A government that couldn't launch its own app. A military that lost control of its own drones. A court prosecutor who couldn't access his own email.

This talk traces how we got here, from the open internet dream of the 90s, through Snowden, the Cloud Act, and the moment Big Tech started selling "sovereignty" back to the governments it was supposed to protect them from.

Then it gets practical. You'll leave with six concrete things you can do on your next project.

Which cloud jurisdiction you're actually choosing. Which APIs create dependencies you can't exit. What encryption actually protects you from, and what it doesn't.

You are already part of this story. Every architecture decision you make is a small vote.

The question is whether you're casting it with your eyes open.