* There's a story about a parrot. It's not great. DAG Rosenstein's humor is dad humor. He's goofy. Remember: he's a dad.
* People get their data stolen a LOT.
* Predicts unbreakable encryption coming soon (!!)
* Security needs to be just as important in the marketplace as novelty and convenience, and design technology accordingly.
* Ransomware sucks, and he doesn't like it.
* RANSOMWARE COSTS $5 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR (🚨🚨this is a new number!!!!🚨🚨)
* Cites an indictment that alleges two Iranian citizens extracted $6 million in ransom payments in one incident.
* He just used the word pernicious in public, as if it was OK.
* DAG Rosenstein complains @Twitter choose convenience over security. Is that news? I think that's news.
* Tells a story about a DDoS attack that I only half paid attention to. It was not important. Promise.
* "I hate to sound old, but I started prosecuting almost 30 years ago." HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE HIM.
* Tells a story about the good ole' days of white collar crime where you went to the building, arrested the criminal, got him AND his files physically.
* 🚨🚨Alleges communication companies chronically understaff law enforcement cooperation departments.🚨🚨
* Inexplicably alleges that pedophiles, not mathematicians, are responsible for the existence of darknet encryption. (????)
* He's mad that academics are dismissive of law enforcement's needs.
* Basically if you think this is interesting, you should just watch @whoismrrobot. It's better.
* Rod Rosenstein claims he's not a technology expert after talking like a technology expert for the past 30 minutes.
* Rosenstein says in his meetings, he's always asked (presumably by Jeff Sessions) "how do we measure success?" He doesn't know.
* He just took 15 minutes to answer two super techy questions, and I could tell you but honestly, @whoismrrobot did it better.
DAG Rod Rosenstein: Do I have to answer this honestly?
Q: Preferably.
Rosenstein: Um, yes.
*laughter*