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Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast — 495 episodes

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1

Digital Citizen: Phase 2

2

DEF CON 34

3

AI Tech Support: Trust, but Verify

4

Top Cyber Threats 2026

5

Update All the Things

6

Digital Provenance

7

Countdown to Episode 500!

8

Defending Device Data

9

We Can Do This

10

A More Personal AI

11

Backup Your Email Archive

12

Transaction Denied

13

Verify Your Email Archive

14

Bossware & Boundaries

15

Download All Your Emails

16

Cindy Cohn: Privacy’s Defender

17

Withdraw Your Email Data

18

The Power of Prophecy

19

AI’s Promise and Peril

20

Identity Resolution

21

Routers Behaving Badly

22

Privacy Guides Panel

23

Spring Cleaning

24

Surveillance Pricing

25

Fixing ClickFix

26

Double Blind Armadillo

27

New Google Alternatives

28

Professionally Paranoid

29

Agents of Misfortune

30

Debunking Hacklore

31

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

32

Honoring Auto Privacy Rights

33

Private AI Chat

34

Decentralized Messaging

35

Best of 2025 Bonus Content

36

Replay: Stop Reusing Passwords

37

Best of 2025!

38

40 Years of Phrack

39

Be Wary of Holiday Scams

40

Best & Worst Gifts for 2025!

41

Erasing Your Online Data

42

Becoming Cyber Resilient

43

Removing Old Accounts

44

Privacy-Focused AI

45

Securing Old Accounts

46

Project Franklin Wants You

47

Tech Time Bombs

48

Ente: Private by Design

49

Find Old Accounts (Part 2)

50

On the Ethics of AI

51

Find Old Accounts (Part 1)

52

Meet Rayhunter

53

Going on a Data Diet

54

I’m Just a (Privacy) Bill

55

Hacker Summer Camp 2025

56

Tariffs vs IP Law

57

Physical Phone Security

58

Passport, Lawyer, Locksmith

59

Freezing Your Mobile Account

60

Defending Student Privacy

61

The In-App Switcheroo

62

ShmooCon: Moose You Already

63

Rogue AI?

64

Dialog with the Data Diva

65

Life in the Panopticon

66

Dividing Trust

67

Slay Message Snoopers

68

Shelter from the Storm

69

Disable Your MAID

70

Riding the Data Gravy Train

71

Travel Insecurity

72

Life on the Blue Team

73

Differential Privacy

74

Microscoping Our Apps

75

It’s Tax (Scam) Time Again

76

All Things Secured

77

Slay Browser Ads Forever

78

Back to The L0pht

79

Onion Routing

80

Security Planner

81

Crypto Wars 2.0

82

Controlling Your Digital ID

83

Treat Plugins Like Apps

84

Reclaiming Data Privacy

85

New Year’s Resolutions 2025!

86

ALPRs Are Everywhere

87

Best of Bonus 2024!

88

Replay: Golden Age of Surveillance

89

Best of 2024!

90

Deleting Your Data

91

Letters from the Mailbag

92

Privacy is Power

93

Best & Worst Gifts for 2024

94

Cutting the Software Tether

95

Curbing Location Tracking

96

Episode 400 Special

97

Understanding AI Chatbots

98

L0pht Heavy Industries

99

Indicators of Account Compromise

100

TunnelVision, VPNs and You

101

Malware Reboot Remedy

102

Post-Quantum Crypto

103

The Truth is Out There

104

Crazy Proton Summer

105

National Public Data Breach

106

Dating App Privacy

107

Hacker Summer Camp 2024

108

Catch You on the BSide

109

CrowdStrike Lessons Learned

110

Open Source Intelligence

111

How & Why to Block Ads

112

Promising Privacy Tech

113

Backing Up Other Data

114

Means of Control

115

Backup Your Cloud Data

116

Anom: The FBI’s Phone Company

117

Migrate to Mastodon

118

Why Privacy Matters

119

How to Choose a PIN

120

Inside Ukraine’s IT Army

121

Please Quit Chrome

122

The Rise of CBDC

123

Just Do It: Freeze Your Credit

124

Protecting Kids Online

125

Answering Listener Questions

126

He Said She Said

127

Account Security is Broken

128

Health Data Privacy

129

Backing Up 2FA Seeds

130

How Our Data is Abused

131

Mitigating AI Risks

132

Car Privacy is Horrid

133

Avoiding Tax Scams

134

Securing Your Mac

135

Data Privacy Week 2024

136

Rise of the Slaughterbots

137

New Year’s Resolutions: 2024

138

Investigating Data Leaks

139

Best of 2023 Bonus Content

140

Classic Replay: Lavabit

141

Best of 2023

142

Restoring Trust in Elections

143

Using Email Aliases

144

Smart City Blues

145

Best & Worst Gifts for 2023

146

Smartphone Spyware

147

The Rise of Cellular IoT

148

Reclaiming the Internet

149

It’s Time to Try Proton

150

What’s Your Threat Model?

151

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

152

Catching Phish

153

iOS 17 Security & Privacy

154

Your Face Belongs to Us

155

Remediate Your Network

156

Containing Big Data

157

Assessing Your Network Security

158

Demystifying AI

159

Hacker Summer Camp 2023

160

Cult of the Dead Cow

161

Less is More

162

The Politics of Privacy

163

IoT Inventory

164

National Cyber Strategy

165

Access Backup Plan

166

Hacking in Space

167

Go Forth, Do Good Deeds

168

Making a Difference

169

Blocking .zip Domains

170

Vehicle Privacy Report

171

Problems with Passkeys

172

Probing the Ministry of Truth

173

Blocking Google Popups

174

STOPping Mass Surveillance

175

How to Avoid Juice Jacking

176

Securing the Internet of Things

177

Reviewing Mullvad Browser

178

Privacy Peeps Panel

179

Fingerprinting Your Devices

180

Solving Your Password Problems

181

Securing Your Home Network

182

Designing Apps for Privacy

183

Unmasking Shortened Links

184

Fixing Social Media

185

Where & Why to Plant Your Flag

186

Combatting Surveillance Capitalism

187

Data Privacy Week 2023

188

Using Aliases to Improve Privacy

189

New Year’s Resolutions: 2023

190

Privacy Tide is Turning

191

SPECIAL: LastPass Breach

192

Building a Better Private Network

193

Best of 2022!

194

We Are the Cavalry

195

Tis the Season for Scams

196

300th Episode!!

197

Best & Worst Gifts for 2022

198

Surveying the Digital Explosion

199

Redirect Ransom

200

Building Trust with Privacy

201

Your TV is Watching You

202

Protecting Schools and Students

203

Mobile Payment Fraud

204

Capture the Flag for Fun & Profit

205

iOS 16 Security & Privacy Features

206

Tornado Warning for Free Speech

207

Decoding Computers & Software

208

LastPass Source Code Breach

209

The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas

210

Hacker Summer Camp 2022

211

Privacy vs Content Moderation

212

Security Via Subtraction

213

No Place Left to Hide

214

Hacking Your Honda

215

Crowdsourcing Network Security

216

The Data Dam is Breaking

217

Necessary Chaos

218

Total Cookie Protection

219

Moving Beyond Passwords

220

Peppering Your Passwords

221

Cryptocurrency 101

222

Emergency Mode

223

Tomatoes & Telegraphs

224

Global Privacy Control

225

How to Stop Tracking & Stalking

226

What is the Most Private Browser?

227

Private from Everyone (But Us)

228

Demystifying VPNs

229

Luck Favors the Prepared

230

De-Google Your Life (Part 4)

231

Teaching & Preaching Privacy

232

De-Google Your Life (Part 3)

233

Computer Security Goes Microscopic

234

My De-Google Strategy

235

Securing Your Mobile Device

236

De-Google Your Life (Part 2)

237

Free & Open Source Software

238

De-Google Your Life

239

Searching for Privacy

240

Building a Privacy-Respecting World

241

Data Privacy Week 2022

242

2022 New Year’s Resolutions

243

The State of Kids’ Privacy

244

The Best of 2021

245

The Log4Shell Debacle

246

End Run Around Your Rights

247

Defending Democracy with Technology

248

My Debit Card Was Hacked

249

Security Requires Privacy

250

Best & Worst Gifts for 2021

251

Restoring Trust in Our Elections

252

Spooky Security Stories

253

Through the Past, Privately: PGP Turns 30

254

Rough Week for Facebook

255

Privacy Dynamic Duo

256

iOS 15 Privacy & Security Features

257

Apple’s Problematic CSAM Scanning

258

Security Is Hard

259

Driving Data Privacy for Cars

260

Privacy Matters

261

Morpheus: Securing CPUs with Entropy

262

Beware the Four Horsemen

263

On a Dark Tangent

264

Understanding Hackers & Hacking

265

Selling You Out to the Highest Bidder

266

Guard Your Digital Rolodex

267

It’s Time to Drop the SBOM

268

How to Keep Ransomware at Bay

269

Make That Shaken AND Stirred

270

Sad State of Cybersecurity

271

Hacking Satellites for Fun & Profit

272

Payment App Privacy Sucks

273

Have I Been FLoCed? (Part 2)

274

Have I Been FLoCed? (Part 1)

275

How & When to Use a Passphrase

276

Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 2)

277

Protecting Intellectual Freedom (Part 1)

278

App Tracking Transparency

279

Hunting for Stingrays (Part 2)

280

Hunting for Stingrays (Part 1)

281

Trust No One

282

Social Media is Ruining Society

283

Stop Using SMS for 2FA

284

Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 2)

285

Computers Interviewing Humans (Part 1)

286

Last Straw for LastPass

287

Tech Learning Collective (Part 2)

288

Tech Learning Collective (Part 1)

289

Not Just a Face in the Crowd

290

Free Speech & Deplatforming

291

Stop Watching Me!

292

De-Googling Your Life

293

Choosing a Private Email Service (Part 2)

294

Choosing a Private Email Service (Part 1)

295

The Great SolarWinds Hack

296

200th Podcast & New Year’s 2021!

297

Best of 2020!

298

Setting the Digital Standard (Part 2)

299

Setting the Digital Standard (Part 1)

300

Best & Worst Gifts Guide 2020

301

Dark Patterns (Part 2)

302

Dark Patterns (Part 1)

303

Zoom: Now with Actual Privacy

304

The Ebb & Flow of the Internet

305

Big Proctor is Watching You (part 2)

306

Big Proctor is Watching You (part 1)

307

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

308

Apple’s Epic Battle Royale (Part 2)

309

Apple’s Epic Battle Royale (Part 1)

310

Take Out the (Windows) Trash

311

It’s a Trap!

312

Firefox Privacy (Part 2)

313

Firefox Privacy (Part 1)

314

Apple’s Epic Battle

315

This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 2)

316

This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 1)

317

The Pros & Cons of Antivirus Software

318

The Great Twitter Hack

319

Your Money or Your Data (part 2)

320

Your Money or Your Data (part 1)

321

TikTok Boom

322

COVID19 Privacy: Pro Tips (part 2)

323

COVID19 Security: Pro Tips (part 1)

324

From Mailbox to Ballot Box

325

Fiber For Our Future (part 2)

326

Fiber For Our Future (part 1)

327

Apple vs FBI, Part 2

328

Beware the Evil Maid

329

COVID19 Security & Privacy Tips (Part 2)

330

COVID19 Security & Privacy Tips (Part 1)

331

Have You Been Pwned?

332

Phish Spotting 101

333

Contact Tracing, Privately

334

Secure & Private Social Distancing

335

Privacy by Design

336

Beware COVID-19 Scams

337

The CCPA and You (Part 2)

338

The CCPA and You (Part 1)

339

Hacked: A Clearer View of Clearview

340

Adversarial Interoperability (Part 2)

341

Adversarial Interoperability (Part 1)

342

Tax Time Brings Tax Scams

343

Just Say No (to Sharing)

344

Data Privacy Day 2020

345

Clearview Knows Who You Are

346

Why “Free File” Isn’t Free

347

Time to Upgrade Windows

348

2020 New Year’s Resolutions

349

Behind the One-Way Mirror (part 2)

350

Behind the One-Way Mirror (part 1)

351

Snail Mail Identity Theft

352

Best & Worst Gifts for 2019

353

Data vs. Democracy (Part 2)

354

Data vs. Democracy (Part 1)

355

The Rise of Browser Fingerprinting

356

Preventing & Mitigating Identity Theft

357

Dropping Dropbox

358

Risky Business (Part 2)

359

Risky Business (Part 1)

360

Don’t Forget to Wipe Your Data

361

Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 2)

362

Not Just a Face in the Crowd (Part 1)

363

Google’s Not-So-Private Sandbox

364

Ring’s Orwellian Doorbell

365

Choosing a VPN Provider

366

The Great Cellular Sellout (Part 2)

367

The Great Cellular Sellout (Part 1)

368

The Tyranny of the Default

369

The Great Hack

370

Get Your Equifax Settlement

371

Privacy in a Box (Part 2)

372

Privacy in a Box (Part 1)

373

Big Brother 2.0

374

Set Warp Factor 1.1.1.1

375

The Internet of Junk

376

The Rise of Stalkerware

377

A Tale of Two Browsers: Chrome vs Firefox

378

Polling on Privacy (Pt2)

379

Polling on Privacy (Pt1)

380

Google Knows What You Buy

381

Time to Break Up Facebook

382

Health Apps Behaving Badly

383

Further Facebook Fiascos

384

Swiped: Identity Theft (Pt 2)

385

Swiped: Identity Theft (pt 1)

386

Spotting Scare Scams

387

Fix It Already!

388

Preparing for Your Digital Afterlife

389

Enter the Panopticon (Part 2)

390

Enter the Panopticon (Part 1)

391

Account Defense in Depth

392

Guiding the Development of AI

393

Toying With Security

394

You Must Stop Reusing Passwords

395

You Have Been Pwned

396

Data Privacy Day Pod-Centennial!

397

Delete My DNA, Please

398

Ghost on the Wire

399

Google is Watching You

400

2019 Security & Privacy New Years Resolutions

401

Replacing Your Plastic Driver’s License

402

Ads Are Tracking You in the Real World, Too

403

Marriott’s Massive Data Breach

404

Lock Down Your Privacy on Your Mobile Devices

405

The Best & Worst Gifts for 2018

406

Phone Scammers Are Spoofing Your Caller ID

407

Why You Should Care About the Future of Computing

408

Marketers Are Tracking You On and Off the Web

409

The Fight for Net Neutrality is Far from Over

410

Did China Implant Spy Chips in Our Computers?

411

How to Protect Yourself From Ransomware

412

Big Companies Behaving Badly: The Facebook Breach Explained

413

Now Is the Time to Freeze Your Credit

414

Prying Yourself From Google’s Clutches

415

🎧 The Tale of Ma Bell and Big Brother

416

🎧 It’s Time to Fix Our Election Systems (Again)

417

🎧 Facebook’s Virtual Private Network is Not Private

418

🎧 Hacking Your Network Using 1970s Technology

419

How a Wall of Lava Lamps is Helping Secure the Internet

420

🎧 Anti-Sex Trafficking Law Does More Harm Than Good

421

🎧 When Plugins Go Rogue

422

🎧 Your Public Data May Raise Your Insurance Rates

423

🎧 Supreme Court Scores One for Location Privacy

424

🎧 Crypto 101, What is Encryption, Anyway…

425

One Simple Step to a Faster and More Private Internet

426

🎧 Supreme Court Ruling Protects Your Location Privacy

427

🎧 Your Android Device’s Backdoor May Be Wide Open

428

🎧 Carpe Datum: Opting Out of Data Collection

429

🎧 How NOT to Hide Your Digital Footprints

430

Know Before You Go: Cyber Summer Tips

431

🎧 GDPR: Here I Come, Ready or Not

432

🎧 Why You Need to Ditch WhatsApp

433

We Now Live in the Golden Age of Surveillance

434

🎧 Defending Your Home From Rogue IoT Devices

435

🎧 Who Was at the Scene of the Crime? Google Knows!

436

🎧 Don’t Tread on My Internet: Saving Net Neutrality

437

🎧 Best Buy Geek Squad or Spy Squad?

438

🎧 I’m Deleting Facebook. You Should, Too.

439

🎧 Your Privacy is Now Under a Dark CLOUD

440

🎧 You Should Know What Facebook Knows

441

🎧 Protecting the 2018 and 2020 Elections

442

🎧 Facebook’s Two-Faced Privacy

443

Security Tips from a Professional Hacker

444

🎧 Authorized Personnel Only: Saving You from Yourself

445

🎧 Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts

446

🎧 Mobile Privacy: A Modern Oxymoron

447

🎧 File Your Taxes Before the Bad Guys Do!

448

🎧 Data Privacy Day: Take Control of Your Data

449

🎧 Is This a Bitcoin Boom or a Bubble?

450

🎧 Doing the Cybersecurity Two-Step

451

🎧 Dumpster Diving Trashes the Fourth Amendment

452

🎧 Old Spectre Causes Computer Meltdown

453

🎧 Upholding the Bill of Rights in Cyberspace

454

🎧 Make Your New Years (Cyber) Resolutions!

455

🎧 Curl Up With a Good (Security) Book for the Holidays!

456

🎧 The Fight for Net Neutrality Isn’t Over

457

🎧 Project Galileo: Ensuring the Silent Voices Are Heard

458

🎧 The Best & Worst Cyber-Gifts of 2017

459

🎧 A Nasty Worm in Your Apple Product (and How to Fix It)

460

It’s Time for Everyone to use Secure Email

461

🎧 Choosing the Safest Web Browser

462

🎧 It’s Time to End Dragnet Mass Surveillance

463

🎧 Beware the Reaper – Lock Down Your LAN

464

🎧 Using Ad Blockers to Tame Those Annoying Web Ads

465

Do We Own Any Media We Buy Anymore?

466

The Mouse That Scored, How Copyright Went Wrong

467

🎧 Goodbye Privacy, Hello Panopticon

468

🎧 Rise of the Machines: Should We Fear Artificial Intelligence?

469

🎧 Equifax Breach, Here’s What You Need to Do

470

🎧 If You Aren’t Backing Up, Your Data is on Borrowed Time

471

Your Privacy Rights Are Under Assault at the U.S. Border

472

🎧 How to Live in the Era of Fake News

473

🎧 Hackers Crack Safes, Teslas, Car Washes and Voting Machines

474

Why I Killed my Company to Save my Customers, pt 2

475

Why I Killed my Company to Save my Customers

476

🎧 Achieving Trust in the Digital Age

477

🎧 How To Hack An Election

478

🎧 Creating and Remembering Killer Passwords

479

NotPetya Malware Strikes, Everything You Need to Know

480

Don’t Tread on My Bits: Why Net Neutrality Matters

481

🎧 If You Use Public WiFi At The Hotel, Airport, Coffee Shop….

482

🎧 The Feds Plan For Cars That Can Track & Tattle On You

483

How Dumb Are Your ‘Smart Devices’?

484

🎧 Cyber Travel Tips: What To Know Before You Go

485

Learn These WannaCry Lessons Before Round 2 Hits

486

🎧 Inoculating the World Against Malware

487

🎧 Intel Closes a Nine-Year Backdoor

488

Your Email is as Vulnerable as Sending a Postcard

489

🎧 When the Hackers Become the Hacked

490

🎧 How to Pick The Only Password You’ll Ever Need

491

🎧 Congress Just Sold You Out (Again)

492

Protecting Your Privacy at the US Border

493

🎧 Masking Your Digital Footprints

494

🎧 How The Bad Guys Trick You Into Taking Their Bait

495

🎧 Why CloudBleed Wasn’t So Bloody Scary