The Private Citizen 42: California’s New Privacy Law
Surprise, surprise: Another episode of my weekly podcast. If you enjoy a good rant, this one’s for you.
The Private Citizen 41: The Great Privacy Reset
Against all odds, another Private Citizen episode is released.
The Private Citizen 39 & 40
Immediately before and just after my move from Hamburg to Düsseldorf, I recorded two episodes of The Private Citizen. The second even has a video version.
The Private Citizen 38: Immunity Passports
Immunity passports are a bad idea. Here’s why.
The Private Citizen 37: Unsecure Restaurant Contact Tracing Lists
The latest episode of my privacy podcast deals with the horribly written software that is used to store people’s contact data. Data that they are forced to hand over whenever visiting a restaurant here in Germany these days.
Kara Swisher is one of the best know techy business journalists in the US. She is now also a podcaster (who isn’t these days?) and was in fact on stage with Steve Jobs when he unveiled podcasting to the world in 2005 by playing the beginning of an episode of Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code.
Her first reaction to hearing her first podcast? Asking how to censor it.
THROWBACK 2005: When Steve Jobs unveiled podcasting to Kara Swisher - something that would revolutionize broadcasting and would allow anyone to participate - the first words out of her mouth were asking how to censor it.
— Reclaim The Net (@RecIaimTheNet) May 26, 2020
"How do you control...say...dirty stuff?" https://t.co/vVCLQ790eQ pic.twitter.com/buqgRtUYQC
Corona Chronicles
A look back at some podcast episodes I released as this whole COVID-19 crisis developed.
Coronavirus and Our Civil Liberties
The coronavirus outbreak is opening a new and worrisome front in the battle for our privacy. I’m providing coverage on my privacy-focused podcast on as much of it as I can.
Computer Says Jail
Are you aware of geofence warrants? If not, I’ve got a podcast episode for you.
Google’s GDPR Evasion in the UK
Sick of Coronavirus news? Haven’t listened to older episodes of The Private Citizen? How about this idea, then?