The override
@theoverride.bsky.social
Into privacy, decentralized tech, AI ethics, and how systems shape behavior.
I’m especially interested in how data is collected, interpreted, and used to predict or control people — often without them knowing.
I’m especially interested in how data is collected, interpreted, and used to predict or control people — often without them knowing.
“If a tool won’t tell you what it collects — assume it’s everything.”
#telemetry #privacy #cybersecurity
#telemetry #privacy #cybersecurity
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“If a tool won’t tell you what it collects — assume it’s everything.”
#telemetry #privacy #cybersecurity
#telemetry #privacy #cybersecurity
“Deleting your data doesn’t mean they erased it. It usually just means you can’t see it anymore.”
#privacy #datasecurity #infosec
#privacy #datasecurity #infosec
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Deleting your data doesn’t mean they erased it. It usually just means you can’t see it anymore.”
#privacy #datasecurity #infosec
#privacy #datasecurity #infosec
“When you delete something from an app, you’re just removing your access — not erasing it from their servers.”
#privacy #datasecurity #darkpatterns #deletion #infosec
#privacy #datasecurity #darkpatterns #deletion #infosec
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“When you delete something from an app, you’re just removing your access — not erasing it from their servers.”
#privacy #datasecurity #darkpatterns #deletion #infosec
#privacy #datasecurity #darkpatterns #deletion #infosec
Check this: Search your name + “data broker.”
Those results are your digital clones for sale.
#privacy #databrokers #infosec #cybersecurity
Those results are your digital clones for sale.
#privacy #databrokers #infosec #cybersecurity
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Check this: Search your name + “data broker.”
Those results are your digital clones for sale.
#privacy #databrokers #infosec #cybersecurity
Those results are your digital clones for sale.
#privacy #databrokers #infosec #cybersecurity
Check this: Your browser extensions.
Anything you don’t recognize could read your pages.
#privacy #infosec #dataprivacy #techtruth
Anything you don’t recognize could read your pages.
#privacy #infosec #dataprivacy #techtruth
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Check this: Your browser extensions.
Anything you don’t recognize could read your pages.
#privacy #infosec #dataprivacy #techtruth
Anything you don’t recognize could read your pages.
#privacy #infosec #dataprivacy #techtruth
Visit haveibeenpwned.com.
If your email’s listed, your data’s already out there.
#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #databreach
If your email’s listed, your data’s already out there.
#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #databreach
Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach
Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.
haveibeenpwned.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Visit haveibeenpwned.com.
If your email’s listed, your data’s already out there.
#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #databreach
If your email’s listed, your data’s already out there.
#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #databreach
Check this: Google Home → My Activity → Filter by Assistant.
That’s every word ever recorded.
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s every word ever recorded.
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Check this: Google Home → My Activity → Filter by Assistant.
That’s every word ever recorded.
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s every word ever recorded.
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Alexa App → Settings → Alexa Privacy → Voice History.
You can actually hear what she stored.
#iot #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
You can actually hear what she stored.
#iot #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Check this: Alexa App → Settings → Alexa Privacy → Voice History.
You can actually hear what she stored.
#iot #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
You can actually hear what she stored.
#iot #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Check this: Smart TV → Settings → Privacy → Viewing Data.
That’s ad tracking, not “personalization.”
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s ad tracking, not “personalization.”
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Check this: Smart TV → Settings → Privacy → Viewing Data.
That’s ad tracking, not “personalization.”
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s ad tracking, not “personalization.”
#iot #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Router admin page → “Remote Management.”
If it’s on, someone else can manage your network too.
#networksecurity #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
If it’s on, someone else can manage your network too.
#networksecurity #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Check this: Router admin page → “Remote Management.”
If it’s on, someone else can manage your network too.
#networksecurity #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
If it’s on, someone else can manage your network too.
#networksecurity #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
Check this: Run a speed test before and after enabling your VPN.
Drastic drop? Your traffic may be rerouted or throttled.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Drastic drop? Your traffic may be rerouted or throttled.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Check this: Run a speed test before and after enabling your VPN.
Drastic drop? Your traffic may be rerouted or throttled.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Drastic drop? Your traffic may be rerouted or throttled.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Check this: Visit dnsleaktest.com.
If your VPN’s working, those servers shouldn’t match your location.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
If your VPN’s working, those servers shouldn’t match your location.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
DNS leak test
dnsleaktest.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Check this: Visit dnsleaktest.com.
If your VPN’s working, those servers shouldn’t match your location.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
If your VPN’s working, those servers shouldn’t match your location.
#vpn #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity
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Wild data just dropped 📊
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Wild data just dropped 📊
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Companies using AI are hiring MORE senior employees but fewer juniors.
What does this mean for your career? Are we entering an "experience premium" era?
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Check this: Instagram → Settings → Security → Apps & Websites.
Delete every one you don’t remember.
#privacy #socialmedia #infosec #datasecurity
Delete every one you don’t remember.
#privacy #socialmedia #infosec #datasecurity
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Check this: Instagram → Settings → Security → Apps & Websites.
Delete every one you don’t remember.
#privacy #socialmedia #infosec #datasecurity
Delete every one you don’t remember.
#privacy #socialmedia #infosec #datasecurity
Check this: Facebook → Settings → Apps and Websites.
That list is a time capsule of every app that’s ever watched you.
#privacy #facebook #infosec #dataprivacy
That list is a time capsule of every app that’s ever watched you.
#privacy #facebook #infosec #dataprivacy
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Check this: Facebook → Settings → Apps and Websites.
That list is a time capsule of every app that’s ever watched you.
#privacy #facebook #infosec #dataprivacy
That list is a time capsule of every app that’s ever watched you.
#privacy #facebook #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Google Account → Security → Third-Party Access.
Anything there has keys to your identity.
#privacy #google #infosec #datasecurity
Anything there has keys to your identity.
#privacy #google #infosec #datasecurity
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Check this: Google Account → Security → Third-Party Access.
Anything there has keys to your identity.
#privacy #google #infosec #datasecurity
Anything there has keys to your identity.
#privacy #google #infosec #datasecurity
Check this: iCloud → Settings → iCloud Drive → Manage Storage.
Notice the hidden “App Data” folders? That’s persistent sync metadata.
#icloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Notice the hidden “App Data” folders? That’s persistent sync metadata.
#icloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Check this: iCloud → Settings → iCloud Drive → Manage Storage.
Notice the hidden “App Data” folders? That’s persistent sync metadata.
#icloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Notice the hidden “App Data” folders? That’s persistent sync metadata.
#icloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Dropbox → Connected Apps → Remove what you don’t use.
Integration creep is silent data exposure.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Integration creep is silent data exposure.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Check this: Dropbox → Connected Apps → Remove what you don’t use.
Integration creep is silent data exposure.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Integration creep is silent data exposure.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #datasecurity
Check this: Google Drive → Manage Apps → Connected Apps.
Each one can read or copy your stored files.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Each one can read or copy your stored files.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Check this: Google Drive → Manage Apps → Connected Apps.
Each one can read or copy your stored files.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Each one can read or copy your stored files.
#cloud #privacy #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Visit coveryourtracks.eff.org.
That’s your browser’s fingerprint — unique enough to identify you across the web.
#privacy #infosec #fingerprinting #techtruth
That’s your browser’s fingerprint — unique enough to identify you across the web.
#privacy #infosec #fingerprinting #techtruth
Cover Your Tracks
See how trackers view your browser
coveryourtracks.eff.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Check this: Visit coveryourtracks.eff.org.
That’s your browser’s fingerprint — unique enough to identify you across the web.
#privacy #infosec #fingerprinting #techtruth
That’s your browser’s fingerprint — unique enough to identify you across the web.
#privacy #infosec #fingerprinting #techtruth
Check this: Chrome → type chrome://settings/siteData.
That’s every cookie and tracker you’ve met today.
#privacy #browser #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s every cookie and tracker you’ve met today.
#privacy #browser #infosec #dataprivacy
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Check this: Chrome → type chrome://settings/siteData.
That’s every cookie and tracker you’ve met today.
#privacy #browser #infosec #dataprivacy
That’s every cookie and tracker you’ve met today.
#privacy #browser #infosec #dataprivacy
Check this: Windows → Settings → Privacy & Security → Diagnostics & Feedback.
“Required” still sends data. “Optional” just sends more.
#windows #privacy #infosec #telemetry
“Required” still sends data. “Optional” just sends more.
#windows #privacy #infosec #telemetry
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Check this: Windows → Settings → Privacy & Security → Diagnostics & Feedback.
“Required” still sends data. “Optional” just sends more.
#windows #privacy #infosec #telemetry
“Required” still sends data. “Optional” just sends more.
#windows #privacy #infosec #telemetry
Check this: iPhone → Settings → Analytics & Improvements → Share iPhone Analytics.
That’s motion and crash data heading to Apple.
#privacy #ios #infosec #telemetry
That’s motion and crash data heading to Apple.
#privacy #ios #infosec #telemetry
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Check this: iPhone → Settings → Analytics & Improvements → Share iPhone Analytics.
That’s motion and crash data heading to Apple.
#privacy #ios #infosec #telemetry
That’s motion and crash data heading to Apple.
#privacy #ios #infosec #telemetry