sean mcallister worked for channel four. he asked me if he could join the training back at that time to teach people how to protect themselves online. he is telling me that and there was an agreement between us -- i will allow you to film this but you have to encrypt your data. let me teach you how because you are here as a tourist. they can arrest you for any matter. i taught him how to encrypt. he is a filmmaker, he knows how to put a blur on our faces. he filmed a lot of people for the movie. very important sources. october 18, 1 a.m. night, i received a message from a mutual friend. sean mcallister got arrested in a coffee shop. i have to go hide myself because they arrested a lot of people. they got his storage is an backup. they got access to everything. he did not encrypt anything and it was like underestimating for the power of the government back at that time. in a very famous coffee shop in damascus, he was sitting in having conversation with other guys and both of them got arrested. he is still in jail until today

sean mcallister who works for channel for asked me if he could join me in the training that i used to do for activists and lawyers back at that time and teach them how to protect themselves online. he found that, but they're was kind of an agreement between us i we will allow you to film this, but you have to at least encrypt your data. let me teach you how because you are here on a touristy visa. they can just arrest you for any matter. i taught him how to encrypt is data. he filled a lot of people a lot of very important sources. october 181 a.m. at night i received a message from a mutual friend who was assisting sean that he got arrested in a coffee shop and to hide myself because they arrested a lot of people he worked with. they got a storage is a backup. i asked him if the data was encrypted and if they had access to the video? he said yes. it was kind of underestimating the power of the government at that time. in a very famous coffee shop in damascus city and having conversations and both of them got arrested. he is still in jail today. .. >> >> even to go that day encrypted

i received a message from a mutual friend and he was assisting sean that sean mcallister got arrestedould have to go hide myself because they arrested a lot of people that they worked with and they got his storages, his backups. i asked him data was encrypted they got access to the video? yes, the cut taxes to be. actually he did not encrypt anything but it was kind of like underestimating the power of government back at that time. in a very famous official in damascus he was have a conversation with other guys and both of them got arrested. he is still in jail until today. he was arrested for three months and they released her and they removed her from the country because she's not syrian. if you're talking that cybersecurity for activists, actually it is important to know that technology date is really helping. technology is playing two roles and there are very to the important rules to it is connecting people to the other side a lot of technologies that they are helping governments to accept information. i believe now in the new modern movement governments get access more to the in