Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast


Latest Episodes

Know Before You Go: Cyber Summer Tips
May 28, 2018

Summer is upon us and for many of us that means travel - but before you even pack your bags, you need to listen to this podcast! In my interview with Michael Kaiser (the Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance),

May 21, 2018

On May 25th, the European Union will begin enforcing the GDPR - a sweeping set of regulations designed to return control of user data back to the users. These rules apply to EU people, not EU companies - so if you have a business or website that deal w...

May 14, 2018

Ever since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for a staggering $19B, the extremely popular global messaging app has been losing its focus on privacy. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum (who grew up in the Soviet Union) has now left Facebook,

We Now Live in the Golden Age of Surveillance
May 07, 2018

Phil Zimmermann fought a multi-year court battle and risked years in jail in order to defend your right to privacy. Phil created an email encryption system called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) in 1991 that is still the gold standard for private email today...

April 30, 2018

Our electronics and appliance manufacturers are desperately trying to turn all of their “dumb” products into “smart” ones by connecting them to the Internet - the new Internet of Things (IoT). And while dialing down your thermostat from the office and ...

April 23, 2018

Google truly does know everything. Law enforcement is now turning to the search company to locate potential crime suspects. Google owns Android and Waze, along with several other smartphone apps - many of which have full access to your whereabouts.

April 16, 2018

Chairman Ajit Pai and the FCC voted to gut net neutrality late last year - but the fight is not over. The United States Senate can overturn these rule changes with a simple majority of 51 votes. Right now, we have 50. We need just one more vote.

April 09, 2018

Would you take your computer in for repair if you knew the technicians would be scanning your hard drive looking for anything suspicious while they had the hood up? It’s something that apparently we all need to be considering now.

April 02, 2018

At Facebook, it’s critically important to remember that you are not the customer, you’re the product. None of Facebook’s users pay a dime for its service and yet Facebook makes tens of billions of dollars a year.

March 26, 2018

Your privacy and 4th amendments rights were dealt another blow last week, while no one was really looking. Congress opened the door to more warrantless surveillance by tacking on a little-known, unvetted bill to the monster spending legislation passed ...

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