Archive - The Red String Wire

Your Birthday Is a Barcode

The bill that turns your operating system into a surveillance tool, and the data broker pipeline that makes it useful

Apr 20 • The Red String Wire

Your Face Is the Product: Inside the Surveillance Pipeline Between Your Selfie and the Federal Government

Anthropic chose a Thiel-funded surveillance company to verify your identity. Congress just extended the law that makes it useful.

Apr 18 • The Red String Wire

Out of Touch, Not Out of Reach

When the Machine Meets the Molotov

Apr 14 • The Red String Wire

March 2026

The Oracle of Surveillance: How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire

Listen now | Part 4: Five Billion Files

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

35:09

The Oracle of Surveillance: How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire

Listen now | Part 3: The Acquisition Machine

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

46:26

The Oracle of Surveillance: How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire

Listen now | Part 2: The Man Behind the Machine

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

31:18

The Oracle of Surveillance: How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire

Listen now | Part 1: The Database That Named Itself

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

36:05

The Oracle of Surveillance: How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire

Part 0: The Overview

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

11:06

The Oracle of Surveillance: Part 4 - Five Billion Files

How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire. An investigation tracing Oracle's origins.

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

The Oracle of Surveillance: Part 3 - The Acquisition Machine

How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire. An investigation tracing Oracle's origins.

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

The Oracle of Surveillance: Part 2 - The Man Behind the Machine

How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire. An investigation tracing Oracle's origins.

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

The Oracle of Surveillance: Part 1 - The Database That Named Itself

How Larry Ellison Built America's Invisible Empire. An investigation tracing Oracle's origins.

Mar 13 • The Red String Wire

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