2020-08-03

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Tom Scott

The short answer is: "because it'll make things more secure". The long answer involves Ronald Reagan. • MORE BASICS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C35uN7xGLLeET0dOWaKHkAlPsrkcha

Written with Sean Elliott https://twitter.com/SeanMElliott/ • Camera by Tomek • Graphics by William Marler https://wmad.co.uk

Filmed at the Centre for Computing History, Cambridge: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/

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Image of Dr Corbató courtesy MIT CSAIL, used with permission.

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