The Tucker Carlson Show How to Stop the Government From Spying on You, Explained by a Digital Privacy Expert
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Feb 13, 2026 
Yannik Schrade, digital privacy entrepreneur and cryptography expert who co-founded Archeum, explains why privacy is tied to freedom. He explores surveillance capitalism, endpoint vulnerabilities that defeat encryption, and the promise of computing on encrypted data. He also discusses secure hardware, randomness in cryptography, and legal risks around privacy tools.
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Endpoints Are The Weak Link
- End-to-end encryption secures messages but endpoint compromise (phones) defeats it via device-level exploits.
- Complexity and closed hardware/OS increase attack surface, enabling tactical surveillance against targets.
Prefer Open Systems Over Closed Devices
- Prefer open-source operating systems and minimalistic hardware if you can manage them.
- If technically able, build and install your own OS on Android hardware to lower trust in manufacturers.
When A Random Number Generator Was Backdoored
- Yannik recounts the Dual EC DRBG scandal where the NSA influenced an RNG standard to include a kleptographic backdoor.
- Snowden's leaks exposed Project Bullrun and forced the industry to abandon the compromised standard.