"Anyone who does human rights work or investigative journalism understands that in many cases, privacy is the difference between life and death. We know throughout history that centralized power constitutes such power via information asymmetry. The more they know, the more stable and lasting their power is. This is the type of domination through knowledge that makes or breaks empires."

FF @Mer__edith

https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289620/signal/