Privacy

Smart devices trade data for convenience, and the trade is rarely disclosed clearly. This module covers the purchase decision, network segmentation for IoT, voice assistant specifics, and wearables.

Most personal security advice is a flat list of 300 tips with no order. Here is the same advice ranked by real impact, with the five steps which stop most attacks and the common habits worth abandoning.

A twelve module course covering the security and privacy of one person rather than one organization. Each module moves from definitions to comparisons, decisions, and a record you create for yourself.

Ollama connects Claude Desktop and Claude Code to local models through an Anthropic-compatible API. Here is the correct setup for each, the environment variable most guides omit, which models to use in September 2026, and which features stay cloud-only.

Qwen3.8 27B and its ternary repack Bonsai 2 27B now outscore Claude Sonnet 4.6 on the aggregate intelligence index while running on one consumer GPU. What changed, what the benchmarks show, and why memory pricing makes waiting the most expensive option.

Every SimeonOnSecurity sibling site in one place. Seven standalone tools on their own subdomains, covering WiFi data maps, ALPR surveillance mapping, ESP32 counter-surveillance firmware, and resume optimization.

A practical account of building a local AI assistant for Meshtastic, with private configuration, queued TCP access, retrieval tools, and a safer dashboard.

Learn what sandboxed Google Play changes on GrapheneOS, when a separate profile helps, and how accounts, notifications, and app compatibility fit together.

A practical comparison of Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum for off-grid and community mesh networking. Covers routing architecture, hop limits and airtime, static infrastructure versus roaming nodes, and when transport-independent networking with Reticulum genuinely solves a real problem.

An independent analysis of Flock Safety ALPR cameras: how they work, what data they collect beyond license plates, how data sharing creates a shadow national database, and why the warrant question is the real issue.