Author Archives: Cloak Meister

Nov 20
2023

Levels of ID

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Cloak Meister

We all know that freedom fighters and sovereign citizens are well against a national ID. So what are the alternatives? No ID pretty much only works in an anarchistic environment. The reason we have IDs is because they are a … Continue reading →

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Dec 23
2022

Flipper Zero Alert

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Cloak Meister

Thanks to some testing done at Wired, we have some expert proof that some things are possible with the trending $200 gadget called Flipper Zero. Garage remotes and RFID keyless entries and hotel room keys can be cloned and used … Continue reading →

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Sep 05
2022

Suspect All Apps

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Cloak Meister

Two stories this week: Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records, taken from apps on 250M mobile devices, and it is cheap, just a few thousand per year. The data can create location analyses known … Continue reading →

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Aug 09
2022

Invisv Offers Phone Privacy

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Cloak Meister

Android only, and data only – no voice! Invisv is a clever way of making sure that nobody can associate your phone with its activities. It does this my letting all the users share IMSIs, rotating through them. This is … Continue reading →

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Jul 22
2022

Untraceable Photos

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Cloak Meister

In case you were unaware, photos can contain metadata that could be used to discover that it was you who took them. In which case, posting them online, no matter how cautiously, could lead back to you – if, of … Continue reading →

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Feb 09
2022

iCloud Private Relay by Apple

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Cloak Meister

This is not a replacement for other dedicated services like a VPN, but rather it fills the gaps in regular security – like if you visit an insecure site. You can switch it on for iPads or iPhones in Settings … Continue reading →

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Dec 25
2021

Community CCTV Networks

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Cloak Meister

Something that citizens can control, and use, as opposed to being surveilled by the government, is their own CCTV cameras. As we know from Movies/TV, the first thing a cop does at an outdoor crime scene is look for any … Continue reading →

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Sep 28
2021

ShadowDragon – Social Surveillance

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Cloak Meister

In case you didn’t already know, anything you put online can come back and bite you. ShadowDragon allows police to suck in data from social media and other internet sources, including Amazon, dating apps, and the dark web, so they … Continue reading →

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Sep 26
2021

Carry Two Phones?

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Cloak Meister

There is a growing trend, where the authorities are allowed to look at your phone, and force you to unlock it. It began at some international borders, but now is creeping into everyday life as well. If you are doing … Continue reading →

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Sep 04
2021

SpyFone Banned, and a Lesson Learned

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Cloak Meister

Any app that you give access to, whether it is your camera, your contacts or your location, is a risk. You won’t know what exactly the app will do with that access. And even if they tell you, they can … Continue reading →

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