DeSec? Where crypto meets security, surveillance, and defense

The article argues that crypto can act as a check on the state's monopoly on surveillance and enforcement tools, using a category of projects it calls DeSec. It proposes decentralized networks of node runners, such as a DePin-style version of SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter) microphone nodes, to detect gunshots and jamming events and alert authorities. It also suggests that governance by protocols could withdraw data from enforcement agencies whose actions diverge from community values. The author closes with a skeptic's remark that expanding surveillance could be a net negative regardless of who controls it.