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Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom

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Weekly news for digital freedom. Surveillance Report covers privacy, security, surveillance technology, and digital rights news to keep you safer online from the latest threats. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore, a leading digital rights media organization for over 10 years. Each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, historical perspective, and analysis - empowering you to defend your rights with actionable steps. Topics include: data breaches, government and corporate surveillance, Big Tech privacy policies, encryption standards, digital rights leg...

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Many Android Phones Left Vulnerable to Attack! - SR126 23.03.2023 49:10

Major zero days found in Samsung chips that affect even the Google Pixel, PayPal admits to breaching the data of over 35k customers, a ransomware victim is suing the hospital that leaked her nude photos, and much more. (Thanks for the patience on this delayed SR!) Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm...

The UK is Trying to Backdoor Encryption! - SR125 13.03.2023 47:17

Messengers are going to war over a new UK ruling, Twitter is dropping the ball on privacy, rogue 2FA apps are stealing your codes, the FBI admitted to buying your location data, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Support us! 01:49...

YouTube Is Spying on Kids! - SR124 07.03.2023 53:55

YouTube accused of collecting UK children's data, Google client-side encryption for Gmail is now open to the public, Canada bans TikTok, Parents in France may soon have to think twice before sharing photos of their kids, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources...

Google Privacy Labels Are Misleading! - SR123 27.02.2023 40:10

New research from Mozilla about Play Store privacy labels, Ubuntu dropping default Flatpak support, Android firmware hardening, and lots more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsL...

Twitter Paywalls SMS 2FA - What Now!? - SR122 22.02.2023 42:53

Twitter is dropping SMS 2FA (for free users), Apple & Google have some updates, supermarkets have data on you, JMP is leaving beta, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKY...

Just How Bad Is Windows 11 Spying on You? - SR121 14.02.2023 37:02

Research on windows 11 telemetry, Americans flunked a privacy test, Reddit suffered a data breach, updates to Thunderbird, and more! Monerotopia Discount Code: nosurveillance1 Monerotopa URL: https://monerotopia.com/ Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay...

Telegram Ain't Looking Hot. - SR120 06.02.2023 47:47

Telegram continues to be more sus, Dashlane goes open source (kind of), data broker data breach, and more! Monerotopia Discount Code: nosurveillance1 Monerotopa URL: https://monerotopia.com/ Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde3...

Is Apple Secretly Analyzing Your Photos? - SR119 31.01.2023 35:55

Is Apple checking your photos in the finder? Apple adding security keys, a League of legends hack, Argentina requiring biometrics for SIM cards, Bitwarden under hot fire, and more! Monerotopia Discount Code: nosurveillance1 Monerotopa URL: https://monerotopia.com/ Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news...

School Surveillance May Be FORCED in Mississippi - SR118 23.01.2023 46:02

Mississippi may require forced surveillance, T-Mobile has been breached....again, some Apple updates, and a lot more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6Hg...

Another Password Manager Has Been Breached! 16.01.2023 34:03

Another password manager has been breached, Threema is in hot water after a new research paper, a Tor user was unmasked, and a lot more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQ...

THIS APP Leaked Billie Eilish's Address - SR116 09.01.2023 46:31

Billie Eilish privacy concerns, WhatsApp is helping to circumvent censorship, a brand new set of car hacks, an important update to quantum computers and encryption - and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9...

LastPass REALLY Screwed Up! - SR115 02.01.2023 55:08

Lastpass vaults breached, Facebook/Cambridge Analytica settlement, Radio City Music Hall facial recognition, and a lot more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps S...

Gmail is Getting E2EE! 20.12.2022 47:05

Google adding E2EE to emails, Xnspy stalkerware, TikTok banned on gov’t devices, Twitter suspends Mastodon, & yet another Uber breach! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQ...

Apple Drops CSAM & Adds Encrypted Backups! - SR113 13.12.2022 47:49

Apple is dropping CSAM scanning and adding E2EE to iCloud, Proton’s calendar app finally hits iOS, Samsung’s flagship phone pwnd, a lot of Big Tech lawsuits Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eA...

Telegram Handed Over Data (Again!) 06.12.2022 1:25:22

Telegram handing over more user data, WhatsApp Data Breach, Anker Euphy has seriously messed up, Lastpass suffered a breach, and a ton more news. Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnS...

DuckDuckGo's New Tracking Protection Has Arrived! - SR111 21.11.2022 43:40

DuckDuckGo new tracking protection, Google under some hot fire, Discord fined for privacy violations, and a lot more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources...

Apple Sued For Tracking All Users! - SR110 14.11.2022 31:50

Apple is tracking you, Google Pixels are victim to a full lockscreen bypass, Greece’s spyware scandal is getting really weird – and a lot more. Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support us on Patreon Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6...

Twitter Users Are Fleeing to Mastodon! - SR109 07.11.2022 42:58

Twitter users are fleeing en-masse to Mastodon, Starbucks will get reporters' messages with unions, a headline-making OpenSSL vulnerability, and how to remove your phone number and email from Facebook even if you don't have an account! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Suppo...

How Can Eight RTX 4090s Crack Your Password?! - SR108 31.10.2022 54:54

Can 8 RTX 4090 GPUs crack your password? Is WhatsApp more secure than iMessage? And Reddit got a Tor onion site! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ADB: adb shell settings put global captive_portal_mode 0 Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod Monero: 4...

Signal is Killing SMS - SR107 20.10.2022 1:06:28

Signal removing SMS support, Android VPN Leaks, Proton adding U2F hardware keys!, Firefox relay becoming useful, and a lot more - HUGE week! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ADB: adb shell settings put global captive_portal_mode 0 Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

A New Privacy Phone is HERE! - SR106 10.10.2022 52:43

A new privacy-oriented phone has been released from the Simple Suite, the US and EU are discussing data flows, lots of data breaches, lawsuits, Papa Johns spyware, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod Mo...

This Browser Is Killing Cookie Banners! - SR105 04.10.2022 42:32

Brave removing cookie consent banners, TikTok facing more fines, severe Matrix vulnerabilities fixed, some data breach updates, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy...

THIS Tool Harvests 90% of the World's Internet Traffic! - SR104 27.09.2022 41:03

A tool that allegedly collects 90% of the world's internet traffic, Amazon fired an employee for a social media post, ways you can help the Iranian internet blockade, a ton of data breaches, and more. Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patre...

Uber's Undisclosed Data Breach! - SR103 19.09.2022 43:24

Uber Hacked, iOS 16 has landed, customs officials in the US are storing your phone's data, updates to Firefox Relay, and more! iOS 16 Coverage: https://youtu.be/hf5d1L6qfes Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod Moner...

Has TikTok Suffered A Breach?! - SR102 12.09.2022 46:25

TikTok allegedly had a data breach, leaked documents about an $8m iOS zero day, Google Chrome had a bug that copied data to your clipboard, the US gov is suing a location data broker, and a lot more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Support The Podcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreo...