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Encryption Backdoors Built for Governments Will Inevitably Be Exploited by Adversaries
“If you enable a back door, which is what some governments are requesting it is really naive to think that that back door would only be accessed by that government who wants it.”
Gabriel Weinberg May 14, 2019 ▶ 32:40 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
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Companies Will Unavoidably Monetize Collectible Data Without Government Intervention
“My general proposition I've been saying for years is, if the data can be collected, and if it can be used to make profits, it's gonna be used for that by people, unless The government stops it.”
Gabriel Weinberg May 14, 2019 ▶ 14:02 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
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Privacy Regulation Alone Cannot Stop Big Tech's Monopolistic Practices
“Say you regulated privacy, the data monopoly piece they're already so big that they can still use their weight to do other Monopolistic practices, which would be bad for competition outside of the data monopoly piece. So you need someone else looking at those …”
Gabriel Weinberg May 14, 2019 ▶ 18:33 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
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Mainstream Free Digital Services Cannot Easily Pivot to Paid Models
“On a market that is already free, it's hard to see a mainstream provider go paid on it because there's so much friction going from free to paid.”
Gabriel Weinberg May 14, 2019 ▶ 24:00 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
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Async Teams Should State Intended Actions and Proceed Absent Objections
“So what we try to say is there are a lot of other smart people in the company who may be able to do things faster, better, know the right answer. And so generally you should be coming back and validating your direction. And so the easiest way to do that is to …”
Gabriel Weinberg May 14, 2019 ▶ 1:23:56 Gabriel Weinberg: Practical Steps to Safeguard Your Data and Identity Online
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