On Monday, the World Health Organization and European Union announced the launch of their new “partnership”, building on the EU’s “highly successful” digital certification network, which was introduced during...

TE Creus I’ve noticed that self-checkout is taking over more and more shops and supermarkets. They have existed for a while, of course, but more as an alternative to...

We all know about the danger of a future society where we’re all tracked everywhere we go every single day in real time by our phones or devices…but actually,...

John Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up...

Riley Waggaman Twelve months ago (plus a few days) we participated in a roundtable discussion moderated by Whitney Webb and Kit Knightly, “Russia & the Great Reset – Resistance or Complicity?”...

The spectre of Operation Choke Point 2.0 has just been raised in a recent House Financial Services Committee meeting. But what was Operation Choke Point 1.0? And why should...

Simon Elmer So-called ‘smart phones’ — far more accurately described as ‘dumb phones’ — combine a mobile phone with a watch, with a road map, with a tourist atlas...

John Whitehead “There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.” Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor It is easy to be distracted right...

Simon Elmer The World Health Organization is the One Ring to Rule them All, and its written goal, inscribed in fiery letters along both sides of its band, is...

Riley Waggaman It seems QR codes will soon be back in vogue in Russia. Via Interfax: The Ministry of Digital Development, together with the FSB, will submit to the Russian...

John & Nisha Whitehead “We live in a surveillance state founded on a partnership between government and the technology industry.” Law Professor Avidan Y. Cover In this age of...

John Whitehead How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are...

Riley Waggaman On Wednesday, December 21st, the Russian State Duma adopted a bill that regulates the collection and storage of biometric data in Russia. To prevent the misuse or...

John Whitehead “When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are...

Riley Waggaman There was much rejoicing last month when Russia—together with its Multipolar friends and its Collective West arch nemesis—signed a declaration in support of “build[ing] on the success”...

John Whitehead “He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” “Santa Claus...

We all know that central bank digital currencies are bad news. But do you know the difference between retail and wholesale CBDCs? And do you know why the American...

Riley Waggaman You have such a nice face. Would you mind terribly if Sergey Sobyanin, the Techno-Khan of Moscow, stored it in his centralized data center, forever? And would...

“In so many of the little places of everyday life in which life is lived out, somehow democracy doesn’t exist. And one of the creeping hands of totalitarianism running through...

John & Nisha Whitehead “We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction.” Harry Truman With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another...