#TBOT: Take Back Our Tech

⚡️Digital ID in the U.S.: From Mobile Wallets to Technocracy

In this clip, I break down how the TSA started accepting Google Wallet as a mobile driver’s license in 2024. It's the quiet rollout of digital ID under a different name, and within a few years, we’ll see it everywhere from the DMV to the bank. This is how big tech and government weave their control into everyday life.

Watch the full talk here: above.sh/hf6fxw

Get the full Digital ID Report to learn more.

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Israeli AI drones are being used to spy on Americans. The Grayzone's Kei Pritsker
on plans to deploy Skydio drones to surveil protesters and more in US cities.

Hakeem Anwar Returns to #SolutionsWatch: Life Under Digital ID

I had the pleasure of joining James Corbett once again on #SolutionsWatch to discuss my new report, Life Under Digital ID: A Global Analysis with Solutions.

We dive into what Digital ID really is, how it connects to digital public infrastructure, and the difference between the control grid and the surveillance grid—plus, how the counter-economy offers a real path forward for free humanity.

🎥 Watch the full conversation here
📖 Download Life Under Digital ID: A Global Analysis with Solutions at abovephone.com/digital-id/

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🔒 How to Hide Sensitive Photos in a Vault

In Media Master: Open Source Photo and Video Editing, I showed how to create a private, encrypted photo vault using Aves Libre. Whether it's photos of ID documents, your home, or even just private moments, you can move them into a vault that's only visible within the app — locked with your passcode and invisible to other apps.

It’s a powerful way to reduce data leaks and take back your digital privacy.

📺 Watch the full Media Master: Open Source Photo and Video Editing webinar
🛡️ Get your privacy gear

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Apple launches new Digital ID feature in Wallet using US passport— Article

🧠 New U.S. Biometrics Rule Coming to an Airport Near You

The U.S. has quietly moved from pilot programs to a nationwide biometric exit system.

U.S. Customs and Border protections will now photograph all noncitizen travelers upon entry and exit, using facial recognition linked to cloud-based databases.

This marks a major step toward a comprehensive digital ID system, replacing border agents with biometric surveillance tech.

With up to 15,000 airport gates to equip — and land borders already rolling out “Simplified Arrival-Vehicle” scanners — the infrastructure for full biometric tracking is here.

The question now: how long until it includes U.S. citizens?

📖Read the full article on Substack
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🎙️ I’ll be live with John Bush on the Live Free Now Podcast today!

We’re diving into real, practical solutions for breaking free from big tech — and taking back your digital sovereignty.

Here’s what we’ll cover:
• How Google, Apple & Microsoft profit from your data
• Tools you can use today to protect your privacy
• What makes Above Phone & Above Book true freedom tech
• How to make the switch — even if you’re not tech-savvy

This isn’t about fear — it’s about freedom and taking control.

🎥 Live today at 11AM CST
👉 Watch here

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Bill Gates’ new $1.4B soil bioengineering initiative, sold under the guise of “philanthropic climate adaptation,” is an effort to hijack the biosphere itself: soil mapping, engineered microbes, and genetic interventions under the banner of sustainability.

Jon Fleetwood nails it. His reporting aligns with what I’ve been saying: these aren’t isolated ag-tech projects. They’re nodes in a larger planetary bio‑surveillance grid, a system designed to monitor, record, and ultimately control life at every level, from crops and forests to human microbiomes.

👉 Jon's Coverage: https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/bill-gates-launches-14-billion-soil

👉 My analysis: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/the-planetary-bio-surveillance-grid

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🪪 Preparing for Life Under Digital ID

I recently joined Geopolitics & Empire to talk about my latest report, Life Under Digital ID. From the UN to the World Bank, the digital ID push is accelerating—and it's going global. Soon, accessing basic services could require full biometric enrollment. In this interview, I break down how we got here, who’s funding it, and what you can still do to opt out.

🎥 Watch the full interview
🧭 Learn more in Life Under Digital ID: A Global Analysis with Solutions🫶

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Reminder, #TBOT is looking for contributors.

Write about tech (all kinds), get your work featured, make a difference.

Apply here: https://takebackourtech.org/contribute/

Google’s Secret Location Database Exposed: How “Sensorvault” Tracks Billions

Just published a new piece in Druthers — “Google’s Secret Location Tracking Database.”

In this article, I uncover how Sensorvault, Google’s hidden geolocation system, records billions of movements around the world and fuels the growing surveillance infrastructure behind Digital ID and law enforcement tracking.

It’s a deep dive into how our everyday devices are being weaponized against our privacy — and what we can do to take back control.

📘 Read the full article on Druthers

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📤 Share Videos Without Leaving a Trace

In Media Master: Open Source Photo and Video Editing, I demo how to use AboveShare — our private, time-limited file sharing tool included in the AboveSuite.

Whether you're sending edited videos, passports, or sensitive documents, AboveShare lets you set strict controls: how long the file is live, how many times it can be downloaded, and even password protection. No email, no cloud storage, no lingering data trails.

📺 Watch the full Media Master: Open Source Photo and Video Editing webinar
🛡️ Explore our Above Share

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👩‍🌾Brightside of the Government Shutdown?

In the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, what if the silver lining isn't chaos… but community? We explore what happens when systems stall—and people step up.

From community gardening maps to seed giveaways, this moment could spark a local food revolution.

🪧 Read the full article on Substack
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#TBOT 17: The Bright Side of a Govt. Shutdown, Digital ID in the UK/Europe, New U.S Biometric Rule, Windows 11 Woes, GrapheneOS New Phones

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Brightside of the Government Shutdown: SNAP benefits end soon for 40M Americans, many suggest food riots. Or is it 40M Americans that can start growing their own food?

New U.S Biometric Rule: U.S has some new rules for noncitizens leaving the country. Find out what, the tech behind it, and how much it costs to roll out.

The 5 Worst Things About Windows 11: Windows 11 is now in full swing with more AI and less user freedom.

GrapheneOS’ New Phone: Rumors have been confirmed as GOS works with a new OEM provider, hear the details!

Digital ID In UK/Europe: Hakeem reviews the Digital ID happenings including biometric entry requirements and mandatory requirement of DID to work.

Articles coming soon!

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“I don’t understand your protest. Perhaps you could break it down for us?“

Had Mr. Thilly not danced, the world wouldn’t have known that the property taxes in Cranford NJ are out of control. 🤌🏼

Yikes. So turns out that big tech executives are all obsessed with cheating death and creating a "master race" with their own genetics. More like a race of egotistical autists.

Great new piece from Unlimited Hangout.

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/11/investigative-reports/cold-harbor-eugenics-epstein-and-big-tech/

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Beyond his investments in anti-aging biotechnology companies, Thiel has stated “People have a choice to accept death, deny it or fight it…I think our society is dominated by people who are into denial or acceptance, and I prefer to fight it.”

Thiel is hardly the only Epstein-connected billionaire waging war against death. Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google who became a client of JP Morgan through Epstein in 2004 and later hired Epstein to advise him on a trust for his children, is the founder of a “super-secret biotech outfit [called] Calico [that] is ‘solving death.’” According to The Standard, Brin “has no plans to die.”

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who dined with a fresh-out-of-prison Epstein, has reportedly made significant investments in the anti-aging startup Altos Labs that has raised billions of dollars. Altos is developing “reprogramming technology” which in Frankenstein-like fashion could rejuvenate “cells in the lab that some scientists think could be extended to revitalize entire animal bodies, ultimately prolonging human life.”

Mega-Zionist Larry Ellison, whose CIA-contracting company Oracle has partnered with Palantir, has invested over $300 million into anti-aging research.

Mark Zuckerberg, a mentee of Thiel’s who has been intimately linked to the Palantir founder virtually his entire career, awards $3 million per year to anti-aging scientists through the scientific award he co-founded called the Breakthrough Prize. The Breakthrough Prize is also funded by Sergey Brin and his former wife, founder of genetic data-collecting company 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki.

The Conscious Resistance Network presents:

The People's Reset 2026
January 28 to February 1st
Morelia, Michoacán

5 Days, 5 Holistic Themes

Here Are The Presenters:

Liberate Your Mind, Body, and Soul
Miriam Gomez
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Carey Wedler
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Dr. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse
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Permaculture & Food Independence
Jen & Sean Hawkins
Carolina Aguilar Ramírez
Elizabeth Burdock
Edgar Pahua (Guacamole Hemp)
Yoshi and Pola Pantera

Agorism & Parallel Networks
Derrick Broze
John Bush
Grant Elman
Sterlin Lujan
Will Keller
Tom-Oliver Regenauer

Empowering Technology
Hakeem Anwar
Patrick Amato
Mike Winner + Jason Crowe (Qortal) (Virtual)
Dave Stann
Gus Grillasca

Building Free & Conscious Communities
Lainie Liberti
Catherine Austin Fitts (VIRTUAL)
Brenda Smith
Valerie Haynes
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Zujeil Flores

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I was recently interviewed by Mike Adams on his show, we discussed the integration of Brighteon.AI (https://brighteon.ai) with our phones and laptops.

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Check out this hands on demo of the model on our phone and laptop. This AI knows a TON about herbalism, natural health and survival skills, trained on 100M pages of content.

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It will run on local AI clients without an internet connection; It's free, unlimited and downloadable right now.