Countdown to Episode 500!

Countdown to Episode 500!

July 13, 2026 · 58 min

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Carey Parker begins the countdown to his 500th podcast episode while discussing various cybersecurity news and seeking audience participation in a data protection experiment.

It’s time to start the official countdown to my 500th podcast episode! I’ve been publishing a podcast every single week for over nine years now, which is a rather amazing accomplishment (if I do say so myself). But the entire purpose of the podcast – as well as my book and my blog – has been to try to improve the security and privacy of as many people as possible. So to celebrate this momentous occasion, I’m going to be conducting an experiment to figure out the most effective way to protect our data and devices. And I’m going to need your help. In the news: Chat Control 1.0 has been resurrected in the EU; Apple’s Hide My Email is failing to do so; Meta patents a new, creepy wearable device; The Intercept’s Signal account was taken over for months; Papa Johns wants to know when your fridge is empty; Opera Browser has a new feature to combat ClickFix attacks; Google disrupted a residential proxy network; John Deere has been forced to support third party repairs; and the Supreme Court further protected our device location history. Article Links Chat Control 1.0 sneaks through the EU Parliament…

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Host: Carey Parker

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Organizations: Apple, Meta, Papa Johns, Opera Browser, Google, John Deere, The Intercept

Places: EU

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