E122 - Never Alone

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

April 2021

Bletchley Park’s latest temporary exhibition is called ‘Never Alone’ and asks ‘what happens when everything is connected?’ Based on an exhibition developed and designed by the National Science and Media Museum, ‘Never Alone’ explores the popularity and power of smart devices.

There are now more devices connected to the internet than people on the planet. ‘Smart’ gadgets are becoming part of our lives, making us safer, bringing people together and making everyday tasks easier. In the exhibition, we explore the issues behind these gadgets. We discover some wartime objects and stories that show how concerns about privacy and surveillance aren’t unique to the internet age. You are invited to think about the decisions you make when you click ‘OK’, and to consider what being connected means to you.

In this episode we meet two people who have loaned us objects for display, ethical hacker Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners and local museum professional Amy Doolan. We start by taking a tour of the exhibition in Hut 12.

Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2021

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The From the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:38.8	Welcome to the April 2021 episode of the Bletchley Park podcast, Never Alone.
0:45.9	Bletchley Park's latest temporary exhibition is called Never Alone and asks what happens
0:50.3	when everything is connected. Based on an exhibition developed and designed by the National
0:54.7	Science and Media Museum, never alone explores the popularity and power of smart devices. There are now
1:01.0	more devices connected to the internet than people on the planet. Smart gadgets are becoming
1:06.3	part of our lives, making us safer, bringing people together and making everyday tasks easier.
1:12.1	In the exhibition, we explore issues behind these gadgets. We discover some wartime objects
1:17.3	and stories that show how concerns about privacy and surveillance aren't unique to the
1:21.9	internet age. You're invited to think about the decisions you make when you click OK,
1:27.2	and to consider what being connected means to you.
1:30.4	In this episode, we meet two people who have loaned us objects for display,
1:34.4	ethical hacker Ken Monroe of Penn Test Partners,
1:37.3	and local museum professional Amy Doolan.
1:39.9	We start by taking a tour of the exhibition in Hut 12.
1:51.5	Thank you. We start by taking a tour of the exhibition in Hutt 12. Erica, can we pick up where we left off last July?
1:55.2	Because our listeners may remember that last July, when we reopened the museum,
2:00.5	we were talking about our new exhibition
2:03.0	that's in Hutt 12, Never Alone, and how we were looking forward to welcoming people to it.
2:07.8	And then obviously, things have happened.
2:10.2	A lot has happened.
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