Watchman Privacy 211 - Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide
Dec 22, 2025
Join Naomi Brockwell, a privacy educator and founder of the Ludlow Institute, as she discusses her mission to reclaim online privacy. She shares compelling strategies to onboard newcomers to privacy tools and critiques the ethical dilemmas posed by surveillance technologies like Flock and Ring cameras. Naomi delves into the limitations of Bitcoin regarding privacy while encouraging discussions on the importance of protecting children's digital identities. Her insights on balancing convenience and privacy are both thought-provoking and necessary.
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Surveillance Is An Existential Threat
- Naomi Brockwell warns surveillance is an existential threat and we have a closing window to proliferate privacy tools.
- She pivoted from decentralized tech to teaching private internet use because individuals, not protocols, are targeted.
Offer Small, Actionable Privacy Swaps
- Give people simple, actionable privacy alternatives and they'll adopt them and become evangelists.
- Start small with easy swaps and build from there to avoid learned helplessness.
Protect Company Data From Third-Party AI
- Companies should offer hybrid or self-hosted AI solutions to prevent employee data exfiltration to big providers.
- Provide no-logging alternatives or in-house models when handling donor, IP, or financial data.