Tom Scott

thumb|Tom Scott in 2016 Thomas Scott is an English YouTuber, educator, game show host and web developer. He is best known for producing online videos for his self-titled YouTube channel, which mainly offers educational videos across a range of topics including history, geography, science, technology, and linguistics. His videos have had over a billion total views, and he has surpassed 6 million subscribers.https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo/about Tom Scott - YouTube YouTube 12 June 2025 Quotes The Basics Every time we design a system, we have to minimise the potential harm. Look at the code that you write, look at the systems you design, and think: How could this be abused? How could this fall apart? What are the failure states here? If you were a bad actor, if you wanted to use this maliciously, how would you go about it? Think about how you’d attack your own systems, explore those failure states, deliberately screw things up and see how your code copes. Because if you don't, someone else will.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZM9YdO_QKk The Consequences of Your Code 17 December 2018 Scott Thomas 12 June 2025 YouTube Every bit of freedom that a designer has for creativity and good is also freedom for abuse. That’s true not just on the web, but in every single aspect of the online world.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRjZtYs3wY Why The Web Is Such A Mess Scott Thomas YouTube 12 June 2025 23 November 2020 "Nothing to hide" only works if the folks in power share the values of you and everyone you know entirely, and always will.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINVwWHlzTY Why The Government Shouldn't Break WhatsApp Scott Thomas 3 July 2017 YouTube 12 June 2025 Thinking Digital conference The stories we tell, the things we do, and the memories we have - either in our heads or in our backups - are more important than any physical object.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYd_8-Ps_kw Whatever Happened to Tom's Hoodie?: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2013 Scott Thomas 12 June 2013 YouTube 12 June 2025 Things You Might Not Know Anyone who tells you they're certain about how the world works is either a mathematician, or they're selling something.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wif1EAgEQKI I was wrong (and so was everyone) Scott Thomas 19 December 2022 YouTube 4 August 2026 External links Tom Scott (presenter) tomscottgo Tom Scott References Category:YouTubers Category:Programmers from England Category:Comedians from England Category:Television personalities Category:Living people Category:Streamy Award winners