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The Vergecast

Former chief security officer of Facebook Alex Stamos

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Nilay Patel interviews Alex Stamos, director of Stanford's Internet Observatory and former chief security officer for Facebook. Nilay and Alex talk about how Cambridge Analytica changed Facebook, the tradeoffs big tech companies make with working with law enforcement and keeping users secure, and how prepared Facebook is for the next presidential election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from Slack.

0:03.0

You have to get your work done.

0:05.0

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0:16.0

and clips for recording and sharing video.

0:19.0

Slack also makes it easy to search and find the right information you need.

0:23.0

You can even integrate the apps you use in your normal workflow,

0:26.0

like your calendar or product management tools.

0:28.0

So you stay focused on the work that matters and get more done.

0:31.0

Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.

0:34.0

Hey everybody, it's me, Life in the RushHass.

0:36.0

And this week's interview episode, we have Alex Stamos.

0:39.0

He's currently the director of Stanford's Internet Observatory.

0:42.0

He explains to us exactly what that means.

0:44.0

But you might know him as the former Chief Security Officer for Facebook.

0:48.0

Alex and I talked a lot about what is going on with Facebook.

0:51.0

He was there during the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

0:54.0

Have that coverage has proceeded, how it's changed Facebook.

0:57.0

The trade-offs big platforms have to make between things like end-to-end encryption,

1:03.0

working with law enforcement, keeping users secure from bad actors,

1:07.0

what the threats for the platforms are, and honestly,

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