and a dvd player. I don’t get any local or other TV stations I just watch my own dvd’s. Don’t rent on netflix or download off computer. My own HARD COPY dvd’s.
not sure what I’ll do if this TV ever bites the dust: all TV’s are now ‘smart’ ones.
Buy Monitors , use computer s with controls to watch
Dont use the new TVS
They are designed to Track, Watch , Give Feedback to Big Tech and in turn give to Gov for special favor or control and lic.
nothing free
all big tech is being used to track , Id, Log, Detect, Tell who you are, what you are doing , and how you think
if your no up to speed , start the reading process, Research and Follow the rabit trails while you still can
They alway s tell what is going to happen before it happens , but people are to busy to see , stop , look around , think about what , where , why
like a good investigator , look for what is out of place , not normal , not what you have seen in past
look for the : what , Why, where, When , and then corrulate to the other time frame s
OK: using burner phone: how to do this? no contract? a prepaid phone? So you need one or lots? give info on how to do these things…..
How to permanently disable GPS so it won’t reset every time you upgrade? is this even possible? how?
How do you delete your online internet browsing and cookies? permanently or must you do it every day?
Can you get into ‘trouble’ providing false information for an email account? What info should be hidden?
How do you avoid javascript? How to know you are even using it? Where to look to find out if you are using javascript? how to disable and what to use instead?
If you are going to write a post about doing things proactively, you need to provide HOW to do those things. For the most part, you do not do that here.
Good list, though.
Hi my name is Angie from Malaysia. Recently, our local government has issued free money to everybody. But upon submission, they require our ID numbers. I have submitted subconsciously. However, my friend just pointed while claiming for the free money, we are giving the government permission to sell our personal data to outside of Malaysia.
Now I’m concerning about the government tracking me using my IC
Great comments
keep up the research and speak up, speak out
stay true to your values . if we dont stand we , you all will be , like the past ran over from the crime familys
Freedom has a Price
it is not free