{"id":3676,"date":"2026-06-15T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/the-opsec-rave-wave-with-imani-thompson\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:59:56","slug":"the-opsec-rave-wave-with-imani-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/the-opsec-rave-wave-with-imani-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"The OPSEC Rave Wave (with Imani Thompson)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I\u2019m thrilled to be joined by Imani Thompson. Imani is a digital security trainer and host of a series of events called Cache Me Outside, where she and partner orgs help people understand their personal security, divest from big tech platforms, and learn how to stay safe online. She recently hosted a \u201cde-Googling\u201d party and a self-doxxing rave.We get into how platforms have tried to make surveillance cute, why that damn Duolingo owl emotionally manipulates you, and why learning about privacy best practices when surrounded by community works.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode&#8217;s bonus content and to power our journalism. If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player.Follow Imani on InstagramA &#8216;Self-Doxing&#8217; Rave Helps Trans People Stay Safe OnlineNow you can break up with big tech at a bar: \u2018cybersecurity disguised as a party\u2019Fix It With Piggy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>We get into how platforms have tried to make surveillance cute, why that damn Duolingo owl emotionally manipulates you, and why learning about privacy best practices when surrounded by community works.\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ai-and-ml","category-podcast","tag-ai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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