Opt Out

Opt Out

Welcome to Opt Out, where I sit down with passionate people to learn why privacy matters to them, the tools and techniques they’ve found and leveraged, and where we encourage and inspire others towards personal privacy and data-sovereignty.

48 episodes Opt Out Updated 2026-05-15
48 episodes in Opt Out
2022-01-23

Securing your Bitcoin w/ Zach Herbert from FOUNDATION

Wondering how you can secure and spend your Bitcoin without trusting a c…
2022-01-16

Privacy on Bitcoin w/ Samourai Wallet

Wondering how you can manage to use Bitcoin privately? This episode, we&…
2022-01-09

Clean up your data online w/ Rob Shavell from DeleteMe

Wondering how to take back control of the data captured by data brokers …
2022-01-03

Email aliasing w/ Son from SimpleLogin

Heard about email aliasing but not sure where to start? This episode, we…
2021-12-21

Privacy education, funding, and Apple w/ Sun Knudsen

Wondering why someone decides to do privacy education and research full-…
2021-12-03

Sponsor Special w/ Viktor Vecsei from IVPN

Wanting to find a solid VPN provider, but struggling to break through al…
2021-11-29

A Bitcoiner's journey towards privacy w/ BitcoinQnA

Wondering what drives normal people to focus on FOSS? This episode, we&a…
2021-11-13

Personal responsibility in privacy, FOSS funding models, and Bitcoin w/ …

Wondering why FOSS and privacy have become such a focus for Matt Odell a…
2021-10-31

Balancing privacy with mental health, plus second realms w/ j43

Wondering how to find the right balance of privacy and convenience, or s…
2021-10-18

Global surveillance, VPNs, and Tor w/ Smuggler

Wondering how global surveillance could realistically work, or how VPNs …
2021-10-05

Transitioning to Linux and CalyxOS w/ Chris Blec

NOTE: Apologies for the audio issues in this one, there was packet loss …
2021-10-01

Coreboot, FOSS firmware, Pop_OS!, and System76 w/ Jeremy Soller

Have you been thinking about switching to Linux for your daily driver, o…
2021-09-19

Cryptoanarchy and freedom w/ Pavol Lupták

What is crypto-anarchy? How can I opt out if my country has become too a…
2021-09-15

Sponsor Special w/ Alex from LocalMonero and AgoraDesk

What's the best way to buy and sell Monero while maintaining person…
2021-09-15

Sponsor Special w/ Vik Sharma from Cake Wallet

Wondering what mobile Monero wallet I use and recommend and why I chose …
2021-09-07

Decentralized and censorship-resistant messaging platforms w/ Sean O'Bri…

Wondering what alternatives are available for Twitter or similar central…
2021-08-22

Parallel econonomies and "ethical Veksláks" w/ Juraj Bednar

Where does privacy fit in to opting out of a broken (or breaking) econom…
2021-08-09

PGP, Bitcoin, and Yunohost w/ Diverter

Ever wondered how you can easily self-host tools, or thought about hosti…
2021-07-27

Privacy by default, contributing to FOSS, and Monero w/ Justin Ehrenhofe…

Wondering how you can contribute to FOSS projects without being able to …
2021-07-09

Threat models and the importance of open-source software w/ Nathan from …

Wondering what the difference is between privacy, security, and anonymit…
2021-06-27

Mobile OS privacy, drag-net surveillance, and cryptocurrency usage w/ Ma…

Wanting to learn more about mobile privacy, but not sure where to start?…
2021-06-14

Digital identity, FOSS, and self-hosting w/ k3tan

This week, I got the pleasure of sitting down with k3tan to chat about p…
2021-06-02

Privacy as a journey and "digital minimalism" w/ Techlore

This week, I got the pleasure of sitting down with Henry from Techlore t…
2021-05-31

Welcome to Opt Out

Welcome to Opt Out!I hope you enjoy this short intro which I’m using to …