Privacy Please
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Welcome to "Privacy Please," a podcast for anyone who wants to know more about data privacy and security. Join your hosts Cam and Gabe as they talk to experts, academics, authors, and activists to break down complex privacy topics in a way that's easy to understand.
In today's connected world, our personal information is constantly being collected, analyzed, and sometimes exploited. We believe everyone has a right to understand how their data is being used and what they can do to protect their privacy.
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This podcast is part of The Problem Lounge network — conversations about the problems shaping our world, from digital privacy to everyday life.
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- S7, E281 - You Don’t Have to Be First: Meta Muse, Smart Glasses & AI Rules (with Sonia Siddiqui) · 37 minSend us Fan Mail Recorded October 14, 2026. Privacy attorney Sonia Siddiqui, founder of Tamarack Solutions, returns to talk about what’s actually landing on privacy counsel’s…
- S7, E280 - 1,200 OpenAI Agents Started a Secret Group Chat. Then 700 Broke In · 14 minSend us Fan Mail In June, an AI agent was given a boring research task: find out how much Victoria, Australia, spends on skin medicines. It ended up inside a non-public system…
- S7, E279 - No Receipts: The Truth Behind AI Layoffs | The Problem Lounge · 30 minSend us Fan Mail Cameron & Gabe dig into 2026's wave of AI-blamed layoffs — the stats companies cite, the receipts they never bring, and what it actually means for the next…
- S7, E278 - Anthropic Researcher Quits: "We Believe AI Could Kill All Humans" · 11 minSend us Fan Mail Jacob Coxon spent three years doing pretraining research at OpenAI and then Anthropic. This week he resigned and posted a seven-part thread claiming neither…
- S7, E277 - He Used a Police Camera Network to Track His Girlfriend 180 Times · 12 minSend us Fan Mail Flock Safety's automated license plate readers are in over 5,000 communities and used by more than 40,000 cameras nationwide — sold to cities as a tool to catch…
- S7, E276 - Ransomware Doesn't Have to Hit Like a Hurricane (with Jonathan Sander) · 49 minSend us Fan Mail Jonathan Sander is back on Privacy Please — and he's brought two blog posts worth arguing about. Sander (42 Notions, now in an operational role at Myota) joins…
- S7, E275 - Choose Wisely: GigaWiper, Your New Delete Button & The Gold Bar Grift · 10 minSend us Fan Mail Full Show Notes This week on Privacy Please, Cam breaks down four stories that all come back to one theme: choice. GigaWiper — Microsoft researchers uncovered a…
- S7, E274 - Your Password Is Already For Sale · 20 minSend us Fan Mail Last year, every major outlet ran the same story: 16 billion passwords exposed. Apple. Google. Facebook. The largest breach in history. It was overblown…
- S7, E273 - Inside Shiny Hunters And The New Era Of SaaS Breaches · 24 minSend us Fan Mail Gabe and I dig into Shiny Hunters and why the scariest cyberattacks now look like ordinary logins instead of dramatic break-ins. We map how credential theft…
- S7, E272 - They Know What You Watched · 17 minSend us Fan Mail SHOW NOTES The Pornhub breach is being reported as a data story. It's actually a story about shame as a weapon. In December 2025, a hacker group called…
- S7, E271 - One File to Rule Them All · 22 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode of Privacy Please, Cameron Ivey investigates Palantir Technologies — a data analytics company founded in 2003 with CIA backing that has quietly…
- S7, E270 - The 40-Minute Hack That Stole the Blueprint for AI | The Mercor Breach · 13 minSend us Fan Mail A normal data breach steals names and passwords. This one may have stolen the recipe for building the world’s most powerful AI models, and it happened through…
- S7, E269 - You're the Teacher Now: How Companies Are Using Your Data to Build AI That Replaces You · 12 minSend us Fan Mail You already knew you were the product. But did you know you're also the teacher? Companies are quietly feeding your emails, your work decisions, your customer…
- S7, E268 - AI Can Unmask Your Anonymous Account for $4 | Here's How · 10 minSend us Fan Mail Your anonymous account isn't anonymous anymore. Researchers just proved it costs $4 to find out who you are. In February 2026, a team from ETH Zurich and…
- S7, E267 - Your SOC 2 Won't Save You: Here's What Will with Girish Redekar, co-founder & CEO Sprinto · 45 minSend us Fan Mail Cameron and Gabe sit down with Girish Redekar, co-founder and CEO of Sprinto, to pull back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood areas of security…
- S7, E266 - Good Boy, Bad Data · 22 minSend us Fan Mail How a Super Bowl dog commercial accidentally revealed America's surveillance infrastructure A family loses their dog. Ring runs a Super Bowl ad. America…
- S7, E265 - Don’t Trust, Verify: Even Your Update Button Might Be Lying · 26 minSend us Fan Mail Autonomy sounds like progress until the system turns your choices against you. We dive into how AI agents change the risk equation, why “don’t trust, verify” now…
- S7, E264 - Season Seven, New Threats · 23 minSend us Fan Mail We kick off season seven with a tour of the year’s early privacy & security news: neighborhood watchtowers from Ring, a rival-led hack of Breach Forums, a…
- S6, E263 -Year-End Reality Check On Privacy And AI · 44 minSend us Fan Mail We look back at 2025’s privacy and security reality: useful AI where data was ready, repeating breach patterns, and infrastructure limits that slowed the hype…
- S6, E262 - WARNER BROS CRISIS: Class Action Lawsuit & The $108B Hostile Takeover (Dec 15 Update) · 8 minSend us Fan Mail It is Monday, December 15th, and the battle for Hollywood has officially gone nuclear. What started as an $82 billion acquisition by Netflix has morphed into a…
- S6, E261 - The Red Line: Salt Typhoon, Temu Spyware & The 'Side Door' Attack · 10 minSend us Fan Mail A week where the lawful intercept backdoor became the front door, a supply chain hop hit 200+ companies, a bargain app faced a malware lawsuit, and a university…
- S6, E260 - How Digital Therapy is Changing Mental Health (and Privacy) Forever · 18 minSend us Fan Mail A sleepless night, a soft prompt, and a flood of relief—the rise of AI therapy and companion apps is rewriting how we seek comfort when it matters most. We…
- S6, E259 - Patch Tool Turns Predator · 8 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode of Privacy Please, host Cameron Ivey discusses significant security threats, including a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's WSUS, a major data…
- S6, E258 - The Synthetic Star: The AI Influencer Earning More Than You · 13 minSend us Fan Mail She has millions of followers, lands six-figure brand deals, and lives a life of curated perfection. The only catch? She isn't real. She was entirely created by…
- S6, E257 - How Apple’s New Chip Rewrites Mobile Security · 30 minSend us Fan Mail We unpack how Apple’s Memory Integrity Enforcement changes the rules of mobile security by rebuilding memory architecture, not just adding guardrails. We weigh…
- S6, E256 - The Invisible Trade: How Data Brokers Profit from Your Life · 18 minSend us Fan Mail You click "agree," you swipe a loyalty card, you browse online – every digital breadcrumb you leave is being collected, but not just by the apps and websites you…
- S6, E255 - Privacy, Law, and Emerging Tech: A Conversation with Sonia Siddiqui · 48 minSend us Fan Mail Privacy and cybersecurity leader Sonia Siddiqui joins us to explore the collision between emerging technologies and privacy regulations, offering insights on how…
- S6, E254 - The Tea App Breach: When Safe Spaces Turn Dangerous · 4 minSend us Fan Mail The digital world can be treacherous, especially when you're looking for a safe space to share your most vulnerable thoughts. Today's story about the Tea app…
- S6, E253 - Have a Seat in the Metaverse: The Chris Hansen vs. Roblox Investigation · 14 minSend us Fan Mail For decades, Chris Hansen’s iconic catchphrase, "Why don't you have a seat?" was the prelude to exposing predators in the real world. Now, his hunt has moved…
- S6, E252 - Who Really Owns Your Digital Self? · 41 minSend us Fan Mail Digital privacy is under siege from all sides, and we're bringing you the latest developments along with a major announcement about our growing privacy-focused…
- S6, E251 - Digital Fallout: The Keepers of Your Secrets · 6 minSend us Fan Mail It starts with a strange letter in the mail. A car loan you never applied for. A credit card you don't own. A digital ghost is quietly living your life, and you…
- S6, E250 - Digital Fallout: The Day the World Stood Still · 9 minSend us Fan Mail It started with a few flickering screens in a Danish office. Within minutes, a digital plague had paralyzed global trade, leaving the world's largest shipping…
- S6, E249 - Hackers Get Hacked · 14 minSend us Fan Mail We explore how cybercriminals fell victim to their own security mistakes and examine major attacks targeting corporate SharePoint environments. Privacy…
- S6, E248 - Inside the Walls: Military's Stark Warning on Network Compromise · 9 minSend us Fan Mail The US military has issued a stark warning to all forces to operate under the assumption that their networks have been compromised by Salt Typhoon, a…
- S6, E247 - The EU's Bold Move on AI Training · 5 minSend us Fan Mail The European Parliament has released a groundbreaking 175-page study concluding that AI companies' practice of training on copyrighted material without…
- S6, E246 - Unpacking Healthline's Historic CCPA Settlement: What It Means for Data Privacy · 13 minSend us Fan Mail Cameron and Gabe dive into Healthline Media's record-breaking $1.55 million settlement for CCPA violations, examining whether such penalties are sufficient…
- S6, E245 - Hard-coded Secrets and Unencrypted Data: A Digital Security Nightmare · 15 minSend us Fan Mail Several popular Chrome extensions, including privacy and security tools, have been found leaking sensitive data through unencrypted HTTP and hard-coded…
- S6, E244 - They didn't hack in, they just logged in: The LexisNexis Security Incident · 13 minSend us Fan Mail We explore the recent LexisNexus data breach that exposed sensitive personal information of over 364,000 individuals through a third-party platform accessing…
- S6, E243 - Reality Check: AI's Influence Is Baked Right In · 16 minSend us Fan Mail Gabe and Cameron dive into the unseen dangers of AI systems, exploring how inherent biases shape our perception and how prompt injection attacks pose serious…
- S6, E242 - The Gun Industry Is Tracking More Than Just Your Purchases · 7 minSend us Fan Mail ProPublica's investigation reveals the National Shooting Sports Foundation has been secretly sharing gun buyers' personal information, including underwear sizes…
- S6, E241 - Privacy Please News: Your data isn't just for sale—it's the main attraction. · 2 minSend us Fan Mail Privacy Please News, for hitting big topics quickly with a hint of sarcasm to bring some joy and knowledge. This week, we hit on the latest privacy events in…
- S6, E240 - From IAPP Insights to Security Challenges: What Really Matters · 12 minSend us Fan Mail Cameron and Gabe return after a brief hiatus to explore major developments in security, privacy, and resilience. They dive into insights from the IAPP conference…
- S6, E239 - Russian Hackers, Leaked Military Secrets, and Your DNA · 19 minSend us Fan Mail Privacy threats continue to escalate as human error undermines even the most secure systems, from military officials accidentally exposing classified information…
- S6, E238 - 23andMe, Honda, and Signal: Three Privacy Alerts You Need to Know · 8 minSend us Fan Mail Privacy threats are intensifying across multiple fronts, from genetic data vulnerabilities at 23andMe to corporate violations and messaging app security…
- S6, E237 - Navigating Chaos, Uncertainty & Doubt in 2025 · 10 minSend us Fan Mail We explore how uncertainty and chaos create both vulnerabilities and opportunities in privacy and security. Amid global turmoil, cybersecurity professionals must…
- S6, E236 - Is Technology Turning Against Us? Exploring Robot Behavior and Cyber Threats · 21 minSend us Fan Mail Today's episode dives into the intersection of AI behavior and digital security concerns. We discuss a startling incident involving a malfunctioning AI robot and…
- S6, E235 - Exploring Microsoft's Majorana Quantum Chip and the Future of Cybersecurity · 13 minSend us Fan Mail The emergence of quantum computing presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities for data security and privacy. As Microsoft reveals its new quantum…
- S6, E234 - Doge Data Dilemma: Unpacking Federal Privacy Lawsuits · 17 minSend us Fan Mail The episode delves into the ongoing lawsuits challenging the sharing of personal data by federal agencies with Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency. The…
- S6, E233 - DeepSeek, AI Innovation, Privacy Concerns, and Cybersecurity Revelations · 15 minSend us Fan Mail The episode examines the implications of a recent hacking incident involving the Chinese AI company DeepSeek, which claims to outperform competitors on cost and…
- S6, E232 - Public Policy, Data Privacy, Tech Trends, and Cultural Insights with Dave Barmore · 47 minSend us Fan Mail The conversation centers on the evolving regulatory landscape amid a new administration, discussing the implications for data privacy and AI legislation. The…
