TechNaomi Brockwell: It’s closer to a digital postcard than a sealed letter, bouncing through and sitting on servers you don’t control.
Naomi Brockwell is a privacy advocacy and professional speaker, MC, interviewer, producer, podcaster, specialising in blockchain, cryptocurrency and economics. She runs the NBTV channel on Rumble.
Naomi Brockwell
The day your financial choices stopped being private
TechNaomi Brockwell: We’ve forgotten that just a few decades ago, withdrawing one’s own funds was a straightforward right.
5 ways that the Patriot Act destroyed financial privacy
TechNaomi Brockwell: This was a moment in time that radically expanded financial surveillance under what we were told was a temporary measure.
You’re being tracked – everywhere you drive
TechNaomi Brockwell: Freedom of movement isn’t really free if you can’t go anywhere without being tracked.
Your battery life reveals more than you think
TechNaomi Brockwell: If your phone is dead by dinnertime even when you barely use it, something else is doing the work.
The internet is a manipulation machine
TechNaomi Brockwell: We want to believe we’re in control. But in a system where people are constantly paying to influence us, that independence is hard to defend.
Cartoon of the week
A Bell Labs for privacy
TechNaomi Brockwell: With the right structure, culture, and incentives, it’s possible to give technological progress its best possible chance.
Stop feeding Apple your data
TechNaomi Brockwell: Convenience comes at a price. Linking an Apple ID to your computer ties all your activity together and makes profiling you effortless.
Matrix 8 Pro with GrapheneOS delivers top-class security, privacy and performance
TechWorld-class hardware – acclaimed for its display, camera, and performance – meets the world’s most secure mobile OS. The best of both worlds.
What I learnt at DEFCON
TechNaomi Brockwell: A place where some of the best minds in security and privacy come together not just to learn, but to uncover what’s being hidden from the rest of us.
Show your papers: The internet is about to change forever
TechNaomi Brockwell: If we look at the surveillance initiatives of governments around the world these past few weeks, it’s chilling.
Spilling the Tea: KYC Is a liability, not a safety feature
TechNaomi Brockwell: Tea is just one example of a broader trend: platforms claiming to protect you while quietly collecting as much data as possible.
Your doctor’s visit isn’t private
TechNaomi Brockwell: You’re not just talking to your doctor. You’re talking to the system.
Your data has been stolen – now what?
TechNaomi Brockwell: You can choose to make your data harder to capture. Harder to link. Harder to weaponize.
How to be anonymous on social media
TechNaomi Brockwell: In an age where digital footprints last forever, the ability to separate your online identity from your real-world persona is more important than ever.
Buying someone’s real-time location is shockingly cheap
TechNaomi Brockwell: For just a few dollars, someone can track your real-time location without ever needing to hack your phone.
Your TV is spying on you
TechNaomi Brockwell: Most of this surveillance happens in the dark. Unchallenged, unverified, and largely unnoticed.
FUTO – the obvious choice for privacy-friendly voice and text input on mobile devices
TechDitch Google's input apps and keep what you type and speak private on your phone.
Deepfakes are getting scary good
TechNaomi Brockwell: It’s fascinating… and chilling. Because the potential for misuse is growing fast, and most people aren’t ready.
OpenAI now keeps your ChatGPT logs… Even if you delete them
TechNaomi Brockwell: OpenAI is a fantastic tool for productivity, coding, research, and brainstorming. But it is not a place to store your secrets.
Opt-in childhood
TechNaomi Brockwell: These aren’t just tools of convenience or connection. Often, they’re Trojan horses, collecting and transmitting data in ways most parents never realize.
KYC is the crime
TechNaomi Brockwell: This surveillance regime didn’t always exist. It was built. And just because it’s now common doesn’t mean we should accept it.
This isn’t the internet we were promised
TechNaomi Brockwell: We now live in a world where control over your data is a leverage point for power. Where a single company can unilaterally decide what speech is acceptable.
Lock down your Mac
TechNaomi Brockwell: If you want to keep your Mac without handing over your digital life to Apple, there are ways to lock it down and make it more private.
Your therapist, your doctor, your insurance plan – now in Google’s ad system
TechNaomi Brockwell: The threat isn’t always a hacker in a hoodie. Sometimes it’s a quiet decision in a California boardroom that compromises millions of people at once.
Without consent
TechNaomi Brockwell: Your child’s first digital footprint isn’t made by them - it’s made by you.
Organic Maps – the map app that doesn’t map you
TechTired of Google Maps tracking you? Here's the free alternative that lets you navigate completely offline!
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