Hi, my name is
Paul Conlon
Author, Engineer, father, mentor & freedom advocate
“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.
Buy Citizen One here and if you’re not happy for any reason, just email me within 30 days and I’ll refund your purchase. You keep the book. I’ll even send you the audio book as soon as it’s ready!
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
Exploitation Unleashed: How Nazi Era Private Industry Thrived on Centralised Identity Registration
Centralised identity systems are fraught with significant issues. They strip individuals of their identities, rendering them mere numbers ripe for exploitation. While often associated with governmental control, history reminds us that public and private entities alike are not immune to…
What is your identity?
What is your identity? Have you ever stopped to think about what it means to truly own your identity? What is our identity anyway and why it is important in the digital world? “Identity” is an imprecise, unbounded term that…
Digital Identity, Business Development Resources and Freedom of Choice
I had an insightful question on my #digitalidentity post last week from Will Huftalen who kindly granted me permission to share it here. It raises the issue of individual choice in the context of centralized identity registries and how the…
Personal Identity & Technology
Happy Thursday everyone! Another week and another month is nearly over. As March draws to a close we can already see that this year will be one of huge technological development. #chatgpt in particular has our heads spinning as we…