The "freedom tech" inflection point:  🧵1/

I journalize about the future of the internet. https://www.projectglitch.xyz

Crypto folks often boil their enthusiasm for the technology down to freedom. Freedom from what, exactly? Authoritarianism, for one. Harmful economic policy is another. 2/

That recommendation was remarkable. Just a decade ago, Jim Comey's FBI warned that "going dark" via encryption was a threat to public safety.  4/

This is the inflection point. What does it mean for cryptocurrency? That was the focus of the latest MIT Bitcoin Expo. The conference featured talks from bona fide freedom fighters and builders of other kinds of freedom tech, like Tor. 5/

As I took in the MIT Bitcoin Expo talks, I couldn't stop thinking about Salt Typhoon. In the latest edition of Project Glitch, I tried to connect the dots. 6/6

As I took in the MIT Bitcoin Expo talks, I couldn't stop thinking about Salt Typhoon. In the latest edition of Project Glitch, I tried to connect the dots. 6/6 https://www.projectglitch.xyz/p/and-the-tech-shall-set-you-free

But freedom tech can also protect us against sophisticated hackers who pursue our personal data. That's why US gov officials, after the Salt Typhoon breach, recommended that the public use encrypted messaging—perhaps the most well-known example of freedom tech. 3/