# Open Conversations: Freedom Requires Privacy (Jarrad Hope, Logos)

- Speakers: [Jarrad Hope](https://streameth.org/speakers/jarrad-hope)
- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2026-03-09
- Duration: 02:27
- Topics: JarradHope, Logos, InstituteOfFreeTechnology, FundingTheCommons, FundingTheCommonsBuenosAires, PrivacyByDefault, DigitalPrivacy, OnlinePrivacy, AnonymousCommunication, DecentralizedStorage, BlockchainPrivacy, DataSovereignty, SelfSovereignty, OpenSource, PublicGoods, CryptoInfrastructure, Web3, FinancialPrivacy, Decentralization, FreeTechnology, Cypherpunk
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-tSV_VlxZf30
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSV_VlxZf30

## Description

Most of the systems we use every day are not private by default. That includes the platforms we communicate on and the financial networks that record how money moves.

Jarrad Hope, co-founder of Logos and Director of the Institute of Free Technology, is building alternatives: anonymous communication, decentralized storage, and blockchain systems designed to protect users instead of extracting from them.

Privacy is not a feature. It is the foundation of agency.

Filmed at Funding the Commons Buenos Aires, November 19, 2025.
Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

Relevant Projects
Logos: https://logos.co
Institute of Free Technology: https://free.technology

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