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General Privacy

Anything that vaguely relates to privacy

Flock Surveillance

Flock Group Inc., or Flock Safety. They were founded back in 2017 (9 years ago, holy...) and employ over 1,500 people now as of 2025. The products they sell are security cameras. More specifically, they lease Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to cities around the United States. Cities agree

Markup Theaters

When was the last time you went to a movie theater? It's likely that when you last went to the theaters, it wasn't an independent cinema. Nowadays, there are only a few companies that hold nearly all of the movie theaters near you: * Cinemark Holding, Inc.

RSS Feeds

Have you wanted a way to be updated on this blog? Because I don't support a newsletter, there's only one official method of doing this: RSS. RSS files are files that you're able to download and RSS readers will automatically pull from that file

Reject Convenience

"Convenience." It's a word that has become more important than ever. No matter what you want to do, it has to be convenient. It's the reason most websites are deliberately assembled based on how their users interact with it. It's the reason

Vizio Lawsuit

This is based on a post I previously talked on I just spotted a WAN Show clip talking about a lawsuit against the TV brand, Vizio. Vizio is owned by Walmart Inc. as of December of 2024 after it's acquisition for $2.3 billion. In this short clip,

Don't Up the Ante-Virus

Antivirus programs do exactly what they say they do: they keep viruses away from your computer. Many people have them on their computer because it came with it. If you have an HP or a Dell computer, you likely still have McAfee installed. You didn't want it, but

Tele-Vision

I was recently at Walmart with a couple of good friends of mine. We tend to go over to the tech section of the store, as all of us are relatively into technology and like to see what's new. In the technology section, they have a ton of

Surveillance In The Skies

Over the last few years, we have been hearing about the company Flock Safety, who I’m sure needs no introduction at this point. Recently, on October 16, 2025 Flock announced a new product for First Responders and for private companies, Flock Alpha. Flock Alpha is a drone program that

Algorithmic Atrophy

Algorithms. You've all heard of them, likely even if you aren't a techie person. Nearly every website and application uses them nowadays, as they're vital in the popularity and longevity of them. They aren't innocent, though. They're actually incredibly harmful

First Contact

I just remembered something that really infuriates me. When you download a new application on your phone/mobile device, they ask for a good amount of permissions to be granted to them. These permissions can be something like access to your camera, your approximate or precise location, or all of