Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons: 500 episodes, one dragon, countless lessons
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500 Episodes and Counting

Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons began in March 2017 with a simple mission: help ordinary people understand security and privacy and give them practical things they can do about it. Nine and a half years and 500 episodes later, that mission hasn't changed.

FDSD by the Numbers

<2%of podcasts make it past 500 episodesAbout 11% pass 100; about 6% pass 200
99.8%weekly consistencyA show in 500 of the last 501 weeks
226full interview conversationswith 187 different people
604,057downloads recorded by Blubrry
46%of downloads came from outside the U.S.from 191 countries and territories*
485+hours of audioMore than 20 straight days of listening

*Yes, even Svalbard. The data also includes 10 downloads from Greenland, 7 from Bhutan, 6 from Fiji, plus individual downloads from the Faroe Islands, Cayman Islands, Eritrea and other far-flung places.

The Milestone Is Over. The Mission Isn't.

Keep It Going

The FDSD500 project started as a way to turn a podcast milestone into something useful. These two ideas don't need a deadline.

Start with yourself

Improve Your Own Digital Life

Take a little time to strengthen your own security and privacy. Pick something useful, learn how it works, and make one improvement.

Explore Phase 1

Then pass it on

Be a Cyber Neighbor

Help somebody else make one simple security or privacy improvement. No campaign, no quota, no deadline — just help when you can.

Explore Phase 2