Our emails shouldn’t be spying on us with Dave Smyth
Episode 11: Dave Smyth is a freelance web designer who started a campaign to remove hidden spy pixels from the marketing emails we receive every day. Continue Reading
Podcast
This podcast series looks at the maverick renegades of the internet who are pushing back against big tech monopolies, surveillance capitalism and climate change. People who reject mainstream technology narratives to try and forge a slightly better, less dystopian future for all of us.
IoT and technology-facilitated abuse with Dr Leonie Tanczer
Episode 10: Dr Leonie Tanczer is the founder of the Gender and IoT project, which looks at how IoT impacts on gender-based domestic violence and abuse. Continue Reading
The ‘better than Tor’ anonymous network with Ania Piotrowska
Episode 9: Ania Pitorowska is the Co-Founder and Head of Research at Nym, a new type of privacy focused mixnet. Continue Reading
It’s time to detox your digital life with Safa Ghnaim
Episode 8: Safa Ghnaim is the Project Lead for the Data Detox Toolkit which has clear suggestions and concrete steps to help people harness all aspects of their online lives. Continue Reading
We can sustain online publishing and uphold privacy with Karolina Iwańska
Episode 7: Karolina Iwańska is a lawyer at Panoptykon Foundation and has been leading their investigation into the online advertising industry’s practices related to data protection and privacy. Continue Reading
Imagine Google Docs but without the spyware with Aaron MacSween
Episode 6: Aaron MacSween is a privacy researcher and the lead developer of Cryptpad – a set of encrypted, real time collaboration tools. Continue Reading
Rediscovering the web browser with Adrian Cochrane
Episode 5: Adrian Cochrane is a web browser developer working on the Odysseus browser for Linux and Rhapsode, an ‘audio browser’. Continue Reading
Studying the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on local communities with Sarah Kiden
Episode 4: Sarah Kiden is a researcher and technologist studying the impact of Internet of Things (IoT) technology on local communities. Continue Reading
An ethically and ecologically sensitive approach to design with Rob Bartlett
Episode 3: Rob has changed his website to reduce his digital waste and make his design work more sustainable and responsible. Continue Reading
Building the world’s alternative search engine with Finn Brownbill
Episode 2 : Finn Brownbill is the Head of Marketing for Mojeek – the world’s alternative search engine. Continue Reading