Manifesto

The why, who and how of digital freedom

Privacy isn’t about hiding, it’s about being whole. It’s the space between you and the world where choice still exists. Every civilization has sacred spaces; the internet shouldn’t be the first to forget that. But privacy doesn’t survive by accident. It depends on the people who defend it, design for it, and demand it - the builders, the teachers, the rebels who refuse to accept surveillance as normal.

Why privacy matters?

Because freedom needs space.

Without privacy, there’s no room to think, change your mind, or make mistakes. Constant visibility turns people into performances. Privacy gives you the right to be unfinished, to grow without an audience.

Because power loves data.

Surveillance isn’t neutral, - it feeds whoever already has control. Governments, corporations, and algorithms use your information to predict, persuade, and profit. Privacy isn’t about hiding; it’s about limiting their power.

Because care starts with consent.

Privacy is the foundation of trust, between people, between communities, between you and the tools you use. Without consent, even connection becomes extraction. Protecting privacy means choosing relationships that respect boundaries, not break them.

Who it depends on?

You, mostly. Governments say they care, but they’re busy writing new ways to read your DMs. Tech companies pretend to, but their business model is literally “you”. So it's up to you.

You don’t need to be a coder or an activist to matter. You just need to start noticing what you give away, and start taking some of it back.

What to do?

Start where you are: question things, change defaults, confuse the algorithm. The goal isn’t to disappear, it’s to exist freely, unmeasured, unmonetized, slightly mythical.

Explore the fundamentals, then jump into the tools you can use.

Good luck divas.