By Lynnie Stein / October 20, 2025

How to Navigate Digital ID

Once we relinquish this power, it will not return.

Don’t be deceived by their flashy advertisements claiming it’s for our benefit! Keep your eyes wide open.

If you wish to resist, it involves more than just saying “NO.”

Digital ID combined with CBDC equals a social credit system. Stay alert. Stay sovereign.

The only solution is to create parallel systems, tools, habits, and communities that operate outside Big Tech’s influence.

Freedom is not safeguarded by governments; it is protected by every choice you make today.

What You Need to Know and How to Respond

Governments are promoting Digital ID as a means of “convenience” and “security.”

However, here’s the truth they won’t openly admit:

  • **Digital ID equals Total Tracking:**
    • Every login
    • Every purchase
    • Every license
    • Medical records
    • Travel
    • All linked to ONE ID.

No privacy and no escape!

This system is tied to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Once cash disappears, and all money becomes digital, every transaction will be traceable and “controllable.”

If they disapprove of what you purchase, they can block it.

China’s Social Credit System serves as a model—please research it to grasp its critical significance.

China’s social credit system is a decentralized network of initiatives that track and evaluate. It works by collecting data from various sources, including financial, government, and private records, to assign “scores” or ratings. High scores are rewarded with benefits like easier access to loans or faster public services, while low scores lead to punishments, such as restricted travel, limited job prospects, or public shaming. 

Speak out against the government, and you risk losing access.

Buy “too much” of something, and you may face penalties.

Donate to the “wrong” cause, and your funds could be frozen.

Why This Isn’t Just a “Conspiracy Theory”

The World Economic Forum (WEF), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and central banks openly publish frameworks for digital ID and programmable money.

The technology exists; it simply needs to be activated.

✔️What You Can Do Now
(Practical Exit Path)

If you want to resist, it’s not just about saying “NO.”

It’s about building alternatives, taking back control from Big Tech and Big Banks.

-For alternative Communication

✔️Use Signal, Brave, Zoho or Session instead of Messenger/WhatsApp.

✔️Get a ProtonMail or Tutanota account instead of Gmail/Outlook.

-For Search & Browsing

Use DuckDuckGo or Startpage instead of Google.

Switch to Brave or Firefox with uBlock Origin instead of Chrome.

-Cloud & Files

✔️Replace Google Drive/OneDrive with Proton Drive, Nextcloud, or Sync .com

✔️Share sensitive files with Tresorit or OnionShare.

-Social Media

Mastodon (Twitter/X alternative), Odysee/Rumble (video),
Element (Matrix chat).

If you keep Facebook/IG, strip profiles down and stop using them for sign-ins.

-Devices & OS

✔️De-Google your phone with GrapheneOS, /e/OS, or CalyxOS.

✔️Switch computers to Linux
(Mint, Ubuntu, or Pop!_OS are beginner-friendly).

-Money & Payments

✔️Use cash whenever possible.

✔️Learn self-custody crypto

-Simple Checklist to Start Today

1. Install Signal and move key conversations there.

2. Make a ProtonMail for private logins.

3. Use DuckDuckGo on Brave browser.

4. Get a PO Box for non-government mail.

5. Start paying with cash at least once a day.

-Personal tech & behaviour

✔️Turn off Face ID and fingerprint unlock on your phone.

✔️Delete or refuse to install government apps.

✔️Delete or refuse to install NHS Apps.

✔️Stop using biometric check-ins at shops and airports when possible.

✔️Refuse self-scan at checkouts that use cameras/biometrics.

✔️Draw out small amounts of cash regularly and spend them.

✔️Use pre-paid cash cards
(that can be bought with cash) for some purchases.

✔️Use an old/basic phone
(feature phone) for calls and texts where feasible.

✔️Use a separate smartphone for sensitive services and keep it minimal.

✔️Use a burner or prepaid SIM bought with cash for activities you want unlinked.

✔️Install and use browser adblockers and anti-tracking extensions.

✔️Limit social media sharing of identifying info (DOB, address, job).

✔️Do not upload biometric photos (face scans) to apps or services unless essential.

✔️opt out of optional data-sharing consent boxes on websites.

✔️Regularly check and revoke app permissions (camera, mic, location).

✔️Turn off location services and Bluetooth when not needed.

✔️Use separate email addresses for financial and social accounts.

✔️Use strong, unique passwords and a reputable password manager.

✔️Use two-factor authentication.

✔️Back up important documents in physical form, not only cloud.

-Financial & consumer actions

✔️Boycott businesses that refuse to accept cash.

✔️Publicly call out shops that go cashless; leave reviews and complaints.

✔️Write formal complaints to cashless businesses and cc local consumer bodies.

✔️Bank with institutions that keep meaningful in-branch cash service.

✔️Move some savings to local or community banks that accept cash and value privacy.

✔️Use cash-to-gift-card services for certain online purchases.

✔️Avoid companies that explicitly partner with ID-as-a-service providers.

✔️Boycott specific vendors known for surveillance or ID contracts (e.g., facial recognition firms) — research locally and act.

✔️Divest from funds/companies that provide digital ID surveillance tech when possible.

✔️Pressure pension schemes and fund managers to disclose holdings in ID vendors.

Much love

© 2025 Lynnie Stein