i'm not incredibly diligent with privacy so the mass surveillance machine probably knows a thing or two about me. i haven't been doing anything to warrant personalized stalking though.
i also live in less of a police state, i think that helps.
probably not at the moment, but just after 9/11 I think I got on the UK's watch list for flights. Pre 9/11 I never had an issue at airports.
After 9/11 I was part of a usnet group that chatted about how easy it would be to do the bring a plane down with what could be legally be taken on a plane. Then every time I flew I was pulled out at the baggage scan / fully patted down / a couple of time it was to a booth and take off your jacket, belt, shoes, socks etc / always had to empty my carry-on bag / turn on ly laptop / etc.
This lasted until about 2005 - then just stopped and have never been patted down since
Now's the time, brother!
I was. Drove in unregistered vehicle for a year so I guess i deserved it but still
So here's a fun fact. If someone is stealthy enough and is skilled enough at hacking, you are on your fucking own.
Cybersecurity companies won't help you because they only work with other companies. You can try filing a report with officers and dunning and Krueger it good fucking luck getting anywhere with that.
Being under police shouldn't really worry anyone who isn't doing anything illegal who has half a brain cell, it's literally anyone else who wants into your shit that you need to worry about.
until they make something you do illegal just for the sake of targeting you and/or your group. shit, a lot of people do illegal shit without even knowing its illegal.
Found the "have nothing to hide" person.
I don't.
But I do think you may be reading something here I'm not trying to say.
And have zero inclination for any fucking brain dead fascist wannabe to see any of it.
My privacy matters a lot to me and I go through... not as great a length as some to safeguard it but far, far, more than most and no motherfucker has a right to a single fucking byte of data I don't consent to them having.
My point is more that any local police force is going to be pretty much incompetent, which means that not only would any attempts of their to monitor a relatively tech savvy person be fruitless if you have even an inkling of it, and this incompetence also means you're on your fucking own if anyone savvy really wants to get into your shit too.
Someone never read the book
Big difference between federal and local police.
But no, I haven't read the book but I did read the title and you'll hear no argument from me.
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