Dialog with the Data Diva

Dialog with the Data Diva

Update: 2025-06-091
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Debbie Reynolds (aka, The Data Diva) has been working in the privacy realm for many years, as a privacy consultant, speaker, advisor and podcaster. She and I have been running in the same circles on LinkedIn for a while now, and we finally decided it was time to be a guest on each other's shows. Today Debbie and I will discuss the dangers of privacy in the realm of IoT devices (including her contributions on the US Department of Commerce's IoT Advisory Board), vehicles, and AI. I'll ask about her experiences advising corporations on privacy issues with emerging technologies and how she advocates for less data gathering and more transparency.







Interview Notes









Debbie Reynolds consulting: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/ 







Data Diva podcast: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/podcast 







My interview on Debbie’s podcast: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/podcast/e228-carey-parker 







The Right to Privacy book (1995): https://www.amazon.com/Right-Privacy-Caroline-Kennedy/dp/0679419861 







IoT Advisory Board report: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/iot-advisory-board 







Shodan search: https://www.shodan.io/ 









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My book: https://fdsd.me/book 







My newsletter: https://fdsd.me/newsletter 







Support the mission: https://fdsd.me/support 







Give the gift of privacy and security: https://fdsd.me/coupons 







Send me your questions! https://fdsd.me/qna 







Get your Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Merch! https://fdsd.me/merch 









Table of Contents









0:00:00 : Intro







0:01:27 : During your privacy career, how have privacy changed?







0:05:59 : How do you define privacy?







0:08:51 : What were your contributions on the IoT Advisory Board?







0:12:54 : Who was the primary audience for that report?







0:15:49 : Which IoT devices have the worst privacy?







0:19:33 : How bad are modern cars in terms of privacy?







0:29:50 : How does AI threaten our privacy today?







0:33:30 : How can we mitigate AI privacy risks?







0:40:11 : How can we convince companies to truly embrace user privacy?







0:45:36 : What are some of the biggest privacy mistakes companies make?







0:49:34 : Why can't we have a global tracking opt-out signal?







0:53:52 : What can we learn from the EU's GDPR?







0:58:35 : So what can we do to improve our privacy?







1:00:50 : Patron preview







1:01:21 : Looking ahead
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