Privacy Chats with Rachel and John

Are you looking to expand your knowledge and awareness of the field of information privacy? Or, are you a privacy professional looking for a casual yet entertaining way to keep up with this fast-paced industry? Then you've come to the right place! Privacy Chats with Rachel and John is a podcast hosted by two enthusiastic Privacy Professionals interested in sharing what they learn about the ever-evolving world of Privacy. Rachel and John recognized their mutual passion toward the field after having many one-off conversations exchanging their knowledge and perspectives about privacy-relevant issues, legislation, and technologies. Creating a podcast out of this organic exchange was the logical next step - 'Privacy Chats' is a wide, blank canvas used by Rachel and John to paint their ideas on for other privacy professionals to consume and interact with. Episodes are available on on the following platforms - please listen, like, subscribe, and follow using any of these platforms: Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g4Yk3pvU Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gqaQ_Hbd

People often wonder if their phone is listening to them when they see advertisements related to things that they recently discussed, but didn’t search on their phone.  Could this be true?  Is your phone listening to you? On Episode 24 of Privacy Chats with Rachel and John, we look at published findings of other people who have dived into this topic. Join the conversation by tuning in on Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Podcasts!  - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gb-qRBnQ - YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gadj4eHH - Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK

Is Neuroprivacy the next frontier of data privacy? AI continues to move the boundary of hypothetical technologies - such as brain reading devices - closer and closer to reality. How close we are to that boundary today, and where that boundary sits in terms of becoming a threat to privacy and civil liberties, remains a subject of debate. On Episode 22 of Privacy Chats, Rachel and John discuss the progress made in recent neurotechnology advancements as well as other affect-recognition technologies, including non-invasive video reconstruction using brain activity and brain fingerprinting (yes - you read that right!) What can, or should, we expect as far as effects on law enforcement and personalized advertising activities? Is it too early to tell? Tune in and join the conversation too find out! This episode was inspired and informed by the following publications:  19 May 2023 - Cinematic Mindscapes: High-quality Video Reconstruction from Brain Activity https://lnkd.in/gQyuQtY8 https://lnkd.in/gcRAAa7j https://lnkd.in/gT4V5-SW Tune in on your go to streaming service -  Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g-SAXEYv Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gdRghiGj Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK #privacy #neurodata #neurotech #biometrics #ai #genAI #privacyregulation

What will a second Trump term mean for US Privacy and AI Policy? Former president Joe Biden set a record number of Executive Orders into motion related to Artificial Intelligence and National Security into motion during his term, but there’s still plenty of work to be done. FTC Chair Lina Khan pursued legal action against US technology companies in an unprecedented way during Biden’s term and pushed the boundaries of the FTC’s enforcement role in the process. And although containing the harmful impacts of AI remains a bipartisan goal, to what extent - considering the anticipated tradeoffs to innovation - is where the divide continues to exist. How will the new administration impact the direction of Privacy, Security, and Artificial Intelligence policy, both on a domestic and international scale? Tune in to hear Rachel’s top predictions on Episode 22 of Privacy Chats with Rachel and John! - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gFsQJ2Wk - Apple Music: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK - YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gtzPwcKH #election #electionnews #privacy #dataprotection

Doxing is “the action or process of searching for and publishing private or identifying information about a particular individual on the internet, typically with malicious intent.” - Oxford Languages New technologies, and faster processing of information is making it far easier to find and access information about us.  AI will bring this to the next level allowing for rapid aggregation of disparate data. On Episode 21 of Privacy Chats with Rachel and John, we look at new technologies that make it easier to identify people and access information about them, and why we might want to be more cautious about what information we allow to be out there for people to access and utilize. Join the conversation by tuning in on Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Podcasts! Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gPkv8S7s YouTube: https://lnkd.in/giq5tEtW Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK

GenAI and AI in general, continues to be all-the-rage, permeating nearly every business conversation involving automation, scalability, and improved insights in the pursuit of minimizing cost and maximizing revenue. Given Privacy and AI are inseparable concepts at their core - what does this increased emphasis on AI mean for professionals subject to these technologies in their day to day roles? On Episode 20 of Privacy Chats with Rachel and John, Rachel and John reflect on the industrial revolution’s influence on surveillance, standardization, and automation, how these practices have influenced the economic imperatives of AI, and how AI will continue to challenge the concept of worker’s reasonable expectation of Privacy in the modern workplace. Join the conversation by tuning in on Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Podcasts! - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gnBjZTwq - YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gaX5rn5t - Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK

Privacy Engineering is an essential function of mature Privacy Programs, joining aspects of software engineering, data protection, privacy compliance, and privacy risk management.  On the latest episode of Privacy Chats, Rachel interviewed Jay Averitt, a Privacy Engineer at Microsoft, to learn about this unique and multi-disciplined career track. If your organization is lucky enough to have an embedded Privacy Engineering function and you’d like to learn more, OR if you’re considering a career pivot into the Privacy Engineering space, give this episode a listen! Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gAQXvuWd Youtube: https://lnkd.in/g-ieUXD6 Apple Music: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK

⚒️ 🗣️AI Tool Koe Recast claims that its AI voice-generating software requires just a few sentences of audio to replicate your voice.  If that’s not suspicious enough, other options need as little as three seconds to capture and reproduce it to a convincing degree. Long gone are the days of Caller ID Spoofing! ☎️ 🤖💬 Scammers these days might just be using ChatGPT to help write a convincing story as well. Such AI impersonation tools are surely a small price to pay for the 💰 $2.7B 💰 that US consumers lost to imposter scams in 2023 alone. 📉  Although it’s been the tried-and-true method for decades, phone calls are no longer the scammer’s medium of choice. According to the FTC, the highest overall reported losses were caused by scammers on social media 🎭📱. We’ll have to wait and see if the FTC’s proposed amendments to the current Trade Regulation Rule meaningfully improves the situation in 2024. 📝 🧐 In the meantime - tune in to 🌟 Privacy Chats with Rachel and John 🌟 to learn more about the very real implications of high quality deep fakes found in our everyday lives, and what you can do to protect yourself. What’s cooler than out-scamming the scammer, anyway? 😎 We're on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube! - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gwDM3aVM - Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gjasmCst - YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gvaJqD9w

Innovation is the spark that ignites the engine of progress, all of which is fueled by cooperation and a mutual interest in creating a better world. We tend to look at privacy from the perspective of what is, rather than from the perspective of what could be. On Episode 18 of Privacy Chats with Rachel and John, we offer a new perspective on how data could be owned, managed, and distributed in a way that brings a new level of transparency and control to individuals and contributes to the greater benefit of humanity. Tune in to hear more on Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Music:  - Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gZVH93X2 - Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gySbjeU8 - Apple Music: https://lnkd.in/gWxCRkUK

Did you know that NIST's updated security guidelines now recommend systems to allow passwords that contain EMOJIs? 😲 In this snappy episode within our new “Security for Privacy” (S4P!) series, we challenge your knowledge on password best practices through a fun and engaging quiz format. Tune in to learn what it takes to create resilient passwords and manage them appropriately in 2024 - both for yourself and for your organization! -> Spotify:  https://lnkd.in/gBDqbDfN -> Youtube:  https://lnkd.in/g4WCDwTK -> Apple Music: https://apple.co/3ZKiR5J