{"podcast":{"title":"Naomi Brockwell on Odysee","slug":"naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470","podcast_index_feed_id":6038470,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@NaomiBrockwell:4","website_url":"naomibrockwell.com","image_url":"https://spee.ch/0/52b6f45476a3be48.jpg","author":"Naomi Brockwell","episode_count":50,"summary":"NBTV: a privacy, technology, blockchain channel - Control your own money - Control your own data - Control your own life Naomi Brockwell worked as a policy associate at the New York Bitcoin Center from 2013 - 2015. Since 2015 she has been a producer for 19-times Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist John Stossel. She is a regular of US national TV discussing blockchain technology & current events, & emcees some of the biggest blockchain conferences. Naomi was a producer for the 2015 feature documentary \"Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It\" (Best International Documentary, Anthem Film Festival; Winner of Special Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival), & for the 2018 award-winning documentary about the housing crash \"The Bubble\" https://nbtv.media","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T06:18:15.041254+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470"},"episode":{"title":"Why I Don't Link Signal To My Computer","slug":"why-i-don-t-link-signal-to-my-computer","published_at":"2026-01-25T22:01:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470/why-i-don-t-link-signal-to-my-computer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470","url":"https://odysee.com/Desktop-vs-computer:f6e1c8bd7987ed3d4e862dd2a3e708689506ef9b","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/Desktop-vs-computer/f6e1c8bd7987ed3d4e862dd2a3e708689506ef9b/639e14.mp4","summary":"Modern smartphones are some of the most locked down consumer devices that have ever existed. Computers are less secure, and you downgrade your security when you link a privacy focused app, like Signal, to a less secure environment. You are effectively taking a very well protected environment, your phone, and extending trust to a much weaker one. For some people it will be worth it, but it's important to understand the tradeoffs. 00:00 I Do Not Use Signal desktop 00:28 How Phones Sandbox Apps 01:20 Desktop Security Explained 02:05 Not a Signal Issue 02:26 Desktops Widen Attack Surface 04:13 Hardware Backed Security Explained 05:13 The Risk Explained 06:14 Keep Your Phone Lean 06:50 We Want to Hear From YOU! Security always collapses to the weakest link. That does not mean that Signal desktop is bad. It simply means desktops are inherently riskier environments. So the next time you link a high security tool to a less secure environment, be sure to understand the tradeoffs. Mac Privacy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt3zZ-N423gWaLKM-D51mDphG5NHfsTpt&si=0Ee8Ta_n-dNKufOI Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee, Derek, Will and Naomi. NBTV is a project of the Ludlow Institute, a 501c3 non profit whose mission is to advance freedom through technology. To support NBTV, visit: https://LudlowInstitute.org/donate (As a 501(c)(3) non profit, all donations are tax-deductible in the USA as permitted by law.) Visit our shop! https://Shop.NBTV.media Our eBook "Beginner's Introduction To Privacy: https://amzn.to/3WDSfku Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice. Watch this video on YouTube (but why would you want to?!) https://youtu.be/SIRde_NYoCw","meta_description":"Modern smartphones are some of the most locked down consumer devices that have ever existed. Computers are less secure, and you downgrade your security wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":442,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470/episodes/why-i-don-t-link-signal-to-my-computer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/naomi-brockwell-on-odysee-6038470/why-i-don-t-link-signal-to-my-computer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}