In our fourth episode, we introduce a new segment to YOM - Family, Friends, Strangers, and You. In this sporadic series Steve and Devon will sit down with our family, our friends, and even the occasional stranger, to talk about their digital habits, their fears about privacy, and their questions about how the internet works. We want to better understand how advertising, technology, and the internet is actually impacting our daily lives at an individual level, as well as uncover trends and commonalities between all of us. In volume one, Devon talks about true crime and brand loyalty with his wife.  He discovers just how tech-savvy his mom really is. And a conversation about how being a small business owner and a teacher may be influencing the technology and protection choices, his long-time friend chooses to make.  We hope you enjoy the discussion, and as always, if you have a question or have your own story that you would like to share, please drop us a line via email at contact@youreonmute or via voicemail at 406.748.MUTE.

In our third episode, we interview privacy and data protection lawyer, Becky Burr to discuss the history and potential future of internet privacy legislation in the US and globally. We are very excited to have Becky on the show as she has spent her career working across the ecosystem to keep our data safe and our privacy protected. Working for the Clinton Administration at the FTC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Becky worked on some of the first and only federal legislation to protect consumer privacy on the internet and across telecommunication devices. We sit down with her to find out what we should know as consumers to protect ourselves, what the government is doing to protect us, and how COVID-19 may impact the future of privacy law. Stay safe!

For our second episode, we interview our first guest, Steve Latham, a friend colleague, and industry expert with over 20 years of experience across analytics, digital marketing, software, and finance. As a continuation of our first episode about those pesky little, but apparently harmless cookies - we uncover a few other types of digital identifiers and trackers that are collecting your data across the web. Please join Steve, Steve, and Devon to learn a bit more about what is happening behind the scenes of the internet, identify ways to protect and educate yourself, and how you can learn more about how trackable you and your devices are. 

In this inaugural episode of You're On Mute, Steve and I explore the topic of cookies. Not the delicious baked good, but those pesky things that track your movements and interests as you browse the web. We provide a history of where they came from, what they do, and where they are going as they will soon be extinct. 

We hope you enjoy our first foray into podcasting as we will continue to discuss how the intersection of advertising, technology, and the internet is impacting our daily lives. We will also look to have featured guests on the show to provide even more insight, education, and to provide some clarity about how this whole thing works and how we fit in.

Thanks, and talk soon!

Devon and Steve