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Veteran technology journalist Fabian A. Scherschel covers the most important threats to our personal liberties, privacy rights and freedom of speech. In reporting on these issues, he draws from a deca... more
FAQs about The Private Citizen:How many episodes does The Private Citizen have?The podcast currently has 168 episodes available.
October 06, 2021Episode 88: Jamaican Traffic LightsWill the recent German federal election be followed by time of horrible uncertainty, that is will it be the country's Brexit moment, or is it actually a good thing? This episode discusses the election result and gives a historic explainer of the German parliamentary system....more2h 3minPlay
September 14, 2021Episode 87: Afghaniscam?You expect me to believe that the best funded, best trained, best organised and most experienced military in history left military arms behind in a hasty retreat that are worth more than the annual military budget of all but two countries on the globe? Seriously?...more1h 36minPlay
September 12, 2021Episode 86: The Sausage WarsA discussion with my friend Mike about the current state of Brexit and what it means for the future of the European Union and the geopolitical situation on the continent and beyond....more3h 15minPlay
September 08, 2021Episode 85: The Latest in Despicable JournalismAgain and again, so-called journalists in big media outlets exaggerate or even outright invent stories to scare or outrage the public. The audience just buys it wholesale and never notices when, a day or two later, it all turns out to be complete bullshit. Today's example: Ivermectin....more2h 1minPlay
September 01, 2021Episode 84: Steve Gibson's SquirrelAuthentication on the internet is fundamentally broken. Weak passwords, password reuse, data leaks and untrustworthy third parties tracking us while they log us in are the unfortunate reality right now. One man decided to single-handedly fix this mess....more2h 8minPlay
August 25, 2021Episode 83: The Conspiracy Theorists Get It Right AgainPegasus isn't new. Anyone in the field has known about NSO Group's spyware and its use against politicians, activists and journalists for half a decade. What's worth discussing, though, is how the topic has been ignored for so long. Both by the press and by iPhone maker Apple....more2h 3minPlay
August 18, 2021Episode 82: The Afghan DisasterThe people responsible claim nobody could have predicted what happened in Afghanistan this week. But their experts did in fact did predict it, which wasn't exactly hard, and then the people in charge lied about it. The public now desperately needs to understand how governments operate, or it will all happen again. And soon....more2h 31minPlay
August 09, 2021Episode 81: Let's Talk About AppleWhat are the new features Apple is implementing in iOS 15 that have privacy and security people all up in arms? And why none of this should come a surprise to anyone who's actually paid some attention and is thinking for themselves instead of just buying the company propaganda....more1h 44minPlay
August 05, 2021Episode 80: Biden's Dangerous Cyber JingoismThe US President says it's likely that hacker attacks will lead to a real war and that is something that scares me a lot....more1h 37minPlay
July 28, 2021Episode 79: How the German Immunity Passport Was HackedThe certificate infrastructure of the German digital immunity passport, based on an EU-wide system, has been completely undermined by a hack that's so easy to pull off that probably any twelve year old with a computer can accomplish it....more1h 32minPlay
FAQs about The Private Citizen:How many episodes does The Private Citizen have?The podcast currently has 168 episodes available.