I respectfully, and strongly, disagree. Darknet Diaries is entertainment first and foremost. It's also a for-profit podcast where it's advertising becomes a p

I respectfully, and strongly, disagree. Darknet Diaries is entertainment first and foremost. It's also a for-profit podcast where it's advertising becomes a problem. I say this disappointingly, as I like good technical podcasts, but I have found very few in the security space which work well for me. The information density is low. There's a whole lot of unnecessary back-and-forth banter between hosts and the the typical kind of old-school AM radio type bullshittery. A 30 minute segment often based on a four paragraph blog post. The other big problem I have with the show is that the advertisement model has a whole lot of dark patterns. It's been sometimes difficult to tell which segments are "sponsored" (paid adverts) and which is attempted-NEWS/info. In fact, most of the shows are just one advert after another, and the guest speakers are often sleazy and leave out important information. That makes Darknet Diaries a misinformation source for me. I stopped trusting what I was hearing after awhile.