My Privacy Help

My Privacy Help


Latest Episodes

How private is your VPN? | MyPrivacy.Help (9)
December 04, 2023

Just how much privacy is your VPN giving you? Who are you trying to be private from? Is there a better VPN solution than all these third-party services? Perhaps you don't even need to use a VPN!

Why sacrifice privacy for convenience? | MyPrivacy.Help (8)
December 02, 2023

Can you have both privacy & convenience while online, protecting your personal data & using your phone? Why is most tech very convenient but not very private? What are the alternatives? Using a browse

Privacy vs Security Explained | MyPrivacy.Help (7)
December 02, 2023

What's the real difference between data security & data privacy? VPNs may not be offering you any data privacy. What's the most private VPN solution? How to setup your own VPN. Self-hosting what?!?

Medibank hack & protecting yourself against data leaks | MyPrivacy.Help (6)
December 01, 2023

The MediBank hack (Australian health insurance) is just another major data leak so how can you best protect your personal data? What are 3 free things you can do right now to improve your cybersecurit

The Lastpass Larceny | MyPrivacy.Help (5)
December 01, 2023

LastPass has been hacked (again?) so what happened, what should you do, why should users of Dashlane, 1Password & others care, what are 2 better password managers & general password best practices.

What is self-hosting? #2 | MyPrivacy.Help (4)
November 30, 2023

What's self-hosting (continued)? What data is stored with 3rd parties? Why self-host? What's a Virtual Private Server (VPS)? Self-hosting best practices. Self-hosting alternatives & practical solution

What is self-hosting? #1 | MyPrivacy.Help (3)
November 18, 2022

What's self-hosting? Privacy & security concerns? Comparisons with the cloud. How to get started? Realist costs & effort involved? What's open source? Can you even DIY?

Optus data breach | MyPrivacy.Help (2)
September 27, 2022

Was Optus hacked or did they leave the front door open? What happened, what data was leaked, what should you do, what are the long-term consequences, what lessons we can all learn & privacy best pract

In the beginning | MyPrivacy.Help (1)
September 16, 2022

In our very first episode we explain what is privacy, why we're doing this, how to achieve true privacy, who is Faris, who is Gordon & ultimately what this podcast is about