Jesse Yarbrough
@jesseyarbrough.bsky.social
Grad student at the Naval Postgraduate School. Tin-foil hat-wearing privacy advocate.
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Opinion | Yes, a violent gang of young men has taken our nation hostage. The name of that gang is DOGE.
March 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Opinion | Yes, a violent gang of young men has taken our nation hostage. The name of that gang is DOGE.
In case you haven’t seen it or are curious about where we are on the project 2025 timeline: www.project2025.observer
www.project2025.observer
March 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In case you haven’t seen it or are curious about where we are on the project 2025 timeline: www.project2025.observer
What does MAGA stand for? Wrong answers only.
Make Arrests Great Again (as in arresting those trying to subvert democracy)
Mediocre And Gullible Americans
Musks Atrocious Governance Ambitions
Make Arrests Great Again (as in arresting those trying to subvert democracy)
Mediocre And Gullible Americans
Musks Atrocious Governance Ambitions
February 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What does MAGA stand for? Wrong answers only.
Make Arrests Great Again (as in arresting those trying to subvert democracy)
Mediocre And Gullible Americans
Musks Atrocious Governance Ambitions
Make Arrests Great Again (as in arresting those trying to subvert democracy)
Mediocre And Gullible Americans
Musks Atrocious Governance Ambitions
Those who have spent any time here know what a truly special place it is.
January 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Those who have spent any time here know what a truly special place it is.
Let’s talk about a story that has been largely drowned out by the Meta decision but has massive privacy and national security implications: the Gravy Analytics breach.
January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Let’s talk about a story that has been largely drowned out by the Meta decision but has massive privacy and national security implications: the Gravy Analytics breach.
I’m sure that there were space lasers involved as well. If only the democrats that control the weather machine would generate rain over the area.
January 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’m sure that there were space lasers involved as well. If only the democrats that control the weather machine would generate rain over the area.
From the article, “Bid requests containing more personal data attract higher bids, so websites and apps are financially motivated to harvest as much of your data as possible.”
Seeing an online ad shouldn’t mean surrendering your data to thousands of companies you’ve never heard of. It’s time to end online behavioral advertising and the mass surveillance it enables.
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding” (RTB). This process does more than deliv...
www.eff.org
January 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
From the article, “Bid requests containing more personal data attract higher bids, so websites and apps are financially motivated to harvest as much of your data as possible.”
This spineless shit had the ability to hold people responsible and accountable, but chose partisanship and profit over ethics, morality, and democracy.
He is a stain and a disgrace and should be remembered as such.
He is a stain and a disgrace and should be remembered as such.
Mitch McConnell: “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before world war two,” he says. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now’
The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This spineless shit had the ability to hold people responsible and accountable, but chose partisanship and profit over ethics, morality, and democracy.
He is a stain and a disgrace and should be remembered as such.
He is a stain and a disgrace and should be remembered as such.
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Mitch McConnell: “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before world war two,” he says. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now’
The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Mitch McConnell: “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before world war two,” he says. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
If you’re not concerned, you’re not paying attention.
Fog Data Science is a location tracking company that takes data harvested from smartphones and makes it accessible to cops.
A document obtained by 404 Media shows the company explicitly says it will use doctors visits to unmask a target if needed.
🔗 www.404media.co/location-dat...
A document obtained by 404 Media shows the company explicitly says it will use doctors visits to unmask a target if needed.
🔗 www.404media.co/location-dat...
December 11, 2024 at 7:08 PM
If you’re not concerned, you’re not paying attention.
The FTC and CFPB just made MAJOR announcements. FTC is taking action on Gravy Analytics/Venntel and Mobilewalla for selling location data. CFPB proposed rule changes to protect sensitive information. Links below:
December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The FTC and CFPB just made MAJOR announcements. FTC is taking action on Gravy Analytics/Venntel and Mobilewalla for selling location data. CFPB proposed rule changes to protect sensitive information. Links below:
My daughter asked if her elf on the shelf reported her behavior to Santa.
I imagined explaining how the tablet and apps she uses & nearly everything else in her life are cogs in the surveillance capitalism complex.
But she's five, so I just said, "Yeah. Plus, he calls Mommy and I."
I imagined explaining how the tablet and apps she uses & nearly everything else in her life are cogs in the surveillance capitalism complex.
But she's five, so I just said, "Yeah. Plus, he calls Mommy and I."
November 30, 2024 at 8:12 PM
My daughter asked if her elf on the shelf reported her behavior to Santa.
I imagined explaining how the tablet and apps she uses & nearly everything else in her life are cogs in the surveillance capitalism complex.
But she's five, so I just said, "Yeah. Plus, he calls Mommy and I."
I imagined explaining how the tablet and apps she uses & nearly everything else in her life are cogs in the surveillance capitalism complex.
But she's five, so I just said, "Yeah. Plus, he calls Mommy and I."
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The network technology giant Cisco offers to turn Wi-Fi access points installed in offices and other buildings into a system that tracks the location of employees, customers, smartphones, laptops and other devices for a wide range of purposes #workersurveillance
I took a deep dive ⬇️ [thread]
I took a deep dive ⬇️ [thread]
November 26, 2024 at 1:20 PM
The network technology giant Cisco offers to turn Wi-Fi access points installed in offices and other buildings into a system that tracks the location of employees, customers, smartphones, laptops and other devices for a wide range of purposes #workersurveillance
I took a deep dive ⬇️ [thread]
I took a deep dive ⬇️ [thread]
Does anyone else seriously reconsider going into a store if an organization is soliciting people at the doors?
I’m here for Tylenol and an energy drink, I don’t give a shit about your quest to make deep sea internet cables organically sourced and non-toxic for sharks to eat.
I’m here for Tylenol and an energy drink, I don’t give a shit about your quest to make deep sea internet cables organically sourced and non-toxic for sharks to eat.
November 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Does anyone else seriously reconsider going into a store if an organization is soliciting people at the doors?
I’m here for Tylenol and an energy drink, I don’t give a shit about your quest to make deep sea internet cables organically sourced and non-toxic for sharks to eat.
I’m here for Tylenol and an energy drink, I don’t give a shit about your quest to make deep sea internet cables organically sourced and non-toxic for sharks to eat.
I can’t figure out how to edit posts (or if you can) and realized I forgot to tag the other author of the Wired piece, @dmehro.bsky.social
Multi-part post regarding this article:
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I can’t figure out how to edit posts (or if you can) and realized I forgot to tag the other author of the Wired piece, @dmehro.bsky.social
Multi-part post regarding this article:
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Multi-part post regarding this article:
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Thanks to one of my thesis advisors for passing this on. Great (and horrifying) reporting from @dell.bsky.social and published by @wired.com on the threat that data brokers pose to national security.
www.wired.com/story/phone-...
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I created this meme to commemorate the death of Twitter
November 20, 2024 at 1:34 AM
I created this meme to commemorate the death of Twitter
The law also prohibits…checks notes…stochastically inciting your followers and domestic violent extremist groups to attempt to overthrow the government when you lose an election. But who’s keeping score? Tomato/tomahto.
President-elect Trump has mused more than once that he might like to extend his next stay at the White House. But can he run for re-election again in 2028 and seek a third term? The simple answer: No, the Constitution does not allow it.
Here’s what the law says.
Here’s what the law says.
No, Trump Cannot Run for Re-election Again in 2028
The Constitution sets a two-term limit for presidents. Still, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea that he might like to stay in the White House beyond his next term.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
The law also prohibits…checks notes…stochastically inciting your followers and domestic violent extremist groups to attempt to overthrow the government when you lose an election. But who’s keeping score? Tomato/tomahto.
Great piece in the Guardian that compares the current and near future to the McCarthyism era but, thanks to surveillance capitalism, even more horrific. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Great piece in the Guardian that compares the current and near future to the McCarthyism era but, thanks to surveillance capitalism, even more horrific. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is hugely important. The “consent” for collection is bullshit. The arguments for why your data aren’t 4A protected are bullshit. This is widespread, warrantless, domestic surveillance. Period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a long overdue Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on their collection of Commercial Telemetry Data (CTD). But the PIA, like others before it, tries to paper over its privacy violations. epic.org/cbps-privacy... (@kabbas.bsky.social)
CBP’s Privacy Impact Assessment on Commercial Telemetry Data Highlight Urgent Need for PIA Reform
<p>CBP’s PIA on CTD is extremely vague, years too late, and is a complete failure to comply with federal privacy regulations.</p>
epic.org
November 15, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This is hugely important. The “consent” for collection is bullshit. The arguments for why your data aren’t 4A protected are bullshit. This is widespread, warrantless, domestic surveillance. Period.
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This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM
This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.
This level of corruption is staggering.
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Secret Service emails reveal they don’t need a warrant to track you because you agreed to it
🔗 www.404media.co/fyi-a-warran...
🔗 www.404media.co/fyi-a-warran...
November 12, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Secret Service emails reveal they don’t need a warrant to track you because you agreed to it
🔗 www.404media.co/fyi-a-warran...
🔗 www.404media.co/fyi-a-warran...
Did you know there are only four states that require registration for data brokers? VT, OR, CA, and TX.
One of the brokers I clicked on advertise they are able to access mobile location data from more than 90k apps across iOS and Android, including apps like CNN, the Weather Channel, and Waze.
One of the brokers I clicked on advertise they are able to access mobile location data from more than 90k apps across iOS and Android, including apps like CNN, the Weather Channel, and Waze.
November 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Did you know there are only four states that require registration for data brokers? VT, OR, CA, and TX.
One of the brokers I clicked on advertise they are able to access mobile location data from more than 90k apps across iOS and Android, including apps like CNN, the Weather Channel, and Waze.
One of the brokers I clicked on advertise they are able to access mobile location data from more than 90k apps across iOS and Android, including apps like CNN, the Weather Channel, and Waze.