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What are some good real privacy podcasts/channels? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I started out watching some YouTube channels that claim to be dedicated to keeping me private and secure with recent news but found that some of them have a history of advertising NordVPN. Those channels sometimes sounded like they were defending Apple then telling people if they don't like the content then to just scram. Also, they would talk about custom roms for Android, then eventually when the channel got more viewers, the host makes a video advertising Google and why he now uses stock Google Android and saying that it's advanced. These channels, I sometimes find, either have bots or loyal followers on YouTube and Reddit that are ready to gaslight someone for questioning them. They don't hang out on other platforms like Odysee which is strange.

What is a good podcast about privacy and security?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Personally, I like Techlore, NBTV, Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons, Luis Rossmann, The Hated One, The PC Security Channel, ThioJoe, and (sometimes) Linux oriented channels like The Linux Experiment do some good privacy/security stuff too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

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NBTV

Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons

Luis Rossmann

The Hated One

The PC Security Channel

ThioJoe

The Linux Experiment

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Tbh, i wouldn't recommend some of the channels above

Still subscribed to techlore, but have a lot of questions about their stands on privacy etc

Also, Luis Rossmann is a really really great guy, love his work, but he is a little bit boring to watch or listen to

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Each to their own preferences. Some of these sources disagree with each other, and that’s a good thing. The worst place to belong, is within an echo chamber. Always think for yourself, and try to understand where others are coming from (why they came to the conclusions they did).

As for Louis… honestly, I prefer his tempo. It feels more genuine, less like he’s putting on a show for the camera. In the tech world, take Craft Computing, LTT, or Jays2Cents as examples. All have gone on record to admitting to putting on a show, changing how they talk, etc, while on camera. If Louis is putting on a show, I gotta admit, I’m impressed. Hats off to the guy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Little too boring to watch is the most subjective thing you can say, not really helpful in a thread like this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Have never heard of this guy

My problem with techlore is that they are ok with using google, apple, facebook

They pretty much promote proton, and kinda disencourage selfhosting