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Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part
Moxie Marlinspike's DEF CON 18 talk on changing threats to privacy argues that surveillance arrived through convenient services and network effects, so opting out is not a real solution. It also includes his framing of getting social democracy rather than the fascism people feared.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited repeatedly to rebut 'just don't use Facebook' arguments and to explain why tracking becomes hard to escape at critical mass.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- killab66661
- Topic
- surveillance and privacy
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 17
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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> Or, maybe, IM with OTR without logging, but that . . . might also fall prey to crazy counterparty either not disabling logging or intentionally recording and blackmailing. I thought this was one of the benefits of OTR over, say, PGP. That is, with …
losvedir on Hacker News · 2012-12
In Steps to Anonymous and Secured CommunicationMoxie Marlinspike gave a fantastic talk on this subject in 2010, even down to the government mandated tracking device vs mobile phone: [VIDEO]
yourcelf on Hacker News · 2013-08
In The Public-Private Surveillance PartnershipI would highly encourage anyone who thinks that the solution is as simple as "don't use XYZ" to see what Moxie Marlinspike had to say about "Changing threats to privacy" at Defcon 18: [VIDEO]
CodeMage on Hacker News · 2013-11
In Surveillance as a Business Model
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