{"id":2641,"date":"2025-11-15T17:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/lfn-225-how-to-ditch-big-tech-and-reclaim-your-digital-freedom-w-hakeem-anwar\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:06:28","slug":"lfn-225-how-to-ditch-big-tech-and-reclaim-your-digital-freedom-w-hakeem-anwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/lfn-225-how-to-ditch-big-tech-and-reclaim-your-digital-freedom-w-hakeem-anwar\/","title":{"rendered":"LFN #225 &#8211;  How to Ditch Big Tech and Reclaim Your Digital Freedom w\/ Hakeem Anwar"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2641-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/jnwr7pvsxx5gnecp\/LFN_225_-_How_to_Ditch_Big_Tech_and_Reclaim_Your_Digital_Freedom_w_Hakeem_Anwar9f68m.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/jnwr7pvsxx5gnecp\/LFN_225_-_How_to_Ditch_Big_Tech_and_Reclaim_Your_Digital_Freedom_w_Hakeem_Anwar9f68m.mp3\">https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/jnwr7pvsxx5gnecp\/LFN_225_-_How_to_Ditch_Big_Tech_and_Reclaim_Your_Digital_Freedom_w_Hakeem_Anwar9f68m.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Big Tech is watching you with every click, search, location ping, and mic activation.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve wormed their way into your phone, your laptop, your inbox and most people don\u2019t even realize it\u2019s happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t have to stay that way.<\/p>\n<p>In this hard-hitting episode of Live Free Now, I\u2019m joined by Hakeem Anwar, founder of Above Phone, for a powerful breakdown of how you can ditch the technocracy and take back your digital life.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll talk about:<\/p>\n<p>How Google, Apple, and Microsoft are tracking and monetizing your data<\/p>\n<p>Why &#8220;privacy settings&#8221; aren&#8217;t enough<\/p>\n<p>Tools you can use right now to opt out of Big Tech\u2019s surveillance dragnet<\/p>\n<p>What makes Above Phone and Above Book (Linux laptops) different<\/p>\n<p>How to make the switch easily \u2014 even if you&#8217;re not tech-savvy<\/p>\n<p>This conversation is about reclaiming your digital sovereignty in a world that&#8217;s been rigged against you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 Watch for a special invite to our free webinar: Ditch Technocracy:\u00a0<br \/>\nOpt Out of Big Tech<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Live on Nov 18 at 1PM CST<\/p>\n<p>Register here: <a href='https:\/\/abovephone.com\/livefree\/'>https:\/\/abovephone.com\/livefree\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to subscribe and hit the \ud83d\udd14 to stay up to date on all our freedom-first content<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Live Free Academy FREE Daily Email Newsletter: <a href='https:\/\/livefree.academy\/newsletter'>https:\/\/livefree.academy\/newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Tech is watching you with every click, search, location ping, and mic activation. They\u2019ve wormed their way into your phone, your laptop, your inbox and most people don\u2019t even realize it\u2019s happening.\u00a0 But it doesn&#8217;t have to stay that way. In this hard-hitting episode of Live Free Now, I\u2019m joined by Hakeem Anwar, founder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}