Privacy Interviews

Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online. We talk to experts, leaders, and developers in the privacy and security space to share the latest happenings in digital liberties advocacy.

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The Surveillance Accountability Act /w Naomi Brockwell - Ludlow Institute President & Founder

Naomi Brockwell is one of the most well-known educators in the privacy space today, and recently she’s begun using that voice to influence legislation here in the US that could be a significant step in regaining our privacy as citizens – by default. We spoke with @NaomiBrockwellTV about this "Surveillance Accountability Act," the importance of digital liberties, and why we all need to campaign for our privacy.

May 21, 2026•50 min

Predictive AI w/ Carissa Véliz, University of Oxford Professor

Privacy Guides sat down with Carissa Véliz, author of Privacy is Power and University of Oxford associate professor, to talk about how predictive AI will make a ‘meritocracy’ impossible, how lifelike chat bots are designed to deceive you, and the importance of privacy in the digital age. Carissa Véliz is an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, a renowned author and speaker, a board member of the Proton Foundation, and a member of UNESCO’s Women 4 Eth...

Apr 19, 2026•29 min

Defending Privacy w/ Cindy Cohn, EFF's Executive Director

Privacy Guides sat down with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn to reflect on her over 30 years of service defending privacy and digital civil liberties at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the importance of community in activist spaces, and the big picture in our fight for privacy. Cindy Cohn’s memoir, Privacy’s Defender, is now available at a variety of retailers: https://www.eff.org/Privacys-Defender In “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance,” Cindy weaves her...

Apr 13, 2026•39 min

Bad Internet Bills w/ Taylor Lorenz: KOSA, SCREEN Act, & Repealing Section 230

Privacy Guides sits down with technology journalist Taylor Lorenz to decipher a slate of bills being fast-tracked through Congress which threaten free speech, privacy, and your right to freely access information on the internet. 💬 Join the community: https://discuss.privacyguides.net ❤️ Support our work: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate/ 🏡 Visit our website: https://www.privacyguides.org Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity pract...

Dec 16, 2025•36 min

Data Brokers Know Everything About You (ft. Yael Grauer)

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Monbu9bh6nY Data brokerage is a billion-dollar industry built on selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent. In this video, we investigate the shady world of data brokers with investigative reporter Yael Grauer (Consumer Reports) to find out how they operate and what you can do about it. Data Removal Service Recommendations: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/ EasyOptOuts Review: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02...

Oct 28, 2025•17 min

What is Browser Fingerprinting? (ft. @ruihildt)

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=v_50cBtSjyQ Every day when you browse the internet, you share identifiable information about your device and browser that companies use to target you with advertising and track your activity across the web. In this video interview with Ruihildt from the Mullvad Browser team, we uncover how this tracking technology works and how you can fight back! Resources: https://tb-manual.torproject.org/anti-fingerprinting/ https://mullvad.net/en/browser/browser-fingerprinting 💬 J...

Sep 10, 2025•17 min

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