On this episode of the Far Out with Faust podcast,  @Jonathan Scott   — the number 1 rated hacker in the U.S., exposes the bug bounty world: from covert government and Big Tech spyware like Pegasus to ethical hacking like security engineering.

Learn how the system has become corrupted  — in every sense of the word — and how the cheating and stealing has impacted him personally, getting Scott kicked off of industry platforms like Hacker One.

Who knew that the hacking world was so much like Mean Girls?

Follow Scott on his journey from a black hat spyware developer earning 7 figures, to losing almost everything — including his relationship with his family. He goes deep into the epiphany that changed everything, leading him to transform into a white hat ethical hacker who puts people before corporations and governments.

Scott was a philosophy major...so he and Faust are going down the rabbit hole of ethics, morality, and the social and spiritual implications of Big Tech and governments tracking our every move — and selling to the highest bidder.

Faust throws out some fantastical notions about hackers and spyware — the kind of stuff you only see in movies, right? Wrong. Count how many times Scott says, “It’s all real.” In case you were wondering, the dark underbelly runs deep.

We’ll tell you about the infamous teenage hacker Jonathan James, who at 16 became the first juvenile to be prosecuted in the U.S. for cybercrimes — after hacking into the Department of Defense and NASA. Don’t miss what Faust and Scott have to say about his untimely death — and what he has in common with one of Faust’s favorite scientists, Dr. Steven Greer.

Scott drops this epic understatement: “The last thing you want to do is cross the U.S. government.”

But it’s not all doom and gloom, as Scott has evolved into a white hat, he has done so with an expanded conscience and consciousness that beacons to Faust's far out sensibilities and officially makes this the most metaphysical conversation ever had by a Hacker! Stay tuned for the surprisingly simple way that Scott made contact with the great beyond — and try it for yourself tonight. Come back and let us know in the comments: what did you see?

Connect with Jonathan Scott, American hacker and security engineer 
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