Why I Write This
One short page on what this site is, what it isn't, and the one promise I keep: no recipes for hurting anyone, just the quiet craft.
Open the file →The Genoa Handoff
A brief gone wrong in Genoa, 1993. If the voice and the work land for you here, the rest will too.
Open the file →The Art of the Baseline
Awareness isn't paranoia. It's knowing what normal looks like so the wrong thing announces itself. Nothing else works without it.
Open the file →You Think You're Being Followed. Read This First.
What to actually do when you feel watched — and, more important, what not to do.
Open the file →Know Who's Actually Watching
Before you react to a watcher, work out which kind he is. The answer changes everything.
Open the file →The Coffee Is Never Free
Information isn't taken by pressure. It's taken over a friendly cup, by someone you enjoyed talking to.
Open the file →Thirty-Five Years of Looking Over My Shoulder
What changed between 1990 and 2025, and what staying alert that long does to a person.
Open the file →If you think you're being watched
You Think You're Being Followed. Read This First.How Surveillance Actually WorksThe Detection RouteBreaking ContactYour Phone Is CompromisedIf you came for the war stories
The Genoa HandoffThree Days in MarseilleThe Naples DebtThe Palermo FavourThe Zurich AccountIf you want the mind and the code
Deciding Under PressureOn FearWhat the Movies Get WrongThe Cost of Always WatchingThe People You Should FearIf you need to know the adversary
Know Who's Actually WatchingDossier: The CIADossier: Jurisdiction and the LawDossier: La Cosa NostraDossier: The CartelsIf you're an ordinary person, worried
Someone Broke Into Your HomeYou Think It's a Honey TrapYou're Being DoxxedProtecting Your Family on the MoveWhen to Call a ProfessionalWhen you're ready for everything, the full archive is searchable and filterable. — M.