FORMER MINNESOTA STATE Sen. Matt Little was lawfully observing federal immigration agents in a Dakota County neighborhood last month when the drive took an unexpected turn.
As he followed their vehicles, they led him down a rural road that grew increasingly familiar during the 20-minute drive. Soon, Little told The Intercept, he realized where the federal agents were headed: his house.
When he approached his driveway, two SUVs were already waiting, Little said. Agents moved to block his car, claiming he had impeded their investigation and that local law enforcement would be called. No other officers came to his house, and Little was not cited or charged.
Interviews, sworn declarations, and video reviewed by The Intercept indicate that Little is not the only person subjected to this kind of intimidation. Across the Twin Cities, immigration agents have identified legal observers by name and address, and, in some cases, led them back to their homes after they engaged in lawful monitoring of immigration activity. Legal observers say this pattern of behavior sends a clear and chilling message: The federal government knows who they are and where they live.
I tried to help.
I built mobile mesh network and 2 layers of encryption for a vault to secure digital evidence of ICE terrorism. Chacha quantum resistant with aes-256 fallback.
It was open source and free… but I asked for $5/month for the optional upgrade to route traffic through an encrypted vpn tunnel.
VPN was firewalled so all connected blocked most trackers, data brokers - at both DNS and DoH level. We blocked 50+ stalkerware apps for good measure as well.
I tried to present this to my community. Apparently this made me a “security risk” because I asked for $5/month for the vpn access.
Fuck me for not sleeping for a week and killing myself to put this together only to be publicly condemned over 5 fucking dollars.
Not to be that guy but you could’ve avoided this beforehand by asking if this is something they wanted first.