The OPSEC Podcast: Privacy & Security for Life in the Digital Age
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The Voter File: Voter Data Brokers, Political Profiling, and Protecting Your Privacy
October 5, 2026 · 20 min# The Voter File: Voter Data Brokers, Political Profiling, and Protecting Your Privacy You registered to vote. In nearly every state, that created a public record that voter data brokers can buy, enrich, and resell. This episode follows…
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Ghost Signal: AI Voice Cloning Threats and Protecting Your Family From Digital Fraud
September 21, 2026 · 21 minGhost Signal: Ghost Signal: AI Voice Cloning Threats and Protecting Your Family From Digital Fraud For your whole life, a familiar voice has been proof of identity. A few seconds of audio from a social media clip is now enough to clone the…
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Know Your Enemy: Border Phone Searches, Data Wipes, and Travel Privacy
September 7, 2026 · 19 minSummary: Samuel Tunick triggered a GrapheneOS duress wipe on his Google Pixel during a warrantless but lawful CBP border search. He's now charged with destroying property to prevent lawful seizure. This episode rejects two easy…
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Follow the Money: Payment History Surveillance and How to Protect Your Financial Privacy
August 24, 2026 · 19 minSummary: Every financial transaction creates a permanent record: at the bank, the card network, the payment app, the data broker who purchased it, and the government reporting infrastructure mandated by the Bank Secrecy Act. This episode…
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Podcast Update: What's New, What's Not, and What's Next
August 10, 2026 · 10 minAn update from Allen on where the show is headed. Production has been handled by our friends and partners at Grey Dynamics up to this point. Their production engineer is moving on to other opportunities, which gives us the chance to bring…
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Permanent Record: How School Data Breaches Put Your Child's Identity on the Market
July 27, 2026 · 27 minPublic schools have become one of the softest, highest-value targets in the ransomware economy. They hold enormous amounts of sensitive data on children, run on tight budgets with little security staff, and depend on third-party vendors…
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The Smart Home Is a Listening Post: Amazon, Google, and the Surveillance You Paid For
July 13, 2026 · 25 minMost people think of their smart home devices as tools they control. They're not. Echo speakers, Ring cameras, smart TVs, and Google Nest devices are surveillance nodes operated by companies whose business model depends on the data they…
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The Confession Booth: How AI Tools Became the Most Effective Data Collection Infrastructure Ever Built
June 29, 2026 · 28 minAI assistants have been positioned as productivity tools. Structurally, they are the most sophisticated data collection interfaces ever built — ones that convince users to voluntarily disclose their most sensitive information in the form…