How Privacy’s Defender Cindy Cohn Changed the Future of Encryption

About this episode

Cindy Cohn discusses encryption and digital privacy issues, drawing from her experiences and new memoir.

Cindy Cohn joins Remarkable People to break down encryption, Section 230, metadata, and the real meaning of the First and Fourth Amendments in the digital age. As longtime leader of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she has taken on the Department of Justice, challenged mass surveillance, and helped secure the tools we rely on every day. We also dive into her new memoir, Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, and what comes next in the fight for online freedom. -- Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable. With his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing. If you love society and culture, documentaries, and business podcasts, take a second to follow Remarkable People. Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast  will learn from some of the most…

People in this episode

Host: Guy Kawasaki

Guest: Cindy Cohn

Topics covered

• encryption
• digital privacy
• First Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• mass surveillance
• online freedom

Keywords

• encryption
• privacy
• digital surveillance
• First Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Cindy Cohn
• Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Department of Justice

Books & works: Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance

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