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Encryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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CryptographyPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimeSatire & parody

What it is

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on encryption and the Apple versus FBI dispute after San Bernardino. It explains the stakes of weakening encryption and ends with a fake Apple ad about iPhone vulnerabilities.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in encryption policy threads as a funny, accessible primer and for its fake Apple ad.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “John Oliver has a great segment[1]”

    Segment noting most encryption apps are not US-based.

    ccvannorman, 2016-03 · Recommendation · in “Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fighting Terrorism”

  2. “Mandatory John Oliver on Encryption :)”

    Considered must-see on encryption policy.

    spdy, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “Taking stock of the new French-German encryption proposal”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: encryption, apple vs fbi, privacy, john oliver, san bernardino

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