Hi, my name is
Paul Conlon
Author, Engineer, mentor, freedom advocate & concerned citizen
“Think of Citizen One as a self-help guide for navigating the digital future.
Forewarned is forearmed.”
Australian Federal Senator, Malcolm Roberts, 2024
The book
Citizen One.
Worried about digital ID? You should be, and you’re not alone.
Our society is sleepwalking into treacherous times. Digital ID is making us more transparent to government, while government is becoming more opaque to us. The pages of history are chillingly clear. This doesn’t end well.
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A little bit
about me.
With MyID, Aadhaar, EUDI, the “Real ID” Act, and more – governments are claiming ownership of their citizens and extracting their resources.
I can help explain why and what you can do about it.
My grandmother’s chilling stories of her childhood in 1930s Germany, where the government weaponised identity through technology, inspired my study of the relationship between technology and human identity.
You need to know what I learned!
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Blog & Interviews
Join me for the CTRL+ALT+DEL Digital ID Dinner!
Looking for a fun night out next Saturday? Come and join me for dinner and discussion at Café Bohemia, 6 Brighton Rd, Sandgate QLD. What’s on the menu? Sharing plater entre with homemade hummus, avocado, fetta and olives with…
Senator Roberts Praises my Book
I met with Senator Malcolm Roberts to discuss my new book and the political landscape around it. We talked about how digital ID and age verification are part of a suite of legislation creating more control and with it, more…
Digital ID Panel with Melinda Richards & cheqd.io
This is a discussion you don’t want to miss. Join me as I talk with author and commentator Melinda Richards along with Fraser and Matt of cheqd UK about what business governments have with our data, what can happen when…