Podcast Episodes

Will AI Write Its Own Laws?

Episode 208

Join Ben Winters, director of AI and Privacy at the Consumer Federation of America, for a front-row seat to the chaotic world of AI regulation where dirty data, aggressive lobbying, and public confus…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Kristen and the Phantom Puppy

Episode 207

Kristin got scammed because she didn't want to give a puppy mill her business. This classic digital scam has it all: fake breeders, phony shipping agents, and a non-existent air-conditioned crate. Kr…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris Hutchins’s Travel Hacking Gets Hacked

Episode 206

If you have never listened to Chris Hutchins explain how to get free travel, you’ve probably been paying too much for your vacations. Turns out, a threat actor was listening to him and stole his mile…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cybersecurity Girl Caitlin Sarian Tries to Delete Herself Online

Episode 205

Every part of life that comes in contact with the Internet is tracked, packed and sold to a a seemingly infinite network of data brokers. Caitlin Sarian AKA Cybersecurity Girl joined us this week to …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Nicole Perlroth Says All the Things that Keep Adam Up at Night

Episode 204

Nicole Perlroth’s book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is a masterpiece on the topic of cyberwar and the zero-day hacks that make it deadly. Join us as we explore with Perlroth a cyberscape w…

Published on 3 months ago

Jack Rhysider Exposes Our Digital Secrets

Episode 203

What if your digital footprint made you a target? Jack Rhysider, host of "Darknet Diaries," shares how a fan turned his online presence into a personal puzzle—revealing just how easily your privacy c…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Shannon Edwards Reveals the Student Data Free-for-All in New York City Schools

Episode 202

As technology is integrated deeper into classrooms, the lines between education and data privacy have been destroyed by for-profit data miners. This week, privacy advocate Shannon Edwards reveals how…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Keren Elazari Decrypts the Ransomeware Nightmare

Episode 201

Ransomware is a type of malware that allows hackers to commandeer data on a device or an entire network. Increasingly, the threat actors behind these crimes set their sites on mission critical target…

Published on 4 months ago

The Wild West of the Loophole Economy

Episode 200

We’ve all been there. You see something perfect online, you do all the clicks and then think, “Wait, was that legit?” Scam-lite transactions are the way of the web these days, whether it’s direct-fro…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

CISA Director Jen Easterly Stands Watch in the Cyberwars

From elections to ransomware, CISA Director Jen Easterly breaks down the threats to America’s critical infrastructure and what’s being done to stop them, sharing along the way her journey from the re…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago