Refuge

Tech privacy products for the free human being.
Made in America, the old way, from day one. 🇺🇸

[Refuge @RefugePrivacy]

This is precisely what the Ghost Sleeve was made for.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Lawsuit Claims Massachusetts Installed COVID-19 'Spyware' On 1 Million Devices https://t.co/CYulQgwHhI

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

No, people just remember every tech bro falling in line with government tyranny during covid so nobody trusts you

[Refuge @RefugePrivacy]

Minimize the data you feed into the files these creeps have on you, to the bare minimum. You will probably wish you did, in the not so distant future.

[TFTC @TFTC21]

World, Sam Altman's digital identity project, just unveiled World ID 4.0, what the company calls "full-stack proof of human" infrastructure.

The partner list: Tinder, Zoom, DocuSign, Shopify, Okta, AWS, and Vercel.

Altman opened by saying we're heading to a world where AI generates more content than humans. Pantera Capital says we've already crossed that threshold. World's answer is an iris-scanning device called the Orb that creates a unique cryptographic ID proving you're a real person. 18 million people across 160 countries have already verified.

Tinder is rolling out "verified human" badges in the U.S. after a Japan pilot. Zoom built a feature called "Deep Face" that verifies the person on a video call isn't a deepfake. DocuSign is adding proof-of-human checks to digital signatures. Shopify is enabling verified-human commerce.

The most significant announcement is AgentKit, infrastructure that lets AI agents carry cryptographic proof they're acting on behalf of a verified human. Okta built an agent delegation system on top of it.

The problem World is solving is real. The question is whether a centralized iris-scanning identity layer controlled by the same person whose company helped create the problem is the right answer.

Altman is the CEO of OpenAI. He built the flood. Now he's selling the ark.

[Refuge @RefugePrivacy]

@realBenWaldenJr In theory, no need for our sleeve if the phone itself can be trusted! I do trust those guys much more than the big tech names. Congrats on the upgrade.

[Owen Shroyer @OwenShroyer1776]

Trump 2 years ago ran on "Kill FISA", the illegal spying that is very unpopular.

Today, Trump is urging Congress to pass FISA, which he ran against, and continues the illegal spying on Americans.

[nvk 🌞 @nvk]

You are not allowed to have secure comms, it's by design.

[Joe Weil @RealJoeWeil]

@Cernovich This is the most consequential dynamic in American society: we are paying tech companies to build our digital gulags. They pretend to tolerate us when they need to, which makes us feel better and we keep paying. They are enemies but we deserve what we get.

[Refuge @RefugePrivacy]

Thank you sir. Regarding size issues, no issues with larger tech, but closures can get awkward when you need an airtight seal on a giant bag. We have offered iPad sized sleeves on and off, just mainly focused on phones, everyone's closest personal spy. That being said, may be offering a couple new products that fit your needs in the very near future. Wink wink.

[John Rap @Johnrap]

@shanaka86 Funny how the surveillance keeps increasing but never seems to catch the criminals.

[Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital]

Guys, this is the next logical step from what has already started. Your phones are already listening to you 24/7. People have already invited Alexas into their home. People are buying AI wearable pendants that are always listening to you. The next wave of tech are these AI glasses that not only track what you see but track your eyeball movements and how long you linger on any object (which your phone already does).

This is all data they are feeding into an LLM to build a 300 page dossier on YOU.

The conspiracy theorists have always been right. The government, big tech, etc. absolutely ARE listening to you and they ARE watching you.

You have to reject the surveillance tech.

It is likely impossible, but you must do what you can. The least you can do is slow it down, minimize, and not invite it in.

Remember, all this data can and WILL be used against you at some point in the future. You never know if you’ll find yourself on the wrong side of the powers that be tomorrow. If you do, they’ve got the data from your whole life. Any story can be manufactured. Any narrative told.

[AKA DeeK @deek_aka]

@ParrockKev73739 @danksterintel This is why phones no longer allow you to remove the battery.

[Bark @barkmeta]

2020: “You’re a conspiracy theorist.”

2026: “How did you know all of this?”

[blackorbird @blackorbird]

Research Finds Predator Spyware Can Bypass iOS Privacy Indicators for Covert Surveillance

The commercial spyware Predator has gained the ability to block iOS privacy indicators at the system level, preventing iPhones from displaying the green or orange dots when the camera or microphone is accessed, making it difficult for users to detect surveillance.

According to the research, the spyware intercepts changes in sensor status through system-level means and can bypass certain iOS security mechanisms, enhancing its persistence after system updates.

[ENVISION @Godisg00d___]

@unusual_whales Insane

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Apple, $AAPL, has just made one of its largest acquisitions ever, close to $2 billion for an Israeli stealth startup called qAI

[Refuge @RefugePrivacy]

Such a common headline over the last five years that it's a cliche at this point. Treat any tech that has the capability to spy as if it is spying, because it probably is, and consider where all that data is going, now and later.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.

https://t.co/hl0HfinCT2

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

The Innocent Cyclist (Zachary McCoy)

A man became a suspect because he went for his usual bike ride.

After a burglary at a nearby home, investigators had no clear leads, witnesses, footage or anything.

So they went to Google and asked for a list of every phone that had been near the crime scene during a specific time window, using a powerful tool called a geofence warrant.

His fitness app had tracked him passing by the house three times that day part of his normal route and suddenly, he was the lead suspect.

Stay tuned...

[Mark A Y Nunez @MarkAYNunez]

@SenseReceptor The surveillance state isn't about protecting good people from bad people. It's about protecting bad people from good people.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Under anarcho tyranny, the productive are monitored by an all seeing surveillance state and then Brown University takes down its cameras to prevent law enforcement from having evidence of crimes.

[Joe Weil @RealJoeWeil]

New world, frenz. Normal consumer tech platforms make your movement, location & pattern of life easy for adversaries like this to discover. Know what time it is.

[Diogenes The Cynic 🚫🐂💩 @AcePrimero]

@notimpressedbyx @Rightanglenews True. You're tracked everywhere by what it called a "sidewalk network."

Here is a list of how we are tracked.

On any given day we are all tracked by anywhere from 400-800 corporations.