How To Opt Out of the Digital Prison - Hakeem Anwar | Ep. 137
About this episode
Hakeem Anwar discusses the implications of digital identity and the importance of open source technology in freeing individuals from Big Tech's control.
Hakeem Anwar is a software engineer with over 20 years in tech, and the founder and CEO of Above Phone, a conscious technology company building open source phones, laptops, and software services that free people from reliance on Big Tech. After years of building web and mobile apps for large corporations, he walked away from corporate life during Covid. He also runs Take Back Our Tech, a weekly show covering the biggest stories in tech - always with solutions. Hakeem has done extensive research into the global digital ID rollout, co-authoring the "Life Under Digital ID" report, which maps how 90% of countries already have operational digital ID or will within three years. In this conversation, we discuss global standards enabling biometric interoperability across borders, why "voluntary" always becomes mandatory, and Hakeem demonstrates the Above Phone on screen, making the case for why the window to migrate to open protocols is closing faster than most people realize. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you! – SPONSORS – → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at…
People in this episode
Host: Efrat Fenigson
Guest: Hakeem Anwar
Topics covered
- digital identity
- biometric interoperability
- open source technology
- Big Tech
- corporate life
- conscious technology
Keywords
- digital ID
- biometrics
- open protocols
- technology solutions
- corporate tech
- Above Phone
Sponsors
Ledn, TREZOR, Abundant Mines
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Above Phone, Take Back Our Tech
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