Is any messaging app truly private? | Not Dead Yet: Episode 5

WhatsApp whistleblowers have claimed the company can read your messages. This caused many of the big names in communication apps to start firing shots at each other over privacy. This left us all wondering: Is there any app you can use to communicate privately and securely anymore? In episode 5 of Not Dead Yet, Robert Baggs speaks with Chris McCabe, the co-founder and CEO of the private messaging app, Session. They discuss everything from the perils of metadata to the future of private messaging. Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro 01:13 – What Is Session? 04:55 – Can WhatsApp read your messages? 09:26 – What is so bad about metadata? 14:29 – The difficulties of no KYC 19:50 – Regulators and relocation 20:42 – End-to-end encryption isn’t enough 22:54 – Where does AI fit into the privacy landscape? 27:43 – Is there another PRISM agreement between AI and governments? 37:37 – If we don’t regulate AI, where do we end up? 41:10 – “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” 43:40 – The desire for a panopticon 48:00 – What’s the future of privacy in communication? Follow COINTELEGRAPH: Website: https://cointelegraph.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/cointelegraph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cointelegraph Twitter: https://twitter.com/cointelegraph Mobile app: https://linktr.ee/cointelegraph_mobile Cointelegraph covers everything Bitcoin, bringing you the latest news, prices, breakthroughs, and analysis, with emphasis on expert opinion and commentary from the digital currency community.