TL;DR

AI today is basically the world’s sneakiest spy, gobbling up every chat and click to build a behavioral dossier on you—often without you realizing who’s watching. Andy Yen of Proton joins Bankless to break down why our identities are in Big Tech’s crosshairs, how AI chat logs are a ticking privacy bomb, and why subscription models or “privacy promises” from Silicon Valley don’t cut it.

He then spills the tea on Proton’s Lumo, a self-sovereign AI that processes data without hoarding it, shows why encrypted email is still the MVP of digital identity, and calls out EU “chat control,” Apple’s privacy-washing, and crypto’s trust crisis. Bottom line: reclaiming digital freedom starts with real encryption, user-aligned AI, and a move toward self-custody.

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