Sam Bent

You're the revenue, to be tapped, and that's best case for you. None of this is random. Every government on earth seems to be building the infrastructure to register, track, and control you simultaneously and the only time in history that's ever been necessary is right before they start killing people.

Bitcoin's whitepaper. Decentralized digital currency without trusted third parties. "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution." - 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿-𝘁𝗼-𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 by Satoshi Nakamoto (2008) https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Ring Divorced Flock... Now they Spy with Axon https://youtu.be/fGIWOTXTfHw

If the mafia did what the IRS does we'd call it a protection racket.

James Ettleson ordered meth through dark web markets then advertised it on Facebook, earning 100 months in federal prison. https://sambent.com/crystal-lake-man-gets-8-years-for-dar…

Prohibition has a 100% failure rate and they keep trying it anyway because it was never about protecting you.

Watching people refuse to comply with the surveillance state's endless ID harvesting is beautiful.

In 1984 they didn't have sensors in the steering wheel reading your capillary blood alcohol every time you touched it. They didn't have algorithms deciding if you could travel. We went past Orwell and nobody noticed.

Motorola is building a phone specifically for GrapheneOS. The Pixel monopoly on mobile privacy is over. https://youtu.be/Y5GrbhB2HHQ

IT'S NOT AGE VERIFICATION, IT'S ID COLLECTION. Look up the data breaches that happen when they tell you they 'don't save' your ID. This is newspeak to get you to comply and think it's not as bad.

Garlic Routing: How I2P Bundles Messages to Frustrate Surveillance https://sambent.com/garlic-routing-how-i2p-bundles-messag…

Your new car will scan your blood chemistry and decide if you're allowed to drive. Both parties funded it. Both parties voted for it. The only fight in Washington is the one against you.

Dread is running a writing contest with $1,750 in Monero prizes and one very specific ban: AI-generated content. https://www.sambent.com/dread-pays-1-000-xmr-for-good-wri…

Anthropic told the Pentagon: "we won't build you a surveillance engine or autonomous kill chain" and Trump called them a national security threat for it. The threat to national security is the government that needs AI to spy on its own citizens more efficiently.

Apple's Mandatory ID... GrapheneOS is the Exit Apple requires your government ID to use your own phone. Decline and you lose app access. The "age check" company already got breached and is funded by the co-founder of Palantir. https://youtu.be/DD4GcBgSBVs

Tails 7.5 upgrades to Tor 0.4.9.5 with Counter Galois Onion encryption and patches over 30 high-severity Firefox vulnerabilities through Tor Browser 15.0.7. https://www.sambent.com/tails-7-5-ships-new-tor-circuit-e…

Enjoy being classified as a terrorist for disagreeing with the state. (I am too) Imagine what the next levels of this will be if they are already arresting you for memes. There's a limited window where people can stand up for themselves before the control grid is totally done. Source: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/eu-agenda-preventing-an…

In 1984 the telescreens watched you but couldn't stop you from moving. Section 24220 puts sensors in your cars start button that read your blood chemistry and decide if you're allowed to drive. It's for your safety. 🤡 https://youtu.be/U_6LZSd0KFk

A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P (The Full Story) https://youtu.be/VZ-7t1fN7eI

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟭𝟮, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝟯𝟬𝟬+ 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.