The Panopticon is only digital.

Working where I work, I get to see a lot of the initiatives out there meant to control our lives. I have to admit it's fairly stressful to think of all the ways the government can fuck you, and pry into your deepest darkest secrets.

However, I realized over the last few days that the sum total of their control is entirely digital. What would happen if I put this digital device down and stopped using laptops and phones? What would happen if I left my house without a digital device?

What degree of control and spying would the government have if I didn't have a digital device at all?

There is hope. I can still communicate without a phone. I can look at people in the eye and talk to them in person. The government and the technocratic state would have zero power over us if we went analog.

All of this web of control and erosion of rights and lack of privacy is 100% digital. Lose the digital: regain your freedom.