Let’s talk tips for playing or working online and with ever-changing technology. As a lawyer, digital policy activist and community organizer, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation Paige Collings works to dismantle systems of oppression.
Visit EFF.org for more info on adapting to state surveillance and corporate restrictions stifling marginalized communities - and the most of us.
2:00 early days of online
6:00 nostalgic downloads
9:00 how she got here
11:00 dating apps and privacy concerns
19:00 IG messenger policy change April 2026
23:00 IG is reading your messages now
27:00 listening devices
32:00 PrivacyBadger - free service to block data mining
35:00 spy glasses, META glasses
39:00 password safety tips
42:00 what are you sharing?
46:00 Set up Two-factor authentication
49:00 age verification sucks - why?
53:00 banned content
56:00 data collection
1:02:00 resources to protect yourself and stay informed
1:07:00 how to help SWs
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fightforthefuture.org/
glitchcharity.co.uk/
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