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.
OpSec isn’t just for spooks and hackers. It’s for anyone who still gives a damn about freedom in the digital age.
That NDA you signed? Worthless if your stack is betraying you.
You didn’t leak anything. You didn’t post it online. You didn’t even share it.
But your default tools did.
Compartmentalization isn’t paranoia. It’s digital fireproofing.
Platforms control access, storage, and distribution which means your archive can vanish with a policy change. This guide shows creators how to take ownership with a local first vault in Obsidian, encrypted copies with Picocrypt or VeraCrypt, private sync via Syncthing or rclone, and self directed publishing on your site or IPFS. Draft offline, encrypt … Read more
This is the hard truth no one tells you:
Data brokers don’t need your name to rebuild your profile.
They just need a few sloppy leaks and a little time. You give them both when you trust the wrong tools.
Let’s stop that from happening.
Data brokers depend on you doing nothing.
On you feeling overwhelmed, tired, defeated.
Prove them wrong.
Your boss doesn’t trust you. Not really.
So they installed surveillance you never agreed to.
If you are a beginner but privacy curious, these first steps will help you make a big difference in your security and privacy.
