#930: Digital ID Enslavement With Eric Meder

Oct 9, 2025

Eric Meder, a privacy educator who co-runs Privacy Academy, shares urgent insights about the growing surveillance state and its threats to personal liberty. He discusses how tailored algorithms manipulate our behavior, the implications of digital IDs and social credit systems, and practical steps to safeguard privacy. Meder emphasizes the importance of grassroots resistance against state control, while offering concrete advice to help individuals regain their digital freedom. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on the future of privacy!

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INSIGHT

Individualized Propaganda Beats Mass Media

Eric explains modern propaganda is individually tailored using detailed profiles rather than blanket TV messages.
He warns this

ANECDOTE

TikTok Meme Sparked A Privacy Awakening

Eric Meder describes a personal turning point when a TikTok meme matched his life and prompted him to uninstall the app.
That coincidence jolted him into a privacy journey guided by his father and Privacy Academy.

ANECDOTE

Helicopter, Park Bench, And Targeted Ads

Sam Tripoli recounts seeing a Black Hawk helicopter land near his kids' park and then getting an ad for metal benches on his phone.
He uses the coincidence to illustrate precise location-based targeting by apps.

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Erik Meder joined Tin Foil Hat to warn that the surveillance state is the greatest threat to liberty today. With Palantir, Real IDs, and CBDCs on the rise, he argued that privacy is the defining issue of our century. Drawing on years of work with his father educating others about digital privacy, Erik shared insights on how people can protect themselves from growing government and corporate surveillance.

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