Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

By Carey Parker

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Subscribers: 56
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Episodes: 400


 Jul 5, 2019

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A Podcast on Computer Security & Privacy for Non-Techies

Episode Date
Slay Message Snoopers
May 19, 2025
Shelter from the Storm
May 12, 2025
Disable Your MAID
May 05, 2025
Riding the Data Gravy Train
Apr 28, 2025
Travel Insecurity
Apr 21, 2025
Life on the Blue Team
Apr 14, 2025
Differential Privacy
Apr 07, 2025
Microscoping Our Apps
Mar 31, 2025
It’s Tax (Scam) Time Again
Mar 24, 2025
All Things Secured
Mar 17, 2025
Slay Browser Ads Forever
Mar 10, 2025
Back to The L0pht
Mar 03, 2025
Onion Routing
Feb 24, 2025
Security Planner
Feb 17, 2025
Crypto Wars 2.0
Feb 10, 2025
Controlling Your Digital ID
Feb 03, 2025
Treat Plugins Like Apps
Jan 27, 2025
Reclaiming Data Privacy
Jan 20, 2025
New Year’s Resolutions 2025!
Jan 13, 2025
ALPRs Are Everywhere
Jan 06, 2025
Best of Bonus 2024!
Dec 30, 2024
Replay: Golden Age of Surveillance
Dec 23, 2024
Best of 2024!
Dec 16, 2024
Deleting Your Data
Dec 09, 2024
Letters from the Mailbag
Dec 02, 2024
Privacy is Power
Nov 25, 2024
Best & Worst Gifts for 2024
Nov 18, 2024
Cutting the Software Tether
Nov 11, 2024
Curbing Location Tracking
Nov 04, 2024
Episode 400 Special
Oct 28, 2024
Understanding AI Chatbots
Oct 21, 2024
L0pht Heavy Industries
Oct 14, 2024
Indicators of Account Compromise
Oct 07, 2024
TunnelVision, VPNs and You
Sep 30, 2024
Malware Reboot Remedy
Sep 23, 2024
Post-Quantum Crypto
Sep 16, 2024
The Truth is Out There
Sep 09, 2024
Crazy Proton Summer
Sep 02, 2024
National Public Data Breach
Aug 26, 2024
Dating App Privacy
Aug 19, 2024
Hacker Summer Camp 2024
Aug 12, 2024
Catch You on the BSide
Aug 05, 2024
CrowdStrike Lessons Learned
Jul 29, 2024
Open Source Intelligence
Jul 22, 2024
How & Why to Block Ads
Jul 15, 2024
Promising Privacy Tech
Jul 08, 2024
Backing Up Other Data
Jul 01, 2024
Means of Control
Jun 24, 2024
Backup Your Cloud Data
Jun 17, 2024
Anom: The FBI’s Phone Company
Jun 10, 2024
Migrate to Mastodon
Jun 03, 2024
Why Privacy Matters
May 27, 2024
How to Choose a PIN
May 20, 2024
Inside Ukraine’s IT Army
May 13, 2024
Please Quit Chrome
May 06, 2024
The Rise of CBDC
Apr 29, 2024
Just Do It: Freeze Your Credit
Apr 22, 2024
Protecting Kids Online
Apr 15, 2024
Answering Listener Questions
Apr 08, 2024
He Said She Said
Apr 01, 2024
Account Security is Broken
Mar 25, 2024
Health Data Privacy
Mar 18, 2024
Backing Up 2FA Seeds
Mar 11, 2024
How Our Data is Abused
Mar 04, 2024
Mitigating AI Risks
Feb 26, 2024
Car Privacy is Horrid
Feb 19, 2024
Avoiding Tax Scams
Feb 12, 2024
Securing Your Mac
Feb 05, 2024
Data Privacy Week 2024
Jan 29, 2024
Rise of the Slaughterbots
Jan 22, 2024
New Year’s Resolutions: 2024
Jan 15, 2024
Investigating Data Leaks
Jan 08, 2024
Best of 2023 Bonus Content
Jan 01, 2024
Classic Replay: Lavabit
Dec 25, 2023
Best of 2023
Dec 18, 2023
Restoring Trust in Elections
Dec 11, 2023
Using Email Aliases
Dec 04, 2023
Smart City Blues
Nov 27, 2023
Best & Worst Gifts for 2023
Nov 20, 2023
Smartphone Spyware
Nov 13, 2023
The Rise of Cellular IoT
Nov 06, 2023
Reclaiming the Internet
Oct 30, 2023
It’s Time to Try Proton
Oct 23, 2023
What’s Your Threat Model?
Oct 16, 2023
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct 09, 2023
Catching Phish
Oct 02, 2023
iOS 17 Security & Privacy
Sep 25, 2023
Your Face Belongs to Us
Sep 18, 2023
Remediate Your Network
Sep 11, 2023
Containing Big Data
Sep 04, 2023
Assessing Your Network Security
Aug 28, 2023
Demystifying AI
Aug 21, 2023
Hacker Summer Camp 2023
Aug 15, 2023
Cult of the Dead Cow
Aug 07, 2023
Less is More
Jul 31, 2023
The Politics of Privacy
Jul 24, 2023
IoT Inventory
Jul 17, 2023
National Cyber Strategy
Jul 10, 2023
Access Backup Plan
Jul 03, 2023
Hacking in Space
Jun 26, 2023
Go Forth, Do Good Deeds
Jun 19, 2023
Making a Difference
Jun 12, 2023
Blocking .zip Domains
Jun 05, 2023
Vehicle Privacy Report
May 29, 2023
Problems with Passkeys
May 22, 2023
Probing the Ministry of Truth
May 15, 2023
Blocking Google Popups
May 08, 2023
STOPping Mass Surveillance
May 01, 2023
How to Avoid Juice Jacking
Apr 24, 2023
Securing the Internet of Things
Apr 17, 2023
Reviewing Mullvad Browser
Apr 10, 2023
Privacy Peeps Panel
Apr 03, 2023
Fingerprinting Your Devices
Mar 27, 2023
Solving Your Password Problems
Mar 20, 2023
Securing Your Home Network
Mar 13, 2023
Designing Apps for Privacy
Mar 06, 2023
Unmasking Shortened Links
Feb 27, 2023
Fixing Social Media
Feb 20, 2023
Where & Why to Plant Your Flag
Feb 13, 2023
Combatting Surveillance Capitalism
Feb 06, 2023
Data Privacy Week 2023
Jan 30, 2023
Using Aliases to Improve Privacy
Jan 23, 2023
New Year’s Resolutions: 2023
Jan 16, 2023
Privacy Tide is Turning
Jan 09, 2023
SPECIAL: LastPass Breach
Jan 02, 2023
Building a Better Private Network
Dec 26, 2022
Best of 2022!
Dec 19, 2022
We Are the Cavalry
Dec 12, 2022
Tis the Season for Scams
Dec 05, 2022
300th Episode!!
Nov 28, 2022
Best & Worst Gifts for 2022
Nov 21, 2022
Surveying the Digital Explosion
Nov 14, 2022
Redirect Ransom
Nov 07, 2022
Building Trust with Privacy
Oct 31, 2022
Your TV is Watching You
Oct 24, 2022
Protecting Schools and Students
Oct 17, 2022
Mobile Payment Fraud
Oct 10, 2022
Capture the Flag for Fun & Profit
Oct 03, 2022
iOS 16 Security & Privacy Features
Sep 26, 2022
Tornado Warning for Free Speech
Sep 19, 2022
Decoding Computers & Software
Sep 12, 2022
LastPass Source Code Breach
Sep 05, 2022
The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas
Aug 29, 2022
Hacker Summer Camp 2022
Aug 22, 2022
Privacy vs Content Moderation
Aug 15, 2022
Security Via Subtraction
Aug 08, 2022
No Place Left to Hide
Aug 01, 2022
Hacking Your Honda
Jul 25, 2022
Crowdsourcing Network Security
Jul 18, 2022
The Data Dam is Breaking
Jul 11, 2022
Necessary Chaos
Jul 04, 2022
Total Cookie Protection
Jun 27, 2022
Moving Beyond Passwords
Jun 20, 2022
Peppering Your Passwords
Jun 13, 2022
Cryptocurrency 101
Jun 06, 2022
Emergency Mode
May 30, 2022
Tomatoes & Telegraphs
May 23, 2022
Global Privacy Control
May 16, 2022
How to Stop Tracking & Stalking
May 09, 2022
What is the Most Private Browser?
May 02, 2022
Private from Everyone (But Us)
Apr 25, 2022
Demystifying VPNs
Apr 18, 2022
Luck Favors the Prepared
Apr 11, 2022
De-Google Your Life (Part 4)
Apr 04, 2022
Teaching & Preaching Privacy
Mar 28, 2022
De-Google Your Life (Part 3)
Mar 21, 2022
Computer Security Goes Microscopic
Mar 14, 2022
My De-Google Strategy
Mar 07, 2022
Securing Your Mobile Device
Feb 28, 2022
De-Google Your Life (Part 2)
Feb 21, 2022
Free & Open Source Software
Feb 14, 2022
De-Google Your Life
Feb 07, 2022
Searching for Privacy
Jan 31, 2022
Building a Privacy-Respecting World
Jan 24, 2022
Data Privacy Week 2022
Jan 17, 2022
2022 New Year’s Resolutions
Jan 10, 2022
The State of Kids’ Privacy
Jan 03, 2022
The Best of 2021
Dec 27, 2021
The Log4Shell Debacle
Dec 20, 2021
End Run Around Your Rights
Dec 13, 2021
Defending Democracy with Technology
Dec 06, 2021
My Debit Card Was Hacked
Nov 29, 2021
Security Requires Privacy
Nov 22, 2021
Best & Worst Gifts for 2021
Nov 15, 2021
Restoring Trust in Our Elections
Nov 08, 2021
Spooky Security Stories
Nov 01, 2021
Through the Past, Privately: PGP Turns 30
Oct 25, 2021
Rough Week for Facebook
Oct 18, 2021
Privacy Dynamic Duo
Oct 11, 2021
iOS 15 Privacy & Security Features
Oct 04, 2021
Apple’s Problematic CSAM Scanning
Sep 27, 2021
Security Is Hard
Sep 20, 2021
Driving Data Privacy for Cars
Sep 13, 2021
Privacy Matters
Sep 06, 2021
Morpheus: Securing CPUs with Entropy
Aug 30, 2021
Beware the Four Horsemen
Aug 23, 2021
On a Dark Tangent
Aug 16, 2021
Understanding Hackers & Hacking
Aug 11, 2021
Selling You Out to the Highest Bidder
Aug 02, 2021
Guard Your Digital Rolodex
Jul 26, 2021
It’s Time to Drop the SBOM
Jul 19, 2021
How to Keep Ransomware at Bay
Jul 12, 2021
Make That Shaken AND Stirred
Jul 05, 2021
Sad State of Cybersecurity
Jun 28, 2021
Hacking Satellites for Fun & Profit
Jun 21, 2021
Payment App Privacy Sucks
Jun 14, 2021
Have I Been FLoCed? (Part 2)
Jun 07, 2021
Have I Been FLoCed? (Part 1)
May 31, 2021
How & When to Use a Passphrase
May 24, 2021
Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 2)
May 17, 2021
Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 1)
May 10, 2021
App Tracking Transparency
May 03, 2021
Hunting for Stingrays (Part 2)
Apr 26, 2021
Hunting for Stingrays (Part 1)
Apr 19, 2021
Trust No One
Apr 12, 2021
Social Media is Ruining Society
Apr 05, 2021
Stop Using SMS for 2FA
Mar 29, 2021
Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 2)
Mar 22, 2021
Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 1)
Mar 15, 2021
Last Straw for LastPass
Mar 08, 2021
Tech Learning Collective (Part 2)
Mar 01, 2021
Tech Learning Collective (Part 1)
Feb 22, 2021
Not Just a Face in the Crowd
Feb 15, 2021
Free Speech & Deplatforming
Feb 08, 2021
Stop Watching Me!
Feb 01, 2021
De-Googling Your Life
Jan 25, 2021
Choosing a Private Email Service (Part 2)
Jan 18, 2021
Choosing a Private Email Service (Part 1)
Jan 11, 2021
The Great SolarWinds Hack
Jan 04, 2021
200th Podcast & New Year’s 2021!
Dec 28, 2020
Best of 2020!
Dec 21, 2020
Setting the Digital Standard (Part 2)
Dec 14, 2020
Setting the Digital Standard (Part 1)
Dec 07, 2020
Best & Worst Gifts Guide 2020
Nov 30, 2020
Dark Patterns (Part 2)
Nov 23, 2020
Dark Patterns (Part 1)
Nov 16, 2020
Zoom: Now with Actual Privacy
Nov 09, 2020
The Ebb & Flow of the Internet
Nov 02, 2020
Big Proctor is Watching You (part 2)
Oct 26, 2020
Big Proctor is Watching You (part 1)
Oct 19, 2020
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Oct 12, 2020
Apple’s Epic Battle Royale (Part 2)
Oct 05, 2020
Apple’s Epic Battle Royale (Part 1)
Sep 28, 2020
Take Out the (Windows) Trash
Sep 21, 2020
It’s a Trap!
Sep 14, 2020
Firefox Privacy (Part 2)
Sep 07, 2020
Firefox Privacy (Part 1)
Aug 31, 2020
Apple’s Epic Battle
Aug 24, 2020
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 2)
Aug 17, 2020
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 1)
Aug 10, 2020
The Pros & Cons of Antivirus Software
Aug 03, 2020
The Great Twitter Hack
Jul 27, 2020
Your Money or Your Data (part 2)
Jul 20, 2020
Your Money or Your Data (part 1)
Jul 13, 2020
TikTok Boom
Jul 06, 2020
COVID19 Privacy: Pro Tips (part 2)
Jun 29, 2020
COVID19 Security: Pro Tips (part 1)
Jun 22, 2020
From Mailbox to Ballot Box
Jun 15, 2020
Fiber For Our Future (part 2)
Jun 08, 2020
Fiber For Our Future (part 1)
Jun 01, 2020
Apple vs FBI, Part 2
May 25, 2020
Beware the Evil Maid
May 18, 2020
COVID19 Security & Privacy Tips (Part 2)
May 11, 2020
COVID19 Security & Privacy Tips (Part 1)
May 04, 2020
Have You Been Pwned?
Apr 27, 2020
Phish Spotting 101
Apr 20, 2020
Contact Tracing, Privately
Apr 13, 2020
Secure & Private Social Distancing
Apr 06, 2020
Privacy by Design
Mar 30, 2020
Beware COVID-19 Scams
Mar 23, 2020
The CCPA and You (Part 2)
Mar 16, 2020
The CCPA and You (Part 1)
Mar 09, 2020
Hacked: A Clearer View of Clearview
Mar 02, 2020
Adversarial Interoperability (Part 2)
Feb 24, 2020
Adversarial Interoperability (Part 1)
Feb 17, 2020
Tax Time Brings Tax Scams
Feb 10, 2020
Just Say No (to Sharing)
Feb 03, 2020
Data Privacy Day 2020
Jan 27, 2020
Clearview Knows Who You Are
Jan 20, 2020
Why “Free File” Isn’t Free
Jan 13, 2020
Time to Upgrade Windows
Jan 06, 2020
2020 New Year’s Resolutions
Dec 30, 2019
Behind the One-Way Mirror (part 2)
Dec 23, 2019
Behind the One-Way Mirror (part 1)
Dec 16, 2019
Snail Mail Identity Theft
Dec 09, 2019
Best & Worst Gifts for 2019
Dec 02, 2019
Data vs. Democracy (Part 2)
Nov 25, 2019
Data vs. Democracy (Part 1)
Nov 18, 2019
The Rise of Browser Fingerprinting
Nov 11, 2019
Preventing & Mitigating Identity Theft
Nov 04, 2019
Dropping Dropbox
Oct 28, 2019
Risky Business (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2019
Risky Business (Part 1)
Oct 14, 2019
Don’t Forget to Wipe Your Data
Oct 07, 2019
Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 2)
Sep 30, 2019
Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 1)
Sep 23, 2019
Google’s Not-So-Private Sandbox
Sep 16, 2019
Ring’s Orwellian Doorbell
Sep 09, 2019
Choosing a VPN Provider
Sep 02, 2019
The Great Cellular Sellout (Part 2)
Aug 26, 2019
The Great Cellular Sellout (Part 1)
Aug 19, 2019
The Tyranny of the Default
Aug 12, 2019
The Great Hack
Aug 05, 2019
Get Your Equifax Settlement
Jul 29, 2019
Privacy in a Box (Part 2)
Jul 22, 2019
Privacy in a Box (Part 1)
Jul 15, 2019
Big Brother 2.0
Jul 08, 2019
Set Warp Factor 1.1.1.1
Jul 01, 2019
The Internet of Junk
Jun 24, 2019
The Rise of Stalkerware
Jun 17, 2019
A Tale of Two Browsers: Chrome vs Firefox
Jun 10, 2019
Polling on Privacy (Pt2)
Jun 03, 2019
Polling on Privacy (Pt1)
May 27, 2019
Google Knows What You Buy
May 20, 2019
Time to Break Up Facebook
May 13, 2019
Health Apps Behaving Badly
May 06, 2019
Further Facebook Fiascos
Apr 29, 2019
Swiped: Identity Theft (Pt 2)
Apr 22, 2019
Swiped: Identity Theft (pt 1)
Apr 15, 2019
Spotting Scare Scams
Apr 08, 2019
Fix It Already!
Apr 01, 2019
Preparing for Your Digital Afterlife
Mar 25, 2019
Enter the Panopticon (Part 2)
Mar 18, 2019
Enter the Panopticon (Part 1)
Mar 11, 2019
Account Defense in Depth
Mar 04, 2019
Guiding the Development of AI
Feb 25, 2019
Toying With Security
Feb 18, 2019
You Must Stop Reusing Passwords
Feb 11, 2019
You Have Been Pwned
Feb 04, 2019
Data Privacy Day Pod-Centennial!
Jan 28, 2019
Delete My DNA, Please
Jan 21, 2019
Ghost on the Wire
Jan 14, 2019
Google is Watching You
Jan 07, 2019
2019 Security & Privacy New Years Resolutions
Dec 31, 2018
Replacing Your Plastic Driver’s License
Dec 24, 2018
Ads Are Tracking You in the Real World, Too
Dec 17, 2018
Marriott’s Massive Data Breach
Dec 10, 2018
Lock Down Your Privacy on Your Mobile Devices
Nov 26, 2018
The Best & Worst Gifts for 2018
Nov 19, 2018
Phone Scammers Are Spoofing Your Caller ID
Nov 12, 2018
Why You Should Care About the Future of Computing
Nov 05, 2018
Marketers Are Tracking You On and Off the Web
Oct 29, 2018
The Fight for Net Neutrality is Far from Over
Oct 22, 2018
Did China Implant Spy Chips in Our Computers?
Oct 15, 2018
How to Protect Yourself From Ransomware
Oct 08, 2018
Big Companies Behaving Badly: The Facebook Breach Explained
Oct 01, 2018
Now Is the Time to Freeze Your Credit
Sep 24, 2018
Prying Yourself From Google’s Clutches
Sep 17, 2018
🎧 The Tale of Ma Bell and Big Brother
Sep 10, 2018
🎧 It’s Time to Fix Our Election Systems (Again)
Sep 03, 2018
🎧 Facebook’s Virtual Private Network is Not Private
Aug 27, 2018
🎧 Hacking Your Network Using 1970s Technology
Aug 20, 2018
How a Wall of Lava Lamps is Helping Secure the Internet
Aug 13, 2018
🎧 Anti-Sex Trafficking Law Does More Harm Than Good
Aug 06, 2018
🎧 When Plugins Go Rogue
Jul 30, 2018
🎧 Your Public Data May Raise Your Insurance Rates
Jul 23, 2018
🎧 Supreme Court Scores One for Location Privacy
Jul 16, 2018
🎧 Crypto 101, What is Encryption, Anyway…
Jul 09, 2018
One Simple Step to a Faster and More Private Internet
Jul 02, 2018
🎧 Supreme Court Ruling Protects Your Location Privacy
Jun 25, 2018
🎧 Your Android Device’s Backdoor May Be Wide Open
Jun 18, 2018
🎧 Carpe Datum: Opting Out of Data Collection
Jun 11, 2018
🎧 How NOT to Hide Your Digital Footprints
Jun 04, 2018
Know Before You Go: Cyber Summer Tips
May 28, 2018
🎧 GDPR: Here I Come, Ready or Not
May 21, 2018
🎧 Why You Need to Ditch WhatsApp
May 14, 2018
We Now Live in the Golden Age of Surveillance
May 08, 2018
🎧 Defending Your Home From Rogue IoT Devices
Apr 30, 2018
🎧 Who Was at the Scene of the Crime? Google Knows!
Apr 23, 2018
🎧 Don’t Tread on My Internet: Saving Net Neutrality
Apr 16, 2018
🎧 Best Buy Geek Squad or Spy Squad?
Apr 09, 2018
🎧 I’m Deleting Facebook. You Should, Too.
Apr 02, 2018
🎧 Your Privacy is Now Under a Dark CLOUD
Mar 26, 2018
🎧 You Should Know What Facebook Knows
Mar 19, 2018
🎧 Protecting the 2018 and 2020 Elections
Mar 12, 2018
🎧 Facebook’s Two-Faced Privacy
Mar 06, 2018
Security Tips from a Professional Hacker
Feb 26, 2018
🎧 Authorized Personnel Only: Saving You from Yourself
Feb 19, 2018
🎧 Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts
Feb 12, 2018
🎧 Mobile Privacy: A Modern Oxymoron
Feb 09, 2018
🎧 File Your Taxes Before the Bad Guys Do!
Feb 05, 2018
🎧 Data Privacy Day: Take Control of Your Data
Jan 29, 2018
🎧 Is This a Bitcoin Boom or a Bubble?
Jan 26, 2018
🎧 Doing the Cybersecurity Two-Step
Jan 22, 2018
🎧 Dumpster Diving Trashes the Fourth Amendment
Jan 15, 2018
🎧 Old Spectre Causes Computer Meltdown
Jan 08, 2018
🎧 Upholding the Bill of Rights in Cyberspace
Jan 05, 2018
🎧 Make Your New Years (Cyber) Resolutions!
Jan 01, 2018
🎧 Curl Up With a Good (Security) Book for the Holidays!
Dec 25, 2017
🎧 The Fight for Net Neutrality Isn’t Over
Dec 18, 2017
🎧 Project Galileo: Ensuring the Silent Voices Are Heard
Dec 15, 2017
🎧 The Best & Worst Cyber-Gifts of 2017
Dec 11, 2017
🎧 A Nasty Worm in Your Apple Product (and How to Fix It)
Dec 04, 2017
It’s Time for Everyone to use Secure Email
Nov 30, 2017
🎧 Choosing the Safest Web Browser
Nov 16, 2017
🎧 It’s Time to End Dragnet Mass Surveillance
Nov 09, 2017
🎧 Beware the Reaper – Lock Down Your LAN
Nov 02, 2017
🎧 Using Ad Blockers to Tame Those Annoying Web Ads
Oct 26, 2017
Do We Own Any Media We Buy Anymore?
Oct 19, 2017
The Mouse That Scored, How Copyright Went Wrong
Oct 12, 2017