You can find some old ones, on archive, if you search for some sites they’ve posted the podcast on, in the past. I think I was able to find back to 165 or 175? Out of the 4-5 sites the podcast has been posted on, I think only one or two of them had an archive that far back, that I could actually download the mp3 from. If I remember correctly, I had to inspect the page, find the mp3 URL, and download it that way.

I’ve been checking for a new podcast, periodically. I didn’t see the one that was added and then deleted. I do know, the old shows are removed on purpose, due to people using outdated methods and then getting upset about it. It was brought up in an older episode, where a woman came on and pretty much did a Q&A with him. I think he probably just decided to go off-the-grid for a little bit. I’d like to imagine he’s in a kpop group though. haha

Yeah, he and his team have been contributing to the privacy community for a long time, now. He has great recommendations for people starting out, trying to improve upon their data footprint. He goes over everything from setting up a phone, operating system, VPN, physical mail, bills, buying things online, etc. I would recommend people just starting out to check out his podcast. There are also some decent guides and OSINT tools on their website.

I agree with your stance, and I can also acknowledge what other people are saying, about not being able to find companies anymore, that aren’t willing to sell your information to multi-billion dollar targeted-ad companies. I would do what a couple other people, in this post, mentioned. Buy a used laptop/desktop, in cash, that supports coreboot. To my knowledge, anything past an i5 can’t fully remove all of the IME blobs, anyways. If you want something for gaming, and don’t want to support/contribute to the funneling of personal data, I would build a desktop from parts that work well with Linux, from a store like MicroCenter.