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I'm Jake. I'm interested in privacy, security (infosec/netsec/opsec), government transparency, and books. Computer crank, FOIA freak.

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Copyparty on OpenBSD - Sharing and Caring with a Blowfish

Copyparty on OpenBSD - Sharing with the Pufferfish

‘It would be cool if someone made a zine about this FOIA’

A Zine about Punk Music and FOIA

Power(shell) Pubic Records Requests

Over the past few years, I’ve done a lot of public records requests. I’ve also seperately done a lot of system administration with Powershell. What if… Power(shell) Pubic Records Requests It dawned on me one day that knowing my way around Powershell might not just benefit my day job, but also help with creating a bit of transparency around government agencies. It is no mystery that many public…

Pi-hole and Tracker Domain Enumeration (For Fun and _Not_ Profit) - Part II

Pi-hole and Tracker Domain Enumeration (For Fun and Not Profit) - Part II

The Watchers and Their ‘Zones’ - Pynchon dans piéton

The Watchers and Their ‘Zones’: Pynchon dans piéton

Automated Qubes AppVMs based on Whonix Anonymity Modes

Automated Qubes AppVMs based on Whonix Anonymity Modes

2019’s FOIAs - Year in Review and Reflections

2019’s FOIAs - Year in Review and Reflections

A CentOS VPS with Wireguard and Pi-hole

A CentOS VPS with Wireguard and PiHole

A Repository of U.S. Agency Record Retention Policies

A big part of doing public records requests is the preliminary research. For a lot of FOIAs I’ve filed, research has involved finding the relevant forms for the question(s) I want to answer.

Pi-hole and Tracker Domain Enumeration (For Fun and _Not_ Profit) - Part I

Pi-hole and Tracker Domain Enumeration (For Fun and Not Profit) - Part I