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Episode Summary

Neither iPhone nor Android gives you a true off switch for your microphone. This week, Brandon Krieger talks with Ric Ralston, Co-Founder and Inventor of Mic-Lock, about the hardware fix he's spent over a decade building: a patented, plug-in microphone blocker that doesn't rely on software settings you can't fully trust.

Episode Notes

Neither iPhone nor Android gives you a true off switch for your microphone. This week, Brandon Krieger talks with Ric Ralston, Co-Founder and Inventor of Mic-Lock, about the hardware fix he's spent over a decade building: a patented, plug-in microphone blocker that doesn't rely on software settings you can't fully trust.

Topics include:

• Why no phone OS lets you fully disable the microphone
• How a hardware mic blocker works, with no software involved
• The “nothing to hide” myth, and why privacy still matters
• What a voiceprint is, and the AI voice-cloning risk behind it
• Why Mic-Lock won't block “Hey Siri” — and what that limit reveals

Guest: Ric Ralston — Co-Founder and Inventor, Mic-Lock
Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor

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