Surveillance
11 unrolled threads about surveillance, each one readable on a single page.
Robert G. Reeve@RobertGReeveI'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything...
SummaryA privacy tech worker explains how you received ads for your mom's toothpaste brand without audio surveillance: data aggregators match your location, purchase history, and device ID across multiple platforms to infer connections between people and serve targeted ads based on proximity and social networks, not conversation.May 25, 202114 tweets♥ 243K
Alex Vacca@itsalexvaccaFacebook once bought a VPN app for $120M and turned it into a surveillance tool that spied on 33M+ users' entire phones for years. This app helped Zuck buy WhatsApp for a whopping $19B and break Snap...
SummaryFacebook acquired Israeli VPN app Onavo for $120M and weaponized it to spy on 33M+ users' entire phone activity, helping identify and neutralize competitors like Snapchat by intercepting encrypted data through man-in-the-middle attacks. When Apple shut down Onavo, Facebook rebranded it as 'Facebook Research' and paid teens to install surveillance software until Apple revoked their certificates.Jul 31, 202513 tweets♥ 125K
Michael Anderson@SlothenaterCIA can't operate without it. Pentagon can't function without it. And Wall Street can't trade without it. Yet most people have no idea what Palantir does behind closed doors. Here’s how the U.S. gov...
SummaryPalantir is a $300B surveillance company founded by Peter Thiel that tracks phone logs, financial records, and surveillance feeds for the CIA, Pentagon, and major corporations. Originally designed to hunt terrorists post-9/11, it has expanded to monitor employees, predict crimes, and with Trump's 2025 executive order mandating federal data sharing, it's becoming the backbone of an integrated government surveillance database.Jul 28, 202513 tweets♥ 54.3K
Drew Harwell@drewharwellA police chief in Georgia used Flock's cameras to track his ex-girlfriend and her teen daughter nearly 600 times. “Don’t worry I’m not tracking you or some weird stalker shit," he texted her. After hi...
SummaryAn investigation found at least 50 police officers misusing Flock's network of 120,000 license-plate cameras to stalk ex-partners and track intimate details of their lives, including one Georgia police chief who tracked his ex-girlfriend nearly 600 times before his arrest and suicide. Flock's leadership downplayed the abuse as inevitable human error and an infinitesimally small problem, despite the cameras capturing 20 billion scans monthly and enabling surveillance violations ranging from monitoring abortion access to tracking relationship activities.Aug 3, 20264 tweets♥ 46.7K
Tracy Beanz@tracybeanz🚨🧵BREAKING EXCLUSIVE - Federal Air Marshall whistleblowers have come forward to Sonya Lobosco and the Air Martial National Council with information that @TulsiGabbard is currently being surveilled u...
SummaryFederal Air Marshal whistleblowers claim Tulsi Gabbard is being surveilled under the TSA's "Quiet Skies" program, a compartmentalized watchlist allegedly used to monitor suspected domestic terrorists. The story was reported by UncoverDC and involves the Federal Air Marshals National Council, with plans for further investigation and interviews.Aug 4, 20247 tweets♥ 21K
Glenn Meder@GlennMeder🧵 THREAD 1/ Your daughter posts something online. She is 19. In college. Trying to figure out what she believes. She shares a political opinion that an algorithm flags as problematic. You do not s...
SummaryThis thread warns about the dangers of emerging surveillance infrastructure (CBDCs, digital IDs, AI monitoring, social credit systems) that could enable authoritarian control not through direct punishment but by weaponizing personal relationships—freezing bank accounts, suspending loans, and socially isolating dissenters by making it dangerous for family and friends to support them.Apr 21, 202612 tweets♥ 10.8K
The Vigilant Fox 🦊@VigilantFoxRFK Jr. made an unsettling prediction years ago that now appears to be getting truer by the day: “Today, the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us c...
SummaryA thread based on RFK Jr.'s warnings argues that AI-powered surveillance, digital currencies, and automated enforcement systems are being deployed globally to enable unprecedented government control and suppress dissent, making it impossible to hide or resist like in past authoritarian regimes. It contends that while AI has potential benefits, it's being weaponized by elites to monitor populations, replace workers, and create a compliant society dependent on technology.Mar 13, 202623 tweets♥ 8.1K
Pablo Iglesias 🔻{R}@PabloIglesias🔊‼️ EXCLUSIVA - Damos a conocer en colaboración con @DropSiteNews nuevos audios de @HondurasGate 🇭🇳🇮🇱 El presidente de Honduras, Nasry Asfura, ordenó controlar las redes sociales de su país siguien...
SummaryLeaked audio recordings reveal that Honduras' President Nasry Asfura ordered control of the country's social media networks following instructions from Israel, with forensic audits confirming the authenticity of the recordings. The leaks expose a coordinated system combining Israeli surveillance technology, social media control, and disinformation campaigns allegedly targeting Latin American countries, coinciding with the return of former president Juan Orlando Hernández after a Trump pardon.Jul 26, 202615 tweets♥ 5.6K
Basil the Great@BasilTheGreat🚨UK GOVERNEMNT RESPONDS TO PETITION AGAINST DIGITAL I.D - Signed by over 2 and a half million people The response: - We will introduce Digital I.D still - It will help tackle illegal immigration -...
SummaryThe UK government responded to a 2.5 million-person petition against digital ID by claiming it will proceed with the policy, stating it helps combat illegal immigration and aligns with their manifesto—claims the thread author contends are false, arguing digital ID was not mentioned in the manifesto and citing past examples of government dishonesty on similar policies.Oct 3, 202510 tweets♥ 8.9K
Mike Benz@MikeBenzCyberIn 1999, Jeffrey Epstein anonymously FOIA'd the CIA to obtain all CIA records "that might reflect an open or otherwise acknowledged Agency affiliation" between himself and the CIA. In 2011, he wrote a...
SummaryIn 1999 and 2011, Jeffrey Epstein anonymously requested CIA records about himself through his lawyers using FOIA, with the agency providing cryptic responses suggesting possible classified connections. The author argues someone should file a FOIA request for the actual correspondence (reference numbers P-1999-02450 and P-2011-00673) to determine what Epstein specifically asked for and what CIA records remain classified.Feb 1, 202625 tweets♥ 8.3KGlenn Meder@GlennMeder