NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life
576 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsNBTV: Your Money; Your Data; Your Life. Welcome to the worlds of Digital Privacy, Tech, Scientific Innovation, and Cryptocurrency. NBTV is hosted by Naomi Brockwell: tech journalist, producer for 19-times emmy award-winning journalist John Stossel, and host of Coindesk daily show "The Hash".
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What Your Photos Reveal!
April 19, 2024 23:00 - 12 minutes - 8.32 MBhttps://youtu.be/VaUsJvUMUgE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/OSINT-photos:8 Every picture and video you post spills secrets about you, maybe even revealing where you live. The process of connecting all these dots of our online activities is a practice known as Open Source Intelligence, or OSINT. It's the practice of using all the information available online such as public records, reviews we write, email addresses, usernames, location check ins, and social media, to link together t...
The TRUTH about Bank Privacy
April 05, 2024 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBhttps://youtu.be/C0CyuDEuLsE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Financial-surveillance:e Financial privacy has practically vanished over the last 50 years. Most people are in denial about it, and still believe that their relationship with their bank or their credit union is confidential -- the reality couldn’t be further from that. In this video we walk you through the history of how financial privacy slowly disappeared, and how we built a gargantuan financial surveillance system tha...
A World Without Privacy
March 24, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBhttps://youtu.be/0RhCrb8OCjw https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Impact-of-surveillance:b The current state of privacy is bad. Surveillance today is pervasive, and the effects of this surveillance on the fabric of society is profound. We need to make sure we’re fully aware of the consequences of creating a world without privacy. If we want to reclaim privacy in the digital age, the answer is not to throw out our devices, it’s to truly embrace technology, and leverage all the new, cutti...
Stop Your Programs Reporting Your Activity with Little Snitch
March 08, 2024 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBhttps://youtu.be/_0EiqiPuR4Q https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Little-Snitch:7 Our computers constantly talk to servers across the internet without us realizing, sharing information about our activities. Most of us don't even realize how many programs are silently connecting to the internet and sharing data. It usually happens without our explicit consent. But we can block these connections. On Mac, you can use a program called Little Snitch. In this video we look at the data is si...
Most PRIVATE Photo Backups
February 24, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/n_kTzu8NEyg https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Back-up-Photos-privately:7 Photos these days usually stay in digital form. Sometimes we back them up to the cloud for safekeeping: but who is getting access to your sensitive images when you do so? In this video we look at the built-in photo backup options on iPhone and Android, and how private they really are. We also explore more private backup solutions, and how to set them up to happen automatically so that you never...
Decentralized Storage
February 10, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes - 9.85 MBhttps://youtu.be/rOtMGJVp2MU https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/decentralized-storage:6 We put a lot of trust in cloud storage providers, presuming that they’ll keep our data safe. But what if they're hacked? Or their servers go down? Or what if they decide to just kick us out of our accounts, and we lose all our emails, files, contacts, photos... There's another big problem with centralizing all our storage on a single platform: it turns out the whole world is doing it. Most of the wo...
No SIM? No Problem!
January 26, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/RyirQOCUUK8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Calyx:7 Your phone is more than just a communication tool; it’s a powerful tracking device, and the SIM card inside is a key reason why. I don’t actually have a SIM card in any of my phones, and in this video I’ll explain the reasons why. I’ll also talk about alternative ways that you can still have connectivity on the go without a SIM in your phone, and I’ll dive into the downsides of not having a SIM in your phone. ...
THIS is why privacy is CRUCIAL
January 14, 2024 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.48 MBhttps://youtu.be/eR7D6Fx0fTQ https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Privacy-in-the-Digital-Age:1 Many of us don't fully grasp the importance of privacy for a free society. We allow total invasion of our privacy, making a bet that we and those in power will stay on good terms, so this data will never be used against us. But as Snowden said, regimes come and go, social norms change, but that data is forever. Privacy is not a tool for criminals, as many would have you believe. It's essential...
He's Sees You When You're Sleeping...
December 24, 2023 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.59 MBhttps://youtu.be/80gv6opFy3o https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Santa:e9f The holidays are upon us, and it's time to ask some SERIOUS questions: Why do we allow Santa to spy on us through the year to see if we're being good or bad? Why do we allow him to dictate the behavior of our children?? In our final video of the year, we explore the history of Santa’s inter-generational ploy to extend his unnatural life through the collection of our data. We also give you suggestions for how to ...
You're LEAKING Your LOCATION!
December 15, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/A9DPDE0FZeQ https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/location-tracking:7 Our phones are complex devices that leak our location in countless ways. We explain 3 essential settings for protecting your location data: - Airplane Mode - Location Services - WiFi We dive into how they work and try to demystify location tracking, hopefully leaving you with a better understanding of how to use these tools in your privacy toolbox. 00:00 Do you know how to stop location tracking? 02:...
Tech Innovations Building a Brighter Future
December 04, 2023 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBhttps://youtu.be/FDxv04k3Zg8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/tech-innovation:6 How technology can help us carve out more freedom in our daily lives NOW. 00:00 Crypto as one of the most potent tools for freedom we've ever seen 9:05 Can crypto and traditional finance coexist? 15:35 Importance of Financial Privacy 16:50 CBDCs and the dystopian future 22:15 Importance of Privacy in a free society 24:28 Have the tables of power already turned given all these decentralized technologies? ...
Make Your Phone More Private
November 27, 2023 14:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBhttps://youtu.be/wg00QkcpOOM https://odysee.com/Graphene-Deep-dive:5818aefbaa107d89bc66e1dd196bbb8c8ccbcb73 Your phone is your portal to the digital world, where all kinds of sensitive activity happens. It's important to make sure your phone isn't leaking all this information about you, and the operating system you use makes a huge difference. Android and iOS collect a huge amount of data from you, so in previous videos we've explained how to instal GrapheneOS instead. In this video we div...
How Private Are X's Encrypted DMs REALLY?
November 15, 2023 01:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/zH9LzC-djos https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Twiter-e2ee:d X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, rolled out "encrypted messages" this year! We explain how to use it, who is eligible, but we also dive into the nitty gritty of how this encryption has been implements, and why we don't think you should trust it for anything sensitive. There are better E2EE messaging apps out there. 00:00 X introduces Encrypted Messaging 02:53 How to Send Encrypted Messages on X 03:...
Fitness Apps Are A Privacy Nightmare
November 04, 2023 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBhttps://youtu.be/V2WrDZnk33g https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Strava-v6-LBRY:b Fitness apps help us keep track of our health, but they're also a privacy nightmare. If you're not careful with how you use it, it can even put you in danger. In this video we explore how they leak all kinds of information about us, how malicious actors scrape data from these apps to target people’s locations, and we look at their hidden settings that you might not realize are turned on. 00:00 Intro 01:05 O...
Keyboard Apps are a privacy NIGHTMARE!
October 25, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBhttps://youtu.be/y4brX6x3mrM https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Keyboard-privacy:1 How private is your phone keyboard? Smartphones allow us to intimately communicate, do sensitive work, and access the world around us by tapping on a screen: The gateway to this world is the keyboard. It’s where we type our searches, our credit card details, our passwords. You'd better hope the keyboard you're using is private, and not sending off your keystrokes somewhere else. In this video we dive i...
Modern cars are a privacy nightmare
October 15, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBhttps://youtu.be/eIryvRwxp9A https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Car-Tracking:7 It's worse than you realize. In this video we dive into all the types of data your car is collecting about you: from video footage, microphone recordings, location data, biometrics, all the way to files/contacts/photos ingested from your phone! 00:00 Cars are NO place for a private conversation! 02:11 What data is our car collecting? 05:41 Video footage 06:16 Microphones 08:09 Location 08:40 There's a SIM c...
Can We Build a Better Internet?
October 05, 2023 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/HYAQYbE63wo https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Creating-a-better-internet:9 The internet has fundamentally transformed the way we communicate and access information. But while it lifts us up, it has also become the most potent enabler of totalitarian surveillance that the world has ever seen. In this talk, I explore the privacy implications of our growing digital world, and the kind of future we are paving the way towards. I also dive into what we can do today to try ...
Scam Alert: You're Next!
September 25, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MBhttps://youtu.be/OR8SmnVSLCg https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Youre-a-target:a "I'm not important, why would anyone target me?" The internet is a war zone filled with people actively trying to scrape all of your data and attack you with scams. But you're not being singled out: Scammers target everyone. They're indiscriminate, and you will inevitably fall into their wide net. In this video I explain how perceiving yourself as a low-value target actually makes you an ideal target fo...
When Data Brokers Ruin Lives
September 16, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.3 MBhttps://youtu.be/b0d90ul4ELE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/data-brokers-ruin-lives:d Data brokers are like invisible digital packrats, silently harvesting every piece of data about us that they can find. But the information provided by data brokers isn’t always correct. This is a problem because it's often heavily relied on by law enforcement as evidence, without being independently verified. In this video, hacker and researcher Ghost Exodus explains how his life took a dramatic...
Telegram Isn't As Private As You Think
September 05, 2023 21:00 - 10 minutes - 7.03 MBhttps://youtu.be/rtRQKQkvUfE https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Telegram:68 Telegram advertises itself as a private messaging app, and has attracted over 800 million users. But Telegram is one of the last apps I'd recommend if you're looking for private communication. In this video we explain how encryption actually works on Telegram: how it's not possible to end-to-end encrypt group chats, and how direct messages are not private by default. There are also some red flags about their e...
They Sell Your Data to EVERYONE
August 26, 2023 22:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBhttps://youtu.be/GQHutNQVLgw https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Data-Brokers:b Data brokers know a lot about us. They silently harvest any information they can find, by purchasing information, using trackers, scraping social media, ingesting data breaches. They compile this information into databases, and sell access so that others can sift through the most private and sensitive areas of our lives. In this video we pull back the curtain on a largest player in this industry - LexisNe...
How To Make Private Transactions, & Why It's Crucial
August 17, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBhttps://youtu.be/tIr9GfCtd9U https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Private-Transactions:b Financial privacy is essential for a free society, because it allows us to support causes we believe in without fear of retribution, to flee dangerous situations without being tracked, to live our daily lives without feeling like every choice we make is on display and needs to be self-censored. How can we have a truly free society if the way we interact with the world around us is constantly monitor...
pfSense Deep Dive: Unbound Explained!
August 05, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.23 MBhttps://youtu.be/c-bDpZoG--w https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/pfsense-deep-dive:5 Consumer grade routers are like leaky boats. But you can beef up your setup using things like the pfSense open source router and firewall software. In previous videos we've looks specifically at DNS settings, and programs like "Unbound" within pfSense. While these grant you granular control over your home network, they can also be confusing. This video dives deeper into "Unbound", the DNS resolver on...
DNS Blocklists Explained! Stop Internet Snooping!
July 27, 2023 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBhttps://youtu.be/pURzvhYQ2FQ https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DNS-Blocklists:3 These days, trackers infiltrate nearly every webpage. Advertisements demand your attention and monitor your online movements. Your own devices and software send telemetry back to manufacturers and developers, leaking all kinds of information about your activities. DNS blocklists can help you regain control over your network traffic. They can stop your devices from ever connecting to certain data tracking...
This will change the fabric of society...
July 15, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBhttps://youtu.be/MBBOjf7fLrc https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/The-erosion-of-privacy-and-its-consequences:3 Privacy is assaulted in broad daylight and everything we do is recorded with an unforgiving permanence. We trade away our private data for services and conveniences -- not realizing that the government has become party to every agreement we enter into. Due to the 3rd-Party Doctrine, we have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the digital age. The government uses this looph...
Most PRIVATE Video Watching Apps!
July 05, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBhttps://youtu.be/NtXRkKs_PA8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Youtube-alternative-apps:3 When you want to watch videos on your phone, you're probably using an app whose dual role behind the scenes is to gather as much information about you as it can. It observes all of your actions, and adds all this information to a database about you that it shares with thousands of other companies. Why not use a more private video-streaming app? In this video we explore alternatives, and explai...
Encrypt Your DNS (STOP Your ISP SNOOPING!)
June 25, 2023 22:00 - 12 minutes - 8.43 MBhttps://youtu.be/xAo61IaXun8 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/encrypted-DNS:d We presume what we search for on the internet stays private. But you might be leaking all of your internet activity through something called a DNS request. It's possible that every site you want to visit is being collected and sold by your ISP, or monitored by countless other entities. In this video we review what DNS is, and explain how to encrypt your DNS requests, to stop unwanted snooping on your inter...
Most PRIVATE Podcast & Audiobook Apps!
June 15, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBhttps://youtu.be/FjMyyygVsyM https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Podcast-and-audiobook-app:a In the digital age we've become used to being able to access music and podcasts wherever we go. But most audio apps collect a LOT of data about you. In this video we look at podcast players, audio book apps, and music streaming services that DON'T collect your data. 00:00 Intro 01:19 Overview 01:28 Audiobook Apps 03:40 Voice 05:26 Librivox 05:50 DRM Considerations 07:19 Podcast Apps 09:01 Ant...
Surveillance Coins Are Coming
June 05, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/QZ8dmZiY05I https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/CBDCs:c20 CBDCs will put financial privacy, financial freedom, and security in grave danger. It's a new kind of money that will put the government at the center of digital transactions. It will be a tool for unprecedented financial surveillance and censorship, and the worst part is that basically every government around the world wants to create one. In this video we chat with Marta Belcher, President of the Filecoin Foun...
HOW Browser Extensions Steal Your Data
May 27, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBhttps://youtu.be/cIGESSm39n4 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Malicious-extensions:1 Browser extensions can be a lot more dangerous than you realize. You probably don't understand the permissions that you're granting when installing a browser extension, so in this video we look at these permissions under a microscope, and explain what each one means. We also uncover the sketchy underground extension marketplace that no one talks about -- extensions that have lots of users are purchas...
Most PRIVATE App Stores!
May 18, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MBhttps://youtu.be/PdxooS4g5tM https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Alt-app-store:f App stores are central to how we use our smartphones. If you’re on Android you probably get all your apps from the Google Play Store, and if you’re on iOS you get your apps from the Apple App store. But there’s a catch: to access these app stores, you first have to sign in to an account. It links your app activity to a single identity and is a big privacy concern. In this video we give you two options for mo...
Essential Privacy: Cell Numbers and Email Aliases
May 07, 2023 22:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBhttps://youtu.be/m_xtR6n94ro https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Essential-privacy-102:6 If you want to take your digital privacy to the next level, you need to look at VoIP numbers, Email Aliases, and DNS. In this presentation we look at how to reign in the digital exhaust you’re leaving behind you in your daily life. 00:00 Intro 03:16 Overview 05:39 Cell Numbers 06:56 Prepaid SIM Cards 12:55 VoIP 23:50 Email 28:07 Custom Domains 34:45 Email Aliases 37:16 DNS 39:50 Conclusion If the ...
Stop Downloading So Many Apps!
April 27, 2023 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBhttps://youtu.be/CJyAgi4Px78 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Bloatware:3 Your phone is filled with apps you don't use. In fact, when you first bought your phone, it was probably already filled with apps that you never installed, and there's no way to uninstall them. These apps are all sucking up data about your phone activities. It's called "bloatware" and it's a disaster for your privacy. In this video: - we explain why minimizing the number of apps on your devices is super import...
Assange: The Truth They've Been Hiding from You
April 14, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBhttps://youtu.be/oyekPpdjAaU https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Assange:9c Julian Assange, creator of Wikileaks, is an activist who has dedicated his life to exposing the lies and corruption of some of the most powerful governments on earth. He’s been honored with countless prestigious journalism awards, yet he languishes in prison under horrendous conditions, vilified as an enemy of the state. It’s hard for the average person to know what to think about Assange, because for over a dec...
Sony is CENSORING the INTERNET!
April 05, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.51 MBhttps://youtu.be/oSZYlU-cfzY https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Sony-v-internet:e The Internet has transformed the way we access knowledge, and its neutral infrastructure is supposed to be free from government influence or corporate censorship. But the internet as we know it is under threat. Sony music has brought a legal attack against a critical part of the Internet's infrastructure -- the DNS resolver. In this video we’ll explain why Sony is attacking critical infrastructure of th...
Channel with 15MIL subs: DELETED
March 27, 2023 02:00 - 8 minutes - 6.08 MBhttps://youtu.be/JYtcY8qwSo4 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/linus-hacked:a Linus Tech Tips, YouTuber with millions of subscribers, had his accounts hacked this week. The attackers didn't get access to his password or 2FA: they stole his SESSION TOKEN. We explain what a session token is, how this attack works, and what you can do to protect yourself. 00:00 Linus Tech Tips HACKED 02:18 What is a Session Token? 06:08 How to Protect Yourself Brought to you by NBTV members: Will San...
Most PRIVATE 2FA apps
March 17, 2023 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBhttps://youtu.be/JHIAIzOPz3I https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/most-private-2FA:5 2FA is essential for securing your accounts, and one popular method is using an authenticator app. But some of the most well known authenticator apps are collecting more data about your activities than you may realize. We dive into what kind of information they’re collecting, how to give these apps less information when you use them, and more private alternatives 00:00 Intro 00:38 How 2FA Apps Work 0...
The DARK SIDE of 2FA Apps!
March 07, 2023 22:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBhttps://youtu.be/cP1LVbLAcSU https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DARK-SIDE-of-2FA-Apps:c It’s super important to have a 2nd method of verification on your accounts. One popular option is an Authenticator app, otherwise known as a TOTP app. But it turns out an overwhelming number of authenticator apps in the app store are actually scams. In this video we’re going to show you how some of these fake apps actually steal your information; and explore the dark patterns they use to trick yo...
Why you SHOULDN'T worry about RFID Tracking
February 25, 2023 22:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MBhttps://youtu.be/PYgS0MSTWRk https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/RFID:ad Did you know there might be trackers in your clothing? RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags can be found everywhere. Their main use is to track inventory and prevent shoplifting, but there are lots of conspiracy theories about RFID and its ability to track people. In this video we’ll explain how RFID works, why people are concerned about it, and the limitations of the tech that make it far less scary than yo...
Most PRIVATE Cloud Storage
February 16, 2023 03:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBhttps://youtu.be/yND3ogYFVp0 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/most-private-cloud-storage:3 We probably all use cloud storage -- it’s a convenient, cost-effective way to store files and share them with others. But when you use the most popular cloud storage providers, you’re handing off your photos, videos, documents, and all kinds of other files to someone else, so that they can look after them for you. What are the privacy implications of this? We compare some popular cloud storage...
DNS Privacy
February 03, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBhttps://youtu.be/a2RjbvMES-0 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/DNS-v6-ODYSEE:1 Your home internet has a privacy problem! DNS, or Domain Name System, is the lookup system responsible for converting human-readable domain names like google.com into IP addresses, which is the format that computers need to communicate with each other. But in this process, a LOT of data is leaked about your internet activities, and collected by all kinds of entities like ISPs and government organizations. ...
Most PRIVATE Password Manager
January 21, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBhttps://youtu.be/69AQruBI2nY https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Most-Private-Password-Managers:9 Using a password manager is actually one of the most IMPORTANT things you can do to safeguard your digital life. Password managers are software for generating and storing your passwords for you. While keeping all passwords in a single vault may seem like a scary prospect for some people, we explain why computer security experts almost unanimously recommend using them. We also dive into w...
Microsoft Is Spying On You!
January 13, 2023 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBhttps://youtu.be/p3L7bLYz-mk https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Libreoffice:5 Microsoft's 365 Office Suite was recently banned in Germany over privacy concerns. Should you be using a more private office suite instead? Microsoft Office is one of the most used suites of programs worldwide. They have become so common that their programs have worked their way into our daily vocabulary, and they set the standards for document formats. It turns out that they collect a lot of data from the...
You NEED to know this for 2023!
January 04, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBhttps://youtu.be/Qjt4izMiAww https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/NBTV-2023:4 Out now NBTV’s new Ebook - Beginner’s Introduction to Privacy - available at: https://amzn.to/3hCGEmk What are the biggest privacy risks you need to be aware of in 2023? Marta Belcher, special council to EFF and President of the Filecoin Foundation, joins me live to look at the year ahead and make sure that you’re all prepared. 00:00 Waiting Room 00:55 Intro 02:38 FBI's vs privacy 11:12 The END of Financial Pri...
Privacy Myths DEBUNKED!
December 26, 2022 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.63 MBhttps://youtu.be/LNPqjcP7b7k https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Privacy-Myths-DEBUNKED:5 Is privacy dead? We certainly see and hear this sentiment echoed everywhere we go, along with claims that “online tracking is harmless”, and that “if you’ve got nothing to hide, you shouldn’t care”. In this video, we chat with Vivaldi Technology CEO Jon von Tetzchner to debunk 4 myths about privacy. 00:00 Intro 00:51 Myth 1 - Privacy is Dead 04:45 Myth 2 - Online Tracking is Harmless 08:00 Myth ...
Should You Trust Apple?
December 18, 2022 06:00 - 12 minutes - 8.73 MBhttps://youtu.be/uLPG-KF3GAc https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Apple-Encrypt-v4-Odysee:e Apple markets itself as a privacy company. But what does that really mean? They just made some big announcements that will improve the privacy of the average person dramatically, but does that mean that YOU should use their products? In this video, we’re going to dive into the details of their latest announcement about scrapping phone scanning and enabling iCloud backups, analyze Apple’s privac...
You NEED to learn about FIREWALLS!
December 08, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBhttps://youtu.be/yKyjbeObQXg https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Firewalls:2 Your IoT devices are usually easy to hack, and they put the other devices on your network at risk. One way to help protect your more important devices is to keep them on a separate network, and create firewall rules that block your insecure devices from talking to any other network. Your firewalls are a crucial part of your privacy and security setup. You can think of them like a bouncer at a building, decidi...
Use an Email Alias!
November 29, 2022 15:00 - 14 minutes - 9.96 MBhttps://youtu.be/5HHdk_GP-Ew https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Email-aliases:2 We use our personal email for everything we do: for purchases, for newsletter sign ups, at the doctor’s office, for government websites, and more. This one unique identifier links all our activities together, and is a huge privacy concern. You should use a UNIQUE email address for everyone you interact with, and you can do it all within a single account, and without having to set up any of these addresses ...
Your Account ISN'T secure!
November 21, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBhttps://youtu.be/UhANsAtvLN0 https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Security-keys:3 For most people, a weak password is all that’s standing between your digital life and a hacker, and if that password is ever cracked, or leaked, you’re in big trouble. Security keys are one of the best ways to protect your accounts. They’re incredibly convenient, easy to use, and provide the best kind of multi-factor authentication. In this video we’re going to explain how security keys work, and show you...
The Dark side of VPNs
November 11, 2022 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBhttps://youtu.be/8MHBMdTBlok https://open.lbry.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/vpn-scandals:5 It turns out that an overwhelming number of VPNs are actively harvesting and selling your data, capturing passwords / credentials / movements from your web activities, and doing all sorts of awful things. VPNs can be super useful: to help you watch the Netflix catalogue of another country, avoid government surveillance and censorship under oppressive regimes, hide your IP address from websites, stay safe o...