I call Paul Walsh a surveillance-tech whistleblower. Professionally he’s known as an independent technical expert on online safety, privacy, fraud, espionage and phishing, with global patents and advisory to agencies, governments & corporations. An early AOL pioneer, he co-invented the content labels behind account verification and advised the UK government during its first parliamentary inquiry into online child safety. He advocates for child safety, and civil liberties while exposing surveillance, state power and AI & big tech overreach. We discuss Digital ID’s core role, "protect the children" as a wrapper for social media bans, Chat Control and device scanning, and why Paul believes Western democracies are now outbuilding Russia and China on surveillance. → Please like, comment, share & subscribe, to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you!SPONSORS→ Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn, get 0.25% off your first loan: https://ledn.io/Efrat    → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn→ Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this linkLINKSPaul on X: https://x.com/Paul__Walsh Paul on Substack: https://paulfwalsh.substack.com/ Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwalsh/ Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigsonEfrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigsonWatch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoiceSupport Efrat’s work: https://tinyurl.com/zapefrat CHAPTERS 00:00 - Coming Up...02:29 - Introduction: Paul Walsh03:22 - Governments & Big Tech Collaboration05:39 - Identity Verification at the Heart of Everything06:49 - Banned by AI, Exiled for Life08:49 - Child Safety as the Trojan Horse: Australia, US, EU & UK13:10 - Ad-Break: Ledn & Abundant Mines15:35 - Parental Controls Are Built Into Every Phone18:32 - 14 Years Ago: UK Government Ignored His Advice23:57 - Why Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Built to Fail27:54 - Efrat’s Substack Ban in Australia29:46 - “Robust Age Verification” Means ID for Everyone32:36 - Ad-Break: Trezor33:08 - What Edward Snowden Showed Us35:39 - Chat Control 1.0 in the EU39:33 - Chat Control 2.0 Removing End-to-End Encryption40:36 - Apple’s iMessage & ChatGPT: Consent Nobody Gave49:15 - Surveillance by Flock, Carbyne & more54:05 - Caring About Kids Without Surveilling Everyone58:35 - Is the West Out-Surveilling Russia & China?01:08:11 - Meta’s Lawsuit & Laws That Reward It01:13:07 - Digital ID, Ireland’s Wallet & the Digital Euro01:17:17 - Ireland’s Big Tech Dependency & Public Private Partnerships01:23:29 - Can This Be Rolled Back?01:25:31 - “AI Broke Out”: What’s Really Going On01:29:24 - VPNs, Palantir & Predictive Policing01:31:56 - CBDCs: Who Decides How Much You Can Spend?01:34:42 - Privacy & Decentralization: GrapheneOS, Nostr, White Noise01:40:05 - Where to Follow Paul01:45:25 - What Gives Paul Hope? AFFILIATES→ Want to preserve your privacy online? Get a GrapheneOS privacy phone or laptop, up to $150 off “Above Phone” products + extra $50 off with code EFRAT: https://abovephone.com/efrat/ → Get 15% off “Born To Be Free” all-natural, tallow-based skincare products on a bitcoin standard, using code EFRAT: https://oshi.link/1nvZYq  → Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events→ Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (This is not medical advice, please consult your MD)→ Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat