Latest Online privacy Podcast Episodes
Empathy over ego: why we're angry at the wrong people in cybersecurity
Cyber Empathy - April 02, 2024 03:00 - 58 minutesWhenever someone says humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity, besides educating through fear, they are crafting a narrative, creating a reality in people's heads, and making them feel helpless against cyber criminals. My guest, Lianne Potter, feels utterly differently about how to educat...
A hacker's guide to changing the world
Cyber Empathy - March 19, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutesJoshua Corman is a security strategist, philosopher, and co-founder of I am The Cavalry, a collective of professionals from technology, law, and public policy who work to mitigate the impact software-enabled and always-connected devices have on public safety and human life. We had a deeply mov...
Who says cybersecurity can’t be fun? How humor bands us together
Cyber Empathy - March 05, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutesJavvad is a brilliant Security Awareness Advocate, Speaker, sharp industry commentator, and one of the most prolific bloggers in the community. His natural talent for making the cybersecurity industry's most technical and complicated matters easy to understand is a gift and an inspiration. Jo...
A convincing case for optimism: why data privacy is coded into our culture
Cyber Empathy - February 20, 2024 04:00 - 51 minutesHow many accounts on different websites do you have? Sharing our personal information online as a condition to access content has become a reflex. We hit the "I've read and agree to the terms and conditions" button without thinking about it. In fact, only a handful would notice if anything els...
The underrated role of self-awareness in cybersecurity with Alyssa Miller
Cyber Empathy - February 06, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutesIf you boil cybersecurity down to its essence, you'll find a hacker doing their best to educate, communicate, and help people see the world the way they do: with curiosity and the innate desire to understand it and make it better. Yet what's the community reaction when a message fails to land ...
Creating change through hacking, teaching, and leading
Cyber Empathy - January 23, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutesI’ve had dozens of conversations exploring the need for empathy and compassion in cybersecurity, from supporting victims of cybercrime to acknowledging the data we protect are not numbers on a screen but real people’s experiences. Yet the transformation empathy is capable of goes way beyond cy...
Mission before money: refocusing cybersecurity on what matters
Cyber Empathy - December 12, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutesIn an industry whose goal is to protect people, purely profit-driven marketing makes no sense - and certainly doesn’t work. After over a decade of running digital marketing for high-growth B2B technology startups, my guest, Dani Woolf, realized marketing is wildly different in information secur...
The Art of AI
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - December 05, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsFrom Hollywood to Hip Hop, artists are negotiating new boundaries of consent for use of AI in the creative industries. Bridget Todd speaks to artists who are pushing the boundaries. It’s not the first time artists have been squeezed, but generative AI presents new dilemmas. In this episode: a m...
From code to compassion: how to use Nonviolent Communication to elevate cybersecurity
Cyber Empathy - November 28, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutesThe blame game is a strong reflex in cybersecurity for many people. Pointing fingers at the human error that caused the breach, complaining about the CEO who didn't invest enough resources or training in cybersecurity, and taking it out on the CISO are all common occurrences. And they don’t help...
Lend Me Your Voice
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - November 21, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsBig tech’s power over language, means power over people. Bridget Todd talks to AI community leaders paving the way for open voice tech in their own languages and dialects. In this episode: AI builders and researchers in the US, Kenya and New Zealand who say the languages computers learn to reco...
Cybersecurity craves human connection
Cyber Empathy - November 21, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutesCybersecurity has a human heartbeat. The variety of backgrounds that people in this space have enriches an industry that is day by day more interested in its human side. Different experiences bring new perspectives and ways of doing things to a community that craves human connection. Our gue...
Neurohacking: blending science, security, and sound
Cyber Empathy - November 14, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutesA̶l̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ every route in cybersecurity lands on empathy. Despite its ultimate goal of protecting data, information security remains a people-focused discipline, with paths that lead to it as varied as they come. Yet the magic happens when hackers with the most unconventional backgrounds use...
Crash Test Dummies
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - November 07, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsWhy does it so often feel like we’re part of a mass AI experiment? What is the responsible way to test new technologies? Bridget Todd explores what it means to live with unproven AI systems that impact millions of people as they roll out across public life. In this episode: a visit to San Fran...
Cybertrauma: the invisible scars of constant connectivity
Cyber Empathy - November 07, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutesAmong the undeniable advantages of the hyperconnected world we learned to live in, some adverse effects lurk behind the algorithm's rewards. They’re damaging our personal and professional relationships and younger generations' sense of reciprocity, attention span, and ability to assess danger. ...
Where passion meets purpose: exploring security as a universal value
Cyber Empathy - October 31, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutesThe world has seen many transformations in the workspace during the last few years; some of them stuck, some didn't. Workers prioritizing personal relationships over economic benefits, for instance, is not considered a fad anymore; it is the norm. The relationship people developed with their ...
The Humans in the Machine
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - October 24, 2023 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsThey’re the essential workers of AI — yet mostly invisible and exploited. Does it have to be this way? Bridget Todd talks to data workers and entrepreneurs pushing for change. Millions of people work on data used to train AI behind the scenes. Often, they are underpaid and even traumatized by w...
Why being kind is the harder thing to do
Cyber Empathy - October 24, 2023 03:00 - 50 minutesIn today's episode, I'm joined by one of the first people who raised the empathy flag in cybersecurity and inspired the creation of this podcast, Jayson E. Street. Despite National Geographic describing him as a "World Class Hacker," he sees himself simply as a Hacker, a Helper, and a Human. D...
Why cybersecurity thrives on authenticity, confidence, deep empathy
Cyber Empathy - October 17, 2023 03:00 - 49 minutesThe "good vs. evil" battle is an integral part of cybersecurity's origin story. While it’s motivating and energizing, it also comes with language derived from military vocabulary, that brings a certain level of hostility and aggression. That’s why, often, the language we use in cybersecurity a...
With AIs Wide Open
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - October 10, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsAre today’s large language models too hot to handle? Bridget Todd digs into the risks and rewards of open sourcing the tech that makes ChatGPT talk. In their competitive rush to release powerful LLMs to the world, tech companies are fueling a controversy about what should and shouldn’t be open ...
The 7 habits of highly empathetic people
Cyber Empathy - October 10, 2023 03:00 - 55 minutes“Knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing.” Join Sebastian Avarvarei and myself as we dive deep into the layers of self-development, cybersecurity, and the crucial blend of technical acumen with soft skills. Sebastian, with his rich experience in security, sheds light on his evolution ...
Facing fear and finding joy - how I put empathy to work
Cyber Empathy - October 03, 2023 03:00 - 17 minutes"To see others more clearly, set aside your opinions, advice, and judgment, and put their truth above your own." Greg McKeown In this episode, as an opener for Cyber Empathy's fourth season, I'll take you through some updates on the show and my personal life and share the topics we will be expl...
We’re Back! IRL Season 7: People Over Profit
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - September 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsThis season, IRL host Bridget Todd meets people who are balancing the upsides of artificial intelligence with the downsides that are coming into view worldwide. Stay tuned for the first of five biweekly episodes on October 10! IRL is an original podcast from the non-profit Mozilla.
Ethical hackers and the legacy of the Hacker Manifesto
Cyber Empathy - May 23, 2023 03:00 - 49 minutesThinking of The Hacker Manifesto solely as a rant against corporations, the government, and all authorities is reductive. The volume also appeals to curiosity and a constructive rebellious spirit, which form the basis of hacker culture. Curiosity fuels hackers to break things down and figure ou...
Empathy in cybersecurity is about picking a side
Cyber Empathy - May 09, 2023 03:00 - 48 minutesRegardless of the power, wealth, or influence a person or company might have, the only thing that can protect them from being hacked is another great (ethical) hacker. Although the dark side of cybersecurity has several routes to explore and experiment with, they all have the same destination, ...
How to engage the Human OS in cybersecurity with the Heart, Head, and Hands method
Cyber Empathy - April 25, 2023 03:00 - 48 minutesDo you know what happens when "the ask is too high and the trust is too low" in cybersecurity? Requests related to cybersecurity fall flat. If you’re frustrated that clients and colleagues don’t see the value of your work and don’t take your advice to heart, this episode offers the fix you nee...
Bonus Episode
IRL: Online Life is Real Life - April 19, 2023 00:39 - 52 seconds ★★★★★ - 428 ratingsWe have good news to share. IRL: Online Life is Real Life has been nominated for two Webby Awards: one for Public Service and Activism and another for Technology. We need your help. We’d love it if you could go to the links below and vote for us. It’s quick and easy! Voting ends on Thursday,...
Practical empathy is crucial to attracting cybersecurity talent
Cyber Empathy - April 11, 2023 03:00 - 49 minutesMany young writers feel every subject in cybersecurity has already been exhausted. This is probably true for many topics, but that doesn't mean the conversation is over. Diversity is one of the industry's main traits, which means people from around the world can (and should!) bring their own p...
Cybersecurity is about loving other people
Cyber Empathy - March 28, 2023 03:00 - 42 minutesWhat do Hercules and ancient Greek philosophers have to do with cybersecurity? Today’s guest, Anastasios Arampatzis, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Specialist and Cybersecurity Content Writer, helps us make that connection and draw inspiration from stories that have remained relevant for millen...
Creating psychological safety in cybersecurity
Cyber Empathy - March 14, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutesPsychological safety doesn't just help performance. It also creates space for us to name problems, admit vulnerabilities, and then find ways to get better. Besides keeping technology safe to use, cybersecurity also needs to protect the people using it. Arguably, this is the most important goal ...
Why security teams need an empathy filter
Cyber Empathy - February 28, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutesEveryone who works in cybersecurity needs this reminder from time to time: people who are not in this space aren’t obsessed with the latest attacks and their impact. They probably don’t care at all because they already have other difficult projects they’re working on or personal issues that stre...
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