Ed Snowden Says a 'Very Very Dark Future' Is Not Inevitable

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🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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With all the news of leaks, national security, and hacking, who better to talk to than Ed Snowden? So yes, Manoush and Ed tackle the NSA, privacy, and ransomware. But also identity, the self, and the “quantified spiderweb of all our worst decisions.” It’s a very Note to Self chat with a very smart man.

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0:00.0	Hello dear listener, it's Manouche here in Washington DC.
0:05.6	I am sitting on the floor of an empty conference room.
0:08.4	Why you may ask?
0:09.4	Well, that's because this week, Note To Self is coming to you from a special event called
0:14.3	the No Identity Conference.
0:16.6	This is a conference about how we go forward protecting your personal information, something
0:21.4	we talk about a lot on the show.
0:23.5	And guess who kicked off this event?
0:25.1	Well, me, here in Washington, and Ed Snowden in Russia.
0:29.4	Ed and I were together, sort of, on stage and in conversation.
0:36.8	I just got off the stage where I was talking to him and we thought you'd like to be some
0:40.5	of the first people to hear what Ed has to say about our privacy, our identity, and how
0:46.6	we can live better online and off.
0:49.6	Take a listen.
0:51.2	I want to start out with the situation that I think is helping people see just how important
0:55.8	their personal information is, and that is the global cyber attacks that have now hit
1:00.4	over 200,000 computers in 150 countries.
1:05.2	You recently said that we are dealing with the greatest security crisis in history, and
1:10.0	that was before the attacks.
1:12.3	What went through your mind when you first heard about what had happened?
1:17.4	Yeah, so it's hard being right in the worst possible ways, right?
1:23.6	It's an uncomfortable feeling.
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