{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Shared Security Podcast","title":"Why Gen Z is Ditching Smartphones for Dumbphones","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1157,"description":"Younger generations are increasingly ditching smartphones in favor of “dumbphones”—simpler devices with fewer apps, fewer distractions, and less tracking. But what happens when you step away from a device that now functions as your wallet, your memory, and your security key?\nIn this episode, Tom and Scott explore the dumbphone movement through a privacy and cybersecurity lens. Drawing from a recent Wired article, the conversation digs into digital burnout, surveillance capitalism, multi-factor authentication dependencies, and whether opting out of smartphones is an act of digital self-defense—or a step toward digital disadvantage.\n** Links mentioned on the show **\n\nDumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds\nhttps://www.wired.com/story/dumbphone-owners-have-literally-lost-their-minds/\nPrevious Shared Security episode from 2022 about the rise of dumbphones\nhttps://sharedsecurity.net/2022/04/18/dumbphone-sales-are-soaring-john-oliver-blackmails-congress-cicada-chinese-apt-group/\n** Watch this episode on YouTube **\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n** Become a Shared Security Supporter **\nGet exclusive access to ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, listen to new episodes before they are released, receive a monthly shout-out on the show, and get a discount code for 15% off merch at the Shared Security store. Become a supporter today! https://patreon.com/SharedSecurity\n** Thank you to our sponsors! **\nSLNT\nVisit slnt.com to check out SLNT’s amazing line of Faraday bags and other products built to protect your privacy. As a listener of this podcast you receive 10% off your order at checkout using discount code “sharedsecurity”.\nClick Armor\nTo find out how “gamification” of security awareness training can reduce cyber risks related to phishing and social engineering, and to get a free trial of Click Armor’s gamified awareness training platform, visit: https://clickarmor.ca/sharedsecurity\n** Subscribe and follow the podcast **\nSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharedSecurityPodcast...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KqWtfSXNrzCIv-9CcJw5FJ2bisqb1Rc2u0BgXHLhkoE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYWI5/YjhhNTU1NjFkZmJh/ZWNhZjM3ZTdlNTIy/ODJhMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}