More Special, Less Privacy

Jacob Cook from arkOS is with the guys for part 2 of the discussion on privacy. Jacob says we should trust the investigation techniques we’ve used for years rather than collect everyone’s data. Meanwhile, Paul has a great metaphor for online privacy, the front door of your home. We mentioned it in the show notes for the last episode, but we talked about the Last Weeek Tonight video on Edward Snowden in this part. (NSFW) Jacob recommends Citizenfour, the Oscar winning documentary about the Snowden leak while Chris is not as impressed. Watch it on iTunes. Chris recommends The Internet’s Own Boy which you can also watch on iTunes. Trusting websites and companies with our data online is one thing. We also have to trust our friends with whom we share. You send them pictures & information all the time. They could get hacked or use gmail and your data is at risk. Diaspora is a social network that is decentralized. GNUSocial is another decentralized social network. Chris asks Jacob about IndieWebCamp. Suggested examples are jeena.net and brennannovak.com. The government wants a backdoor into every system out there. This would make encryption pointless. Legal or not, many are being forced to unlock phones and decrypt laptops at borders. Legally you can be forced to unlock your phone with touch ID. Nothing leaves the web. You post it. Forever it shall be. “I don’t have anything to hide.” Jacob suggests that you watch Why Privacy Matters. Jacob gives a quick overview on how to get started protecting your privacy. Start with hosting your email somewhere else beside these large data collection companies. A brief discussion of the robot in Starcrash. Or is he the chicken lawyer from Futurama? Your Samsung SmartTV is spying on you? Meanwhile, Barbie is spying on your kids. Lenovo Responds to Superfish issue. Jacob tells us about the new arkOS Connect service. Once again thanks for listening and thanks to our guest for the chat. Be sure to check out Jacob’s arkOS. If you want to hear more from Jacob, have a listen to the Film Frown podcast he was on. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon