Digital ID, is it the Core Of The War

“If the Government sends me an identification card I shall return it with a letter to explain that I do not need it;I already know who I am.”DOUGLAS GRAHAM (RINGAROOMA TASMANIA), CONTRIBUTER TO THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER PROTESTING THE AUSTRALIA CARD PROPOSAL, 8 SEPTEMBER 1987Digital ID. It’s trendy, and promises easy access to welfare and medical history. Hey, it might even catch some fraud. Government “experts” tell us it’s secure, but wait! This all sounds familiar…#2In 1930’s Germany, Hitler built a huge centralised identity registry and a police state to enforce it. First sold as a trap for criminals, it was later used to selectively deny food and housing. Ultimately it became the tool for hunting and murdering millions of unpopular people. Pen strokes on ID cards produced gunshots in pits.#3In Citizen One, senior engineer Paul Conlon draws chilling parallels between Nazi Germany’s identity harvesting and the Digital ID and surveillance infrastructure being deployed right now. He combines firsthand family history inside the Nazi military with deep technical knowledge to warn that lockdowns were just a taste of what’s coming, if we allow it.Understand why identity data is uniquely life and death, and why the powerful crave it.Appreciate modern technology’s potential to make the Holocaust look like a dress rehearsal.Mourn what people are capable of when governments dehumanise citizens.Reveal the propaganda used to manipulate you into revealing your secrets.Learn what to do about it.His latest book release addressing the historical lessons of government overreach in centralised identity management. Let’s leave the past where it belongs. Technology offers us a better way.Supporting Café Locked OutTo become a Patron click here.https://www.patreon.com/cafelockedoutFor one off donations. Click herehttps://cafelockedout.com/donateOr if you prefer to use PAY ID the code is: [email protected] you can purchase Merch at our online shop athttps://cafelockedout.comThank You for all your support. 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