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As you guys know, once upon a time, I
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And then, I contracted for CIA.
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that was a whole 'nother life.
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But in that life, one thing I learned is
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encryption in protecting your data is
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And so, let me give you an example.
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>> One time when I was contracting for CIA,
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very poor country in the Middle East.
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ISIS, Taliban, terrorist organizations,
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stuff like that. But it was a very
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permissive environment. And when we were
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there, we had to get these black phones.
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Not easy to use, very not user-friendly
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And to be able to operate it, it was
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like an app inside of an app inside of
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And then you get your secure
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communications. And we had that because
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there was like a spy game going on in
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China was there, Russia was there, the
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Iranians were there, and everybody is
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kind of collecting on each other. That
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experience has just always made me
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extremely paranoid about what's being
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sucked out of my phone, what information
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are people getting. And then it kind of
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fell off a little bit as I kind of
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changed careers. Now you know I run a
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podcast called The Shawn Ryan Show.
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And you know, when that started, it was
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interviewing former colleagues of mine,
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people that I contracted with at CIA,
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people that I worked with in the SEAL
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teams, former Green Berets, former
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DEVGRU guys, Delta guys, intelligence
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professionals. And then the show kind of
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developed. And it got bigger.
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meddling a little bit in politics and
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talking to members of the
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administration, current and former
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Very powerful people. And then it went
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to vice presidents and presidents and
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now it's all the way up to heads of
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state all over the world. Intelligence
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professionals in Austria, Vienna. The
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spy capital of the world where we
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interviewed Ahmad Massoud,
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the leader of the Afghan resistance.
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We went to Taiwan and interviewed
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Bi-khim Hsiao, the vice president of
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Where China is just constantly
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exploiting information out. Dubai, where
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VPN card as you enter the country. What
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do you think that's for?
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through this journey I've been really
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worried about myself and my team because
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we're in communication with all these
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people. And what we've noticed is
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once you get in touch with them, all
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their friends want to get in touch with
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you. And they all have access to you.
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And so I started looking for a black
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Meaning a phone that just cannot be
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tracked, can't be traced, can't be
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exploited, and I found them. And they're
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I'm not talking about the ones that are
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500 bucks or a thousand dollars. I'm
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talking ten thousand dollars plus for
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one phone. But I needed them for my
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as well as myself. So I partnered with
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some of the developers that developed
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one of those black phones. These guys
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are all former Intel guys,
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very good at tech. I wanted something
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that could protect everybody. Not just
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people that can afford a ten thousand
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dollar plus phone. And so we turned it
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We call it the Glacier app. My favorite
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thing about the Glacier app is the
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burner number feature.
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This is like the real James Bond
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MI6, CIA level stuff. And so what do we
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use it for? Well, as I just mentioned,
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different heads of state, politicians
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that we don't want to talk to. I don't
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want those people to have my number.
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So with the Glacier app, you can pick a
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burner number with any area code you
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You pick it, you give that burner number
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and if they take advantage of you or
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your phone or they start calling you or
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handing out your number or anything that
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you just deactivate the number. You burn
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it. Gone. Relationship over. They have
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no way to contact you now.
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And then you just pick another one. Now
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how does this apply for
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Like you. I'll tell you how it applies.
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How many of you guys have donated to out
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of the generosity of your heart, you've
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donated to a non-profit, and then what
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do they do? They export your number and
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they sell it. And then you get spam
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calls from them non-stop begging for
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Or maybe it's a political campaign and
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that politician just continues to pander
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And then they sell your number, and then
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the next politician is pandering you for
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money because you donated to the other
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one. Or it's a pizza joint or a hotel or
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you're trying to get a discount at a
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store and then they sell your number.
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And then the next thing you know, every
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single phone call that comes in is a
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spam call. Well, now you can give them a
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burner number, and when they do sell
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deactivate it, burn it, throw it in the
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trash, pick a new number. They have no
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way to contact you again either. That's
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my favorite feature. Along with that, we
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have secure DNS. Now what's secure DNS?
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Well, very simply put, secure DNS keeps
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your phone from being exploited while
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you're browsing the internet. How many
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talking about a product next to your
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phone, something you want to buy, maybe
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maybe it's a new car,
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maybe it's a new camera,
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whatever it is, and then all of a
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sudden, every social media app you open,
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every web browser you open, it's all
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these ads about the exact thing you were
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just talking about like 5 minutes ago.
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Well, these are the kind of things that
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fix. So, here's an example. Today,
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and my phone has already blocked over
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1,300 web trackers. And I don't even
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have any social media apps on my phone,
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So, yours would even be more than mine.
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And we have a US-based VPN who collects
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no data off your phone. All of your data
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stays localized right on your device.
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So, you never have to worry about us
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exploiting it. Now, if you look at VPN
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companies, I researched the out of
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this when we were developing this, and
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most of the VPN companies, actually,
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I feel pretty comfortable saying all of
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that are advertised on podcasts, they're
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owned by Chinese companies.
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They're owned by Pakistani companies.
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They're owned by Israeli companies.
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I'm pretty sure we've all figured out by
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that those companies and those nations
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do not have our best interest.
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So, what do you think they're doing with
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all that information that they're
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sucking out of your phone? I don't know,
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but I'll bet you could come up with some
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And so, we developed the Glacier app.
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It's the simplest app on the market.
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Just a couple of buttons, your phone's
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protected. Couple of buttons,
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you got yourself a burner number or five
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done. You're protected. You can get the
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Glacier app at the App Store. You can
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get it at the glacierapp.com.
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It's available for iOS right now.
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Android's coming soon. If you have an
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Android and you want the Glacier app, we
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have a link below here. You can sign up
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for the newsletter and we will inform
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you when it's ready. It'll be out soon.
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Once again, ladies and gents, the
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or just go on the App Store and look up
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privacy isn't paranoia.
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Take your privacy back.
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Download Glacier today.
