Let’s talk tips for playing or working online and with ever-changing technology. As a lawyer, digital policy activist and community organizer, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation Paige Collings works to dismantle systems of oppression.

Visit EFF.org for more info on adapting to state surveillance and corporate restrictions stifling marginalized communities - and the most of us.

2:00 early days of online

6:00 nostalgic downloads

9:00 how she got here

11:00 dating apps and privacy concerns

19:00 IG messenger policy change April 2026

23:00 IG is reading your messages now

27:00 listening devices

32:00 PrivacyBadger - free service to block data mining

35:00 spy glasses, META glasses

39:00 password safety tips

42:00 what are you sharing?

46:00 Set up Two-factor authentication 

49:00 age verification sucks - why?

53:00 banned content

56:00 data collection 

1:02:00 resources to protect yourself and stay informed

1:07:00 how to help SWs

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