Why Uncensorable Tech Still Needs Privacy | ETH Boulder
This is an archive entry: the video and its full transcript, published so the words can be read, searched and quoted. It is not a written piece.
Transcript
Spotted a wrong word? Tap its timestamp, then tell us.
Transcribed from the original audio and corrected for names. Search every transcript
These are the speaker’s own words. We have not checked their claims.
0:00A: So if we want uncensorable tools to remain uncensorable, if we want the decentralized web to actually be a tool for freedom, we need to teach people how to use the internet privately. And so I really pivoted, set up an institute focusing on empowering tech in general, but a lot of stuff on privacy, because if the foundation of privacy disappears, we can’t use any of this amazing technology if the powers that be don’t want us to use it. So we focus on a lot of threat profiling, so helping people understand at what level they should be making choices. There’s no point in me giving you guys Snowden-level advice for how to protect yourselves. You’re not Snowden. You have different attack threat models. So it’s about kind of gauging what is appropriate and sustainable and feasible for your level. What’s the stuff you should be worrying about? What’s the stuff you should not be worrying about? That is, you know, it’s -- you can if you want, but it’s going to be a lot of work. It’s going to be a lot of inconvenience. Do you need to do it? Probably not.
