Cindy Cohn, author, "Privacy's Defender"

Apr 13, 2026

Cindy Cohn has led the Electronic Frontier Foundation for over a decade, fighting against government and Big Tech surveillance. She discusses her memoir “Privacy’s Defender” and why we should celebrate every small victory.

Show Notes

• Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, by Cindy Cohn (published by MIT Press)

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

• About Cindy Cohn (bio on EFF site)

• Privacy Badger, a “free browser extension made by the leading digital rights nonprofit EFF to stop companies from spying on you online.”

• A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow

Guest: Cindy Cohn
Host: Mark Hurst
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Aired: Apr 13, 2026