Savings is using though. If nobody saves in fiat it hyperinflates

In the digital age, we’re more connected than ever and less free than we’ve ever been.

We’ve grown used to it.

Used to being watched.

Used to being tracked, profiled, manipulated.

We hand over our phone numbers, our metadata, our lives... not because we want to, but because we think we have no other choice.

Surveillance has become the default.

Vulnerability is now expected.

Privacy is treated like a luxury. Or worse, a threat.

Big tech sells us “secure” apps while mining our behavior.

Governments speak of “safety” while expanding their power to listen in.

Even the platforms once built to protect us have been co-opted, regulated, or compromised.

We celebrate financial freedom while our conversations are still wide open.

We trust tools that require phone numbers and cloud backups then act surprised when they leak.

We encrypt our money, but not our voices.

But privacy is not a side quest.

It’s not optional.

It’s the foundation.

True digital freedom means having control over what you say, who you are, and who gets to listen.

It means resisting the normalization of constant surveillance.

It means building and using tools that don’t compromise.

That’s why we built White Noise.

A messenger with no numbers, no emails, no identities forced on you.

Just encrypted, censorship-resistant communication on a decentralized network.

No ads. No gatekeepers. No backdoors.

Because in a world where surveillance is the norm, privacy is resistance.

And without privacy, there is no freedom.

But if you upset someone on Twitter, we will break down your front door.

No Britain is a democracy!

This is exactly where democracy leads.

I actually take the opposite view. There is no purpose in complaining about politics if it is not to drive and motivate people to take action on solutions. I can not stand these black pill pessimistic political things, that leave 9-11 to be a mystery that "ought to get more attention" or "we ought to solve". these vague calls to action do nothing. Instead, I'm saying specifically change your life in these ways.

Don't buy consumer audio products from Sennheiser.

I had the Momentum True Wireless 3, which I had problems with and had to replace several times under warranty. The company acknowledged that there were many problems with this model and promised to fix them in the next model.

I recently lost the case for my earbuds and decided to buy Momentum True Wireless 4, but again, I got a defective pair with the same problems as the previous model. I returned them for a refund and decided to try another brand.

I bought Technics EAH-AZ100, and it's just fantastic, such a cool product. I'm very happy with it.

I wish I had known this sooner.

If you work hard enough to achieve your dreams, you will eventually face conflict with the people closest around you, who met you under different conditions. As listening to your newest trials, tribulations, challenges, and ideas will wear them out, usually for no monetary reward.

Under this situation, the person(s) close to you may find it easier to speak quick words of pessimism about your idea or vision, as means of not having it consume their time, while still protecting the friendship. In other words, they love you, but not your idea. And would rather keep you around, by letting it die.

When you face this situation, the best course of action is to acknowledge that your idea is taxing the relationship and their time, and to treat their pessimism as purely their survival mechanism.

The wrong way to face a close ally's criticism, is to treat their pessimism as the authoritative judgment of your idea. Because you're not really asking them to effortlessly buy it as your fresh target audience. This whole time you've been asking them to invest their time (for free) in a vision that you have not yet brought into this world for them to see.

Take a step back, and let the relationship return to the conditions under which it originally developed, and you'll be surprised when one day, they come around. But remember, they’ll never do so, until it’s clear that your idea no longer needs them.

If you haven't already, pirate the shit out of your favorite films and music. There's a chance you might not be able to access it in the future.

Is this app worth the effort? I mean, do people actually use it?