Once a year, I look back and pick my favorite privacy and security content from the last year. For good measure, I throw in some of my all-time best stuff, too! (NOTE: If you’d like to help me reach more people, this is a great article to share!)
Top Articles
These are some of the top articles from this year.
- Data Diet: A 5-part series on finding, securing and minimizing data on old online accounts
- The In-App Switcheroo: Many apps have a built-in browser that ignores your default browser settings
- Border Insecurity: A 2-part series on protecting your data and devices when you travel internationally
- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: An ongoing series on some cool ways to protect our data
- Treat Extensions Like Apps: Browser addons, plugins and extensions can gather a lot of data
These are some of my most popular articles of all time.
- How to Send Files Securely
- How to Choose a PIN
- De-Google Your Life (5-part series)
- How to Block Google Pop-Ups
- Give the Gifts of Security & Privacy – including downloadable gift coupons
- Pros and Cons of Passkeys
- What a VPN Is and Isn’t
- The Pro & Cons of Antivirus Software
Top Podcasts
If you haven’t gotten into podcasts yet, you really should give them a try. I find it’s easiest to consume them while doing mindless tasks, like running on a treadmill, making dinner, doing household chores, or commuting.
These are my top interview podcasts from Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons from this year.
- Privacy-Focused AI: An interview with Proton’s head of AI about their Lumo chatbot
- On the Ethics of AI: A deep and thoughtful discussion on AI ethics with Carissa Véliz
- I’m Just a (Privacy) Bill: Discussing why it’s so hard to pass privacy laws with VT State Rep Monique Priestley
- Passport, Lawyer, Locksmith: A chat about physical security and being prepared with Deviant Ollam
- Shelter from the Storm: Understanding the threat of Volt Typhoon to critical infrastructure with Josh Corman
- Back to the L0pht: Some very entertaining hacker history with Weld Pond
- Security Planner: A talk with Consumer Report’s Yael Grauer about their helpful security tool
These are some of my top podcasts of all time. Over 8.5 years, I’ve created over 450 episodes and interviewed over 200 people!
- Your Face Belongs to Us: A discussion of Clearview AI’s face recognition app with author and journalist Kashmir Hill
- Anom: The FBI’s Phone Company: Joseph Cox, author of Dark Wire and reporter at 404 Media on the FBI’s secret phone company
- Cult of the Dead Cow: A fascinating chat with OG hackers Deth Veggie and Omega
- Privacy is Power: Author and philosophy professor Carissa Véliz on the importance of privacy
- Inside Ukraine’s IT Army: Dina Temple-Raston discusses drones and cyberwarfare in the Ukraine/Russia war
- Reclaiming the Internet: Activist and author Cory Doctorow explains “enshittification”
- Through the Past, Privately: PGP Turns 30: I speak with the creator of the legendary encryption protocol, Phil Zimmermann
- 300th Episode: One of my several interviews with cryptography guru Bruce Schneier
- Demystifying AI: Debunking the myths around modern generative AI with Prof Michael Littman from Brown University
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