#privacy
98 episodes
#3896: How to Become Unapproachable While Moving Boxes in Jerusalem
Three escalating layers to stay unapproachable while moving cargo in a city where everyone is curious about your boxes.
#3893: The Teddy Bear That Shut Down a Daycare
How Israel's 1979 wiretapping law made a camera-stuffed teddy bear legal — and what happens next.
#3834: How Celebrities Hide Their Phone Numbers
The three-layer system of tech, legal, and social defenses that keeps celebrity phone numbers private.
#3770: The Art of Strategic Neighboring
How to be cordial but not intrusive, and avoid becoming the building's go-to hardware library.
#3721: Why Money Feels Wrong in Human Relationships
The feeling that money degrades human interactions isn’t irrational — it’s a real insight supported by decades of research.
#3718: AI Babysitters Already Exist—What We Learned
Tens of thousands of Chinese families already use robot babysitters. What actually happened, and what's next?
#3704: Can Pornography Ever Be Regulated Fairly?
The labor conditions behind adult films and whether real regulation is possible — or just a fantasy.
#3343: How Cash Caps Shrink Shadow Economies
Israel, Greece, and others are capping cash transactions to shrink shadow economies. How do these laws work, and what are the real costs?
#3272: Can Your Walk Really Identify You?
Gait recognition is leaving the lab. But is your walk actually unique, or just a handful of patterns?
#3215: How the US Constitution Actually Works (A Guide for Non-Americans)
The short, old document that governs everything from free speech to gun rights — explained for outsiders.
#3211: How Press Freedom Erodes Without a Single Censorship Law
No courtroom, no censor — just a terms-of-service update. How press freedom gets hollowed out in plain sight.
#3178: Can Mixed-Use Buildings Actually Work for Residents?
Privacy, noise, and traffic aren't unsolvable — they're design failures. Here's what actually works.
#3137: Credit Scores vs. Israel: Two Ways to Quantify Trust
The US uses a private scoring machine. Israel uses a government data registry. Two radically different answers to the same question.
#3090: How the Restaurant Was Born in 1760s Paris
The sit-down restaurant is only 260 years old. Before menus, you ate what the cook served.
#3036: Plainclothes Police vs Facial Recognition: Inside London's Protest Ops
How do plainclothes officers actually operate? From covert earpieces to unmarked vans, here's what happened at London's May 16 protests.
#3016: Sleeping with Strangers: Medieval Inn Life
Medieval inns weren't dirty hotels—they were legally regulated public utilities where you shared a bed with strangers.
#2961: Podcast Analytics Without Selling Your Soul
Three paths to listener data that respect privacy and actually work with object storage.
#2892: Where Does Your Biometric Data Actually Live?
Linux, Windows, and the surprising tradeoffs of storing your face and fingerprints.
#2839: Full Disk Encryption: What It Actually Does and Why It Matters
Full disk encryption demystified — how LUKS works, performance reality, and when you actually need it.
#2831: What VPNs Still Protect After HTTPS
HTTPS encrypts your content but leaves your metadata exposed. Here's what a VPN still protects.
#2805: The Subprocessor Notification Nobody Reads
Why do companies send subprocessor update emails nobody reads? It's transparency theater — with a hidden purpose.
#2695: Self-Hosting Tailscale Exit Nodes Safely
How to safely route traffic through your home from anywhere using Tailscale exit nodes — without exposing your network.
#2679: Can a VPN Protect You from SS7 Phone Spying?
SS7 is the hidden backbone of global phone networks—and it's wide open to spies. Here's what a VPN does and doesn't fix.
#2678: How IMSI Catchers Actually Track Your Phone
How fake cell towers intercept your phone, from GSM flaws to 5G fixes. Separating spy-thriller hype from real engineering.