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Legacy article from August 25, 2023
Do you remember that old segment in Mad Magazine called Spy vs. Spy?
Basically, there are two Spies, a black spy, and a white spy, who are mortal enemies. The running joke is that each spy is always one step in ahead of the other one. In other words, a constant game of “Cat and Mouse”.
But what’s really funny, is how similar that is to the real-life surveillance/anti-surveillance landscape.
Modern technology is a constantly changing landscape. That’s also why getting private is more complicated than it used to be.
Whenever hackers hack into a software, developers patch it, and make it stronger. Whenever the government finds a new way to spy on its citizens, the citizens find a way to fight back and stay private. Just like Spy vs. Spy, it’s a constant game of back and forth.
For example: One of the main reasons cryptocurrency was originally created was to promote private and de-centralized transaction. That way, the power goes back to the people, and not cartels like the Fed.
Obviously, the Government did not like this. They want to be able to track everyone’s money closely. So, they implemented laws and created pressure for crypto exchanges.
That’s why so many crypto exchanges became KYC (know your customer). This effectively took a lot of power away from crypto, but people fought back. There are many ways you can still get completely anonymous crypto. It comes down to having cold wallets, using the right exchanges, and getting the right coins.
Another good example of this is when people found out that the government was spying on them through their cameras and microphones, they began covering them. You can find webcam covers and microphone blockers here.
And it also goes for software. Now, there are tons of options when it comes to private internet browsing, private email, and other services.
This is all great, but as I mentioned it's all subject to change. When one spy pushes, the other spy pushes back.
This is one of the main reasons we created Privacy Academy… we want to keep people up to date on what’s really going on behind the scenes and present the information in an easy to digest way.
At the end of the day, privacy is your right to protect. And it is vital that you do.
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Thank you!
Eric Meder