Cindy Cohn: Privacy’s Defender

Cindy Cohn: Privacy’s Defender

From Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast by Carey Parker

May 11, 2026 · 1h 12m

About this episode

Cindy Cohn discusses her career defending digital rights and her memoir, Privacy’s Defender.

Cindy Cohn has been on the front lines, defending your digital rights, for three decades. With the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), she has litigated several seminal legal cases that have directly impacted the lives of all Americans. As she retires from her role as Director of the EFF, she’s written a memoir about her time there and documents several of these legal fights called Privacy’s Defender . Today I’ll ask Cindy about the key parts of these cases, how we interpret our rights in the digital realm, and what we can do to ensure a free and open internet. Interview Notes Cindy Cohn: https://www.eff.org/about/staff/cindy-cohn Privacy’s Defender: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051248/privacys-defender/ Give thanks (donate): https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/give-thanks-donate/ Clipper Chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip Secure Drop: https://securedrop.org/ Geofence warrants case: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-shut-down-unconstitutional-geofence-searches 404 Media’s FOIA Forum: https://www.404media.co/foia-forum-archive/ Further Info My book: https://fdsd.me/book My newsletter: https://fdsd.me/newsletter Support the…

People in this episode

Host: Carey Parker

Guest: Cindy Cohn

Topics covered

  • digital rights
  • privacy
  • internet freedom
  • legal cases
  • memoir
  • technology

Keywords

  • Cindy Cohn
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • digital rights
  • Privacy’s Defender
  • internet freedom
  • legal cases
  • memoir

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Electronic Frontier Foundation

Books & works: Privacy’s Defender

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