In the midst of very public controversy around how truthful Zoom is being when it comes to the security of user’s data, we decided to have a discussion about lesser-known threats. We first cover Dave Portnoy and his ability to create viral content no matter what the situation. Next, we talk about how much your data is worth and lastly why we think this will be an extremely important topic in the 2024 election.

For context on the story:

DHH @dhh

“Zoom’s misleading claims give users a false sense of security and privacy. Whether it’s hosting a virtual happy hour or a yoga class, or using Zoom for therapy or government cabinet meetings, everyone deserves privacy”

techcrunch.comMaybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all – TechCrunchAfter a year of security and privacy scandals, should we trust Zoom to keep our video calls private?

1:43 AM ∙ Apr 2, 2020

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Other links mentioned:

• Is big tech too big? We reference how no one is poised to come out of a recession stronger than the Trillion dollar tech companies.

• Yuval Harari on the importance of data security in his book 21 Lessons For the 21rst Century.

• Here’s an article that disagrees with our opinion on ‘net neutrality’, claiming that the internet will stay neutral regardless of Government intervention.