"If your data is online, it is not private. Oh, maybe it seems private. Certainly, only you have access to your e-mail. Well, you and your ISP. And the sender's ISP. And any backbone provider who happens to route that mail from the sender to you. And, if you read your personal mail from work, your company. And, if they have taps at the correct points, the NSA and any other sufficiently well-funded government intelligence organization -- domestic and international."

Best-selling author Miller briefly mentions his upcoming book, but spends most of the interview talking about his latest endeavor, the worthwhile Mentoring Project.

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