#privacy
109 episodes
#4276: Text Expansion Across Devices: The Real Cross-Platform Guide
Espanso vs TextExpander vs Gboard — what actually works when you need snippets on Linux and Android?
#4254: How to Vanish at a Picnic
A playbook for revealing nothing about yourself over four hours of casual conversation — without seeming weird.
#4250: How to Vanish at a Picnic: The Art of Revealing Nothing
A full playbook for spending an afternoon with strangers while revealing nothing significant about yourself.
#4228: Window Films for Renters: Privacy, Heat, and Removal
Privacy films, heat rejection, and how to remove them cleanly when your lease is up.
#4170: Obfuscation as Risk Management with AI
How AI can protect whistleblowers and trauma survivors by intelligently obscuring identities while preserving story integrity.
#4085: The Clinton Email Server: A Technical Autopsy
What was actually in that Chappaqua basement? A technical breakdown of the most infamous self-hosted email server in history.
#4079: Your Beer, Two Steps, and the Law
What happens when police confiscate your legally-bought beer? A deep dive into police discretion and your rights.
#4073: Private Buckets, Pre-Signed URLs: Self-Hosting Without the Compromise
How to keep your self-hosted images secure, accessible, and cloud-friendly without becoming the product.
#4063: Can the Law Give You a Second Name for Privacy?
Sweden, Germany, and Japan each offer fragments of a legal second identity — but none fully solve the privacy problem.
#4054: Flood the Zone: Obfuscation as Privacy Strategy
What if the best way to protect your real address is publishing a fake one? Obfuscation as offensive privacy.
#4038: The Art of Being Boring: Privacy Engineering for Renters
A systems design approach to residential privacy, using social engineering techniques to become a satisfyingly boring neighbor.
#3896: How to Become Unapproachable While Moving Boxes in Jerusalem
Three escalating layers to stay unapproachable while moving cargo in a city where everyone is curious about your boxes.
#3893: The Teddy Bear That Shut Down a Daycare
How Israel's 1979 wiretapping law made a camera-stuffed teddy bear legal — and what happens next.
#3834: How Celebrities Hide Their Phone Numbers
The three-layer system of tech, legal, and social defenses that keeps celebrity phone numbers private.
#3770: The Art of Strategic Neighboring
How to be cordial but not intrusive, and avoid becoming the building's go-to hardware library.
#3721: Why Money Feels Wrong in Human Relationships
The feeling that money degrades human interactions isn’t irrational — it’s a real insight supported by decades of research.
#3718: AI Babysitters Already Exist—What We Learned
Tens of thousands of Chinese families already use robot babysitters. What actually happened, and what's next?
#3704: Can Pornography Ever Be Regulated Fairly?
The labor conditions behind adult films and whether real regulation is possible — or just a fantasy.
#3343: How Cash Caps Shrink Shadow Economies
Israel, Greece, and others are capping cash transactions to shrink shadow economies. How do these laws work, and what are the real costs?
#3272: Can Your Walk Really Identify You?
Gait recognition is leaving the lab. But is your walk actually unique, or just a handful of patterns?
#3215: How the US Constitution Actually Works (A Guide for Non-Americans)
The short, old document that governs everything from free speech to gun rights — explained for outsiders.
#3211: How Press Freedom Erodes Without a Single Censorship Law
No courtroom, no censor — just a terms-of-service update. How press freedom gets hollowed out in plain sight.
#3178: Can Mixed-Use Buildings Actually Work for Residents?
Privacy, noise, and traffic aren't unsolvable — they're design failures. Here's what actually works.
#3137: Credit Scores vs. Israel: Two Ways to Quantify Trust
The US uses a private scoring machine. Israel uses a government data registry. Two radically different answers to the same question.