The Lockdown - Practical Privacy & Security
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Welcome to The Lockdown. Privacy doesn’t have to be all-or-nothing. The inability to attain extreme levels of privacy shouldn’t deter one from taking any protective measures at all. The show is hosted by Ray Heffer, an expert in the field of privacy and cybersecurity, with each episode touching on a range of topics such as data privacy, password management, and secure browsing habits. Tin-foil hats are optional.
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The Lockdown - Practical Privacy & Security
009 - Data Broker Sites and a Conversation with Lawrence Gentilello from Optery
In today's show, I have a conversation with Lawrence Gentilello, the CEO and Founder of Optery, a personal data removal service. Lawrence shares his own experiences with identity theft and what motivated him to start Optery. We also discuss the future of privacy in the United States, Utah's new privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), and the bare minimum you should be doing to protect and secure your private data.
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This episode was recorded on March 6, 2024
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In this week's episode:
- Lawrence's experience with identity theft highlights the importance of a credit freeze
- The need for disinformation
- A reminder on hunting apps
- The future of data privacy and the need for services like Optery
- Data privacy in the UK and the existence of search sites like 192.com
- Update on next weeks show
Show Links:
- Optery website: https://www.optery.com/
- PC Magazine Editors Choice Award for Optery: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/optery
- PC Magazine's list of the best personal data removal services: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-personal-data-removal-services
- Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA): https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/utah-consumer-protection-act-a-new-law-to-protect-online-privacy/
"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy."
- Philip R. Zimmermann, creator of PGP encryption