More and more, we’re being asked to surrender our bodies as data points—iris scans, fingerprints, facial recognition—just to move through public space. But there is another way.
In the U.S., a growing number of people are learning to stand in common law, recognizing that our rights are not granted by governments—they’re inalienable. The Bill of Rights still stands as a declaration of these protections—freedom of speech, bodily autonomy, privacy, and due process. Under natural law, your body is your property. No authority has lawful grounds to force you to give up biological information without consent. That is violence.
I don’t comply—because Iam studying the difference between maritime law and common law. Once i understand jurisdiction, everything shifts. I stop asking for permission—and start standing in my own authority.
This might not be widespread elsewhere—such as in Europe, Asia, and the rest of the Americas—where compliance is often mistaken for civility. But natural law is universal. It applies everywhere. One just has to learn how to stand.
It begins with language. With grammar. With courage.
One does not comply with the program. One person at a time, we remember how to stand.
I’ve tested this understanding while traveling within the United States for the past few years. I pay for Clear, a private service, but I don’t allow them to photograph me or collect unnecessary data. When asked, I simply say, “I prefer to show you my ID,” and extend my open passport to the TSA agent. If anyone resists or insists, I ask to speak to someone else. I request a manager. And most of the time—they know. They know that you know.
Just last week in Dallas, a Clear employee tried to tell me this “would be changing soon”—that I would have to start complying. I replied calmly, “You’re a private company. You’re not an authority.” Then I walked away. She followed me, raising her voice, telling a TSA agent I was not cooperating.
I looked directly at him, ignored her, handed over my passport—and he let me through.
Then I turned to her and said, “You understand you have no authority over the privacy of my body, correct?” She hesitated and replied, “Yes… but this is going to change.”
It’s a scary prospect with these constant layers of digital surveillance, being added everywhere. Despite sensible “countermeasures”, such as VPN, aliases etc, our phone today is already a wet dream for an old east german stasi officer. For a long time we have been lured into apps for everything. I have really cleaned up my phone lately, but even I use it to pay groceries ‘cause of personalised offers, thus registering everything. As you say Efrat, combined with CBDC’s, next time we have a bowl of spicy chilli and fart, our CO2 quota is suddenly up, and we can’t fly…..and of course more serious matters. In my heavily digitised 🇩🇰 I do see some pushback: 2 known public figures made the “The Analog Ministry “ and helped a citizen to defend the right to keep communication with the government be analog. A trend with younger people getting a dumb phone and schools going back to books and a blackboard…but it’s still uphill. You referred to an article: is it possible to opt out of the facescan?
More and more, we’re being asked to surrender our bodies as data points—iris scans, fingerprints, facial recognition—just to move through public space. But there is another way.
In the U.S., a growing number of people are learning to stand in common law, recognizing that our rights are not granted by governments—they’re inalienable. The Bill of Rights still stands as a declaration of these protections—freedom of speech, bodily autonomy, privacy, and due process. Under natural law, your body is your property. No authority has lawful grounds to force you to give up biological information without consent. That is violence.
I don’t comply—because Iam studying the difference between maritime law and common law. Once i understand jurisdiction, everything shifts. I stop asking for permission—and start standing in my own authority.
This might not be widespread elsewhere—such as in Europe, Asia, and the rest of the Americas—where compliance is often mistaken for civility. But natural law is universal. It applies everywhere. One just has to learn how to stand.
It begins with language. With grammar. With courage.
One does not comply with the program. One person at a time, we remember how to stand.
very inspirational. So - for example - you've tried it at airports in the US and it works?...
I’ve tested this understanding while traveling within the United States for the past few years. I pay for Clear, a private service, but I don’t allow them to photograph me or collect unnecessary data. When asked, I simply say, “I prefer to show you my ID,” and extend my open passport to the TSA agent. If anyone resists or insists, I ask to speak to someone else. I request a manager. And most of the time—they know. They know that you know.
Just last week in Dallas, a Clear employee tried to tell me this “would be changing soon”—that I would have to start complying. I replied calmly, “You’re a private company. You’re not an authority.” Then I walked away. She followed me, raising her voice, telling a TSA agent I was not cooperating.
I looked directly at him, ignored her, handed over my passport—and he let me through.
Then I turned to her and said, “You understand you have no authority over the privacy of my body, correct?” She hesitated and replied, “Yes… but this is going to change.”
“We’ll see,” I said. And left.
It’s a scary prospect with these constant layers of digital surveillance, being added everywhere. Despite sensible “countermeasures”, such as VPN, aliases etc, our phone today is already a wet dream for an old east german stasi officer. For a long time we have been lured into apps for everything. I have really cleaned up my phone lately, but even I use it to pay groceries ‘cause of personalised offers, thus registering everything. As you say Efrat, combined with CBDC’s, next time we have a bowl of spicy chilli and fart, our CO2 quota is suddenly up, and we can’t fly…..and of course more serious matters. In my heavily digitised 🇩🇰 I do see some pushback: 2 known public figures made the “The Analog Ministry “ and helped a citizen to defend the right to keep communication with the government be analog. A trend with younger people getting a dumb phone and schools going back to books and a blackboard…but it’s still uphill. You referred to an article: is it possible to opt out of the facescan?
Read Monika's comment here on this post... natural law, she says there is a way. I never learnt it, but I know many people who talk about it.
Thanks, Efrat--this is very important stuff!
I listened on the Substack app (I like "your" new voice over there, by the way), then I came back here to take another look.
I enjoyed Bev Turner's pushback in the 3-minute video that you included!
Yes it is indeed important... but to be honest I really don't know how to push back on this. it's not an easy one... the times, they are changing...
I agree--I'm not sure how to fight the looming, increased "computer says no" problems...
Check out Monika's comment here.
Oops, sorry--I don't see Monika's comment; am I missing something?
https://www.efrat.blog/p/no-boarding-pass-no-privacy-the-new/comment/109053820
yes... she commented on this post too... weird you don't see it!
I apologize--I see Monika's excellent comments now!
I may have had some weird browser cache problem? I kept hitting refresh, and it kept saying "4 comments", and none of them were from Monika.