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The president will sit down with the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas _Tribune_, Evan Smith, for a [discussion about using technology](http://schedule.sxsw.com/2016/events/event%5FPP93149?%5Fga=1.101677761.197044165.1457636643) to get more Americans interested in participating in the political process and tackling issues like climate change. The [South by Southwest](http://www.sxsw.com/about) festival is an annual gathering of innovators in music, film, and technology; this is the event’s 30th year. In the background of this years’ festival is the implementation of a new Texas open-carry law. Though the festival is private and has a policy that bans weapons from its facilities, a local gun group has plans to gather outside of the complex to [demonstrate that open-carry laws shouldn’t be a cause of concern](http://time.com/4254443/open-carry-group-sxsw/). The Secret Service says it’s taking necessary precaution. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ APPLAUSE ] Hey. [ APPLAUSE ] Thank you, so nice to see you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Thank you, Mr. President. It's good to be back. Nice to have you here. Welcome. Welcome to Austin. Welcome to South by Southwest. Let's make a little news. You stopped at Torchy's on the way in from the airport. I did. [ SOUND ] You did? I did. Would you please share with the world what you told me backstage. Your order, perfectly, in keeping with your political views? I ordered the Democrat. [ APPLAUSE ] But then I ordered a Republican and an Independent because I wanted to give all people a proper hearing. That's right. I wanted to be fair. The reason I'm here really is recruit all of you. Its to say to you as I'm about to leave office how can we start coming up with new platforms new ideas new approaches across disciplines and across Skill sets. The question we now have to ask is if technologically it is possible to make an impenetrable device or system where the encryption is so strong that there's no key, there's no door at all Then how do we apprehend the child pornographer? How do we solve a Or disrupted terrorist plot. 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