Category: Surveillance

Watching your back in the Digital World

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Oblivious worlds

According to the United Nations, more than 5,600 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti in 2024, with another 2,212 injured and 1,494 kidnapped. This stands in stark contrast to the luxury cruise ships that dock on the island every few days, bringing thousands of affluent tourists.

I was aboard one of those ships, shielded by a mountain range that made it nearly impossible for locals to even catch a glimpse of the vessels by road.

Tourists grappled with the realization that they weren’t experiencing authentic Haiti. Instead, they wandered within a tightly controlled, sanitized environment where Haitian vendors were restricted to specific zones. Security was discreet, carefully preserving the illusion of a carefree vacation.

Warnings were posted, advising tourists not to venture beyond their designated areas, creating a feeling of a manufactured, gated experience—almost like a modern-day Jurassic Park. Visitors could buy a keychain or a fridge magnet as proof of their trip, while outside the protected zones, half the population was struggling to survive.

Why is this even a tourist spot?

GTA 6 will drop this year and the hype train will explode as casual and pro gamers move into this new world and ditch their real lives.

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Take a closer look

Sky News reports that Kemi Badenoch secured 53,000 votes from a membership base of 130,000, with 40,000 members choosing not to vote.

What does this say picture say to you?

Wishing Kemi every success in her tenure ahead.

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Power-On Self-Test

Business and Personal life continuity in our new lockdown era ramps up the criticality of pings.

Cut off anyone’s internet access and with seconds that are flapping around like a fish in the floor. Within minutes their brain will implode and after an hour irreversible brain damage will kick in. Well, a slight exaggeration but you get me point.

Over 90% of our service requires an internet connection and it much cheaper now.
So with these old vulnerabilities in plain view why craft up new malware and exploits. Just reuse the classics, this Christmas, for example, we may see the same threats resurfacing. Privacy is so 2018 as many “bend the knee” to be tracked to “protect” society.

If you really want to socially distance yourself and isolate simply kill your WiFi, job done. No constant stream of toxic global pandemic news sending your brain into panic and disbelief but no entertainment [Sad Face?].

Time to dig up all DVDs or maybe actually talk to the person you live with…if you are lucky enough to co-habit.

Anyhow, my Internet Diet of 24-hours is over and I’m back online uploading this article.

Poor old UK Government has no idea what to do next

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Erase yourself

Probably inspired by GDPR, some Global vendors are following the tracks of social media giants by making it easy to download ALL your data.

It will take seven (7) days but I just put in my request for info to Apple hoping for some surprises.  There will be many of us who state that we have “nothing” to hide and don’t care what information is held.

You don’t know what you don’t know

https://privacy.apple.com

Self-discovery is always a healthy thing gives you the power to decide to delete ALL, correct or reset.

Basic discovery

App Store, iTunes Store, 
iBooks Store and Apple Music activity
Apple ID account and device information
Apple Online Store and Retail Store activity
AppleCare support history, repair requests and more
Game Center activity
iCloud Bookmarks and Reading List
iCloud Calendars and Reminders
iCloud Contacts
iCloud Drive files and documents
iCloud Mail
iCloud Notes
iCloud Photos
Maps Report an Issue
Marketing subscriptions, 
Marketing downloads

 

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Re-calculating

Every time I jump onto a plane it’s a chance to re-calculate my life choices and look at things from a different angle.  This time around, I’ll be testing out the Google DNS alternative 1.1.1.1 from a technical and personal perspective.

1.1.1.1 for consumers should speed things up a bit and sidestep the monitoring and logging from Internet Service Providers.  Naturally, I’ll start with my PS4 and later on selected routers and servers.

Breaking up is hard to do

Leaving the default settings active is the easier thing to do and creates a nice comfort factor as things just work as expected.  Messing with your settings and configuration can cause you a world of headaches.  As usual, the best practice is backup, backup and then test your backup.  Warning: You can “BREAK” your internet connection by messing with DNS.

In the meantime, check 1.1.1.1 for a non-technical guide to a brand new cleaner Internet experience.