Hakeem Anwar: Rising Above the Algorithm Ghetto

Hakeem Anwar: Rising Above the Algorithm Ghetto

Author: Geopolitics & Empire June 11, 2025 Duration: 38:42

Hakeem Anwar of Above Phone and Take Back Our Tech discusses the different facets of the global panopticon being built around us, why it is still important to take steps to protect your privacy, and how to do that.

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About Hakeem Anwar

Hakeem Anwar is a technologist, activist, educator, and entrepreneur who dropped his corporate career to work on meaningful social movements. He is a core member of the Freedom Cell Network, and co-producer of The Greater Reset.

He’s helped grow both of these movements to tens and thousands of people while protecting the privacy of their users. Since then he has began educating and assisting others by launching #TakeBackOurTech, a free educational initiative that teaches people to use friendly, open, and transparent technologies across computers, phones, browsers, health considerations and much more.

He’s also co-founded Above Phone – a complete privacy phone solution that combines secure hardware, open-source operating systems, and cutting-edge privacy services.

*Podcast intro music is from the song “The Queens Jig” by “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)


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