Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Updated: 28 Jul 2025 • 439 episodes
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A Podcast on Computer Security & Privacy for Non-Techies

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28 Jul 2025 • EN

Physical Phone Security

We take our phones with us everywhere. And they contain, or have cloud access to, pretty much all of our personal information and online accounts. While phone makers have made it difficult for thieves to resell a stolen phone, anyone with physical access to your device may be able to extract its data or access all your

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We talk a lot about digital or online security. Today we're going to focus on physical security and the general ethos of "be prepared". There are many situations in life when you will find yourself wishing you had had the foresight to acquire certain things or establish certain professional relationships before you act

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Your cell phone number uniquely identifies you. Many companies rely on this 1-to-1 relationship to authenticate you to their systems. So if someone were to somehow manage to steal your mobile phone number - a hack called SIM swapping - they could use that to impersonate you and compromise any of your accounts that are

07 Jul 2025 • EN

Defending Student Privacy

Privacy risks are bad enough for adults - but it's much worse for our kids, particularly as students. Who provides notice and obtains consent for minors at school? In many cases it's not the parents, let alone the students - it's the school system. Not only are they opting the students into invasive data collection by

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30 Jun 2025 • EN

The In-App Switcheroo

Do you realize that you're not always using your chosen mobile web browser or your network privacy features? Many mobile apps have their own in-app browser that can gather your data and even inject ads and trackers into any web links you click. I'll explain how this works and what you can do about it. In the news: 23an

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On January 12th, 2025, the ShmooCon hacker conference held it's 20th and final gathering. I was lucky enough to be able to not only attend the final show but also to interview the founders, Heidi and Bruce Potter. We talk about how it all got started, what made this hacker con so special and beloved, and hear some hila

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