Monday, 25 October 2021 – 23:25:32 CEST

When Whitfield Diffie, Ronald Rivest, Steven M. Bellovin, Peter Neumann, Matt Blaze and Bruce Schneier come together to publish a paper on the security and privacy implications of client-side scanning, we should listen up.

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Episode 83: The Conspiracy Theorists Get It Right Again

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 – 23:32:30 CEST

Pegasus isn't new. Anyone in the field has known about NSO Group's spyware and its use against politicians, activists and journalists for half a decade. What's worth discussing, though, is how the topic has been ignored for so long. Both by the press and by iPhone maker Apple.

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Episode 18: Xiaomi Brazenly Collects User Data on Their Phones

Wednesday, 6 May 2020 – 21:54:27 CEST

The fourth biggest smartphone maker in the world, Xiaomi from China, makes very cheap phones with decent features. But it looks like they are selling out your privacy to recoup some of the money you're saving when you buy their phones.

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The Private Citizen

A Civil Liberties Podcast

Veteran technology journalist Fabian A. Scherschel covers the most important threats to our personal liberties, privacy rights and freedom of speech. In reporting on these issues, he draws from a decade of experience in reporting on information security topics, mixed with a healthy dose of journalism critique. The show places a particular emphasis on stories and viewpoints that have been ignored in the legacy media.

Episode 92: Bugs in Our Pockets

Episode 83: The Conspiracy Theorists Get It Right Again

Episode 18: Xiaomi Brazenly Collects User Data on Their Phones