
How Public Personal Info Helped the Minnesota Shooter Target His Victims
Data BrokersOn June 14, 2025, Minnesota witnessed a harrowing act of political violence when Vance Luther Boelter, a 57-year-old former gubernatorial appointee, fatally shot State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounded State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Boelter, disguised as a police officer, carried out these attacks at the victims’ homes […]

Threat Detection Theatrics: Aaron Cohen’s AI Surveillance “Tool” and Domestic Spy Machines
SurveillanceUpdate – September 2025 Aaron Cohen had another Fox News appearance a few days ago, echoing the same claims – America’s first AI-first threat detection system (excluding the entire existing industry; SocialNet, Flock Safety, Clearview AI, Veritone, Dataminr First Alert etc.). This time, the messaging leveraged the recent Minneapolis School Shooting to try and sell […]

The Digital Strip Search – Your Social Media is the New Border and Why Forced Disclosure Threatens Us All
GovernmentThere is a growing trend among world governments – demanding access to the social media accounts of immigrants and visa applicants. This should send a chilling message to any privacy-conscious individual. Social media auditing at the border is effectively a digital strip search and has far-reaching implications for everyone’s privacy (not just immigrants). Your right […]

You Are Being Watched: Meet The Tool Monitoring Over 200 Social Platforms
CybersecurityIn an era of increasing digital surveillance, understanding the tools used to monitor our online presence has never been more important. One such tool, SocialNet, developed by contractor ShadowDragon, has recently come to light as a comprehensive surveillance platform that law enforcement agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) use to monitor and analyze data […]
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