TWiT 1061: Amy's Crazy Husband - Can One Build a Truly Anonymous Laptop?

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Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 175 minutes

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Summary

What happens if your internet provider gets the blame for what you download? This week, the panel unpacks a billion-dollar copyright battle at the Supreme Court that could upend how we all use the web.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb, Cathy Gellis, and Brian Woolf

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0:00.0	It's time for twit this week in tech great panel for you. Kathy Gellis is here, our favorite attorney.
0:04.9	She is admitted to the bar for the Supreme Court.
0:07.7	Has something to say about a big copyright case. It's up right now.
0:11.9	Also, Amy Webb Futurist is here. And yes, a surprise visit from Amy's crazy husband who explained
0:18.7	how me made a completely anonymous computer,
0:23.1	that and all the tech news coming up next on Twit.
0:29.2	Podcasts you love.
0:31.1	From people you trust.
0:33.6	This is Twit.
0:40.1	This is Twit. This is Twit.
0:41.7	This Week in Tech, episode 1061, recorded Sunday, December 7th, 2025.
0:48.7	Amy's crazy husband.
0:50.9	It's time for Twit this week in Tech.
0:52.7	The show we cover the Week's tech news. Hello,
0:55.0	everyone, because so glad you're here, you'll be glad to when you find out who's on the show
0:58.8	today. Kathy Ellis is joining us, our favorite attorney. She is a contributor at TechDirt and has
1:05.8	been following closely the latest from Scotus. We'll talk about that in a moment hi kathy good to see you thanks for
1:16.7	having me the latest from scotus the supreme court of the united states amy webb is also here
1:22.9	our favorite futurist she is with the future founder of and CEO the Future Today's Strategy Group,
1:28.4	where she advises corporations, government, the military on how to plan, how to plan for
1:34.6	the future strategically. Also, uh, a Broadway producer. Congratulations. Thanks. On the success
1:42.4	of chess. I couldn't, I, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I got an email from you saying, oh and by the way, among all my other major accomplishments. Well, no, no, no, that's not. It was more like, hey, everybody, there's this really cool thing happening in New York. No, you didn't say it that way, but I'm thinking, gosh, darn her. Is there anything she can't do?
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