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Encryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on encryption and the Apple versus FBI dispute after San Bernardino. It explains the stakes of weakening encryption and ends with a fake Apple ad about iPhone vulnerabilities.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Cited in encryption policy threads as a funny, accessible primer and for its fake Apple ad.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
LastWeekTonight
Topic
encryption policy
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
9
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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  • I am surprised that a search for "math" only turned up one result in this thread, about car accidents vs terrorist victims. Isn't it true that encryption legislation or policy is sort of irrelevant next to the very clear math that says encryption will always …

    ccvannorman on Hacker News · 2016-03
    In Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fighting Terrorism

  • Elections are coming and everyone has to play tough. None of this is targeted at terrorist as is does not even remotely make sense its all about controlling the population. Let`s see when they propose to ban math. Mandatory John Oliver on Encryption :) [VIDEO]

    spdy on Hacker News · 2016-08
    In Taking stock of the new French-German encryption proposal

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