Choosing a Password Manager for Sovereign Key Storage
Bitwarden vs Proton Pass, both zero-knowledge and end-to-end encrypted — and how to use one as the single home for every recovery key, seed phrase, and backup code you actually depend on.
The Privacy Technologist
The Privacy Technologist covers privacy technology, digital sovereignty, and financial freedom from an Australian perspective. Built on cypherpunk principles and real-world experience — including life on the wrong side of the banking system. Every tool recommended here is one we actually use.
How to Harden Windows Against Physical and State Access
BitLocker's default setting hands over your data to anyone who can pull your RAM. Here's the pre-boot PIN, the recovery-key pattern, and the BIOS lockdown that actually closes it.
How to Install GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel
A full step-by-step GrapheneOS install for a Google Pixel — no command line, one afternoon. Fingerprint for daily use, your real password only after a reboot.
When the State Holds the Keys: TOLA and the Quiet Death of Digital Sovereignty
Israeli spyware can pull everything off a stock phone. A Pixel running GrapheneOS, or a hardened Windows box, stops it cold. The law that lets Australian police compel your password carries five years in prison. Here is what actually works.
My Bank Told Me to Bank Somewhere Else
My bank blocked me from buying Bitcoin, told me they couldn’t unblock it, and then — in writing — suggested I find another bank. This is crypto debanking in Australia in April 2026, two weeks after the country passed its…
Why I Built The Privacy Technologist
A twelve-year-old gets scammed in Runescape and spends twenty years walking a path through hacking forums, cryptocurrency, and the dark side of the internet. This is how The Privacy Technologist was born.
