🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: Personal Privacy with Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Hackers the movie, dopamine machines, and the role of community activism in protecting your digital privacy

🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: Personal Privacy with Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Hackers the movie, dopamine machines, and the role of community activism in protecting your digital privacy

• Expert Perspectives
• 25 Feb 2026
• 1 Min Read

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In this episode of SECURITY.COM The Podcast, Dan Mellinger and Paul Miller sit down with Cooper Quentin, Senior Staff Technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Their conversation cuts through privacy myths, unveils modern surveillance economics, and examines personal privacy defenses.

Here are the highlights

Dan, Paul, and Cooper chat about:

• How smartphones permanently changed personal threat models.
• Why predictive tracking makes it feel like your phone is always listening.
• The rapid expansion of license plate readers, street cams, and surveillance networks.
• Why security shields help, but lasting privacy protection calls for federal regulation.
• Top recommendations for protecting your privacy in an era of digital surveillance.

EFF is the leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation. For more insights, visit the EFF Action Center.

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