97: Reinventing the Internet with Standard Notes CEO Mo

Mo is the founder and CEO of Standard Notes, a privacy-focused note-taking app. Standard Notes features end-to-end encryption, advanced security, and unique privacy controls. Standard Notes' code is completely open-source and independently audited by leading security researchers. It is an ideal example of what an alternative to the corporate-controlled internet can be.

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00:00 Introduction

01:00 What is Standard Notes?

9:00 How Mo got interest in privacy 15:00 How Standard Notes fits into the tech world

22:00 What privacy means

28:00 What is encryption and why it matters

32:00 Responding to critics of encryption and privacy

39:00 Do people actually care about privacy?

45:00 Moving from privacy to security

50:00 How Standard Notes can compete with larger tech companies

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