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Privacy 101: Chat Apps & Email

Privacy 101: Chat Apps & Email

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 SIGNAL JAM // EPISODE 006 // Privacy 101: Chat Apps and EmailOriginal Air Date: 2026-03-28Wrapping up our first batch of Privacy 101 episodes, we discuss the need for encryption in our communications, metadata, and our recommendations. Later, we reflect on the show so far, what we’ve learned, and provide a glimpse of what’s to come in the weeks and months ahead./ / / – – SHOW NOTES – – / / /Updates:• Closing out Privacy 101, for now.• We’re working on a wiki!• Threat model tool is temporarily delayed, but expected to be released within a few months.In this episode:Caesar Cipher // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipherSymmetric Encryption // https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/symmetric-encryptionAsymmetric Encryption // https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-asymmetric-encryption/Snowden Leaks // https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-dataGmail Scanning // https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/26/534451513/google-says-it-will-no-longer-read-users-emails-to-sell-targeted-adsiOS Default Encryption // https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/27/technology/iphone-locks-out-the-nsa-signaling-a-post-snowden-era-.htmlEFF on the years since Snowden’s leaks // https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/10-years-after-snowden-some-things-are-better-some-were-still-fightingPentagon Pizza Meter // https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/06/06/what-is-the-pentagon-pizza-theory-eating-away-at-the-internet‘We kill people based on metadata’ // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2HDM86XgI&t=1052WhatsApp Privacy Policy // https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policyFBI Lawful Access Document // https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562Signal // https://signal.org/SimpleX // https://simplex.chat/Threema // https://threema.com/Session // https://getsession.org/Proton // https://proton.me/Tuta // https://tuta.com/PGP // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy/ / / – – HOW TO REACH US – – / / /Email:Proton // signaljampodcast@proton.meTuta // signaljam@tutamail.comOur Domain // hello@signaljam.me (PGP key)Messenger apps:Signal // signaljam.01[more coming soon]Social Media:Bluesky // https://bsky.app/profile/signaljam.meLemmy // https://lemmy.ml/c/signaljamMastodon // https://mstdn.social/@signaljamX // https://x.com/signaljampod
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