Episode #1572
Moxie Marlinspike
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Computer security researcher Moxie Marlinspike, creator of the encrypted messaging service Signal, discusses the origins of Signal, mass surveillance, corporate data collection, and the social costs of technology. The conversation also covers cryptography, social media algorithms, content moderation, the risks of AI, and a dangerous sailing accident that changed his perspective.
What they talked about
- Signal's mission against mass surveillance
- History of government surveillance programs
- Ethical issues in electronics manufacturing
- Capitalism and technology's momentum
- Signal's privacy features and user complaints
- Sailing adventures and near-death experience
- Social media censorship and algorithmic bias
- Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist
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