Hey, everyone. If you’re looking for a fresh privacy podcast, we recently started a new one called Signal Jam.

Here’s a bit about why we made Signal Jam and what we’re hoping to do differently.

We even have preliminary ways for you to participate in the project, which you can read about here.

Feel free to connect with us on Proton, Tuta, Signal, or here on Lemmy. Looking forward to your feedback and thoughts!

  • lock@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 day ago

    Shouldn’t the podcast about passwords and 2FA be called “Security 101” instead of “Privacy 101”? How is that related to privacy? You should have two sections for your episodes: one for privacy and one for security.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Cool idea and will check it out later. I also found a small grammatical error.

    While we try strive to make original content and refresh old topics, we can’t cover everything, and we can’t be everywhere.

    I assume you would want to strike “try”, but I suppose you could strike “strive” instead.

    Edit - I made a word salad on a post about a grammatical error, go me!

    • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Funny how sometimes you miss silly things like this even after proofreading so many times… thank you! Fixed. 🙂

    • appropriateghost@lemmy.ml
      3·
      18 hours ago

      It’s difficult enough for getting people to switch from whatsapp to signal.

      I don’t know how successful i’d be to get people to switch to simplex.

      Is there a particular reason that you don’t recommend signal?

  • rutrum@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Im glad you are not over ambitious with your schedule. An episode every three weeks / month is a great way to keep going. I remember when privacy guides said they were going to do a “this week in privacy” which unfortunately lasted about 6 weeks. I wish you best of luck!

    • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Appreciate the feedback! We care about producing quality rather than quantity. As I mentioned in our Welcome post, we don’t view ourselves as content creators in the contemporary sense, and we don’t want that associated pressure to constantly pump out new stuff. We hope the project gains enough international relevancy and appeal that we can bring in other contributors (which might result in more frequent episodes/posts), but for now, slow and steady is the goal.

      -M

  • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    This looks cool. Thank you for creating and sharing! I’ve added to my (privacy-respecting, I think) podcast app of choice and will give a listen.

    • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Thanks for following! Out of curiosity, what’s your preferred podcast client?

      • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Well I just went down the rabbit hole to verify that my podcast app is simply that, and not tracking tons of data to send back to who knows where. I had been using Overcast but a few months ago changed to RSS Radio after reading a recommendation - perhaps on Reddit? RSS Radio now seems to be all but disavowed by both Dorada Software, who links from the site for it, and Maple Media Apps, LLC, who is the publisher on the app store. The app privacy cards on the iOS App Store do not instill a ton of confidence, showing: Data Used to Track You (Identifiers, Usage Data) and Data Linked to You (Usage Data)

        Perhaps it’s time to switch… Podverse is at least open source, although they track Usage Data and link Contact Info to you. But good ol’ Overcast only has a card for Data Not Linked to You, which seems like a big improvement.

          • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 days ago

            I’m still on iOS (I know - don’t yell at me) but thinking to make moves soon. I trust Android less than iOS, but perhaps GrapheneOS or something else will be for me. I’m always open to recommendations (with a minimum of yelling).

            • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
              7·
              2 days ago

              No stress! I was on iOS for a really long time, mostly out of entrenched habits, and trepidation into jumping into something like GrapheneOS. However, I did end up making the switch to Graphene, and arguably with the most restrictive settings (no Google Play Services, no Aurora Store, etc.). There was a small learning curve, maybe about a week or so, but in hind sight, it’s one of the best privacy decisions I’ve made to date. Feel free to reach out to me on Signal or one of emails if you have questions or want to talk more in depth about it!

              -M

        • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Good on you for the thorough research, and I like your logic. Things change fast, and it’s good to have backups in place. Overcast would probably be my choice if using iOS. I wish there were more open source and privacy-friendly versions available.

          -M

    • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Thank you! Feel free to leave us feedback and share what you’d like to hear more about down the road.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Listened to the first episode and I don’t have any negative feedback. You might consider running your audio through Auphonic. Really great hands-off editor that can take quality to another level. But it’s fine as is.

        • signaljam@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Thanks for the feedback and suggestion! I’ll look into Auphonic a bit and maybe do some experimenting.

          -M