Enemy of the [Surveillance] State

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Step two in de-Googling your life: Switch to a private and secure email provider. Everyone needs email — but unless you are a terrorist, mobster, drug lord, child molester, or the like — you don’t need to be under surveillance. Google has made billions of dollars sharing your emails with “partners” who use their content to pump ads your way.

Enough is enough! This week, I...

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Google is a surveillance company. Period. If you want to get Google out of your life, there are a few steps you'll need to take. In this episode, I begin walking you through the process, beginning with replacing your browser and search engine.

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20 years ago, the terrorist attack now known as “9/11” served as a pretext for more and more government control and the expansion of the surveillance state. Today that pretext is known as COVID. Then, the enemy was “those people.” Today the enemy is “the unvaccinated.”

Starting next week, Enemy of the [surveillance] State will begin a series on de-Googling your life. Be su...

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As America becomes more and more divided along political lines, it is more important than ever to understand the history of tech companies using data on individuals to create startlingly accurate profiles. Case in point, the Nazi campaign of the Holocaust of the Jews in the buildup to and during WWII was made up of six phases — the identification of the Jews, the expulsion o...

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Merry Encryptsmas! It’s that wonder time of the year when we get to spend more time with family and friends than any other time of the year. In this episode I address a couple of things. First, I address a subtle and very positive change to something about this podcast (notes below). Second, I address the ways you can use the extra time with family and friends to help spread...

Enemy of the [Surveillance] State is written, produced, and narrated by C. Mitchell Shaw and is listener supported — No ads. No compromise. If you are interested in supporting the show, check out https://www.patreon.com/EnemyOfSurveillance — Anything you can do is greatly appreciated. It takes time, talent, and money to make a show like this. Please consider supporting.

My special guest this episode is Todd Weaver from Purism. I ha...

After the first segment of Messing With The Scammers, I received lots of positive feedback for listeners who enjoyed that segment. That time, I did it as part of a full episode; This segment is its own episode. I hope you enjoy it. The premise of this segment is taken from the sit-com, BJ and the Bear — from the late '70's / early '80's. The scammer that called me never figured out that I was basing our conversation off of a TV sh...

This week, my special guest is Adam Craig, LFCE (Linux Foundation Certified Systems Engineer). Adam manages a room of Linux servers for an unnamed major university and was my master/tutor/guru (and still is, to some degree) when I made the switch to Linux several years ago. We discuss the Linux Operating System — what it is, how to get it, why it is better than either Windows or Mac for privacy and security, and why you should co...

This week, my special guest is Henry from the popular and established privacy community, TechLore. We discuss the philosophy, mechanics, and logistics of working to spread the message of privacy as it relates to liberty. We cover a wide range of topics and ideas, so buckle in and take a ride with Mitch and Henry as we get into the nitty gritty of privacy in an age of mass digital surveillance. This is your chance to be a fly on the...

This week, my special guests are Alexandra Kubiak, Senior Product Manager and Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content from StartPage — a private search engine that returns Google results without giving Google access to your personal data. I also want to send a special shout-out to Henry, the intern at StartPage who reached out to me to set this up. We discuss the importance of privacy where web searches is concerned, how Star...

This week, I discuss the corruption of the NSA and how its very existence threatens not only the privacy of Americans, but the very security it promises us in exchange for that privacy, and the ongoing war on encryption. I  also introduce a new segment that I’ll call “messing with the scammers,” this week on EOTSS!

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This week, I have the Murray Hunter, author of Boris the BabyBot, a children's book about Big Data and Surveillance Capitalism. We discuss Surveillance Capitalism, and how to teach children about the Surveillance State in age appropriate ways. The sound quality is not up to this show's normal standards, but rather than delay the show any further, I decided to post it. Perfect is the enemy of good.  Here are the links to the things...

This week, I have the Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Maharrey back for another guest spot. We discuss COVID-19 and how it is being used to expand the Surveillance State. Spoiler, it’s bad, but there something you can do about it! Michael is an amazing guest and I got lots of comments from listeners when he was last on. This is another great episode; You don't want to miss it!

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This week, I discuss how to protect your data and your privacy by using a VPN. I address what a VPN is, how it works to protect privacy, the VPNs a recommend, and those you should avoid. 

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This week, I discuss a sensitive topic — Internet porn and its effects on you, your privacy, society, the people involved in the industry, and more. Listener discretion is advised. Children should not listen to this episode.

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This week, I discuss video-conferencing apps and the risks associated with them. With more and more people working and schooling from home and depending on video-conferencing, protecting privacy should not take a back seat. I address reports that Zoom has compromised users, alternatives to Zoom, and more.

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In this bonus episode, I discuss how to create, manage, and use strong passwords / passphrases to protect your privacy.

Passwords need to be long and random, but that makes them difficult to memorize. If you have as many passwords as I do, it would be impossible. That is why I recommend a good password generator / manager.

For more info on tools discussed in this episode:

https://bitwarden.com/

https://help.bitwarden.com/article/c...

This week, my guest is Trevor Loudon — Writer, Speaker, and expert on communist infiltration and tactics. We discuss communism, the Cold War, communist infiltration of the U.S. government, the history of the Deep State and Surveillance State, and more. 

Trevor's amazing wiki site can be found at www.keywiki.org

Trevor's newest book can be found at https://www.amazon.com/WHITE-HOUSE-REDS-Communists-Socialists/dp/B084WKWDBZ/

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