[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... wanted to be able to use Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thunderbird and GnuPG together with Tor, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we thought: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, it would be really easy, I bet, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to configure Thunderbird to work with Tor Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- hah - so a new Free software project\Nwas born. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really simple thing, but basically Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a package\Nthat hooks it all together. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of people were using Thunderbird Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and TorBirdy, and GnuPG, and Tor, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Debian, together for email, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with Riseup as an email service. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a literally a real peer to peer,\NFree software driven set of things, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, that made it possible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[question]:\NSo one thing I never understood about this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process was exactly how the documents were\Nhandled, and maybe that's because nobody Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants to say, but, you know, did you leave\Nthem on a server somewhere and download Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, hand them over to people, and who\Ntook what where, and how do you... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in case I need to do something really\Ndangerous with a load of documents, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the best way of doing it? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jacob]: Hmm! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience member]: It's a good thing\Nthis isn't being streamed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry, what? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a voice from god,\Nwhat did she say? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[audience]:\NI said good we aren't streaming tonight. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, so hello to all of our friends\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in domestic and international\Nsurveillance services. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, so I won't answer your question, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since you asked the question,\Nit's my turn to talk. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I would say is that... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to do clandestine activities Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you fear for your life for, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to really think about\Nthe situation that you're in Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very carefully. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so a big part of this is\Noperational security Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a big part of that is\Ncompartmentalization. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So certain people had access\Nto certain things, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe they couldn't decrypt them, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and certain things were moved around, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's on a need to know basis, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those people who knew, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not me - I don't know anything,\NI don't know what you're talking about. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people knew, and then you know, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll go with them to their grave. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're interested in being the next\NEdward Snowden, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to do your homework Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in finding people that will be able to do\Nthe other part of it, let's say. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just in general, I mean Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compartmentalization is key, right. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not just for AppArmor profiles. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you need to think about\Nwhat you want to do. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I mean a big part of this\Nis to consider that the network itself Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the enemy, even though it is useful\Nfor communicating. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all the metadata that exists\Non the network Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have tipped people off,\Ncould have caused Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this whole thing to fall apart. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is amazing, I feel like you know Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two and half, three years ago, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you talk about Free software, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you talk about the idea of\NFree software, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you talk about issues relating to\Nautonomy and privacy, and security Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a really different reception now\Nthan you did then, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's really what it took Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn the world half a degree,\Nor something, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a quarter of a degree or something. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going to tell you about\Ndetailed plans for conspiracy, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I highly encourage you to read about\NSouth African history, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular the history of\NUmkhonto we Sizwe. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the clandestine communications\Ngroup for MK, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or rather the operation who lay inside of MK, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is Umkhonto we Sizwe, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are sort of with\Nthe African National Congress, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those people have published so many\Nbooks about the revolutionary activities Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overthrow the apartheid state. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you read these books, especially\Nthe book "Operation Vula" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Armed and Dangerous"\Nby Ronnie Kasrils Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they give you some idea about\Nwhat you need to do Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is to compartmentalize, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to find people to do various tasks,\Nspecific tasks, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to work on building trust\Nwith each other, what that looks like, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to identify political targets, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you might use things\Nlike communications technology Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the political topic on, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the discussion in general. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the best way to learn about\Nthese things is to study previous people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have tried to do that kind of stuff. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the NSA is not the apartheid regime of\NSouth Africa, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are still lessons\Nto be learned there, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you really want to know the answer\Nto that, also Che Guevara's manual Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on guerilla warfare is very interesting, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot of other books like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be happy to talk about it\Nwith you later. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have nothing to do with anything\Nthat we may or may not have done. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[question]: Do you think there is a chance\Nthat things may get better Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example I know that publicly,\Nsome programs were not extended Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't know what is happening\Nin the background Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so maybe it's the same thing\Nbut they are pretending that it's not Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you see this? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jacob]: Well I think a couple of things. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In general I think what happened, not just\Nwith this movie but with all of these things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that in inspired hope, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the hope is very important, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hope is not a strategy for survival,\Nor for building alternatives, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so what it has also done, is that it has\Nallowed us to raise the profile Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the things which actually do\Nmake it better. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example ridding ourselves of the\Nchains of proprietary software Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something that's a serious discussion\Nwith people that wouldn't have previously Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talked about Free software\Nbecause they don't care about liberty, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they care about security. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though I think those are\Nreally simliar things, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,previously they just thought we were just\NFree software hippies, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in tie-dye shirts Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while that may be true on the weekends\Nand evenings Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with Bdale every day\N[laughter] Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that actually does make it better Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also changes the dialogue, in\Nthe sense that it's no longer reasonable Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pretend that mass surveillance and\Nsurveillance issues don't matter, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you really go down the\Nrabbit-hole Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thinking about what the security\Nservices are trying to do Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes obvious that we want to encrypt\Neverything all the time Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to beat selector-based surveillance\Nand dragnet-based surveillance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter if something is authenticated Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could still trigger some action\Nto take place Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these kinds of surveillance machines Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could for example drone\Nstrike someone, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it raises that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that gives me a lot of hope too, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people understand the root\Nof the problem, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the root of many problems Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the root of some violence\Nin the world, actually. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it helps us to reduce that\Nviolence Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by getting people to acknowledge\Nthat it's real Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also that they care about it Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we care about each other. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that really gives me a lot of hope,\Nand part of that is Snowden Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and part of that is the documents Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the other part of it is that.. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to blow it up and make it\Nsound like we did something Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a big deal, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in a sense, Laura, Glen, myself\Nand a number of other people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really not sure we would ever be able\Nto travel home to our country Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we wouldn't be arrested. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually haven't been home\Nin over two and half years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, two years and three months\Nor something Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went out on a small business trip\Nthat was supposed to last two weeks Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then this happened Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been hear ever since. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really long, crazy trip. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the point is that that's what was\Nnecessary to make some of these changes Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually it will turn around Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will be able to go home, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Laura and Glen will be able to travel\Nto the US again. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, Julian is still stuck in the\NEcuadorian embassy Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sarah lives in exile in Berlin, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in exile in Berlin, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Ed is in Moscow Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're not finished with some of\Nthese things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's also possible that we are,\Nthe set of people I mentioned, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state we're in, will stay that way\Nforever. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what matters is that the rest\Nof the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually move on and fix some of\Nthese problems, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a lot of hope about that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see a lot of change, that's the\Nreally big part. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I see the reproducible build stuff\Nthat Holger and Lunar are working on. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People really understand the root reason\Nfor needing to do that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually seems quite reasonable\Nto people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would previously have expended energy\Nagainst it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in support of it, so I think that's\Nreally good. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a lot of other hopeful things. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would try and be as uplifting\Nas possible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the rum! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[question]: Near the end of the film\Nwe saw something about another source. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may have been missing some news\Nor something Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't remember anything about that\Nbeing public. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what happened to them? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jacob]: As far as I know any other\Nsource that was mentioned in the film Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still anonymous, and they're still free. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not exactly sure because I was not\Ninvolved in that part Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also saw the end of the film Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've seen a bunch of other reporting\Nwhich wasn't attributed to anyone in particular Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the good news... there's an old slogan\Nfrom the Dutch hacker community, right? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Someone you trust is one of us, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the leak is higher up in the chain of\Ncommand than you" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel like that might be true again,\Nhopefully. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that guy has a question as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[question]: Part of the problem initially\Nwas that encryption software Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not so easy to use, right? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think part of the challenge\Nfor everyone Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to improve on that situation\Nto make it better Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm asking you if you've observed\Nany change and to the rest of the room Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have we done anything to improve on that? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jacob]: I definitely think that there is\Na lot of free software Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes encryption easier to use, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though not always on free platforms,\Nwhich is heart-breaking. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example Moxie Marlinspike has done\Na really good job Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Signal, Textsecure and Redphone Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making end-to-end, encrypted\Ncalling, texting, sexting, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whatever apps, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sext-secure is what I think it's nicknamed Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm very impressed by that,\Nand it works really well Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's something which in the\Nlast two years Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a cell-phone,\Nwhich I don't recommend Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you have a cell-phone,\Nand you put in everyone's phone number, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people that I was classify as\Nnon-technical, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't care about Free software\Nas a hobby or as a passion Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as a profession. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see their names in those systems Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often more than some of the\NFree software people, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's really impressive to me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think there's been a huge shift\Njust generally about those sorts of things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also about social responsibility Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people understand they have a\Nresponsibility to other people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encrypt communications,\Nand not to put people in harm's way Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by sending unsafe stuff over\Nunsafe communication lines Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think in my personal view it's better. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the original problem wasn't actually\Nthat the encryption was hard to use. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the main problem is people didn't\Nunderstand the reason Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it needed to be done Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they believed the lie that is\Ntargetted versus mass surveillance Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a big lie, and the lie is\Nthat there is such a thing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as targeted surveillance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the modern era, most so-called\Ntargetted surveillance actually happens Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through mass surveillance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gather everything up, and then they\Nlook through the thing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've already seized. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course there are targetted,\Nfocussed attacks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the main thing is that the abuse of\Nsurveillance often happens Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on an individual basis Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also has a societal cost. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot of people really\Nunderstand that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's probably because I also live in\NGermany now for the last two years Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I feel that German society in\Nparticular is extremely aware Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these abuses in the modern world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have a historical context\Nthat allows them to talk about it Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rest of the world, where the\Nrest of the world doesn't downplay it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is how other people relate to\NGermany Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just about Germans relate to\Neach other. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has also been really good\Nfor just meeting regular people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who really care about it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who really want to do things. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people's parents email me,\Nand are like Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want to protect my children, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the best way to use crypto\Nwith them" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, things like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't every receive emails like\Nthat in the past Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's to me is uplifting\Nand very positive.