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Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different direction. He didn’t stop covering music gear overnight, but as time progressed, his channel became more focused on science and technology investigations. He even turned the entire enterprise into a nonprofit.
In short, Benn Jordan has gone from being one of the best music gear YouTubers to one of the best cybersecurity YouTubers. He was kind enough to take some time away from proving all of our worst fears about government and corporate surveillance true, to answer our weekly questionnaire.
What is the first app you install on a new phone or computer? (Do not count pre-installed software like Gmail)
On a new Windows PC, Ninite. Which is basically like you giving me one wish and me wishing for more wishes. Ninite is a free tool that quickly installs a customizable list of things you’d spend the next few hours installing on a new PC.
What is one thing you wish you could change about your phone?
That it was easily unlockable and rootable.
What is your happy place online?
Strudel.cc. It’s a 100 percent free, powerful, and wonderfully documented musical programming language that runs completely in-browser. It’s an excellent way to procrastinate and even accidentally learn to code.
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