Welcome to The Lockdown, the practical privacy podcast that equips you with the practical knowledge and tools to protect your privacy and security in the real-world and online. Hosted by Ray Heffer, an expert in the field of privacy and cybersecurity, each episode covers a range of topics such as data privacy, password management, and secure browsing habits for the everyday person. Tin-foil hats are optional.
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EPISODES & SHOWNOTES:
- Episode 034: Final Episode - Released on 03 Oct 2025
- Episode 033: Black Mirror - Is the UK's Surveillance State Coming to America? - Released on 08 Sep 2025
- Episode 032: No Salt Required - Listener Questions Before the Break - Released on 11 Aug 2025
- Episode 031: When Privacy Tools Betray You - Safety Apps That Dox and Revoked Anonymous Payments - Released on 04 Aug 2025
- Episode 030: Info Stealers, GrapheneOS Drama, and Why Video Games and Anti-Virus Are Spyware - Released on 18 Jul 2025
- Episode 029: Minimize not Militarize and Avoiding Surveillance with GrapheneOS - Released on 04 Jul 2025
- Episode 028: Silence & Stealth - Mailbox, Email & Anti-KYC Phone Strategies - Released on 20 Jun 2025
- Episode 027: Stop Playing the Game, Join The New Matrix Privacy Community - Released on 13 Jun 2025
- Episode 026: Ghost in the Source (Announcement) - Released on 31 May 2025
- Episode 025: AI Privacy Concerns with ChatGPT and Claude - Released on 26 May 2025
- Episode 024: Minimize What Can Be Known with the OSINT Defense & Security Framework (OSDF) - Released on 13 May 2025
- Episode 023: Apple Removes ADP in the UK, the Privacy Implications and Listener Q&A - Released on 24 Feb 2025
- Episode 022: Deep Dive into Session Private Messenger with Co-Founder Kee Jefferys - Released on 03 Feb 2025
- Episode 021: Digital Minimalism and Why Your Messages Aren't Really Private - Released on 20 Jan 2025
- Episode 020: The State of Privacy in 2025 - Released on 06 Jan 2025
- Episode 019: A Conversation with Luke Mulks from Brave Software - Released on 13 Dec 2024
- Episode 018: Back to the Basics and not Overthinking Privacy - Released on 29 Nov 2024
- Episode 017: Privacy During a Natural Disaster, Self-Hosting Nextcloud, Backblaze B2 & Restic, and Farewell Firefox - Released on 11 Oct 2024
- Episode 016: Privacy Discussion with Tyler from EasyOptOuts - Released on 06 Sep 2024
- Episode 015: NPD202401 (National Public Data Breach) and Windows 11 - Released on 30 Aug 2024
- Episode 014: Social Media, OPSEC for OSINT, and AI Security - Released on 09 Aug 2024
- Episode 013: iCloud Private Relay, Complete pfSense Guide, and Privacy for Kids - Released on 26 Jul 2024
- Episode 012: Back to the Basics, Back to the iPhone, Authy API Abuse - Released on 19 Jul 2024
- Episode 011: Living Like a Recluse, Living Trusts, GrapheneOS, and Listener Questions - Released on 24 May 2024
- Episode 010: Alternatives to Authy, SANS OSINT Summit, and Selling your Soul to CLEAR - Released on 15 Mar 2024
- Episode 009: Data Broker Sites and a Conversation with Lawrence Gentilello from Optery - Released on 08 Mar 2024
- Episode 008: Anonymity with TOR, Data Removals, and Mozilla Monitor - Released on 16 Feb 2024
- IMPOSTER SYNDROME | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES - Released on 01 Feb 2024
- Episode 007: Defensive OSINT, Privacy on the Road, More Aliases, and Face Morphing - Released on 29 Jan 2024
- Episode 006: When you Lose your Phone, Nextcloud, and Backups with Restic and Backblaze B2 - Released on 05 Jan 2024
- Episode 005: Brave vs Firefox, and When Privacy Goes Wrong - Released on 24 Nov 2023
- ZERO TRUST | FRIDAY FIELD NOTES - Released on 10 Nov 2023
- Episode 004: The Psychology of Social Engineering - Released on 10 Apr 2023
- Episode 003: The Invisible Net, and Why I use GrapheneOS - Released on 10 Apr 2023
- Episode 002: The Lastpass Breach and Recommended Password Managers - Released on 20 Mar 2023
- Episode 001: Stalkerware and the Data Collector - Released on 13 Mar 2023