End-to-End Encryption (E2E) is Dead. Killed By New Tech.

When a criminal watches what you do on your device, that's malware; when the manufacturer watches, that's "AI" and for your "safety".

Who tf is even asking for these virtual "assistants," without the option to opt-in or opt-out?

Suddenly the nerd in town who can solder together Frankenstein phones without NPUs becomes the FBI's most wanted.

I can see old hardware becoming quite valuable. Don't throw away your old phones and PCs, put them into storage like they're vintage cars or art collections.

At this point, I assume any online communication to be compromised. Only my thoughts are not compromised. Yet.

"Sacrificing Liberty through Security, you deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin

The new co-pilot feature it turned on with new OS push. I went in an turned it off at work, this does indeed pull keystrokes etc... This is a violation or personal rights. I have to use windows at work, but all my machines at home are linux and open source encrypted. All big tech companies are slime.

"he who controls the exit nodes, controls the traffic."

Definitely 4th and 5th amendment violation .

“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever.” -George Orwell

When I talk to this about my clients, they just don't seem to care. They said: yes it's been like that for long time. It's like they accepted it. It make me so angry.

Back in the day, the main advice was "never trust the cloud", now its "never trust closed source AI running locally"

Imagine the kind of personality required to WANT to peer into the lives of other people, for literally even the most mundane tidbit of info. SMH.

Normies do not like privacy. It implies additional effort and less convenience.

High time to switch to Linux.

This feels a lot like the scares that happened when TPM burst into the scene under the guise of easier encrypted shopping or whatever, and suddenly it became a requirement for Windows. In order to keep selling new motherboards, the manufacturers put switches in the BIOS to completely disable the things by default. They effectively neutered the TPM threat in order to keep their customers. Can we hope that manufacturers will make the right call again and disable NPU devices that nobody wants?

Wow! What an EYE-OPENING video! I've read some articles regarding NPU chips but they never mention the potential risk of breaching the user's privacy & security like bypassing End to end encryption. Yes, the future is bleak for privacy & personal security activists. One of the band aid-solutions is as some other users' comments for this video says "Hang on to your old hardware!". Yes, it will work but for a short time only. Later, your old device will stop working! My greatest concern is not only big companies and governments will be able to see everything we do but also all the HACKERS will as history has shown. Thank Rob for such an EXCELLENT job!

DON'T PANIC, We still have stupid Australian politicians making stupid laws

I see a lot of old laptops running TAILS externally will be a thing in the near future.

Rob, don't worry about being called a fearmonger, you are like the watchmen on the wall. You call out if you see danger, what people do with it, is their responsibility. But if you stop calling no one will see the danger.