Government spyware: should I worry?
Government spyware such as Pegasus costs a fortune and is aimed at almost nobody. A forensic expert explains who really gets targeted, why ordinary…
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Category: digital forensic
We have already extracted 98 percent of your iPhone, just give us the PIN
The interrogation trick almost everyone falls for, the real difference between a warm phone and a cold one, and why your date of birth…
At the Heart of the Scandal: How I Examined the Ibiza Video for Authenticity
It began with an email from Der Spiegel. I signed an NDA and spent weeks alone with material that ended up dismantling a government.…
The Most Dangerous Thing About ChatGPT Isn’t the Wrong Answers. It’s the Ones That Sound Right.
On a self-experiment with human skulls, patients armed with pocket-sized expertise, and the question of why OpenAI quietly buried its own AI detector after…
When Tehran Writes and Brussels Stays Silent
Letters from Tehran turned an open-source browser encryptor into a forensic finding about privacy, surveillance, and trust. The article examines AES-256-GCM, Chat Control, and…
What Your Browser Confesses Before You Finish Typing
IP Beacon V3.5 reveals what your browser and IP address disclose to any site you visit: geolocation, canvas fingerprint, WebRTC leaks, and open ports.…
The Day Apple Made an Announcement That Had Nothing to Do With a New Product
Apple withdrew Advanced Data Protection from the UK after a secret Home Office Technical Capability Notice under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. This article…
19 Billion Reasons to Stop Using Your Phone Number as a Security Device
19 billion compromised credentials circulate in 2025. A forensic expert on why SMS two-factor authentication is security theater, how SS7 and SIM swapping defeat…
DeepSeek and the Principle of Free Lunch
The $6 million training cost claim, the ClickHouse database that sat open without authentication, and what China's National Intelligence Law means for every user…
Pegasus: The Spyware That Governments Buy to Read Your Mind
Court-grade perspective on Pegasus and NSO Group: zero-click chains such as FORCEDENTRY and BLASTPASS, the Pegasus Project dataset, Lockdown Mode, MVT, and why consumer…