Episode 58: So Someone Stole Your Identity

Episode  |  February 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

security, technology

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers and Kyle Rankin about protecting yourself online, password and security best practices, and a tragic tale.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - February 19, 2021: Facial Recognition Powered By YOU

Article  |  February 19th, 2021
ai, facial recognition, photography

This week we talk exposing.ai, an app that uncovers facial recognition datasets.

Episode 57: You Look Familiar, Did I See You on the Internet?

Episode  |  February 12th, 2021  |  44 mins 49 secs

facial recognition, technology

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk facial recognition AI using our photos for training, and how we collectively negotiate our own privacy online.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - February 11, 2021: Content Moderation is Complicated

Article  |  February 11th, 2021
content moderation, facebook, finance, privacy, signal, twitter

This week we explore different ways to moderate web communication.

Episode 56: The Age of the Moderator

Episode  |  February 5th, 2021  |  41 mins 58 secs

privacy, social media, technology

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls and Petros Koutoupis talk Twitter's new Birdwatch experiment, Signal's resistance to moderation, and Redditors' impact on the stock market.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - February 4, 2021: Digital Rights are Human Rights

Article  |  February 4th, 2021
digital rights, dxing, privacy, radio broadcasting, section 230

We're back with two new episodes, one on digital rights and internet policy, and a new one about radio broadcasting.

Episode 55: Radio Broadcasting

Episode  |  January 29th, 2021  |  56 mins 3 secs

radio, technology

Doc Searls and Petros Koutoupis talk to Dean Landsman and Paul Walker about radio broadcasting, including long distance coverage.

Episode 54: Digital Rights are Human Rights

Episode  |  January 22nd, 2021  |  52 mins 25 secs

digital rights, privacy, section 230, technology

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Evan Greer, Deputy Director of digital rights activism group Fight for the Future about Section 230, politics, de-platforming, and internet policy.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - December 23, 2020: Happy Holidays!

Article  |  December 23rd, 2020
amazon halo, apple, fragmentation, hack, idfa, open source, security, solarwinds, surveillance

This week we talked SolarWinds, Fragmentation, Surveillance and Apple IDFA.

Episode 53: The SolarWinds Attack

Episode  |  December 22nd, 2020  |  52 mins 27 secs

solarwinds, technology

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis about the SolarWinds hack, and Facebook's reaction to Apple privacy initiatives.

Episode 52: Fragmentation and Outrage of the Week

Episode  |  December 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

development, privacy, software, surveillance, technology

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about fragmentation and software development, the Amazon Halo, and surveilling school children.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - December 16, 2020: Having Too Much Fun

Article  |  December 16th, 2020
art, poop, space

Be careful in the desert.

Episode 51: Poop in the Desert

Episode  |  December 11th, 2020  |  40 mins 13 secs

cryptography, open source, poop, space, technology

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman have a fun chat with Petros Koutoupis about open source in space, digital detox, World War 2 cryptography, and poop in the desert.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - December 9, 2020: A Cultural Problem

Article  |  December 10th, 2020
culture, cyber utopia, the internet

Is this the Internet we want?

Episode 50: What Happened to Cyber Utopia?

Episode  |  December 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

technology

Doc Searls and Jon Lebkowsky talk reality, social constructs, the internet, and disinformation.

Reality 2.0 Newsletter - November 25, 2020: Owned.

Article  |  November 25th, 2020
apple, hardware, open source, ownership, technology

What does it even mean?