Threat Talks · 2025-10-07 · 56 min
The internet promised freedom. Now it monetizes you. The trade-off? Convenience for control. In this episode, Lieuwe Jan Koning and Prof. Jacobs reveal how scattered tools like meta and X create security gaps - and how one policy, fewer interfaces, and less data shared cut exposure and keep operations running. Real examples you’ll hear: • The neighborhood chat stuck on WhatsApp - and how switching to Signal breaks dependency. • How your address book upload leaks other people’s data to platforms. • Why secure doesn’t mean private on platforms that profit from your data. • Age checks done right: passport chip + selective disclosure instead of oversharing. • Patient groups and municipalities using PubHubs for private, verified rooms (no ads). • Continuity risk in the real world: federated login outages, US-dependent authenticators, transatlantic cable cuts, and a court moving email to ProtonMail to stay operational. (00:00) - - Free vs. monetized internet (02:22) - - Facebook: secure ≠ private (05:31) - - WhatsApp vs.
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