The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto

Privacy, security and state surveillance (feat. Chelsea Manning and Harry Halpin of Nym)

December 13, 2023 Chelsea Manning, Harry Halpin Season 1 Episode 25
The Agenda Podcast: Decoding Crypto
Privacy, security and state surveillance (feat. Chelsea Manning and Harry Halpin of Nym)
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Nym CEO Harry Halpin and security consultant Chelsea Manning sit down with The Agenda to explain how the Nym mixnet and VPN help keep users anonymous online, as well as how privacy tools can fight AI algorithms and surveillance, why institutional adoption can be good for privacy, and more.

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Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
What is Nym, and how does it work? How is a mixnet different from a VPN?
Decentralized Nym VPN vs. centralized VPNs
Can the government access our data and communications?
Using privacy tech based on your personal threat model
Privacy tools help you stay resilient to future threats
Is it legal to use Nym? Are VPNs legal?
Why institutional adoption of privacy technology is good
The history of Tor and how commercialization can benefit privacy tools
How the Nym VPN can help fight AI algorithms and surveillance
Will artificial intelligence become sentient and destroy us?
Harry Halpin on Bernard Stiegler