This past week the National Postal Forum was held in Phoenix, Arizona. A convention I have been wanting to attend for the past 10 years.

So how did it go?

It was definitely not what I had expected. There were many vendors in attendance but I was only interested in sitting down with USPS decision makers. In one section of the convention floor were USPS executives from Washington DC. You had to make an appointment to speak with them.

I approached the gatekeeper and told her I wanted to speak with someone who is involved with the National Change of Address Platform. She pointed to the address management table. She asked if 3PM would work? I said yes.

So, for 30 minutes I wondered around the convention floor waiting to speak with the Address Management team.

3PM Arrives

I head over to the table. Seated around the table were 3-4 US Postal Service Executives from Washington DC. The very people involved with the National Change of Address platform.

Keep in mind, they were notified in advance that Mass Address, Inc was booked to speak with them before I arrived. This means they probably did a little research on us before I sat at the table.

I began my discussion explaining how their current platform works and how it uses a loophole in the privacy act of 1974 to deliver our changes of address. This said loophole fuels identity theft and allows our nations enemies the ability to track military servicemembers.

For 10-15 minutes I shared fact after fact. 10 years of research.

I kid you not. These people looked at me as if I had just went to the bathroom in the middle of the table. Completely flabbergasted.

They were literally speechless. What little they did say was simply grasping straws to counter my statements. The gentlemen who appeared to be in charge of the program simply could not admit to what I was saying.

He kept saying stuff like they are bound by law and Congress.

I informed them Mass Address is privacy act compliant and is able to deliver a users change of address privately.

Only 1 person reached across the table and gave me their card.

I simply cannot believe these folks reacted the way they did.

The USPS loses over $1 billion a year due to this problem. Other USPS employees I spoke to were ecstatic about the solution and asked me to send in our proposal.

I told them I sent in a proposal 10 years ago and it went ignored. Nonetheless, I will be sending in another proposal.

After this whole situation went down, I thought to myself. Maybe the reason they didn’t seem too excited about Mass Address is because of the large amounts of money they make selling our information.

This tells me that I need to thoroughly drill down into the data and show them that Mass Address can in fact be a cash cow for them while simultaneously delivering privacy for US Postal Customers.

For the investors who recently purchased shares, THANK YOU. You are making the dream of address privacy REAL.

If you have not created your Mass Address, PLEASE go over to www.massaddress.app and register. We need 100 beta users to provide feedback. The time will come when I demo the platform for the USPS and we need to make sure it is perfectly polished.

If you’re still on the fence, read this.

Most people believe their Social Security number, date of birth, or mother’s maiden name is the most sensitive information they own.

They’re wrong.

The single most dangerous piece of data you possess is your address.

Once a hacker, stalker, or bad actor gets your name and address, they can unlock everything else — your identity, your family’s location, your financial records, and more.

Yet most people treat their address like it’s worthless.

They toss junk mail and magazines with their name and address straight into the trash.

Voter registration lists are public.

Property appraiser sites display your name and address for anyone to see.

Your home address is scattered everywhere — and it’s putting you at risk.

THERE IS A BETTER WAY

No names

No usernames

No passwords

No apps

No smartphone needed

No one-time codes

No text messages

I’ve spent the past 10 years building a private, consensual address platform — a true Post Office for the Internet.

Mass Address connects your address to your email address which in turn puts YOU in control!!

Nothing happens without your explicit approval.

We’ve built it.

It’s ready.

And we’re now onboarding the first users.

Next month, I’m meeting with the US Postal Service to demo Mass Address.

Before that meeting, I need real feedback from early users to make the experience as polished and intuitive as possible.

If you want to help shape the future of private addressing — and protect one of your most exposed pieces of personal data — I’d love for you to be one of the first to register.

Secure your spot and register here

Claim Your Address

Spots for the initial cohort are limited.

Thanks for reading.

I’d truly value your input.

Edward W. Hood

Founder

Mass Address, Inc

America’s Startup is a national competition designed to spotlight the next generation of American builders. As we approach our nation’s 250th anniversary, this program gives student entrepreneurs a platform to pressure-test their thinking, learn from experienced founders and investors, and share their vision for what’s next.

One Nation, Thousands of Ideas

From dorm rooms to classrooms to startup labs, American college campuses have long been launchpads for world-changing ideas. America’s Startup builds on that tradition, connecting student founders with mentorship, national recognition, and the opportunity to compete for $25,000 in non-dilutive funding awarded to each of the top 10 teams.

Finalists will pitch live to the America’s Startup Investor Council, including leading venture capitalists, during a live pitch weekend at Draper University in California.

www.massaddress.app

Over the past 10 years, we’ve completely revamped Mass Address — a secure, privacy-first platform that puts you in control of your addresses. Instead of being a product for data brokers and junk mail, you decide exactly who can access your addresses while ensuring your mail still gets delivered reliably.

I invite you to check it out yourself at www.massaddress.app. The site emphasizes secure, encrypted, and private address management — and we’re now preparing to scale it nationally.

To unlock the full power of Mass Address on a national level, we need to complete the API (Application Programming Interface) — essentially the “door” that connects our system seamlessly with partners and enables nationwide functionality. Finishing this critical piece will cost $2,600.

We’re targeting the National Postal Forum in early May 2026 in Phoenix, where we’ll engage directly with USPS leadership and industry players. This is a major milestone after a decade of development.

Personally, my family and I just relocated 1,500 miles across the country to New Mexico for a new government position. The move cost over $10K, so funds are especially tight right now. That’s why we’re offering a limited opportunity:

• Equity shares are available at just $1 each, with only 2,600 shares being released to raise the exact amount needed.

• If you’d rather support without taking equity, you can securely link your addresses for $5 on the site.

This isn’t just another app — it’s a mission to eliminate the market that treats people as products by giving individuals real control over their personal data and mail. After 10 years of building, most people haven’t had the chance to get in early. Now you can.

I’m fully committed: if we don’t raise the full amount, I’ll sell my car to bridge the gap and make the USPS opportunity happen. That’s how strongly I believe in what we’ve built.

Whether through shares or using Mass Address, your support helps us reach this next level. Let’s protect privacy and fix mailing chaos together.

Visit www.massaddress.app to sign up,

or email operations (at) massaddress.com to invest.

Live long and prosper

For the past 10 years of my life, I pursued a vision to secure my address. After the Equifax Data Breach, that vision morphed into securing all of my identification. What I didn’t know was the very hardware on which we were building on top of was compromised. You can read about this vulnerability below.

In the world of computing, many users believe that achieving root access—often called “Ring 0” in kernel terms—grants ultimate control over a system. It’s seen as God mode, where you can dictate every aspect of the machine’s behavior. But for those delving deeper into hardware architecture, true power resides even further below, in what’s colloquially known as Ring -3. This is the domain of the Intel Management Engine (ME), a separate, invisible processor embedded within Intel CPUs, running its own closed-source operating system—typically a variant of MINIX. This subsystem operates independently, and its implications for security and privacy are profound.

The ME doesn’t care about your system’s power state. As long as the power cable is plugged in, it’s active, even if your PC is ostensibly “off.” It bypasses your operating system’s safeguards, whether you’re using full-disk encryption like AES-256 or a hardened Linux distribution. This “ghost in the silicon” has its own network stack, allowing it to send and receive data while evading OS-level firewalls. It can access your RAM, monitor your screen, and intercept every keystroke before your OS processes them. In essence, it’s a parallel computing environment that you, as the user, have little to no visibility into or control over.

The NSA’s Role and the “Kill Switch” Irony

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Intel ME is its connection to government agencies, particularly the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The HAP (High Assurance Platform) bit, a feature that allows partial disabling of the ME, was reportedly implemented at the NSA’s request. 1 This “kill switch” was designed for high-security environments where even the NSA didn’t trust a black-box OS embedded in their hardware. Intel has confirmed the existence of this disable mechanism, which halts the ME after initialization on supported systems (typically Skylake or newer).

The irony is stark: an agency known for surveillance capabilities sought a way to opt out of potential backdoors in their own machines. Researchers discovered this HAP bit while exploring ME firmware, highlighting its origins in meeting government needs. However, enabling it isn’t straightforward for average users, and it’s often combined with tools like me_cleaner to remove unnecessary modules while keeping essential ones (such as BUP/ROMP) intact to prevent system instability.

Modern Vulnerabilities: A Persistent Threat

Far from being a relic of past designs, the Intel ME continues to reveal flaws. In 2025, CVE-2025-20037 emerged as a critical vulnerability—a time-of-check-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) firmware. This bug affects firmware versions prior to 16.1.38.2676 and 14.1.77.2497, potentially allowing a privileged user to escalate privileges via local access. Intel released updates under advisory INTEL-SA-01280 to mitigate this and related issues. Classified under CWE-367, it’s not just a bug but an architectural blind spot that underscores the risks of unauditable hardware subsystems.

This isn’t isolated; historical vulnerabilities like CVE-2017-5689 (authentication bypass in Intel Active Management Technology) and CVE-2017-5705 to CVE-2017-5712 have allowed arbitrary code execution with ME privileges. These flaws highlight how the ME’s isolation can become a double-edged sword, turning a management tool into a vector for attacks.

Community Discussions: Forums and the Quest for Transparency

The security community has long debated the Intel ME on platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter). On Reddit, users express concerns that the ME could be intentionally riddled with backdoors, indistinguishable from genuine vulnerabilities. Discussions often revolve around its potential as spyware, with threads questioning whether it affects Linux users and how to mitigate it—such as avoiding vPro-equipped machines or using me_cleaner. One user noted that the ME can monitor all activity, including encrypted files, emphasizing its access to hardware-level data.

On X, similar sentiments echo. Posts describe the ME as a security vulnerability and potential backdoor, with users warning about its persistence even when the system is off. Others link it to broader concerns, like intentional chip vulnerabilities for exploitation, or reference older discoveries of processor backdoors. These conversations underscore a growing distrust: even if not deliberately malicious, the ME’s closed nature invites exploitation.

Challenges in Neutering the Beast

Attempting to remove the ME firmware outright triggers a hardcoded failsafe—your computer will shut down every 30 minutes. Tools like me_cleaner offer a workaround by stripping non-essential modules, enabling the HAP bit, and leaving just enough code to avoid panic modes. However, this isn’t foolproof and requires technical expertise. For those seeking alternatives, open-source firmware like Coreboot is sometimes mentioned, though it’s more geared toward specific hardware enthusiasts.

Rethinking Digital Sovereignty

We architect secure systems—firewalls, encryption, hardened kernels—but we’re building atop a foundation we can’t fully audit. The Intel ME exemplifies this: a subsystem that’s always on, network-capable, and opaque. Digital sovereignty remains an ideal, but until users control the hardware below the BIOS level, privacy is essentially rented. As vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-20037 remind us, the real threats often lurk in the silicon shadows. For those concerned, exploring ME-cleaning tools or ME-disabled hardware (where available) is a start, but broader transparency from chipmakers is the ultimate need.

~Sources

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https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/HAP-AltMeDisable-bit

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20037

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01280.html

https://feedly.com/cve/CVE-2025-20037

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/s/C4MBQAC5eU

DARPA’s LifeLog Project: A Comprehensive Overview

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), known for pioneering technologies like the internet and GPS, launched the LifeLog project in 2003 as part of its Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). The initiative aimed to create an advanced, ontology-based system capable of capturing, storing, and analyzing a person’s entire life experience in real-time. This included tracing “threads” of an individual’s existence through events, states, and relationships, with the goal of inferring behavioral patterns, routines, habits, preferences, plans, goals, and even intentionality markers. The project was envisioned as a digital “super diary” that could record heartbeats, movements, conversations, media consumption, purchases, and interactions—essentially everything a person sees, hears, reads, says, or touches.

LifeLog built on earlier lifelogging concepts, such as those pioneered by Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell in the late 1990s, who experimented with wearable cameras and sensors to digitize personal memories. DARPA saw military potential in this technology, particularly for developing “enduring personalized cognitive assistants”—AI systems that could learn from a user’s data to predict decisions and enhance performance in high-stakes environments like combat. Researchers believed the vast data library could feed into AI models for behavioral prediction, with applications in intelligence, training, and decision-making.

Project Goals and Technical Details

DARPA’s solicitation for proposals outlined a multimedia database that would integrate diverse data streams:

• Transactional Data: Phone calls made, emails sent/received, credit card purchases, web browsing history, postal mail scanned, instant messages, books/magazines read, TV/radio consumed.

• Physical Data: GPS locations via wearable sensors, biomedical metrics (e.g., heart rate, steps) from body-worn devices.

• Contextual Data: Environmental factors, relationships, and inferred patterns to model user behavior.

The system was designed to be searchable and predictive, using machine learning to plot “distinctive routes” in the data ocean—mapping memories, events, and social connections. Proposals were sought for four 18-month contracts starting in summer 2003, with performers required to address privacy, security, copyright, and human subject approvals. LifeLog emphasized user control, such as dynamically activating/deactivating audio/video recording to comply with privacy laws.

Unlike DARPA’s controversial Total Information Awareness (TIA) program—renamed after public backlash and focused on counter-terrorism data mining—LifeLog was explicitly stated as unrelated. However, its scope raised similar alarms about mass surveillance. The project was unclassified, allowing potential spillover to the private sector, much like DARPA’s past innovations.

History and Timeline

• Inception (2002-2003): LifeLog emerged from DARPA’s $7.3 million Cognitive Computing initiative, which sought AI advancements. It drew from Bell’s work and solicited bids in May 2003.

• Development Phase: Quarterly reports and prototypes were planned, focusing on software for pattern deduction from daily activities.

• Cancellation (2004): Amid growing privacy concerns and media scrutiny—fueled by TIA’s congressional defunding in 2003—LifeLog was abruptly terminated on February 4, 2004. DARPA cited a “change in priorities,” but critics, including civil libertarians, viewed it as a retreat from invasive surveillance. No proposals were selected for awards.

Post-cancellation, elements of LifeLog resurfaced in military projects like the Advanced Soldier Sensor Information System and Technology (ASSIST), which used sensors in soldiers’ gear to record battlefield experiences for after-action reviews. This was a more focused, modest iteration without the broad privacy pitfalls.

Parallels and Coincidences with Facebook

The most intriguing aspect of LifeLog’s story is its temporal overlap with the launch of Facebook, which has sparked widespread speculation about connections between government surveillance programs and Big Tech.

• The Date Coincidence: On February 4, 2004—the exact day DARPA canceled LifeLog—Mark Zuckerberg, then a Harvard sophomore, launched “TheFacebook” (later Facebook) as a social networking site for college students. This synchronicity is often cited as more than happenstance, with theories suggesting Facebook served as a civilian proxy for LifeLog’s data-collection ambitions.

• Functional Similarities: Both initiatives aimed to build comprehensive profiles of users’ lives. LifeLog sought to archive “everything an individual says, sees or does,” while Facebook evolved to track interactions, locations, purchases, media consumption, and relationships via user-generated data, feeds, and algorithms. By the 2010s, Facebook’s AI-driven features mirrored LifeLog’s predictive goals, using data for targeted advertising, behavior modeling, and even election influence. As one LifeLog creator noted, smartphones and social media became “LifeLog equivalents,” achieving voluntarily what the military couldn’t mandate.

• Key Figures and Funding Ties:

  • Regina Dugan, DARPA director from 2009-2012, later led advanced projects at Google (2012-2016) and Facebook (2016-2018), including Building 8 for hardware like brain-computer interfaces.

  • Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel (via PayPal Mafia) has ties to In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm, which funds tech with intelligence applications. Thiel’s Palantir, a data-analytics firm, works closely with government agencies.

  • Zuckerberg’s initial funding included $500,000 from Thiel in 2004, raising questions about hidden influences.

• Theories and Speculation: Conspiracy narratives posit that DARPA “handed off” LifeLog to the private sector to bypass privacy laws, allowing voluntary data submission through addictive platforms. Public discourse on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) amplifies this, with users calling it “mind-blowing” or evidence of a “deep state” plan. However, DARPA officials, like program manager Douglas Gage, have dismissed direct links, attributing similarities to convergent tech evolution. No declassified documents confirm a transfer, and Zuckerberg has portrayed Facebook as an organic startup.

• Broader Implications: The LifeLog-Facebook parallel highlights how government R&D often seeds commercial tech. Facebook’s data practices have faced scrutiny (e.g., Cambridge Analytica), echoing LifeLog’s privacy fears. Today, Meta’s ecosystem achieves LifeLog’s vision on a global scale, raising ethical questions about surveillance capitalism.

This research draws from official DARPA archives, media reports, and public discussions.

Is it a coincidence or something more?

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https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5648&context=uclrev

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-diary-that-never-sleeps/

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/DARPA/23-F-1033_LifeLog_05-06-2003.pdf

https://www.reddit.com/r/MandelaEffect/s/e4wn2Ctcke

This typically targets owner-occupied homes, vacation properties, vacant land, or investment rentals where the mailing address for property taxes or mortgages differs from the physical property address.

Step-by-Step Hypothetical Example (Based on Real Patterns Described by Law Enforcement and Real Estate Authorities)

1. Reconnaissance and Identity Gathering: A scammer researches public records (county assessor websites, Zillow, etc.) for properties with equity, no recent mortgage, or absentee owners. They obtain the legitimate owner’s name, Social Security number, or other details through data breaches, mail theft, phishing, or public sources.

2. Address Fraud – Fraudulent Change of Mailing Address: The scammer files a fake “change of address” form with:

   • The county assessor’s office (for property tax bills and ownership notices).

   • The U.S. Postal Service (via a forged USPS Form 3575).

   • Or the mortgage servicer (if applicable).

3. They redirect all official mail—tax bills, mortgage statements, and crucially, county recorder notices about new filings—to a P.O. box, virtual mailbox, or accomplice’s address they control. This is pure address fraud: misusing or falsifying an address to intercept legitimate mail and hide activity.

4. Deed Forgery and Title Theft: With mail now rerouted, the scammer forges a quitclaim deed or warranty deed. They:

   • Use the owner’s name and a fake or stolen ID/photo.

   • Forge the owner’s signature.

   • Get it falsely notarized (sometimes using online notary services or accomplices).

5. They record this phony deed at the county recorder’s office, making it appear the property was legally transferred to the scammer (or a shell LLC they control).

6. Monetizing the Fraud: Now listed as the “new owner” in public records, the scammer can:

   • Refinance or take out a home equity loan against the property (pocketing cash).

   • List and sell it to an unsuspecting buyer.

   • Rent it out or use it for other schemes (e.g., money laundering).

7. Discovery and Impact: The real owner often learns about it months later—when they miss tax bills, receive unexpected lender calls about a new loan/default, get an eviction notice from “new tenants,” or try to sell/refinance and discover a clouded title. Fixing it requires expensive quiet-title lawsuits, legal fees, and sometimes title insurance claims.

Why This Works and Warning Signs

• Key enabler: Address fraud hides the crime because most counties mail notices of recorded deeds to the address on file.

• Common red flags (per sources like LA County DA, National Association of REALTORS®, and state warnings):

  • Suddenly stop receiving property tax bills, utility statements, or mortgage paperwork.

  • Receive mail or calls about loans/deeds you never authorized.

  • Property appears listed for sale/rent online at suspiciously low prices (with electronic-only communication).

  • Unusual activity in credit reports (hard inquiries, address changes).

Prevention Tips (Commonly Recommended)

• Monitor your county’s online property/tax records regularly (many offer free alerts).

• Place a fraud alert with your county recorder (some states now require ID verification for deed recordings).

• Use title monitoring services or home title lock products (optional but popular).

• Shred sensitive mail and never ignore missing bills.

• Check credit reports and set up mail alerts with USPS.

This type of fraud has risen in recent years, especially with vacant or out-of-state-owned properties, but it can hit any home. It’s a form of identity theft combined with forgery and public-records abuse—prosecutable as multiple felonies. If you suspect it, contact your county recorder, local DA, and file a police report immediately. Authorities like the FBI and state AG offices have issued alerts on these exact patterns.

For those of you who don’t know, an RCE is a remote code exploit. It means they can send code to your phone to get access.

A zero click means no user interaction is necessary to get in your phone.

Hackers buy and sell these zero day exploits for big money.

It just so happens these hackers stole these exploits from the federal government.

Many of you all started this journey with me 10 years ago.

Well, the wait is over.

For those of you who are new.

Let me explain

Mass Address links your email address to your mailing address

It is your bridge between the physical and digital world

The best part YOU CONTROL IT!

When you create your Mass Address, companies and government agencies can request your updated information DIRECTLY FROM YOU.

No more list brokers

No more outdated data

No more buying and selling your addresses

YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPER

This is why we call it a Post Office for the Internet

If you would like a breakdown of the reason why we built Mass Address, head on over to https://www.massaddress.com to see our landing page.

Since we are in BETA, we are asking our users for feedback on the application.

When Mass Address is adopted, this is the type of crime it will reduce and/or eliminate.

Home Title Fraud

Change of Address Fraud

Enemy nations tracking the moves of US Service Members

Stalkers using the NCOA database to find their victims

Government benefits fraud

Scams related to fraudulent addresses

Businesses using fake addresses

The list goes on….

Is it private?

The answer is YES.

The only 2 pieces of information you need is your email address and mailing address.

NO PASSWORDS

NO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

NO DATE OF BIRTH

NO SMARTPHONE

NO APPS

NO TEXT MESSAGES

NO AUTHENTICATION APPS

NO MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

IT IS EASY.
IT IS SAFE.
IT IS BUILT FOR YOU

Create your Mass Address TODAY

1. The Technology Innovation

Mass Address proposes the development of a privacy preservation platform, aimed at addressing the critical challenge of securely sharing identification. This concept leverages distributed networks and cloud computing to store and manage personally identifiable information (PII) in a secure and decentralized manner. The technical innovation is a theoretical architecture that fragments PII into individual pieces, each stored on separate servers within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), managed by different legal entities. This approach ensures that no single entity would have access to the entirety of any individual’s identity, significantly enhancing privacy protections.

The origins of this proposed theory stem from the 2017 Equifax data breach, where the personal identities of over 140 million individuals, including my own, were stolen. This breach exposed the vulnerabilities of centralized identity management systems. Additionally, inspiration was drawn from the U.S. Department of Defense Special Access Program, which compartmentalizes classified information so that no one person involved in a project or operation has access to the complete picture. Similarly, this theoretical solution would fragment identities to reduce the risk of data exposure.

This proposed solution is high-risk because it introduces a novel, unproven approach to decentralized identity management. A major challenge to validating this theory is whether state governments and other entities would be willing to manage the nodes responsible for storing fragmented identity data. The complexity of coordinating across multiple legal entities, along with technical concerns around data retrieval and privacy, adds significant risk. However, the potential to redefine how personal information is protected presents a compelling high-reward opportunity, aligning with NSF’s focus on supporting early-stage, high-impact innovations.

At the heart of this theoretical framework is the concept of the “singularity,” which would represent a person’s unified, authenticated identity, verified by state and federal agencies. After authentication, the PII would be fragmented and stored on separate servers, becoming immutable and read-only. Access to this singularity would be controlled solely by the identity owner, ensuring maximum privacy and security.

In Phase I, we seek to validate the feasibility of this privacy-preserving approach by conducting research and development on the technical challenges involved in its implementation. This includes evaluating its potential application in critical sectors such as traffic management and safety. If the concept proves viable in this domain, we aim to explore broader use cases in healthcare, finance, and government services. Our goal is to move beyond the theoretical stage and develop a groundbreaking privacy preservation application, which would set a new standard for data privacy and security in digital infrastructure.

Mass Address’s focus is on advancing a consent-based identification model, which protects privacy while fostering trust in digital transactions. Phase I will concentrate on researching and validating the pain points and technical challenges involved in this concept, with the long-term aim of building a fully functional privacy-preserving application.

2. Technical Objectives

The primary objective of this Phase I project is to research and validate the technical feasibility of a privacy-preserving application, with a focus on scalability, security, and adaptability across various sectors. Our goal is to prove that this unproven concept of fragmented PII storage can serve as the foundation for a decentralized identity management system. The key technical objectives and challenges are as follows:
1. Privacy-Preserving Data Fragmentation and Distribution:

• Objective: Research and develop the theoretical architecture required for a system capable of fragmenting and distributing PII across multiple servers, each governed by different legal entities, while maintaining the integrity and security of the data.

• Technical Approach: We will measure transactional costs across a distributed network configuration on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to determine whether the infrastructure can securely separate and reassemble encrypted identification.

• Hypotheses to Test:

- Is the transactional cost between nodes low enough to make this a feasible enterprise-level identity application?

- Can GCP handle the necessary data distribution and security protocols, or will we need to explore alternative cloud platforms or even custom hardware solutions to support this technology?

• Expected Outcome: We aim to demonstrate that the proposed architecture can efficiently fragment and distribute large datasets containing complex identities across multiple servers while maintaining privacy, all without incurring prohibitive costs. We will also explore whether GCP is the optimal platform for this system, or whether other infrastructure options need to be considered.

2. Security and Authentication Mechanisms:

• Objective: Experiment with security features in the singularity creation process by testing various cryptographic techniques and multi-factor authentication.

• Technical Approach: We will examine encryption methods such as homomorphic encryption to ensure PII remains protected during both computation and transfer. We will also test a multi-layered authentication system involving biometric data and real-time validation with federal and state databases.

• Hypotheses to Test:

- Can storing fragmented identities actually protect them against a white box penetration test? This will validate or challenge the assumption that fragmenting data across multiple entities enhances its security, even when the system is subject to internal threats or adversaries with knowledge of the system’s inner workings.

• Expected Outcome: A validated security model that ensures the privacy and integrity of PII from the moment of its creation, through storage and access. This includes testing the ability of fragmented storage to withstand sophisticated penetration testing, ensuring the system can maintain its integrity against known attack vectors.

3. Market Opportunity

A consent-based, privacy-preserving application is poised to address growing concerns around data privacy, identity theft, and the secure management of personal information across a variety of industries. The increasing prevalence of cyberattacks and the growing complexity of regulatory frameworks like GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy laws have created significant demand for innovative solutions that can both protect privacy and enable secure, reliable identity management. We believe our proposed solution offers a revolutionary approach to these challenges, and several key markets represent substantial opportunities for its adoption.

- Traffic Management and Public Safety

The initial research focus for a consent-based identity solution is the traffic management sector, a market ripe for innovation, particularly in the realm of secure, decentralized identity management. As cities adopt smarter traffic control systems, the need for secure, verifiable, and privacy-preserving identification of vehicles, drivers, and traffic controllers is becoming increasingly important. According to recent studies, the global smart transportation market is projected to reach $285 billion by 2030, driven by the demand for improved safety, efficiency, and data-driven management of traffic. Our proposed idea could provide a unique solution for this market by enabling secure identity verification for all entities involved in traffic management while preserving individual privacy through its decentralized architecture.

If successful, we anticipate strong interest from municipalities, state agencies, and private transportation companies seeking to enhance their operations while maintaining regulatory compliance and public trust.

Evidence of Market Interest and Support

To date, we have raised $9,570 from private investors to support our research, demonstrating early-stage financial backing for this concept. Additionally, 59 people are actively following our research online, showing public interest in the development of a privacy-preserving identification system. Our founder, Edward Hood, has a professional following of 1,595 individuals on LinkedIn, further indicating a strong base of potential supporters, collaborators, and future adopters of the technology.

4. Company & Team

Mass Address Incorporated, founded in 2016 by Edward W. Hood, a cybersecurity professional with over 23 years of experience in managing mission-critical IT services, is dedicated to developing a secure, privacy-preserving identity management solution. The company’s consent-based concept aims to revolutionize how personal data is stored, shared, and secured, though further research is required to validate its feasibility.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is a key strategic partner in this project. As a leading Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with a strong reputation in cybersecurity research and a commitment to diversity in STEM, FAMU brings valuable expertise to this collaboration. Its College of Science and Technology, particularly the Department of Computer Information Systems, has made significant contributions to privacy-preserving technologies and decentralized systems, directly aligning with the project’s goals.

Led by Dr. Samuel Kofi Erskine, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Principal Investigator, FAMU’s research team will apply its expertise in privacy frameworks and cryptography to ensure rigorous technical validation of this project. Dr. Erskine’s focus on safeguarding digital identities and building scalable privacy-preserving systems is crucial to the project’s success.

With FAMU’s support, Mass Address will address challenges in scalability, security, and adaptability across key sectors such as traffic management, healthcare, and finance, benefiting from FAMU’s commitment to solving real-world challenges through cutting-edge research.

Conclusion:

Our proposal seeks to explore and validate a wide range of market opportunities, starting with a focus on traffic management and safety, and extending to high-demand sectors such as healthcare, finance, and government services. The project’s theoretical privacy-preserving architecture and scalable design envision it as a high-impact solution in industries where secure identity management is essential. With tightening regulatory requirements surrounding data privacy and a growing public demand for privacy-preserving technologies, this concept is poised to potentially capture significant market share and lead in decentralized identification management.

That’s how long it’s been since I filed the Mass Address articles of incorporation with the state of Florida.

Since that time I got remarried.

Had 4 other children.

Got medically discharged from the military.

My cofounder left me

My first MVP failed

Faced bankruptcy

Launched a cybersecurity company

Marriage nearly failed a 2nd time

Called the Veterans Crisis Line twice

Struggled with suicide

Why am I still here?

Why am I still pursuing this ridiculous vision?

Because of you

Who else is going to do it?

Somebody has to stand in the gap

Somebody has to say enough is enough

People should not be treated like products

I have hired another developer and this new code is leaner than ever

I did this for you

I did this for us

You matter

You have a voice

March 1st.

Keep me in prayer.

MVP Part 2

And to think…this journey all started because of a hole in my apartment ceiling…

At Cape, they take security and privacy seriously. But they also believe in putting their claims to the test. So they did something bold—they hired professional private investigators to track them. These experts specialize in surveillance, cyber investigations, and geolocation tracking. If anyone could find them, it would be professionals.

The result? They couldn’t.

The Experiment

Cape engaged the Southern Recon Agency, a professional investigations firm with extensive experience in surveillance and digital tracking, to attempt to locate multiple mobile devices over 60 days. Their team used real-world tactics—including geolocation tracking, carrier exploits, and penetration testing—to see if they could break through Cape’s security measures.

Eight mobile devices were included in the study, using different carriers and security configurations. Some were standard devices on major networks like AT&T and T-Mobile, while others were running on Cape. The investigators employed:

• Cellular triangulation and provider pings to attempt real-time location tracking.

• Legally purchased location data from mobile apps to map movement patterns.

• Penetration testing, including spear-phishing attacks and tracking cookies, to gain access.

The Findings

Here’s what happened:

1. Cape devices were completely untraceable. Despite leveraging industry-leading tracking techniques, investigators were unable to obtain any location data. Attempts to triangulate Cape devices through the U.S. Cellular network failed due to legal restrictions.

2. Some carriers made tracking easy. The report confirmed that AT&T and T-Mobile routinely reveal geolocation data that allows for tracking. Even without user consent, these carriers could be leveraged to locate a device in real time.

3. Penetration testing exposed vulnerabilities—but not for Cape. While standard devices were susceptible to tracking cookies and phishing attempts, Cape devices were resistant. AWS proxies provided location obfuscation, and device configurations blocked unauthorized tracking methods.

4. For one Cape device, the investigators noted that “this was the first instance where a device’s existence could not be confirmed”—meaning it effectively disappeared from digital footprints.

What This Means

Cape isn’t just another mobile carrier—it’s a security-first network designed to protect against the most advanced tracking and surveillance methods. Unlike mainstream carriers, Cape does not hand over location data or leave users exposed to the same vulnerabilities that traditional networks do.

For high-risk individuals—journalists, executives, lawyers, and those needing absolute privacy—Cape offers a level of security that even professional investigators can’t break.

The Bottom Line

If you’re using a mainstream carrier, you can be tracked—often without your knowledge or consent. The good news? There’s a way to opt out. Cape blocks invasive tracking at the network level, keeping you private, secure, and off the radar.

Want to disappear from the digital map? Now you know it’s possible.

Switch to Cape and save $10 a month off your bill with promo code C8GWVXZY

Cape is a mobile carrier built on a simple idea: you shouldn’t have to sacrifice privacy for connectivity.

Today’s mobile networks handle some of your most sensitive information—your calls, messages, and even your live location. As a result, they also make you vulnerable. SIM swaps, signaling attacks, and mass data collection happen because traditional telecoms rely on trust-based infrastructure that’s easily exploited.

At Cape, they take a different approach.

✅ They collect the bare minimum of data required to provide you service.

✅ They never sell your data — their business is built on providing premium, private connectivity—not profiting off your personal information.

✅ They’re secure by design — every feature is built with protection against SIM swaps, signaling attacks, and surveillance baked in from the start.

Their mission is clear: to give you control over how and when your personal information is exposed—without sacrificing usability. Because they believe that connectivity should never come at the expense of your privacy.

Are they legit?

They won Best Invention of 2025 from Time Magazine.

https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318477/cape-obscura/?filters=privacy-and-security

What your mobile carrier doesn’t tell you📲

Here’s something your carrier won’t tell you: You’re not their customer—you’re their product.

Most people associate mass data collection with Big Tech like Google, Meta, and Amazon. But Big Telecom is just as bad—if not worse. The same companies that provide your mobile and internet service are also quietly building detailed profiles on you, pooling data across networks, and selling that information to advertisers, law enforcement, and third parties.

How Traditional Telecom Profits Off You

📡 They Collect Everything – Carriers track who you talk to, where you go, what you browse, and even your device’s battery status. This data, much like Big Tech’s surveillance, fuels an entire industry of ads and tracking.

🔗 The ISP Cartel Controls It All – Telecom giants own more than just your connection. They run the broadband networks, streaming services, ad platforms, and media companies you use daily. That means they can pool data from all of these sources to build an even more complete profile of you.

💰 They Sell or Leak Your Profile – These profiles—your habits, interests, browsing history—are sold to advertisers, data brokers, and law enforcement (often without a warrant). Worse, they get hacked. Massive data breaches from telecoms have exposed the sensitive information of hundreds of millions of users.

Cape Is Different

Big Telecom has spent years making people believe privacy isn’t possible. It is.

Switch to Cape

https://www.cape.co

Use discount code “C8GWVXZY” save $10/mo off your bill.

Your Thoughts 🧠

Demonstration of Voice to Skull remote 65 kilohertz Modulated signal, which enables voices to be beamed into someone’s mind.

Source ~RedPillb0t

Your Autonomy 🤖

Source: TheSCIF

Your Location 🗺️

Geofence Warrants (Reverse location warrant)

A geofence warrant (also called a reverse location warrant) is a court order that compels a company to search its database for all mobile devices that were within a defined geographic area during a specified time window not tied to a known suspect.

Imagine this: Police have no suspect in a crime, no witnesses, no footage. They draw a virtual fence around the crime scene on a map and a specific time window. Then they ask Google (or other tech companies) for every phone that was inside that fence during that window.

That’s a geofence warrant (aka reverse location warrant).

How It Works

Cops get court approval for the geofence boundaries & timeframe.

Google searches its massive Location History database (from apps, GPS, Wi-Fi, etc.).

It returns an anonymized list of devices (dots on a map) that were there often dozens or hundreds.

Investigators pick the most suspicious patterns and request user identities (names, emails) for those few.

Here are real examples of what these geofence maps look like when police narrow down devices:

SOURCE: T3chfalcon

Your Mind🧠

Cognitive Electromagnetic Warfare

It’s real. Here’s a line item in the NDAA.

SMS Messages 📲

The Silent SMS is one of the creepiest surveillance tricks nobody talks about.

No sound or popup.

Not even a message.

Your phone simply gets a hidden ping.. and it quietly replies.

That reply forces your phone to talk to the nearest cell tower, updates your real-time location, and confirms you’re active.

Law enforcement has used it for years.

And NO you can’t stop it.

SOURCE: T3chfalcon

In the next post, I will share a new “Privacy-Focused” mobile carrier which eliminates many of the surveillance vulnerabilities common mobile carriers have. If you need privacy, this new startup is worth trying. Stay tuned

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

~Benjamin Franklin

It’s against the law for the federal government to spy on you without a warrant. However, you and I both know they do it. HOW can they do it? Easy, they pay a private company for the data which is collected on you. That’s the secret. Uncle Sam isn’t spying…Uncle Sam is shopping for data and your data just so happens to be in the net.

25 years ago we had privacy. Today, we are guilty until proven innocent. I am not a lawyer. You do not need a law degree to see the various means and methods by which our 4th Amendment is trampled on every day. In this post, I will share a few methods which are used to violate your privacy by both the public and private sector.

Your pictures

Even if you strip the metadata from an image, tools now exist which can find the location of the photo based on a massive database of pictures billions of users have uploaded online.

From Pascal Bornet on X,

Some technologies excite me. Others wake me up.

GeoSpy does both.

GeoSpy is a new AI tool that can pinpoint the exact location of any photo — even when GPS data is stripped out.

At first glance, it feels like magic: the system matches small visual clues in the background with satellite imagery and finds the location in seconds.

But here’s the part most people don’t know:

👉 Tools like this aren’t entirely new. Intelligence agencies have been using similar “geolocation algorithms” for years.

The difference now is accessibility.

What was once classified capability is inching its way into public hands.

And that changes everything.

As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about AI’s impact on society, this one hits a nerve.

GeoSpy was built for analysis — but tech doesn’t stay in its original box.

It always leaks into new domains: journalism, policing, stalking, marketing, activism… both noble and dangerous.

The age of invisible surveillance is no longer a prediction.

It’s here.

And it doesn’t ask for permission.

So here’s the real question for all of us:

How do we innovate without eroding the quiet spaces where humans still deserve privacy?

Credit: heinenbros

#ai #technology #privacy #surveillance #innovation

Your router

Xfinity just launched “WiFi Motion”, a new feature that tracks movement inside your home using nothing but WiFi signals. No cameras. No sensors. Just your internet bouncing waves off your body to see where you are.

And it’s automatically included.

Your router just became a motion detector.

Welcome to the next phase of surveillance, and they’re calling it “convenience.”

Source: Hustlebitch_

Your TV

Did you know that the U.S. government owns a patent that enables the manipulation of the human nervous system via electromagnetic fields emitted from a TV - regardless of whether you’re consciously watching it or not?

Source: IsaInsane1

What else emits electromagnetic fields? Probably the phone you are holding while reading this…

Your cellphone

Remember boys and girls, they always tell you what they’re doing…

Never let the police search your phone. Never talk to the police no matter what they tell you. Invoke your right to remain silent, plead the 5th, and demand a lawyer.

Your earbuds

Your store returns

YOUR RETURNS ARE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, SCORED & FLAGGED BY AI

A UPS owned company confirms that every boxless return dropped nationwide is run through machine-learning algorithms and assigned a “risk score.”

Returns flagged as high-risk are then photographed and analyzed by AI, comparing images against product catalogs to catch differences humans might miss.

Their words: “This is the Super Bowl of the year for us.”

No box.

No label.

Every item scored.

How long before this “risk score” follows you - not just your returns?

Source: Hustlebitch_

Remember the golden rule

In God we trust, all others we hack, jam, deceive or monitor.

My family recently moved to New Mexico which meant we had to go down to the DMV to get new licenses. We already had drivers licenses from Florida which were verified with REAL ID. I thought it was going to be a very simple process.

Wrong answer.

New Mexico does not recognize Florida’s REAL ID drivers license. So we had to go through the process from ground zero. I literally made 3 trips to the DMV before we finally had everything we needed to actually get our new licenses. Here is how it went down.

FIRST TRIP
I brought my lease and a valid US Passport—REJECTED
I showed my US Department of Veterans Affairs ID card—REJECTED
I showed them my US Department of Homeland Security ID Card—REJECTED
I showed my Florida Drivers License which bears the REAL ID Gold Star and Veteran endorsement—REJECTED

SECOND TRIP
I brought my lease, leave and earnings statement from the US Department of Homeland Security, and my US Passport—REJECTED

THIRD TRIP
I brought my lease, a utility bill, and a US passport—APPROVED

My wife used her birth certificate, drivers License and our marriage license to prove her identity and her residency.

A US passport and a lease should have been the only items needed to prove I am a US citizen. I also did not see her validate these items via any sort of database. Who is to say ANY of those documents are valid? How does she know I didn’t pay $10,000 to buy a fake passport? How does she know I didn’t use ai to create a fake lease?

The reason why I was rejected the first 2 trips is because my mailing address and my physical address were different despite being in the same zip code. We do not have a mailbox at our house. We use a PO box. You are required to have 2 documents showing the same physical address.

In my next article, I am probably going to start talking about how the Federal government bypasses our 4th amendment to spy on all of us. These new revelations have caused me to completely redesign how we will deliver Mass Address.

When I was in school learning about programming, we were taught a simple principle. Your code is only acceptable if you are comfortable flying an airplane with it. If you wouldn’t get on an airplane running your code, you do not release that software.

This post isn’t about Mass Address.

It’s about a person who spent their professional life researching Plasma Science & Fusion. I wasn’t going to say anything about it until I came across a user on X called “bettercallmedhi” who posted the comment below about the assassination. I am only posting this in an attempt to preserve his name and his work. I would expect you all to extend the same courtesy to me should someone come after me regarding Mass Address. My wife has explicit instructions to release my journals and ALL of the source codes should I get unalived.

(I’ve tried my best to clean up the grammar.)

BETTERCALLMEDHI’S COMMENT

I wasn’t planning to comment on the death of MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro without looking closely at his research first & what I found is quite intriguing.👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Loureiro was director of the MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center and Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics working on nuclear fusion to create a virtually unlimited clean energy source. He was shot multiple times at night in his home but…he’s not the first.

Eugene Mallove another MIT scientist passionate about fusion energy was beaten to death outside his home in 2004 with 32 lacerations to his face and body. Why does his research represent an existential threat??

Understand that Loureiro specifically worked on understanding magnetized plasma dynamics, magnetic reconnection plasma, turbulence & confinement & transport mechanisms in fusion plasmas.

His research directly helped inform the design of fusion devices capable of harnessing the energy of fusing plasmas bringing the dream of clean near limitless fusion power closer to reality. What makes his work so dangerous for certain players is it attacked precisely the scientific bottlenecks preventing fusion from becoming commercially viable.

Tokamak plasma is confined by extremely powerful toroidal magnetic fields but magnetohydrodynamic instabilities like tearing modes/disruptions edge localized modes can destroy confinement in milliseconds and damage inner walls.

Understanding & controlling these phenomena is KEY to moving from experimental reactors to operational commercial plants. If fusion becomes viable in the next 10-15 years, it doesn’t just displace an industry, it renders obsolete the entire current global energy infrastructure valued at 8 trillion dollars…

A fusion plant uses deuterium extracted from seawater in virtually infinite quantities. One liter of seawater contains enough deuterium to produce the energy equivalent of 300 liters of gasoline. Tritium is produced via reactions with abundant lithium. The raw material is inexhaustible, decentralized, free and accessible to all countries without geopolitical dependence 🤫 but… the fossil industry fundamentally relies on controlled scarcity and geopolitical dependence…

Oil & gas are geographically concentrated Middle East / Russia / Texas enabling price control via OPEC & oil majors generating 200+ billion dollars in annual profits because they control extraction, refining, and distribution of a scarce resource everyone must buy.

Fusion destroys this model by making energy abundant and decentralized. Any country with seawater access can produce its own deuterium & build fusion reactors: no more importing oil / no dependence on the Strait of Hormuz /no geopolitical leverage based on energy reserves.

Energy prices would collapse once fusion reactors are amortized because marginal fuel cost is essentially zero!!! Understand what this means for ExxonMobil which owns 22 billion barrels of oil reserves valued on their balance sheet at 1k5 billion dollars???

If fusion became viable, these reserves become stranded worthless assets overnight as well as their refining infrastructure, pipelines, tankers, and gas stations. All this infrastructure becomes obsolete in one generation.

Understand that if Loureiro & his team succeeded in precisely modeling these instabilities and developing active control techniques via AI and real-time magnetic feedback, it would reduce the timeline to commercial fusion by 5-10 years.

This means startups like Commonwealth Fusion Systems would go from 2035 promise to a 2030 deployment. The real question is how many brilliant scientists must die under suspicious circumstances before we start protecting our researchers in strategic Fields???

Because if we leave our most precious minds unprotected, we implicitly accept that massive financial interests can eliminate with impunity those who threaten their business model.

He said in 2019: « “There are people who are driven by technology and engineering and others who are driven by fundamental mathematics and physics. We need both.” When we stimulate theoretically inclined minds by framing plasma physics and fusion challenges as beautiful theoretical physics problems we bring into the game incredibly brilliant students people who we want to attract to fusion development transition 10-20 years 💀

By delaying fusion by 10 years, it means 10 additional years generating 200+ billion in annual profits. 2+ trillion in preserved value. The cost of eliminating a few key researchers is essentially zero compared to trillions at stake

Oil majors have documented histories of suppressing disruptive technologies. GM literally bought & dismantled electric trolley systems in 45 US cities in the 1940s-1950s to force automobile dependence. Tobacco companies suppressed research on smoking dangers for 50 years…

MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro

You all know which government organization I started working for. I have learned a lot since I started in October. Our data is stored on databases you have never even heard of.

For the first month, I had to drive nearly 2 hours to another state for training. So for nearly 4 hours a day, I was driving. It gave me a lot of time to listen to former CIA agents talking about the various means and methods the public and private sector uses to spy on every day Americans.

There are so many layers of surveillance that escaping exposure would literally mean disconnecting from the internet altogether. I have spent over 10 years of my life working on a solution to bring TRUE privacy to the American people. How strong can your house be when the wood you use to build it is full of termites?

This is the reality I have come to understand. The internet protocols. The technologies. The ISP policies. They are ALL designed to monitor you. Let’s start at ground zero. Who built the internet? DARPA. For the unlearned, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. They are the brainchild of the Department of War.

When my family accepted this assignment to the Southwest, I started making preparations to go dark. When I mean dark, I mean covering our digital trails so the bad actors I was fighting in cyber security wouldn’t find us out here. That failed spectacularly.

I signed up for a new service which helps scrub your identity which has been leaked online OR bought and sold by data brokers. My identity was being bought and sold by over 100 organizations. I also learned that smartphones can pick up a special sound emitted from smart TV’s that let advertisers know you saw an advertisement. I am transitioning away from a smartphone. The phone is on backorder. I will let you all know which phone at a later time.

The federal government has access to your social media. The only advice I can give is to remove social media apps from your cellphone. I am not saying become a ludite and delete your social media, I am saying remove it from your phone.

Some social media apps are worse than others. Don’t share sensitive data on social media even if it’s for private audiences. End to End encryption is great but there are methods that bypass it through notifications and/or apps that read the screen. Like I said, how strong can a house be if the wood is full of termites.

Ignorance is bliss and I hate to hold this knowledge. I would venture to say nearly everyone of my subscribers care about privacy. Why else would they still be tuned in after 10 years of me pursuing this dream? I am in the process of trying to figure out how to still provide a “private” service which delivers utility.

I just invested in some more software which will hopefully give me some clarity as to how I can make it across the finish line. I appreciate you all.

What does my new job have to do with Mass Address?

The one piece of the identification puzzle Ashton and I were not able to address were illegal immigrants. How does the visa process work? How do illegal immigrants even survive in a country where you have to show id to get many of the goods and services we take for granted?

Very soon, I will find out.

How did I get here?

Back in January/Febuary, I was becoming depressed about Mass Address. I was also upset that my cybersecurity company wasn’t thriving despite existing in a target rich environment. So, I fasted.

I fasted and prayed for 7 straight days. No food. Only water.

During the fast, I didn’t pray about Mass Address. I simply asked for G-d to lead me in the way I should go. At the end of the 7 days I received a job offer from DHS/CBP working with the very systems I would need to understand the immigration identity crisis.

I accepted the job offer and the vetting process began. Nearly 9 months later I was cleared for the role.

For the first time in my life, I am no longer uncertain about Mass Address being a piece of divinely inspired technology. G-d’s timing is not our timing.

With ai deepfakes, voice replication, and a laundry list of other scams, Mass Address will be primed for adoption at the right time in history.

People aren’t products. The only way to achieve privacy is to give control of identity back to the people. Data brokers and corporate data farms cannot provide privacy because their very business model revolves around monetizing identity.

I haven’t forgotten about you. You are the entire reason I must continue this work.

Mass Address will succeed.

I figured the DMV would be a place primed for corruption. Also, a drivers license is not a sole source element of identification. It is produced after other source elements are presented.

All it takes is one corrupt DMV clerk to undermine the trust of the entire drivers license database.

It didn’t take long for my theory to be validated.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/kentucky-whistleblower-claims-licensing-center-sold-ids-illegal-immigrants-under-table

IN OTHER NEWS

I was browsing Reddit and I just so happened to talk to another Entrepreneur. This Entrepreneur may or may not have been Paul Graham. Paul Graham is one of the cofounders of Ycombinator. On Reddit, you can never be too sure. Nonetheless, they sent me this article to read.

It’s the best startup advice I have ever read in my life. It’s called Schlep Blindness. Check it out below.

https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html