#613: Think You’re Private Online? Watch This

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How private are the apps you use every day? I sit down with Thorin Klosowski from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to discuss online privacy, secure messaging, VPNs and the data we share with AI tools.

We look at Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, discuss privacy tradeoffs across Windows, Linux, Android and iPhone, and ask what you should assume about email and cloud storage. Thorin also walks through EFF’s free Surveillance Self-Defense guides to help you create a security plan and decide what to focus on first.

If you work in cybersecurity, or you simply want to help your family protect their privacy, this conversation gives you a starting point without assuming everyone needs the same tools.

In this interview:

Why “I have nothing to hide” misses the point

How to think about passwords, two-factor authentication and security planning

Why messaging defaults and privacy settings matter

What a VPN can and cannot do for your privacy

AI features, cloud storage and questions to ask about your data

Phone and computer privacy tradeoffs, email and encryption

Which privacy setting or app are you going to review first? Let me know in the comments, and subscribe for more cybersecurity and privacy conversations.