Coding Freedom - The Safing Podcast

Today Raphty and David having a look at Raphtys areas of responsibility. How did the recent grant, which enabled us to hire two new employees imact the company? And what have been the big challenges as a result? Raphty talks about a lot of the ground work he has to tackle in regards to company culture: writing down policies & guidelines, getting people all on the same page, deciding between moving to a new office to improve the work environment or rather be keep the burn rate low. Thanks for listening!

Today Daniel and David give you an update on the current progress of the Privacy Network. We kick back to the decision that lead us to focus solely on the Privacy Network, explain what it is and how it compares to VPNs and TOR. Daniel gives insight into what modules he'll tackle next so we can release the first stage in Q1 2020. We're extremely excited to soon be reaching that stage - even though there is a lot of work still to be done. Thanks for listening!

In todays episode Raphty and David talk about Safing's kickoff to becoming a remote company. David just recently moved to Sweden and this impacts the company in many areas.

But why even go remote? What benefits do you get? And what challenges arise as a result?

In this episode Daniel and I go to the root of how one should evaluate the trustworthiness of a company. We start off with the basics: how do businesses make money in general?

We then shift the conversation to the digital industry and inspect the dynamics of a field, where the cost of copying almost costs nothing. What did the industry do to still protect their intellectual property? And what problems came along with their success of doing just that?

We finish things off by talking about the counter-movement where companies try to regain consumer trust. But how do you evaluate these businesses? How can you be more confident in trusting them? And how did that perspective impact our decisions at Safing?

We start a Podcast series where we talk about our personal privacy journey. Raphty kicks things off and tells us more about his story:

• How he first came to understand the impact of data collection
• What first actions he took to reclaim his privacy
• What his current privacy setup is
• Where he wants to improve in the future

In the second episode we talk about a rather peculiar situation we were in for most of our journey and the challenges it brought along. We then go on to discuss how we came to a decision which shifted our company as a whole and how it will impact our future.

In this first episode, we introduce the podcast, talk about how start ups are funded in general and have a look at how governmental grants work. We also talk about our experience with grants and we drop news regarding the most recent one we applied for.