Recode Decode: AnchorFree CEO David Gorodyansky

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

AnchorFree CEO David Gorodyansky talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how the company's VPN app Hotspot Shield has led it to enter several other internet security concerns. In this episode: (01:52) What AnchorFree does and how it got started; (06:19) How the security industry has changed over time; (08:24) AnchorFree’s $300 million funding round and how it makes money; (16:09) What people shouldn’t be worried about online and what they should; (26:55) The problem with the internet of things; (31:08) The bigger picture of privacy and legislation (40:19) Where things are going next and what people should do Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we work together, impossible things aren't so impossible.
0:05.0	In fact, they become possible.
0:08.0	That's why 75% of Fortune 500 companies work together using Atlassian software like Jira, Confluence and Trello to tackle their biggest challenges.
0:18.0	With a little imagination and a whole lot of collaboration, the possibilities really do become endless.
0:25.0	Atlassian for projects impossible alone.
0:31.0	Support for this podcast comes from Unisys.
0:34.0	Sometimes you'll hear people say, get your head out of the clouds.
0:37.0	Well, Unisys disagrees.
0:39.0	They say, keep your head in the clouds.
0:41.0	Keep dreaming and keep breaking through by getting your business to the best cloud you can.
0:46.0	Unisys offers app modernization that helps companies move their apps to the cloud, build new cloud native apps, and unlock powerful insights and performance.
0:55.0	With Unisys cloud solutions, the sky is not the limit.
0:59.0	It's just the beginning of unlimited potential.
1:02.0	It's the place where one breakthrough leads to another.
1:05.0	Unisys, keep breaking through.
1:08.0	Hi, I'm Karr Swisher, Editor-Large of Recode.
1:11.0	You may know me as a security expert.
1:13.0	My password ends in one, which means it's hacker proof.
1:15.0	But in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:21.0	Today in the red chair is David Gordjanski, the ECO of Anchor Free, the maker of a virtual private network app called Hot Spot Shield.
1:28.0	It has 600 million users and Axios calls it the most important mobile app you've never heard of.
1:33.0	We'll talk about all of that and more.
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