Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

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Necessary Chaos
While many of us prefer order in our lives, at least most of the time, we sometimes need a little chaos. Specifically, we need a source of true randomness in order to properly drive many of our crypto
Total Cookie Protection
Firefox officially rolled out its Total Cookie Protection feature last week, which is a clever and elegant solution for blocking tracking using third party cookies. Unfortunately... it doesn't seem to
Moving Beyond Passwords
Everyone hates dealing with passwords, and yet they've been the de facto standard of computer authentication for decades. But there's light at the end of this long tunnel. There is a passwordless futu
Peppering Your Passwords
I preach about using password managers constantly - because they really are a fantastic tool for increasing your security. Humans suck at creating memorable passwords that are not also easy to guess.
Cryptocurrency 101
Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but almost no one understands what the heck is actually is. Today I'm interviewing Seth from Seth for Privacy who knows cryptocurrency backwards and forwards. Seth is al
Emergency Mode
Modern smartphones have a potentially life-saving feature called "SOS" or "Emergency" mode that can give first responders critical medical information and automatically dial your country's emergency p
Tomatoes & Telegraphs
There's a lot we can glean from history but sometimes it's not as obvious as you might think. For example, did you know that until the mid-1800's, most of Americans hated tomatoes and that ketchup was
Global Privacy Control
When we surf the web today - on our computers or smartphones - we are mercilessly tracked. Marketing firms and data brokers are hoovering up ungodly amounts of our personal data, selling it, trading i
How to Stop Tracking & Stalking
We are being tracked constantly by our cell phones. We willingly carry supercomputers in our pockets 24/7, and these devices are chock full of sensors and radios that are tattling on us. Sometimes on
What is the Most Private Browser?
Security isn't a big differentiator today when choosing a web browser. First of all, 3 of the top 5 browsers all use the same engine - Chrome, Edge and Opera are all based on Chromium. Second, there's