Naomi Brockwell priv/acc
@naomibrockwell
Founder
Dance like no one's watching. Encrypt like everyone is.
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The surveillance state wants you to believe resistance is futile.
History says otherwise.
The past is filled with “unwinnable” battles, that were won anyway because people refused to surrender.
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We're really excited to sponsor a hackathon at @IoTvillage this year at @defcon!
Come find us at IoT Village, break open IoT devices, tell us what you find, get prizes 🚀
We might think that we have nothing to hide.
But tomorrow we might have no WHERE to hide.
We need to rethink this mass surveillance system we're building.
Our respect goes out to those brave enough to shine light on dark places.
Major AI companies like @AnthropicAI are censoring people more and more.
It's great to see competition from startups who don't believe the future should be controlled by a single company.
Should there be an agent harness for life sciences that supports open-weight models?
The Fourth Amendment is meant to protect us from government intruding into our personal things. Where is the Fourth Amendment in the digital age?
Your phone is a tracking device, but it doesn't have to be.
When I switched to @GrapheneOS, it felt amazing to finally have real control over my data & know my phone wasn't sending everything to Apple & Google.
Here’s how to install & set it up:
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Be careful what you download.
How PDFs can be dangerous.
Vilifying a single company is a trap.
People mistakenly think that after defeating this single company they've won.
It lets cities get away with warrantless mass surveillance programs. We have to fight the surveillance.
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Vilifying Palantir or Flock alone is a trap.
They're just 2 examples of 1000s of surveillance companies.
The enemy is the entire warrantless mass surveillance industry, and that's what we have to dismantle.
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A national survey of 2,200 Americans: 1 in 2 say only THEY should access their financial data. Only 12% accept government snooping (even with a warrant).
Still, KYC/AML compliance under the Bank Secrecy Act forces banks to centralize sensitive data. These surveillance honeypots predictably breach, exposing innocent people to harm.
Lawmakers should start paying attention.
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Vilifying Palantir or Flock alone is a trap.
They're just 2 examples of 1000s of surveillance companies.
The enemy is the entire warrantless mass surveillance industry, and that's what we have to dismantle.
Show more
"The only way to deal with an unfree world
is to become so absolutely free
that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
- A.Camus
Neo-Cypherpunk Summit 2026, Berlin
Opposing government surveillance is a foundational American principle.
The next elections aren't red vs blue, it could be your last chance to regain privacy and autonomy.
Your phone is a tracking device, but it doesn't have to be.
When I switched to @GrapheneOS, it felt amazing to finally have real control over my data & know my phone wasn't sending everything to Apple & Google.
Here’s how to install & set it up:
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