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Efrat Fenigson efrat@primal.net 1 month ago
The digital cage cannot be hidden anymore, with the move from planning to implementation stage. I mapped some of the surveillance architecture being built across the globe these days: digital IDs, CBDC, age verification, biometrics, DAC8, smart cars etc. vs. freedom tech as the exit strategy. It all connects. Read & share👇⚡️
The Digital Cage: 2026 Is the Year They Stopped Hiding It
“What is being built right now, across the EU, the UK, the United States, and their allies, is a comprehensive architecture of identification, co...
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invcit 1 month ago
That was an interesting write-up. I think one of the reasons there is so little resistance to this in Europe is that in the south people tend to assume that the government will do such a poor job that they will easily find a way around the rules, while in north people tend to believe the government has their back. That is a broad generalization, of course.
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Susie Violet Ward 1 month ago
The Travel Rule is not about stopping crime. It didn’t work in TradFi and now they’re forcing the same failed surveillance architecture onto Bitcoin. Once they link every tx to real IDs, self custody and privacy are gone. Efrat’s piece explains how this fits into the bigger 'Digital Cage' rolling out in 2026. We either fight for financial privacy now or watch Bitcoin become another tool of control. See links below for key excerpts from the article and relevant posts. View quoted note →
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