Citizen One: The Case Against Digital Identity: Paul Conlon, in the Cafe

Citizen One: The Case Against Digital Identity - About theAuthorQueensland-based author, Paul G. Conlon, is a professional engineer and product manager with aunique perspective on the intersection of identity and technology. His formative years were shapedby his family’s survival of Nazi Germany’s identification policies, igniting an enduring passion forunderstanding the historical impact of centralised identity systems.With degrees in Electronic Engineering and Information Technology, Paul has two decades of globalexperience working with digital systems in the private sector and is a former Engineering Officer inthe Australian Army. In 2023, he was selected as a judge for ‘hack:DiD’, a global softwarecompetition and long-term initiative dedicated to empowering self-sovereign identity (SSI)education. In 2024, he was invited to write a speech on the dangers of digital ID, to be delivered inthe Australian Senate.Paul’s exploration of centralised identity’s historical consequences resonates deeply in today’s digitalrealm, where government-controlled digital ID poses new threats to individual privacy and freedom.Paul’s ability to explain complex systems in simple terms, honed through commercial-technicalwriting and daily news articles, covering financial and political trends, makes him a powerful voice inthe debate over the future of digital ID.For Australian Sales go herehttps://buy.stripe.com/aEUbMMgztbh33Fm3chFor international orders go here.https://buy.stripe.com/4gwg322IDfxj2BiaEKI've also created a 10% discount coupon that we can promote tonight: CAFELOCKEDOUTCafe Locked OutRecording brave Australian VoicesOpening Song : Peaceful Warrior, available from KULTURE herehttps://cafelockedout.com/.../kul.../music/peaceful-warrior/Closing Song: All You Gotta Do :Aussie SpiritsAvailable from KULTURE herehttps://cafelockedout.com/.../kulture/music/all-we-gotta-do/Join our mailing list herehttps://cafelockedout.com/Join CLO.SocialA Fort For Free SpeechTo support our work with a one-off gifthttps://cafelockedout.com/donateTo be a valued supporter, you can join our Patreon herehttps://www.patreon.com/c/cafelockedoutKULTURETo listen to and support Kulture Artists go tohttps://cafelockedout.com/kulture/If you have a story or interview suggestionContact us [email protected] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cafelockeddown.substack.com/subscribe