Byron Tau

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1.7K

Account age

3 yrs

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Proud to announce my book "Means of Control" will be on sale 2.27.2024. It explores the growing phenomenon of governments buying bulk corporate data for surveillance — and growing threat this poses to our civil liberties and privacy. Pre-order here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/means-of-control-by-byron-tau/

7 views Proud to announce my book "Means of Control" will be on sale 2.27.2024. It explores the growing phenomenon of governments buying bulk corporate data for surveillance — and growing threat this poses to our civil liberties and privacy. Pre-order here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706321/means-of-control-by-byron-tau/

Just got the proofs for my book! After years of working on it in Scrivener, Word, and PDF, it's a somewhat surreal experience to finally hold it in my hands. March 5, 2024 feels like it's far off, but if you're interested, you can now preorder it here: http://bit.ly/preordertaubook

4 views Just got the proofs for my book! After years of working on it in Scrivener, Word, and PDF, it's a somewhat surreal experience to finally hold it in my hands. March 5, 2024 feels like it's far off, but if you're interested, you can now preorder it here: http://bit.ly/preordertaubook

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.8%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: #introduction Hello, I'm Byron. I'm a Wall Street Journal report · 32 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.05 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 4 text · 2 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

12×

Follows 136 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post #introduction Hello, I'm Byron. I'm a Wall Street Journal reporter based in Washington. I write about: law and courts, national security, law enforcement, technology and cybersecurity — and often the ways in which those topics interact and intersect. I'm also writing a book on … ★ 32

I'm an investigative reporter for the AP. I am currently writing about DOGE and what it is doing with its vast access to federal computer systems and databases. If you are a current or former federal employee or contractor with insight, I … ★ 12 Two Texas counties have purchased a technology that tracks people through their Bluetooth and WiFi signals. It can track you through your wireless earbuds or the infotainment system in your car. The product is called Trafficatch and it's i… ★ 21

Proud to announce my book "Means of Control" will be on sale 2.27.2024. It explores the growing phenomenon of governments buying bulk corporate data for surveillance — and growing threat this poses to our civil liberties and privacy. Pre-o… ★ 7

Just got the proofs for my book! After years of working on it in Scrivener, Word, and PDF, it's a somewhat surreal experience to finally hold it in my hands. March 5, 2024 feels like it's far off, but if you're interested, you can now preo… ★ 4 Frontiers of 4th Amendment law: Michigan will decide if a small town can warrantless use a drone to surveil private property from the air. Expect more of these cases. https://www.404media.co/town-surveilled-mans-yard-without-a-warrant/ ★ 10

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

journa.host

A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 14 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

investigative reporter in washington for the ap. formers: wsj, politico, notus. author of 'means of control,' a new book on big data and big government. buy: https://bit.ly/buyMoC

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