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Notes from the investigation desk.

How digital footprints get put together, how to defend yours, and how our engine works, including where it gets things wrong.

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Canada4 min read

Canadian Tire's 38-million-account breach, eight months on: what an attacker can still piece together

The breach is old news. The data isn't. How one leaked record connects to the rest of someone's footprint, and what to do about it today.

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Build in public3 min read

Inside the loop: how an AI investigator decides what to look at next

Perceive, select, plan, act, shape, interpret, challenge, integrate. A walk through the cycle Nuculair runs up to twenty times on every case, and why it argues with itself before it reports.

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Method3 min read

Only expand what an operator confirms: the rule that keeps an AI investigator on the right person

The biggest risk with automated investigation isn't missing something. It's building a second life for the wrong person. Here's the rule we built Nuculair around.

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In the works

Coming once the data is in.

We don't publish numbers we haven't measured. These pieces wait for a recorded run or a legal review.

  1. MethodWe publish our precision and recallWaiting on a fresh recorded evaluation run
  2. Build in publicWhat it costs to investigate a person with AI, line by lineWaiting on a recorded run and verified prices
  3. Data studyThe same-name problem: how often do people-search tools get the wrong person?Needs a decoy run
  4. CanadaCalifornia built a one-click delete button for data brokers. What do Canadians get?In legal review
  5. CanadaBill C-36 in plain languageIn legal review
  6. Self-checkThe two-minute footprint quizIn design