# Nothing Is Secure **URL:** **By** Julian Sanchez, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** May 19, 2017 --- Julian Sanchez joins us to talk about online privacy in the era of mass data collection. What kind of data are we creating, and who's watching us? Julian Sanchez joins us this week for a discussion about online privacy in the era of mass data collection. When we're online, what kind of data are we creating, and who's watching us? We talk about data mining, ad blockers, the internet of things, developer keys, passwords and fingerprint security, encrypted messaging apps, and more. ## Further Reading Other Free Thoughts episodes about online privacy: - ["Deconstructing the Surveillance State "with Julian Sanchez](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/deconstructing-the-surveillance-state) - ["The CIA Listens to Free Thoughts "with Patrick Eddington](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/the-cia-listens-to-free-thoughts) Sanchez mentions the browser ad-ons [Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/) and [NoScript](https://noscript.net/) and the [Tails operating system](https://tails.boum.org/). He also mentions [_The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data_](https://www.amazon.com/Art-Invisibility-Worlds-Teaches-Brother/dp/0316380504) (2017) by Kevin Mitnick.