Am I being a tad paranoid? No, unfortunately, it’s understanding and protecting oneself and allies in change as much as possible in the world as it now is. A world without privacy. None.
This signal blocker bag (set of two) was just 15.90 in amazon - I watched a video with a guy testing various commercial ones, including this:https://shorturl.at/A0Ezv
If i browze the ZioNaziShopping site it’s only for price references. But those prices come from its THEFT from small business sellers for using the site.
Well, yes, and as I often say in book reviews where I refer readers to the book summaries on Amazon, I urge people to order from local independent book sellers whenever possible. But one of the challenges those of us in rural areas have is a lack of local bookstores and other businesses.
I live in a community of just under 10,000 and am lucky to have a local independent book store and a pretty good hardware store, but nobody sells something like faraday bags. When I order from a source like Amazon it is only after being unable to find the item from a local business.
Yeah, I'm afraid there is no such thing as total privacy -- or really any kind of privacy -- any more. I bought a Faraday pouch for my phone but it does not appear to work. I talked with a friend who does a lot of tech work with computers and he jokingly suggested using an iron pot with a lid. That may be the best advice I've gotten yet. The political organizing meeting I mentioned in the post is the kind of setting where people really need to get serious about protecting privacy.
A case I followed closely was Julian Assange, the US authorities bugged the Ecuadorian embassy in London to listen in on Julian's VERY private conversations with his lawyers as he was fighting extradition to the US
A lawsuit was filed against the CIA as well as UC Global in federal courts in New York by journalists and lawyers who visited Assange, all of whom are U.S. citizens.
The lawsuit has been dismissed. A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit against the CIA by journalists and lawyers who said the intelligence agency illegally spied on them when they visited Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he was holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London.
How It Ended:
In February 2025 Koeltl dismissed the lawsuit, stating that the CIA properly invoked the state secrets privilege. This came after CIA Director William Burns claimed that a lawsuit involving alleged spying on Americans, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, must be dismissed or there could be "serious" and "exceptionally grave" damage to the "national security of the United States."
The State Secrets Defense:
The CIA successfully used the "state secrets privilege" - a legal doctrine that allows the government to block lawsuits if they claim revealing information would harm national security. This is a powerful tool that essentially ends cases before they can proceed to discovery or trial.
Broader Context:
When the prosecution against Assange ended in a plea deal in June 2024, that benefited the CIA even if it was not the outcome that current and former high-ranking officials had desired. The CIA would never have to worry about the agency's actions being discussed by the press and on social media.
So essentially, the CIA has successfully buried this case through legal maneuvering. The surveillance operation - which appears to be well-documented - will face no legal consequences in U.S. courts, and the constitutional questions about Fourth Amendment violations and attorney-client privilege remain unresolved.
It's a classic example of how the state secrets privilege can shield government agencies from accountability, even in cases involving apparent violations of citizens' constitutional rights.
Thanks for that rundown. Since the end of WW II no single entity has done more damage to this country than the CIA and the coup they 1963 orchestrated in Dallas is now coming to the final stage of unraveling every last pretense of democracy and Constitutional integrity. They are kicking us along to global corporate rule. We all need to resist and gum up the process in whatever way possible, beginning with not assisting them to rob US of our rights and privacy.
No doubt. We need to have mass movements. Mass resistance. Mass non-compliance. the recent participation at national protest marches show there are lots of people mad about what's happening. There just need to be avenues of action for them to follow. I'm not sure what that looks like, but at least people are paying attention to what is happening.
when you think about discussing patients confidential health records, sensitive data. Even if you leave your phone elsewhere I’m assuming other devices in hospitals, drs surgeries are listening anyway. Might as well leave the door open next time I visit the GP 😂
They shouldn’t be allowed to do this it’s a complete invasion of privacy.
Well, for the government, but not for me. We just need to be more mindful and work harder at protecting it and fighting to defend it whenever possible.
I made a comment once about Iran, and my phone was locked down. There were three options. The locked down with a lock symbol next to it highlighted. So I couldn't use my phone anymore. Not even to make a call. Maybe the info was classified, but criminal exposure of it, did that???!!!! I wish I wasn't in this country. I should have got out of here a long time ago.
Do, because they need to know that is happening. Hell, perhaps they are being hacked and don't know it. As I wrote about recently, my cell phone provider was hacked and we were without phone service for ten days. ... https://mark192.substack.com/p/why-the-silence-what-are-they-keeping
I came to this country for Freedom, for George Washington's America. Not another Israeli occupied surveillance military Police State TYRANNY
❓ANYONE TRIED MAKING THEIR OWN FARADY SECURITY BAG❓
I'm thinkin the ziplock CBD Gummies Bags are about justright for a "Smart" Phone
Faraday bags block electronic devices from WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular, and RF signals
https://defendershield.com/blogs/privacy-security/can-you-make-a-faraday-bag
Thanks for the link.
This signal blocker bag (set of two) was just 15.90 in amazon - I watched a video with a guy testing various commercial ones, including this:https://shorturl.at/A0Ezv
If i browze the ZioNaziShopping site it’s only for price references. But those prices come from its THEFT from small business sellers for using the site.
Well, yes, and as I often say in book reviews where I refer readers to the book summaries on Amazon, I urge people to order from local independent book sellers whenever possible. But one of the challenges those of us in rural areas have is a lack of local bookstores and other businesses.
I live in a community of just under 10,000 and am lucky to have a local independent book store and a pretty good hardware store, but nobody sells something like faraday bags. When I order from a source like Amazon it is only after being unable to find the item from a local business.
Whenever possible go DIRECTLY to websites of indie sellers
Good suggestion.
Look what happens when you are World Leaders on all things surveillance, you end up bieng World leading genocidaires.
It happened to me yesterday my phone listened into a conversation between myself and my GP in the surgery where you’d think you had total privacy 😳
Yeah, I'm afraid there is no such thing as total privacy -- or really any kind of privacy -- any more. I bought a Faraday pouch for my phone but it does not appear to work. I talked with a friend who does a lot of tech work with computers and he jokingly suggested using an iron pot with a lid. That may be the best advice I've gotten yet. The political organizing meeting I mentioned in the post is the kind of setting where people really need to get serious about protecting privacy.
A case I followed closely was Julian Assange, the US authorities bugged the Ecuadorian embassy in London to listen in on Julian's VERY private conversations with his lawyers as he was fighting extradition to the US
A lawsuit was filed against the CIA as well as UC Global in federal courts in New York by journalists and lawyers who visited Assange, all of whom are U.S. citizens.
The lawsuit has been dismissed. A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit against the CIA by journalists and lawyers who said the intelligence agency illegally spied on them when they visited Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he was holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London.
How It Ended:
In February 2025 Koeltl dismissed the lawsuit, stating that the CIA properly invoked the state secrets privilege. This came after CIA Director William Burns claimed that a lawsuit involving alleged spying on Americans, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, must be dismissed or there could be "serious" and "exceptionally grave" damage to the "national security of the United States."
The State Secrets Defense:
The CIA successfully used the "state secrets privilege" - a legal doctrine that allows the government to block lawsuits if they claim revealing information would harm national security. This is a powerful tool that essentially ends cases before they can proceed to discovery or trial.
Broader Context:
When the prosecution against Assange ended in a plea deal in June 2024, that benefited the CIA even if it was not the outcome that current and former high-ranking officials had desired. The CIA would never have to worry about the agency's actions being discussed by the press and on social media.
So essentially, the CIA has successfully buried this case through legal maneuvering. The surveillance operation - which appears to be well-documented - will face no legal consequences in U.S. courts, and the constitutional questions about Fourth Amendment violations and attorney-client privilege remain unresolved.
It's a classic example of how the state secrets privilege can shield government agencies from accountability, even in cases involving apparent violations of citizens' constitutional rights.
Thanks for that rundown. Since the end of WW II no single entity has done more damage to this country than the CIA and the coup they 1963 orchestrated in Dallas is now coming to the final stage of unraveling every last pretense of democracy and Constitutional integrity. They are kicking us along to global corporate rule. We all need to resist and gum up the process in whatever way possible, beginning with not assisting them to rob US of our rights and privacy.
It’s SO hard to fight them, in their arsenal they have techniques/weapons we don’t even know about yet.
No doubt. We need to have mass movements. Mass resistance. Mass non-compliance. the recent participation at national protest marches show there are lots of people mad about what's happening. There just need to be avenues of action for them to follow. I'm not sure what that looks like, but at least people are paying attention to what is happening.
It’s quite shocking
when you think about discussing patients confidential health records, sensitive data. Even if you leave your phone elsewhere I’m assuming other devices in hospitals, drs surgeries are listening anyway. Might as well leave the door open next time I visit the GP 😂
They shouldn’t be allowed to do this it’s a complete invasion of privacy.
Privacy is perhaps an outdated concept.
Well, for the government, but not for me. We just need to be more mindful and work harder at protecting it and fighting to defend it whenever possible.
I made a comment once about Iran, and my phone was locked down. There were three options. The locked down with a lock symbol next to it highlighted. So I couldn't use my phone anymore. Not even to make a call. Maybe the info was classified, but criminal exposure of it, did that???!!!! I wish I wasn't in this country. I should have got out of here a long time ago.
Was it ever unlocked? Do you know who locked it down? Did you phone company offer any explanation or help?
I have to ask my phone company about it. They did unlock it, but after 45 minutes.
Do, because they need to know that is happening. Hell, perhaps they are being hacked and don't know it. As I wrote about recently, my cell phone provider was hacked and we were without phone service for ten days. ... https://mark192.substack.com/p/why-the-silence-what-are-they-keeping
The hacking is done by Palantir perhaps? Isreal "cyber security"
Could be. As I noted in the post, the feds got involved, but -- of course -- there was no honesty.
Thanks for this timely advice, Mark.
I've ordered a signal proof bag for my phone.
This video tests a couple of them, plus a few unconventional methods: https://youtu.be/xmFDXMTc0d4?si=yXdBKrV_oqPyAyk_
Thanks for the link/info!
"ALL Rats DIE" Doris Roberts' character, in Medea's Witness Protection movie