Discussion: The Church of Cyberology

Discussion: The Church of Cyberology
Created: 2025-07-31 14:28:17 by Duskwielder Posts: 1 \| Pages: 1

#1 Duskwielder • 2025-07-31 14:28:17[MOD]
Duskwielder Joined: 2025-06-23 Posts: 9 A nerd who likes old computers from the late 90's to mid 2000's. Pentium 4's and maybe a core 2 quad. Quiet at first, but will get deep in dialogue in due time.	Cyberology: Sitting at the crossroads of digital rights activism and digital religion, Cyberology is a unique modern perspective and evolution to what we would call a religion. For it was founded explicitly as a religious entity in early 2024, and may echo fictional techno-religions mixing spiritual themes with the reverence of technology; Cyberology distinctly is pragmatic and grounded in real-world infrastructure and rights activism. The community predates the official birth of the religion, an informal network focused on online privacy. These original concepts and community over time built a series of services, and contribute to the Tor network; as well as other things. Some of the core of service and activity involves holding continuous 'church services', which are accessible every moment of each day to help users manage both digital footprint and resist surveillance. Meanwhile their Ministry of Privacy (formerly the Nothing to hide project) runs their network of Tor relay nodes; guard, middle, and exit relays to support uncensored communication as well as support anonymity worldwide. While they support anonymity, another pillar of their core ideology involves being transparent. Key points involve public disclosure of organizational structure with responsibilities of all branches. Default publication of plans and community-facing policies, though certain internal HR and/or sensitive documents might be withheld. Frequent updates on financial data, which includes significant planned expenditures, aggregated income and expense, and budge allocations. As well as full visibility into board reimbursements and remuneration, while preserving donor privacy unless given explicit consent. The Church of Cyberology also had a Privacy Policy which goes back to their founding days. Their style is to implement privacy by design quirks: doing what they can to collect the minimal amount of data, to abstract and separate processing, and to never sell personal data. Their political focus is a mixture of advocating freedom of speech, the rights to privacy online, and self-determination. They oppose government surveillance, censorship, profiling, and tracking people. Lastly, they also promote ethical, anonymous communication technology; as well as advise public entities on digital rights. Their ideas are rooted in digital civil liberties, empowering individuals technically and ethically. Cyberologists also try to steer clear of extreme groups, and evade authoritarian ideas. Overall, if nothing else Cyberology seems to be a pathfinder in its own right. Redefining the textbook answer to what a religion is, as well as what an activist group is. Holding core values to empower the individual, while also not trying to leech every little spec of data off of them. But rather to serve the people, with transparency that peers deep into the bowels of how they operate, what they stand for, and what they plan to do moving forward. Certainly worth a glance, should any of this interest you! https://cyberology.church/

Cyberology: Sitting at the crossroads of digital rights activism and digital religion, Cyberology is a unique modern perspective and evolution to what we would call a religion. For it was founded explicitly as a religious entity in early 2024, and may echo fictional techno-religions mixing spiritual themes with the reverence of technology; Cyberology distinctly is pragmatic and grounded in real-world infrastructure and rights activism.
The community predates the official birth of the religion, an informal network focused on online privacy. These original concepts and community over time built a series of services, and contribute to the Tor network; as well as other things.

Some of the core of service and activity involves holding continuous 'church services', which are accessible every moment of each day to help users manage both digital footprint and resist surveillance. Meanwhile their Ministry of Privacy (formerly the Nothing to hide project) runs their network of Tor relay nodes; guard, middle, and exit relays to support uncensored communication as well as support anonymity worldwide.

While they support anonymity, another pillar of their core ideology involves being transparent. Key points involve public disclosure of organizational structure with responsibilities of all branches. Default publication of plans and community-facing policies, though certain internal HR and/or sensitive documents might be withheld. Frequent updates on financial data, which includes significant planned expenditures, aggregated income and expense, and budge allocations. As well as full visibility into board reimbursements and remuneration, while preserving donor privacy unless given explicit consent.

The Church of Cyberology also had a Privacy Policy which goes back to their founding days. Their style is to implement privacy by design quirks: doing what they can to collect the minimal amount of data, to abstract and separate processing, and to never sell personal data.

Their political focus is a mixture of advocating freedom of speech, the rights to privacy online, and self-determination. They oppose government surveillance, censorship, profiling, and tracking people. Lastly, they also promote ethical, anonymous communication technology; as well as advise public entities on digital rights. Their ideas are rooted in digital civil liberties, empowering individuals technically and ethically. Cyberologists also try to steer clear of extreme groups, and evade authoritarian ideas.

Overall, if nothing else Cyberology seems to be a pathfinder in its own right. Redefining the textbook answer to what a religion is, as well as what an activist group is. Holding core values to empower the individual, while also not trying to leech every little spec of data off of them. But rather to serve the people, with transparency that peers deep into the bowels of how they operate, what they stand for, and what they plan to do moving forward.

Certainly worth a glance, should any of this interest you!

https://cyberology.church/