How activists should be thinking about cybersecurity

In this week’s edition of our Vergecast interview series, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and policy editor Russell Brandom talk with cybersecurity expert and founder of CryptoHarlem Matt Mitchell.

Mitchell has worked with activists in the US to help them better understand the tools technology offers as well as the threats it can impose. On The Vergecast, he discusses not only why activists should be thinking about cybersecurity and data minimization, but how tech is at the forefront of activism today and what attacks they can face from opposition because of it.

Below is a lightly edited excerpt from that conversation.

Nilay Patel: Let’s say you have founded a group. You’re all going to protest [NYC mayor Bill] de Blasio. There's...

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