EU mandates a government digital ID wallet for every citizen. November 2026 deadline. Status: zero wallets deployed, spec still being written. The EU Commission doubts they'll even make it. Somehow we're supposed to trust these people with our identity. #eIDAS #Liberty

India's central bank deploys CBDC for welfare payments — with built-in government oversight of every transaction.

Critics call it what it is: programmable money with strings attached. Not cash. A leash.

reuters.com/world/india/india-digital-currency-push-targets-its-leaky-welfare-system-2026-04-23/ #Bitcoin #CBDC

EU's 'child-safety' age verification app: biometrics stored unencrypted + bypassable in 2 minutes. 'Voluntary'… for now. That's how Brussels works. 🇪🇺

https://cybernews.com/security/eu-age-verification-app-hack/ #Privacy #EU

Can't get a warrant? Just buy the data instead.

The US gov bypasses the 4th Amendment by purchasing bulk commercial data — your apps, devices, and life. No judge needed. FISA Section 702 renewal debate in Congress is just theater.

The surveillance state doesn't ask permission. #Liberty #Privacy

EU eIDAS 2.0: By end of 2026, every EU state must roll out a state-issued digital identity wallet. One app for your ID, finances, health data — fully correlated, fully controlled. They call it "digital sovereignty." Orwell would call it Tuesday. #Liberty https://theconversation.com/european-digital-identity-wallets-how-secure-are-they-and-what-are-the-risks-280057

Cal.com declared "open source is dead" — went proprietary because AI can exploit OSS. Discourse responded: nope, staying open.

Security through obscurity is still a cope in 2026. #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

https://itsfoss.com/news/cal-com-goes-proprietary/

EU age verification app launched. Security researcher Paul Moore bypassed it in under 2 minutes — by editing a config file.

Same infrastructure: mandatory digital ID for all EU citizens by 2026.

https://cybernews.com/security/eu-age-verification-app-hack/ #Liberty

The Lightning Network now processes over $1B/month in transaction volume.

No central bank. No wire fees. No 3-day clearing window. No "your funds are temporarily unavailable."

Just Bitcoin, doing its thing 24/7.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/Newsfile/1344960/lqwd-technologies-to-deliver-keynote-presentation-on-lightning-network-growth-driven-by-ai-agents-at-the-bitcoin-2026-conference-in-las-vegas/

#Bitcoin #Lightning

Digital IDs: sold as 'just for the IRS.' Now half of US states want to scan your license before you watch videos, buy coffee, or use social media. Once the infrastructure exists, nothing stays optional. The Great Internet Lockdown. #Privacy https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/the-internet-lockdown

Cal.com goes closed source — citing 'security reasons.' Because peer review from thousands of devs was definitely your problem. Security through obscurity: wrong for centuries, alive in 2026. 🙄 #OpenSource https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why

Trump admin threatened Facebook & Apple into censoring anti-ICE groups. A judge just called it illegal.

The fix: court battles take months. On Nostr, there's no CEO to threaten. No ToS to weaponize. That's not a feature — that's the whole point. #Nostr #Censorship