^ I believe I was one at that one time although I had no plan to be a whistleblower; I’m not even in a place to be one. Felt like I had been misread and been the subject of harassment but it could even be possible that, while playing online games, that hackers could have attached my network to something and fooled a govt system into targeting me. I don’t use the internet or computers anymore because of the general experience, but it is possible that a combination of explanations could have been likely. (Groups of malicious actors cross-attacking using ddos attacks etc). I was also in a bad spot emotionally, so I do know I was struggling with my own hurts. (Loss, disorientation, etc).
I will tell you that it is good that the vp thinks big tech can be a potential problem and at least wants people to maintain protective rights. I’m ok now, though. I think it is also possible that someone connected to isps and network infrastructure was involved, perhaps with an agenda that wasn’t in simple ‘service of the people’, but promotion of companies. I would naturally assume that because of twitch, amazon, competing big tech hierarchies, high potential for corporate espionage etc… that they would harass people for asking simple questions in general.
In the midst of that I was also studying healthcare information technology from home. Pretty likely there was some ISP level stuff somewhere, but I was simply trying to explore my own debugging and software options using commercial applications from home in the midst of that (subjective stuff that I have no way to know).
I wasn’t trying to be a sleuth, but it’s usually obvious when someone’s up in your business… hence my approach of detaching from tech for a long time.
The problem, I deduced, is in vocabulary. The hierarchical lines of technology are being increasingly blurred. That’s as much authority as I have to rationally detach and troubleshoot misunderstandings.