Naomi Brockwell priv/acc
@naomibrockwell
Founder of http://ludlowinstitute.org http://youtube.com/c/Naomibrockwelltv?sub_confirmation=1 http://privacc.org Dance like no one's watching. Encrypt like everyone is.
Normal used to be private conversations and untracked purchases. Now it’s face scans, license plate readers, and location logs. Don’t let dystopia become normalized.
“Show your papers” is not a healthy default for a free society. Requiring ID to use the internet turns a tool of liberation into one of control.
Be very careful which browser extensions you install. Here is a deep dive we did: youtu.be/11P6DdI8HOo odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwel…
Your browser could be infected, and you’d never know. 🪲🦠 Parasitic extensions installed on nearly 1 million devices have been circumventing security protections, turning browsers into web scrapers. That volume booster you used to max out Netflix might be an AI spy. 1/5
Anyone coming to @defcon in August? I'll be giving a presentation at privacy / @CryptoVillage, and will also be hosting a priv/acc meetup with @HDA_DEFCON, talking about some secret research programs we have in the works. Details coming soon, would love to see you 💛
Every privacy decision you make is a vote. For your future. For the future of your kids. For whether our society stays free, or becomes a digital cage.
Why do free VPNs exist when servers cost money? Because they sell your browsing data to the same advertisers you're trying to avoid.
Banning privacy assumes a level playing field that doesn’t exist. Not everyone has the privilege to be fully visible without consequence, and silencing those voices only deepens existing divides. -Olarx2
"They said it made people safer. What it really made you was observable."
“They stopped watching us when we started watching ourselves.” A great short-story, if you enjoy sci-fi: substack.com/@tumithak/p-16…
Those who say "they have nothing to hide" have never needed to say something unpopular.
We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know.
"Everyone on social media should have to use their real name. Anonymity should be banned." This is a bad idea, usually spoken by people who assume the world treats everyone like it treats them.
“Nothing to hide, nothing to fear” isn’t just naïve: It’s harmful. You may feel safe, but whistleblowers, dissidents, abuse survivors, and political prisoners don’t. Dismissing privacy doesn’t just affect you. It undermines a lifeline others depend on to survive.
This is the kind of energy I'm looking for in research applicants for Ludlow's grants program. Want to apply your ̶h̶a̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ research skills to finding hidden surveillance in everyday tech? Reach out! ludlowinstitute.org/grants
Luis Villa gave us the byonoy (small on deck plate readers) sdk at the lab automation hackathon during deep tech week. Unfortunately these are binaries / not open source (meaning we can't use them in PLR) Let's see if we can reverse engineer the interface and write a PLR backend
“They stopped watching us when we started watching ourselves.” A great short-story, if you enjoy sci-fi: substack.com/@tumithak/p-16…
You asked your doctor not to write something down. They did anyway. That info can now be legally shared with 2.2 million entities without your permission. This is what medical “privacy” in the U.S. actually looks like. youtu.be/1PeAfNBNARI odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwel…
Lawmakers pushing “responsible encryption” claim it’s about safety, then leave telecom backdoors wide open. Now China’s Salt Typhoon is siphoning messages and calls straight from U.S. infrastructure. Weakening encryption doesn’t protect us. It invites attackers.
"Come to our privacy masterclasses. Naomi does the whole thing in interpretive dance."
LOTs of people recommending "safe" VPNs without having actually researched any of their own recommendations. Be careful which VPN you install, there are many that harvest data & steal credentials. 2 VPNs that I like are @mullvadnet & @ProtonVPN 🛡️ Some 🚩s to watch for: 📺: