Tom Scott explains why turning on two factor authentication is a good idea.
The short answer is: “because it’ll make things more secure”.
The long answer involves Ronald Reagan.
Tom Scott explains why green screen looks terrible sometimes.
Tom Scott talks about Hilbert’s Decision Problem, Turing’s solution, and a machine that vanishes in a puff of logic.
Tom Scott explains why you can’t name a file CON in Windows.
The short answer is “backwards compatibility”. The long answer is… well, it’s the rest of this video.
Tom Scott and Computerphile team up to explain the worst ways to store passwords in your apps.
Tom Scott has an interesting thought experiment about the unintended consequences of an AI released onto the world. Given the overly aggressive tactics that the RIAA has deployed in the past, erasing people’s memories is not totally out of the question.