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Proton has solid privacy & security out of the box, but a few tweaks can take the safety of your Proton account to the max: 2FA, Proton Sentinel, metadata stripping, tracker blocking, and more. Welcome to the ultimate Proton Hardening Guide! Th...

The UK just confirmed it's doubling down on the under-16 social media ban, and VPN restrictions might be next. Meanwhile, 60% of Americans say they support social media bans for minors, and almost none of them have been told what age verification ...

Your password manager is the most sensitive piece of software in your tech stack. It holds everything - your email, banking, work credentials, health records, crypto, and more. Here's how 12 of the most popular ones actually stack up. 🔗 SOURCE...

Apple is quietly downgrading Hide My Email...moving generated aliases to a new subdomain that makes it easy for apps and websites to detect and block anyone using a private email address. I also get into Google preparing to use your IP address for...

After years of recommending Apple Maps as a more private Google Maps alternative, that recommendation just got more complicated, because Apple Maps is getting ads. Here are three alternatives worth knowing about. 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • OpenStree...

End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, founder and CEO of Cryptee, to talk through why: preventing CSAM, why client-side scanning doesn't...

App tracking is mostly invisible, but now there's a free & open source iOS app that changes that. Loupe shows you what any app on your iPhone can quietly collect without asking for a single permission. This video walks through what it reveals, why...

Your VPN sees every site you visit, every app you use, and every search you make. Choosing the wrong one means trading your ISP's surveillance for something potentially worse. Here's our 3rd tier list of 2026! 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • Techlore VPN...

Meta quietly embedded unreleased facial-recognition code, internally called "nametag" onto more than 50 million phones through its Meta AI app, then deleted it the day after Wired exposed it. This week I also get into Microsoft repos weaponized a ...

Most apps claiming to be "private and secure" are using language that sounds meaningful but commits to almost nothing. I broke this down after watching a Shark Tank segment on Qeepsake, a baby journal app that calls itself "absolutely private and ...

Firefox now has a free built-in VPN with 50GB of bandwidth per month. In this interview, Henry sits down with the Head of Firefox at Mozilla, to break down exactly how it works, what Mozilla can and can't see, the difference between Firefox VPN an...

Dashlane has confirmed hackers stole around 20 encrypted password vaults, and the company is being unusually quiet about how it happened. Plus the Pentagon admits US troops were tracked using commercial location data, Europe accelerates its move a...

Your cell carrier knows your name, your location, who you called, when you called them, how long you talked, and more. What's worse, this data sits on their servers for years. VPNs and Signal help, but they don't touch the infrastructure layer. He...

Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, D...

Open source just scored a massive win against age verification laws, California is following Colorado in carving out Linux and other open source operating systems from its Digital Age Assurance Act. Plus AI cameras on school buses being repurposed...

Dumb phones cut screen time and produce less data than smartphones, but there's an under-discussed tradeoff. 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE • Become a Techlorian: https://techlore.tech/support/#/portal/signup • All Support Methods: https://techlore.tech...

Google just announced AI agents that buy things, read your Gmail, and choose vendors on your behalf, so it's time to talk about the alternatives. This video covers 6 privacy-respecting search engines, why their business models actually work in you...

Session has just weeks to raise $800K or it shuts down on July 8th. WhatsApp and iMessage will be just fine. Here's why that's not a coincidence and why it's a problem bigger than Session. Donate to Session: https://session.org/donate 🧡 SUP...

A brutal week for Microsoft! Seven stories in one week, including an actively exploited Exchange zero-day, the MiniPlasma SYSTEM-access exploit, and many more at Pwn2Own Berlin. Plus a 600-package npm supply chain attack, Signal threatening to lea...

E-ink displays that promise ambient, distraction-free information sound great in theory. TRMNL delivers on the concept, with open firmware & open hardware, but the reality of living with it is more nuanced. Here are my thoughts! 🔗 SOURCES & LI...