Your email, your cloud storage, your exchange account. A single compromised login can expose your home address, your routines, your family, and your finances. For anyone with meaningful Bitcoin exposure, account security is not a separate concern from physical security. It is part of the same picture.

This one-hour introductory session covers the principles behind building a password system you fully own and control, with no data on someone else's servers and no single point of failure. It is designed for people who want to understand the approach before implementing it, and to know what to look for when they do.

Why you should participate

You will leave with a clear understanding of what a sovereign password management setup looks like, why each decision matters, and what the implementation path looks like if you decide to take it further. This is an introduction to Gart's Digital Security Remote Training, a one-on-one service that walks you through the full setup at your own pace.

This is a live session with a Q&A at the end: bring your questions and your specific situation.

About your host

For digital privacy we partner with the advisory team of SMS, led by Max Hillebrand, Bitcoin and Privacy Technology Advisor.

Max is a praxeologist and open-source advocate dedicated to building freedom tech that empowers individuals through economic and technological sovereignty. He is a globally respected expert in Bitcoin privacy and self-custody, known for building secure, reliable systems that help individuals and businesses take full control of their Bitcoin, safely, privately, and without reliance on third parties.

What you will learn

• Why popular password managers introduce a dependency you may not want, and what the alternative looks like
• How an encrypted local vault changes who has access to your credentials
• What sovereign sync means in practice, and how your data can stay available across devices without living on someone else's server
• How time-based verification codes fit into a unified setup, and why consolidating them matters
• What a recovery plan looks like, and why practicing it before you need it is part of the setup

Format and capacity

• Duration: 1 hour, including a live Q&A at the end
• Platform: Our private Jisti server. You will receive the link after registering.
• Language: English
• Seats: limited to 30