#privacy
124 episodes
#4665: The Hidden Auction Where Your Data Gets Sold
How your phone's location, shopping habits, and health searches get auctioned off in milliseconds — and why paying for apps doesn't protect you.
#4636: Taming Three DNS Overlays on One Laptop
Commercial VPN, Tailscale, and WARP on one machine — here's how to make them share DNS without leaking a single query.
#4617: The Where-Are-You-From Answer System
A three-tier system for answering "where are you from?" without improvising, without evading, and without looking shifty.
#4602: The Two Manifests: API vs PNR Explained
Passenger manifests aren't one list — they're two distinct data transmissions with different purposes, formats, and legal frameworks.
#4597: How to Destroy Documents on the Road (Without Setting Off the Smoke Detector)
Hand-tearing techniques, mobile shredders, and the failure patterns that leave your data reassemblable.
#4494: When Politicians Keep Their Own Diaries
Do published ministerial diaries actually increase transparency? The data reveals a system full of intentional gaps.
#4449: Blur Before You Publish: Image Redaction Tools
How to automatically find and blur QR codes, credit cards, and sensitive text in photos before publishing.
#4423: The Cookie That Changed the Web
Third-party cookies are dying, but first-party cookies aren't going anywhere. Here's what actually happens when you browse.
#4419: 55M Addresses Leaked: What Suno Users Need to Know
Suno's breach exposed addresses and partial credit cards. What duty of care do companies owe when data becomes a physical threat?
#4403: The Rabbi You Can't Google
What does influence look like when nobody's measuring it in clicks? One rabbi's answer.
#4391: Why Your AI Chat History Has No Real Backup
Your ChatGPT conversations are your external brain—and you can lose them with a single expired credit card.
#4388: Where Does Your AI Chat History Actually Live?
400M users, zero proper backup features. Why AI platforms leave your conversation history stranded.
#4343: AliExpress Checkout: Dollars vs Shekels
Which currency should you pick at checkout? The hidden fees of DCC, PayPal, and credit cards explained.
#4324: How to Flip the Script on Customer Service Calls
Stop being the only one who has to prove who they are. A three-move sequence to level the playing field.
#4320: The Art of Being Overlooked: Real PI Disguise Techniques
Real private investigators don't use fake mustaches. Here's what actually works — and the ethical line you shouldn't cross.
#4276: Text Expansion Across Devices: The Real Cross-Platform Guide
Espanso vs TextExpander vs Gboard — what actually works when you need snippets on Linux and Android?
#4254: How to Vanish at a Picnic
A playbook for revealing nothing about yourself over four hours of casual conversation — without seeming weird.
#4250: How to Vanish at a Picnic: The Art of Revealing Nothing
A full playbook for spending an afternoon with strangers while revealing nothing significant about yourself.
#4228: Window Films for Renters: Privacy, Heat, and Removal
Privacy films, heat rejection, and how to remove them cleanly when your lease is up.
#4170: Obfuscation as Risk Management with AI
How AI can protect whistleblowers and trauma survivors by intelligently obscuring identities while preserving story integrity.
#4085: The Clinton Email Server: A Technical Autopsy
What was actually in that Chappaqua basement? A technical breakdown of the most infamous self-hosted email server in history.
#4079: Your Beer, Two Steps, and the Law
What happens when police confiscate your legally-bought beer? A deep dive into police discretion and your rights.
#4073: Private Buckets, Pre-Signed URLs: Self-Hosting Without the Compromise
How to keep your self-hosted images secure, accessible, and cloud-friendly without becoming the product.
#4063: Can the Law Give You a Second Name for Privacy?
Sweden, Germany, and Japan each offer fragments of a legal second identity — but none fully solve the privacy problem.