Building a Countermeasure Kit that Actually Works
A real countermeasure kit isn’t about fashion. It’s not about gadgets you’ll never touch. It’s a system of tools and habits that you stage, test, and refine until it works under stress.
Build Your Own Tools
Backup Plans for Your Comms, Data, and Identity
If your main channel gets cut, do you vanish or do you pivot?
Your Phone Is a Snitch (and How to Shut It Up)
Your phone is not neutral. It is not private. It is not yours.
It belongs to the network. And the network works for them.
You won’t get it perfect. That’s fine. But stop pretending it’s not happening.
If You’re Using Signal Like This, You’re Doing It Wrong
Slapping Signal on your phone doesn’t mean you’re safe. It’s not magic. It’s a tool and like any tool, it can be misused, misunderstood, or flat out weaponized against you if you’re sloppy.
Think Local First is Obsolete? That’s Exactly What They Want You to Think
One bad sync, one account flag, one vague policy change and suddenly your entire creative life is locked, deleted, or mined without consent.
Ask anyone who’s lost access to a Google account.
What’s Inside My Obsidian Vault? (And Why You Should Steal This Setup)
This isn’t a “productivity hack.” It’s workflow sovereignty.
Self Host or Be Profiled: What Big Tech Won’t Let You Own
This isn’t about purity. It’s about power.
Start small. Pick one thing to pull out of their cloud.
Who Really Owns Your Creative Workflow? (Hint: Not You)
Every document you write. Every photo you edit. Every project you sync. It’s fuel for someone else’s machine. A machine you don’t control. One that could cut you off tomorrow without explanation.
Why Trusting Cloud Backups Will Burn You
The promise of cloud backups is convenience. But the cost is control.
You’re not paranoid for wanting ownership. You’re not extreme for saying no to surveillance disguised as service. It’s your data.