My Privacy Help

Just how much privacy is your VPN giving you? Who are you trying to be private from? Is there a better VPN solution than all these third-party services? Perhaps you don't even need to use a VPN!

Can you have both privacy & convenience while online, protecting your personal data & using your phone? Why is most tech very convenient but not very private? What are the alternatives? Using a browser vs using an app? WTF is GrapheneOS?

What's the real difference between data security & data privacy? VPNs may not be offering you any data privacy. What's the most private VPN solution? How to setup your own VPN. Self-hosting what?!?

The MediBank hack (Australian health insurance) is just another major data leak so how can you best protect your personal data? What are 3 free things you can do right now to improve your cybersecurity & privacy?

LastPass has been hacked (again?) so what happened, what should you do, why should users of Dashlane, 1Password & others care, what are 2 better password managers & general password best practices.

What's self-hosting (continued)? What data is stored with 3rd parties? Why self-host? What's a Virtual Private Server (VPS)? Self-hosting best practices. Self-hosting alternatives & practical solutions. Can you DIY?

What's self-hosting? Privacy & security concerns? Comparisons with the cloud. How to get started? Realist costs & effort involved? What's open source? Can you even DIY?

Was Optus hacked or did they leave the front door open? What happened, what data was leaked, what should you do, what are the long-term consequences, what lessons we can all learn & privacy best practices?

In our very first episode we explain what is privacy, why we're doing this, how to achieve true privacy, who is Faris, who is Gordon & ultimately what this podcast is about