People Need Privacy—to communicate freely, to organize without fear, to expose corruption safely. Without the privacy that empowers us to stand against oppressive forces, society risks losing its foundational freedoms.

Privacy is under unprecedented threat. Governments, malicious actors, and corporations actively work to undermine it. Advancements in computing power and technology have significantly enhanced surveillance capabilities, enabling them to grow at an unprecedented pace. We have ever better tooling for aggregating disparate data sets, exposing intimate patterns of our lives. Legislation aims to ban end-to-end encryption and mandate backdoors in electronic systems.

Privacy isn't about hiding—it's about choice.

We're dangerously close to losing that choice because privacy technology isn't advancing quickly enough to outpace those who seek to strip it away.

At the Ludlow Institute, we're fighting back. We’re leading a movement toward privacy-centered technology that empowers individuals.

The Internet is a battlefield for liberty, and the Ludlow Institute is on the front lines:

• Supporting the builders of privacy tools.

• Making sure these tools get in to as many hands as possible.

• Teaching people how to use them.

By advancing techno-optimism and through our practical approach to making privacy tools more accessible, we foster individual privacy as a cornerstone of human flourishing.

People are more empowered than they realize. They can reclaim their freedom now. With your support, the Ludlow Institute's mission is to show them how.

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Naomi Brockwell
President and Founder, Ludlow Institute