🤳Apple’s Enhanced Visual Search Is Technocratic Behavior

In this discussion on Redacted, we look at how centralized, cloud-dependent AI on smartphones becomes a tool for surveillance. Features like Apple’s Enhanced Visual Search analyze user photos at scale, often enabled by default, without consent and tied into opaque data pipelines users don’t meaningfully control.

This isn’t a critique of AI as a technology — it’s a critique of who runs it and where it lives. When AI operates inside big-tech ecosystems, tied to identity, cloud services, and data collection, it becomes technocratic infrastructure.

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Bringing Enoch AI to Your Device

A little while back, I joined Mike Adams on The Health Ranger Report to talk about something we’re pretty proud of: we’ve rolled out a line of Above Phones and Above Books with the Enoch AI model built right in. It's a 12-billion parameter powerhouse that runs entirely offline, giving you all the AI smarts without any of the privacy trade-offs. If you’re looking to keep your queries out of the cloud and on your own terms, this is the way to do it.

Check it out at abovephone.com/brighteon and see how we’re making AI both smart and private.

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⏰ Today is the LAST DAY of our Holiday Sale.

Start the new year off in the right direction — with technology that supports your autonomy instead of quietly undermining it.

If you’ve been meaning to move away from surveillance-based tech, this is your final opportunity to do it with Holiday pricing. The window closes tonight.

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Navigating Privacy: How Above Phone Keeps You in Control

In a recent discussion on Redacted, we talked about how Above phone empowers you to maintain privacy and control over your data. We explore how big tech, like Google, often pushes features that are enabled by default, compromising your privacy. With Above Phone, you get a de-Googled experience that disconnects your device from Google's update stream, ensuring no unwanted background data sharing.

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⚡️Total Information Awareness

In a recent chat on the True Health Report, I dove into the concept of Total Information Awareness. Originally a DARPA project, the idea was to track and simulate global events by integrating vast data sources. We explore how modern AI applications, like Palantir’s systems, reflect that vision, blending public and private data for comprehensive surveillance. It’s a fascinating discussion on privacy, technology, and the implications for our future.

🤔 When surveillance is built through private companies instead of governments, who is actually accountable?

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⚡️Empowering Users: Customizing Your Above Phone Experience

Recently on Redacted, we explore how Above Phone puts privacy and control back into your hands. We discuss how the device offers guidance for users who want to install Google services, ensuring that you stay informed and maintain your privacy.

Learn how Above Phone provides open-source alternatives for common apps, allowing you to navigate and communicate safely without compromising your data. Plus, discover the flexibility of using your phone both with and without Google services, and how you can keep your personal life separate from your work apps.

Empower yourself with knowledge and the tools to maintain your digital independence!

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⚡️The Genius Act and Crypto Privacy: What’s at Stake?

I was recently on The Aaron Day Show and of course we got into privacy when it comes to crypto. In this clip we explore how new regulations classify privacy tech as licensed money transmission and what it means for privacy coins like Xano and Monero. What does it say when it privacy itself becomes regulated?

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More people need to realize this.

⚡️Unleashing Local AI: Empowering Your Privacy

In this conversation with Mike Adams, we're diving into the transformative power of the new Brighteon AI model. This 12-billion-parameter AI isn't just a static tool—it evolves over time, learning from tens of millions of science papers to expand its knowledge base. What's incredible is that you can run this AI locally on your device without expensive hardware, ensuring privacy and control over your data. Plus, with the ability to download and share the model, you hold the power of independent AI in your hands.

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AI and Its Psychological Impacts

In a recent webinar, I got into how AI can have real psychological effects. Over-reliance on AI can lead to what we call cognitive offloading, where people stop thinking critically and start leaning on AI for everything. It can even become a substitute for human connection, which is pretty concerning when you think about the emotional attachment some people form with AI. Have you seen this before??

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