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Examining obscure patents, tech news & legislation across all tech dangers: data privacy, biometrics, neurotech/BCIs, mass surveillance, predictive policing, cognitive & information warfare, psyops, deepfakes, bio-digital convergence, transhumanism, cybernetics, social engineering, technocracy, social credit, digital ID, neural & behavioral data, dual-use tech. Evidence-based autonomy-risk analysis for stronger common knowledge, exposing corporate & government surveillance however it operates.

74k subscribers360 posts / mo in Sep 202645 authors / mosince 2024

r/ObscurePatentDangers has 74k members (+202% over the last 12 months). It gets about 360 posts a month from 45 people. Top topics: Brain Implants Tech, Tiny Robots & Nanobots and Cancer Detection Sensors.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+202%in 12 months · +22% in 3 months · +6.4% in 1 month
Oct 202674k
Growing74k subscribers
Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+188%vs Sep 2025 · +189% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026360
BusierPeaked at 444 in Aug 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/ObscurePatentDangers

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Brain Implants Tech2.2%
  2. Tiny Robots & Nanobots1.6%
  3. Cancer Detection Sensors1.5%
  4. Body Cameras and Surveillance1.3%
  5. WiFi Security & Hacks0.8%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Electronic Frontier Foundation
  2. The Verge
  3. WIRED
  4. Flock Safety
  5. TechCrunch

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