Opt Out is a podcast where I sit down with passionate people to learn why privacy matters to them, the tools and techniques they’ve found and leveraged, and where we encourage and inspire others towards personal privacy and data-sovereignty.
Thanks in advance for listening, and I hope you learn as much as I do each episode!
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The next step for VPNs w/ Carl Dong from Obscura
The VPN paradigm has grown stale, with simple one-party providers being the best available. But what if we could further minimize trust by shift to a two-party hop system? Obscura is doing just that, and we’re sitting down with their founder Carl Dong to learn all about it.
Can AI be private? w/ Marks from OpenSecret
AI is all the rage, but with it come new privacy questions and concerns. Marks from OpenSecret joins to walk us through how we can have our AI-generated cake and eat it too.
Improving SimpleX Chat w/ Evgeny from SimpleX and Dan Keller from Flux
Two years after our first episode on SimpleX, we’re back with an update on all they’ve been working on, including a new approach to chat relays with Dan from Flux.
An open-source security platform w/ Zach Herbert from Foundation
If you’re frustrated by the need for multiple hardware wallets, security keys, two-factor applications, or even phones and looking for an easier way to secure your digital life, Foundation has just what you need. Zach Herbert, co-founder and CEO of Foundation, joins me to talk through their latest product, Passport Prime, and how they’re seeking to lower the barrier of entry to proper digital security with a single open-source security platform.
How Kagi is fixing search w/ Vlad Prelovac
Ever wondered why your Google search results are so bad? Looking for an alternative that puts your interests first instead of an ad company’s? Today we chat with Vlad Prelovac, founder of Kagi, a new type of search engine that rethinks finding information on the internet from the ground up.
Bitcoin and Ossification w/ Jameson Lopp
We get to the bottom of what ossification is, why it’s harmful to Bitcoin to push for premature ossification, and why we need to improve the building blocks available to developers to enable trustless and useful layers to be built on Bitcoin.
Proton Wallet w/ Andy Yen
I sit down with Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton, to discuss the release of Proton Wallet, the decision to focus on Bitcoin despite its lack of privacy, why they don’t accept Monero, and much more.
SimpleX chat and how privacy aligns with the future of computing w/ Evgeny from SimpleX
Heard of SimpleX chat and curious what it’s all about? This episode, we’re sitting down with Evgeny, the founder of SimpleX Chat to talk about SimpleX, privacy, data sovereignty, and the future of computing.
How FediMints could ease onboarding and privacy in Bitcoin w/ Eric Sirion and Matt Odell
This episode, we’re sitting down with Eric Sirion and Matt Odell to chat about FediMints, a fascinating and unusual new proposal that seeks to ease onboarding and privacy on Bitcoin with important trade-offs.
Special: Live YouTube Q&A!
Welcome to the first ever live Q&A on Opt Out! We covered a ton of topics ranging from personal privacy, self-hosting, Bitcoin, Monero, privacy-preserving donations, future plans for the podcast, and much more.