He is not, in truth, an anarchist. He is a crypto-zealot, most definitely eccentric, and opposed to a lot of government intrusion. In today's world, I guess that's an anarchist
He is not, in truth, an anarchist. He is a crypto-zealot, most definitely eccentric, and opposed to a lot of government intrusion. In today's world, I guess that's an anarchist
He's also the creator of the Anarchist Yacht Club and has produced voice content for Audio Anarchy audiobooks. In his documentary about sailing (Hold Fast, it's really good) he flies a black flag.
Just saying, there is more evidence towards his anarchism than just zealousness towards crypto.
WhatsApp was (maybe still is?) the most popular messaging application in the world. Getting it E2E encrypted is a huge coup.
The upshot is I worry that E2E encryption has given folks a false sense of security.
> Media and messages you back up aren't protected by WhatsApp end-to-end encryption while in Google Drive.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/28000019/?category=52452...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-warns-free-google-dri...
WhatsApp has gotten more people to use E2E encryption than any other product in human history. By many orders of magnitude. If you believe that people should use E2E encryption there is no better product to work on.