John Z Black

Federal Cyber Reality Check: Capacity, Coordination, and Confidence Are Out of Sync

John Z Black Mar 18, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #cisa #dhs #critical-infrastructure #governance #policy #incident-response #federal-cyber

Staffing gaps, fuzzy lead-agency roles, and public messaging that doesn't always match operational uncertainty -- the layers of federal cyber aren't running in sync right now.

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CBP Was Tracking Your Phone With Ad Data -- And When Their Own Privacy Officers Said Stop, They Were Fired

John Z Black Mar 14, 2026

Privacy & Policy #cbp #dhs #privacy #surveillance #data-broker #foia #government-accountability #location-tracking

CBP bought commercial ad data to track Americans' phones without warrants. When internal privacy officers pushed back on related illegal conduct, they got canned.

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When 'No' Means Nothing: Privacy Erosion from DHS Surveillance to Duolingo Tracking

John Z Black Mar 11, 2026

Privacy #privacy #surveillance #dhs #duolingo #bytedance #gdpr #tracking

DHS fired the privacy officers who questioned surveillance orders. Duolingo keeps sending your data to ByteDance after you opt out. Your 'no' doesn't work when nobody's enforcing it.

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