Sometimes it feels like we’re losing a war without even realizing it.

In the Middle Ages, cities built walls to defend themselves, to keep out those who wanted to enter and plunder. Those walls were the boundary between security and vulnerability.

Today, the boundaries have shifted into the digital space. But instead of building walls, we are the ones literally opening the doors.

We hand over the keys voluntarily, giving away all our information just to have Alexa read us the horoscope or an app to entertain the cat.

This war is no longer fought with weapons, but with data and information. And not only are we fighting it defenseless, we don’t even realize it’s happening because we still haven’t understood that privacy is our new wall.

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Because bitcoin maxis are the best ones ignoring reality.

In the middle ages? Have you never heard of a gated community? Yup. Even today.

Yes and don't forget the war on Christianity, but that one you don't care or even support it.

You've perfectly hit the heart of the problem. It's a powerful and tragic metaphor. The crucial difference is that in the Middle Ages the threat was visible and tangible, while today it is invisible and often willingly ignored in exchange for immediate convenience. Awareness is the first, fundamental wall we must rebuild.

We are not losing.

We have amazing tech that defense is much easier and cheaper. We have some strange allies as well.

Your example of Alexa - I have Home Assistant at home, powered by Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition end device, ollama for AI (paired with Home Assistant, so it can turn on my AC, tell me the temperature, change the lights). Everything works fully offline using only free and open source software. No surveillance, similar user experience.

And we have this for most things.

Yes, we can't fall on default options that everyone else uses. But we have options and we can choose. nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ks3f750r, Bitcoin + Lightning, encrypted e-mail, Signal/SimpleX, ollama, ...

You sir are winning!

Most of the time most humans will be manipulated and suffer the consequences of their choices or ignorance.

This has always been the case, just as there has always been a small percentage of humans who did not bend, who informed themselves and took another direction, those who are aware of the importance of privacy.

Humanity has managed to move forward thanks to this small group and I guess that will continue to be the case, there is hope if we have managed to get here.

Great insight Laura, but then you are just a Larper.

Any Bitcoiner claiming to be interested in protecting privacy but shitting on Monero is a hypocrite.

You are definitely getting it. The war is being won with something like Monero.