# Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries

- Type: News
- Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: 2026-09-29
- Original: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/privacys-defenders-podcast-cowboys-cypherpunks-and-visionaries
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/449827
- Topics: Monitoring

## Summary

People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see and do online – seem to know everything we’re thinking and planning. It didn’t have to be this way, and since the early days of the internet, a dedicated band of activists, lawyers and technologists have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. C

## Full text

People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see and do online – seem to know everything we’re thinking and planning. It didn’t have to be this way, and since the early days of the internet, a dedicated band of activists, lawyers and technologists have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Cindy Cohn, who just finished a 26-year run with the Electronic Frontier Foundation including 11 years as its executive director, has lived this fight. She says privacy isn’t just about secrecy: It's ultimately about power – who has it, and who has the ability to protect themselves from it. Welcome to the first episode of “Privacy’s Defenders,” a podcast about the people – lawyers, journalists, hackers, and others – who’ve fought to secure your digital liberties since before most people even knew

---
Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/posts/449827 · 2026-10-03