Are your freedom and privacy truly threatened in the digital age? Join the Character-Driven Life and Leadership Podcast as Coach Dane and Kurt Gerken take a character-driven, faith-anchored look at the urgent risks and vulnerabilities impacting your identity.

We dive deep into the unsettling reality of pervasive surveillance, exposing how technology—from highway cameras to Ring doorbells—is slowly taking away our freedoms, security, and privacy. This episode tackles the core question: is the digital world controlling us, or can we control it? We expose the forces aiming for "total and utter control of humanity".

Discover the powerful keys to autonomy: SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) and NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness). Learn how to use these frameworks to legally and ethically identify yourself without being controlled by governments or corporations. We reveal how to protect your identity with SSI, express it ethically with NIL, and root that in character.

Don't miss this crucial discussion on safeguarding your digital self. Tune in to find out whether your value is defined by the market or the maker, and gain the insights you need to resist the "digital collar" before it’s too late. Stick around for all the "interesting twists and turns".

Sources referenced:

The Dark Side of Digitalization - Laura Aboli

Self-Sovereign Identity Explained (with James Monaghan)

Aldi's in London from X Post

Ring (doorbell) partners with Flock Safety

Yuval Noah Harari on "Science is not truth.  Science is control."

UN Digital ID

Tristan Harris on Joe Rogan Show

Digital ID on the WEF website from X

Google and Apple to Enforce Digital ID in Texas