Samantha Bee Gets Talib Kweli To Rap About Protecting Your Phone With A Passcode
from the computer-security-finally-becoming-cool dept
Lately it's been John Oliver whose short segments have been related to Techdirt-focus areas, but now it's another Daily Show alum, Samantha Bee, whose show, Full Frontal, just had an excellent segment by Ashley Nicole Black that's a Mr. Robot parody explaining why everyone should learn about protecting their digital info, including putting a passcode on their phone, using different passwords and more. The ~7-minute clip includes brief cameos by Senators Ron Wyden and Pat Leahy talking about overly aggressive US surveillance -- and an extended bit with technologist Chris Soghoian, who just left the ACLU to go help Congress better understand technology (this is good!). And then, at the end, they get Talib Kweli to do an... updated version of his hit song "Get By" to make it relevant to protecting your personal data from government surveillance, and concluding that the surveillance "goes against the 4th Amendment." And, did we mention the whole thing is pretty funny?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: ashley nicole black, encryption, mr. robot, passcodes, samantha bee, surveillance, talib kweli
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Great stuff
What is good about these liberal comedy shows is they keep to real facts rather than fake news. Unlike some conservative comedy shows like Alex Jones (he is trying to be funny, right?) who seem to consistently use complete fabrications.
My wife & I are actually going to see John Oliver live at the Fox in Detroit us a couple weeks.
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Side Point: Great podcast that discusses what hill billies would call super liberal, but the rest of us would call 'important matters' such as education, policing, water policy, social security, Making fun of Alex Jones... etc.
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Can confirm.
I have noticed this trait in people but never associated it with political ideologies. I suppose it makes sense when you live in a world devoid of gray, everything is right or wrong and there is no interpretation. This leaves little room for free thinking, creativity and understanding irony.
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Sounds familiar
First they survielled the terrorists, and I did not speak out...
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Passcode NOT fingerprint
So make sure you don't have a fingerprint unlock on your phone.
Make them work for it!
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It helps if companies out there do their job too.
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