#185 - Guy Kawasaki - "Everyone Has Something to Hide | Apple & Canva Chief Evangelist on Privacy, Signal, and Protecting Your Freedom 📱🔐
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Guy Kawasaki - "Everyone Has Something to Hide" | Apple Evangelist & Canva Chief on Privacy, Signal, and Protecting Your Freedom 📱🔐
Guy Kawasaki evangelized the Macintosh. He's Canva's Chief Evangelist.
He's written 18 books.
Now at 71, Guy Kawasaki says this might be his most important book yet — because it's not about making money.
It's about protecting yours.
What You'll Learn:
- The "billboard test" — would you be okay seeing every text you've sent on a highway billboard?
- Why WhatsApp isn't as secure as you think (and what metadata really reveals)
- How Signal differs from every other messaging app
- Why Guy gave this book away for free
- The $12.95 book that launched his writing career
- What he'd tell a college grad entering the workforce today
- Why working at Zippy's might be better than Goldman Sachs
Power Quote: "Everybody has something to hide — not because they've done something wrong, but because privacy equals freedom." — Guy Kawasaki
Timestamps:
📱 0:00 - Introduction
🔐 2:30 - Why Guy pivoted to writing about privacy
🧪 6:15 - The billboard test for your text messages
📊 10:00 - WhatsApp vs Signal: metadata is the real danger
💰 15:30 - Why he gave this book away for free at 71
✍️ 20:00 - "If You Want to Write" — the $12.95 book that changed everything
🎓 24:45 - Advice for college grads: Zippy's vs Goldman Sachs
🤖 30:00 - Kawasaki GPT: better at being Guy than Guy
🏄 34:30 - Starting surfing at 60 and the 10-foot board rule
☕ 38:00 - Best coffee spots in Oahu for remote work
💡 41:00 - One lesson: Never ask people to do something you wouldn't do
Connect with Guy Kawasaki:
- Podcast: Remarkable People
- Website: GuyKawasaki.com
- KawasakiGPT.com
- Book: Free on Amazon (or $4.04 after launch)
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Joe Ciccarone
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