WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.887 [Music] 00:00:02.952 --> 00:00:05.556 [Voiceover] Surveillance is a tool of oppression 00:00:05.934 --> 00:00:07.380 It's evolved and we need to evolve. 00:00:07.596 --> 00:00:12.630 [Music] 00:00:12.630 --> 00:00:13.832 When you're out at a protest, 00:00:13.832 --> 00:00:16.612 it's not the same protest that, you know, 00:00:16.612 --> 00:00:19.456 generations ago, our ancestors were at. 00:00:19.456 --> 00:00:21.211 The protesting evolved using technology, 00:00:21.211 --> 00:00:22.220 but so has the adversaries 00:00:22.220 --> 00:00:23.330 and the surveillance tactics. 00:00:23.330 --> 00:00:24.182 They've evolved too. 00:00:26.364 --> 00:00:27.370 If you are 00:00:27.370 --> 00:00:29.357 participating in feats of activism, 00:00:29.389 --> 00:00:31.302 If you are organizing today, 00:00:31.433 --> 00:00:33.739 You probably don't want to do it 00:00:33.821 --> 00:00:36.680 on a platform with your real phone number 00:00:36.680 --> 00:00:38.100 or on a platform that's linked 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:39.436 to your real credit card. 00:00:39.436 --> 00:00:41.761 Make sure that you're using a VPN, 00:00:41.761 --> 00:00:43.170 a virtual private network, 00:00:44.419 --> 00:00:46.980 or organizing on keybase.io 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:49.207 or organizing on wire.com. 00:00:49.987 --> 00:00:51.460 So you're organizing in a way that's 00:00:51.516 --> 00:00:52.435 end-to-end encrypted. 00:00:52.435 --> 00:00:53.180 You're organizing in a way 00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:53.979 that's ephemeral. 00:00:54.144 --> 00:00:57.110 Like the conversation you would be having if you could stand in front of someone. 00:00:57.110 --> 00:00:59.051 So it's time, and then it's gone. 00:00:59.345 --> 00:01:03.273 Go into the security settings, turn on your two-factor to lock down your account 00:01:03.273 --> 00:01:06.487 so people can't take it over, but also see if there's any personalization. 00:01:06.871 --> 00:01:08.482 It sounds so nice: I'm catering this for you; 00:01:08.482 --> 00:01:10.130 I'm personalizing it just for you. 00:01:10.453 --> 00:01:13.748 But it's really allowing a lens into more about what you do 00:01:13.779 --> 00:01:16.055 for advertising dollars for them to collect. 00:01:16.795 --> 00:01:19.550 But you're talking about changing the way you just think about all of this. 00:01:19.646 --> 00:01:21.314 And you're like "You know what, I have some agency. 00:01:21.459 --> 00:01:22.536 And it's never too late. 00:01:22.650 --> 00:01:23.762 And I'm gonna start tomorrow. 00:01:23.762 --> 00:01:24.740 And I'm gonna take a small step." 00:01:24.761 --> 00:01:25.893 Take those small steps. 00:01:25.893 --> 00:01:28.659 Small steps over time, that's how you win this. 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:30.936 [Music]