FLOSS Weekly (Audio)

FLOSS Weekly 752: Stalkers Beware - Cooper Quintin on Personal Privacy and TOR University Challenge

FLOSS Weekly (Audio)

Show Notes

Cooper Quintin of the EFF treats Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman to plenty of wisdom about the extremes of constant personal privacy exposure online, and how some of the worst threats can come from people you know.

The stalkerware industry that allows people to spy on victims easily.

How can we truly decentralize social media?

The expanding data broker industry.

Effective mitigation like encryption tools and pushing for privacy laws.

Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman

Guest: Cooper Quintin

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