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The Podcast

The Lockdown

Welcome to The Lockdown, the practical privacy podcast that equips you with the practical knowledge and tools to protect your privacy and security in the real-world and online. Hosted by Ray Heffer, an expert in the field of privacy and cybersecurity, each episode covers a range of topics such as data privacy, password management, and secure browsing habits for the everyday person. Tin-foil hats are optional.

36 episodes · Hosted by Ray Heffer

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Season One 36 episodes
  1. 034 Final Episode
  2. 033 Black Mirror - Is the UK's Surveillance State Coming to America?
  3. 032 No Salt Required - Listener Questions Before the Break
  4. 031 When Privacy Tools Betray You - Safety Apps That Dox and Revoked Anonymous Payments
  5. 030 Info Stealers, GrapheneOS Drama, and Why Video Games and Anti-Virus Are Spyware
  6. 029 Minimize not Militarize and Avoiding Surveillance with GrapheneOS
  7. 028 Silence & Stealth - Mailbox, Email & Anti-KYC Phone Strategies
  8. 027 Stop Playing the Game, Join The New Matrix Privacy Community
  9. 026 Ghost in the Source (Announcement)
  10. 025 AI Privacy Concerns with ChatGPT and Claude
  11. 024 Minimize What Can Be Known with the OSINT Defense & Security Framework (ODSF)
  12. 023 Apple Removes ADP in the UK, the Privacy Implications and Listener Q&A
  13. 022 Deep Dive into Session Private Messenger with Co-Founder Kee Jefferys
  14. 021 Digital Minimalism and Why Your Messages Aren't Really Private
  15. 020 The State of Privacy in 2025
  16. 019 A Conversation with Luke Mulks from Brave Software
  17. 018 Back to the Basics and not Overthinking Privacy
  18. 017 Privacy During a Natural Disaster, Self-Hosting Nextcloud, Backblaze B2 & Restic, and Farewell Firefox
  19. 016 Privacy Discussion with Tyler from EasyOptOuts
  20. 015 NPD202401 (National Public Data Breach) and Windows 11
  21. 014 Social Media, OPSEC for OSINT, and AI Security
  22. 013 iCloud Private Relay, Complete pfSense Guide, and Privacy for Kids
  23. 012 Back to the Basics, Back to the iPhone, Authy API Abuse
  24. 011 Living Like a Recluse, Living Trusts, GrapheneOS, and Listener Questions
  25. 010 Alternatives to Authy, SANS OSINT Summit, and Selling your Soul to CLEAR
  26. 009 Data Broker Sites and a Conversation with Lawrence Gentilello from Optery
  27. 008 Anonymity with TOR, Data Removals, and Mozilla Monitor
  28. FFN IMPOSTER SYNDROME
  29. 007 Defensive OSINT, Privacy on the Road, More Aliases, and Face Morphing
  30. 006 When you Lose your Phone, Nextcloud, and Backups with Restic and Backblaze B2
  31. 005 Brave vs Firefox, and When Privacy Goes Wrong
  32. FFN ZERO TRUST
  33. 004 The Psychology of Social Engineering
  34. 003 The Invisible Net, and Why I use GrapheneOS
  35. 002 The Lastpass Breach and Recommended Password Managers
  36. 001 Stalkerware and the Data Collector