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Privacy Please
Welcome to "Privacy Please," a podcast for anyone who wants to know more about data privacy and security. Join your hosts Cam and Gabe as they talk to experts, academics, authors, and activists to break down complex privacy topics in a way that's easy to understand.
In today's connected world, our personal information is constantly being collected, analyzed, and sometimes exploited. We believe everyone has a right to understand how their data is being used and what they can do to protect their privacy.
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This podcast is part of The Problem Lounge network — conversations about the problems shaping our world, from digital privacy to everyday life.
Privacy Please
Latest Episodes
S7, E272 - They Know What You Watched
SHOW NOTES The Pornhub breach is being reported as a data story. It's actually a story about shame as a weapon.In December 2025, a hacker group called ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 200 million records ...
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S7, E271 - One File to Rule Them All
In this episode of Privacy Please, Cameron Ivey investigates Palantir Technologies — a data analytics company founded in 2003 with CIA backing that has quietly become embedded across nearly every major arm of the U.S. federal government....
S7, E270 - The 40-Minute Hack That Stole the Blueprint for AI | The Mercor Breach
A normal data breach steals names and passwords. This one may have stolen the recipe for building the world’s most powerful AI models, and it happened through software most people will never notice until it breaks. We follow the Mercor breach f...
S7, E269 - You're the Teacher Now: How Companies Are Using Your Data to Build AI That Replaces You
You already knew you were the product. But did you know you're also the teacher?Companies are quietly feeding your emails, your work decisions, your customer interactions, and your daily patterns into AI systems — systems designed to aut...
S7, E268 - AI Can Unmask Your Anonymous Account for $4 | Here's How
Your anonymous account isn't anonymous anymore. Researchers just proved it costs $4 to find out who you are.In February 2026, a team from ETH Zurich and Anthropic published a paper that quietly ended the era of practical online an...
