Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Rise of Stalkerware
June 16, 2019

In today's show I have a sobering discussion with the EFF's Eva Galperin about the rise of stalkerware (sometimes called "spouseware"). It's become all too easy for abusive, unscrupulous people to spy on their significant others,

A Tale of Two Browsers: Chrome vs Firefox
June 09, 2019

Google Chrome is the most popular web browser on the planet by far, used by about two thirds of all web surfers. But Google is an advertising company and ad blockers are a direct threat to their business model.

Polling on Privacy (Pt2)
June 02, 2019

Is it possible to hide your tracks online? Is it even worth the effort to try? How do you know which companies, products and services you can trust? Is government regulation the answer? We'll address all of these questions today in part 2 of my intervi...

Polling on Privacy (Pt1)
May 26, 2019

In January of this year, Malwarebytes (a world-class antivirus software maker) conducted a massive poll on privacy that included 4000 people from 66 different countries. On today's show, I will delve into the key takeaways from this poll and some rathe...

Google Knows What You Buy
May 19, 2019

It shouldn't surprise you to learn that Google can read your Gmail. You may even realize that Google is scanning your emails for things like trip itineraries, which allows them to automatically add flights and hotel reservations to your Google Calendar...

Time to Break Up Facebook
May 12, 2019

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes makes a heartfelt and cogent argument for breaking up the world's dominant social media company, Facebook. The litmus test for the US Government has focused too much on impact to consumer pricing,

Health Apps Behaving Badly
May 05, 2019

A disturbing study in the JAMA Network Open journal showed that almost all of 36 mental health apps they downloaded were sharing your data to some extent - many without proper or even any disclosure. Many shared basic data with Facebook and Google,

Further Facebook Fiascos
April 28, 2019

Facebook has once again gone too far and, when caught, asked for forgiveness and promised to change. First it was revealed that Facebook has been requesting since May 2016 that new users provide their email account passwords in order to verify their em...

Swiped: Identity Theft (Pt 2)
April 21, 2019

How do you deal with the threat of identity theft? Follow Adam Levin's 3 M's: 1) minimize your exposure, 2) monitor your accounts, and 3) manage the damage. We discuss these techniques and much more in part two of my interview with Adam Levin,

Swiped: Identity Theft (pt 1)
April 14, 2019

Identity theft is arguably one of the worst cyber crimes in terms of deep and lasting impact to the victim. This runs the gamut from simple credit card fraud to committing crimes in someone else's name. We'll talk about the entire spectrum today in par...