Digital control is expanding through surveillance, debanking, KYC databases, internet shutdowns and financial repression. Builders and activists are creating an emerging freedom tech stack of private payments, resilient communication, spyware research, peer to peer funding and practical education. My latest article in Forbes featuring @Cashu @The Citizen Lab @Hodl Hodl @HRF Bitchat, Agora, Nostr and Bitcoin. With insights from @Farida Nabourema @calle @Leo and @Anna Chekhovich. Read the full article:

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r3sist0r 1 month ago
Great to see an article like this on a place like Forbes. Its getting harder every day for the privacy conscious.
It is becoming harder, but there are incredible people working on incredible projects. Thanks for the great feedback. 🧡
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r3sist0r 1 month ago
100%! There are so many amazing projects popping up daily.
I hope you are right, but unfortunately think most people will stay captured in the current debt system. Extraction and control will accelerate exponentially because it has to. Self custody, running a node and privacy tech secured by bitcoin is the only way to truly opt out. Even most bitcoiners will sell for pieces of paper, and loose their agency.
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Mondila 1 month ago
BITCHAT, Bitcoin, and Education! 💡 We need more people talking about freedom and using tools that protect our sovereignty. The tech to fight financial repression is already here, we just need to spread the knowledge. #Bitcoin #Nostr #FreedomTech #Plebs View quoted note →
You’re a powerful bridge between worlds @Susie Keep doing your amazing work! These arks are being built, and there’s a storm on the horizon.
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Mondila 1 month ago
As someone from Mozambique who lived through the 2024 post-election internet blackouts, I can tell you: decentralized tech and private payments are a necessity, not an option. Keep spreading the word, Susie! 🙌
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Pepe 1 month ago
Thank you for your precious work, Susie! It's a duty to reblog this!
Agree completely. Turbulent but exciting times. Live well my friend.
Bitcoin is for everyone. We are moving through the institutionalisation phase of Bitcoin’s journey, and that is part of its inevitable path. This phase will really test its antifragility. I recently attended the Freedom Tech track at the Oslo Freedom Forum. It was intense and at times uncomfortable, but I left with a renewed feeling of hope. Dedicated builders and activists are now developing tools to push back against digital authoritarianism. More than 6.2 billion people currently live under authoritarian rule, facing censorship, surveillance, bank freezes and restricted freedoms. For those people, freedom tech is about survival. Bitcoin as freedom money gives us one of the strongest levers we have to separate money from the state, reduce dependence on permissioned systems and enable individuals to become sovereign. It is easy to focus on the many problems we face and there are plenty, but there is also tremendous good being created by a growing force of builders and activists who have felt the pain and are determined to fight for freedom. They are developing private payments, resilient communication networks, peer to peer funding, spyware research and education tools that governments may not like. As @Edward Snowden said: “Acting in secret is not freedom, it’s not the goal. We should not have to contort ourselves to fit through the keyholes of tyranny.” @Isa ⚡️ @BTC Sessions @fnew View quoted note →
Very nice :) I hope the word "emerging" is right, and doesn't need to be changed to "emergency" anytime soon