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Byron Tau

@byrontau.bsky.social

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propublica national security reporter formers: ap, wsj, politico, washington sun. author of 'means of control' signal: byrontau.01 twitter/linkedin/mastodon: byrontau

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you want to see the hollowness of the modern internet in action, behold this book club scammer's AI agent pitching me using poorly scraped or stolen data thinking that I'm "Christopher Byron," who himself is an "author" writing AI generated ebook slop on Amazon. Great use of tokens, everyone.

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Things appear to be going well inside federal agencies.

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

On Dec. 27, a Calif. tech executive suing a journalist for publishing his domestic violence arrest report filed a declaration in court saying he's not a public figure. On Dec. 31, he issued a press release describing himself as a "thought leader" about an H1-B essay he wrote.

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

... a Nigerian preacher. A person associated with a Russian petrochemical company called Agro Allied Agency. Someone whose phone was in Kherson, site of some of the fiercing fighting in the Russian-Ukraine war.

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Proud to announce my book "Means of Control" will be on sale 2.27.2024. It explores the growing phenomenon of governments buying bulk corporate data for surveillance — and growing threat this poses to our civil liberties and privacy. Pre-order here! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321...

A cover of Means of Control, a new book by Byron Tau. The cover features highly stylized, distorted human figures on a beige background. The subtitle is "How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New American Surveillance State."

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Law enforcement is getting better at OSINT. NYPD joint robbery task force napped a suspect in a Queens robbery based on his "distinctive multicolored underwear," per a complaint filed in federal court.

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Morell was talking about the use of what the intelligence community calls "commercially-available information." He says he doesn't want to even talk about specific data sets and capabilities because then adversaries might change their behavior. See below for his full remarks:

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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Just got the proofs for my book! After years of working on it in Scrivener, Word, and PDF, it's a somewhat surreal experience to finally hold it in my hands. March 5, 2024 feels like it's far off, but if you're interested, you can now preorder it here: bit.ly/preordertaub...

A photograph of the advance uncorrected proof of "Means of Control" a new book by Byron Tau set to be released on March 5, 2024.

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