Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom

Episode 198: Telegram finally admits to sharing user data all along, researchers create real-time doxing glasses, Paypal opts users into data sharing, 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: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod 💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://...

Q&A197: Our Top 3 arguments for switching to Signal, for getting companies to comply with deletion requests, and favorite aspects of GDPR, our thoughts on Diode and Threema, how linkable are alias emails really, and is regulation really effective? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod Welcome t...

Episode 197: Windows Recall is back with fixes, millions of cars were vulnerable to a simple exploit, Mozilla spends their money well for once, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. 📱Get your privacy-friendly, cross-platform alias phone number and only pay for what you need with JMP.Chat!...

Q&A196: Is "Security Through Obscurity" actually bad? If we could help draft privacy regulation, what would we want to include? Can regulation help protect mainstream users? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep y...

Episode 196: Discord's new end-to-end encryption, LinkedIn scraped user data without warning, Mozilla is leaving the fediverse, and more! Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Support Us! 02:31 Highlight Story (Discord Encryption) 07:29 Data Breaches 10:38 Companies 14:40 Research 16:42 Politics 25:43 FOSS 26:38 Misfits 28:12 Support Us! Main Sites Surveillance Report Odysee PeerTube Techlor...

Q&A195: Nate's phone literally exploded. What's the plan to replace it and how does we use our phones? What changes have we noticed in our personal lives as a result of our privacy journeys? How would we summarize threat modeling? What are our thoughts on the risks of services that break TLS? Do we have recommendations for encrypted Slack alternatives for enterprise environments? Is a dedicate...

Episode 195: Sideloading at risk, Facebook scraping, airgapped vulnerabilities, and more! 📱Get your privacy-friendly, cross-platform alias phone number and only pay for what you need with JMP: https://jmp.chat/ Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:24 Sponsor Segment 02:03 Highlight Story (Sideloading Changes) 11:37 Data Breaches 13:50 Companies 15:52 Research 19:32 Politics 21:43 Support Us!...

Q&A194: What realtime file-sync options do we prefer? How do we navigate elitism in the privacy space? Would we ever sell merch? Do we ever disagree on privacy topics? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤...

Episode 194: Yubikey vulnerability, escalating sextortion scams, Clearview fine, Bitwarden iOS overhaul, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm...

Q&A193: What are our recommendations for content-blockers and browser extensions? Why do people accept the lie of "anonymized" telemetry? Do we have any experience with privacy.com cards being blocked? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the new...

Episode 193: Telegram CEO arrested, Firefox privacy improvements, VPN restrictions in Brazil, and more! 🔐 Thank you to our sponsor JMP Chat! Use your private phone number on every device with JMP, visit their website to get started a learn more: https://jmp.chat/ Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm...

Q&A192: Is GPC actually effective, or is it just another DNT? Should you migrate off of Google Sites? What's the best workflow for degoogled Androids? And is phone location privacy a non-starter? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest se...

Episode 192: A massive WhatsApp scrape, Windows breaks Linux dual-boot, X (and VPNs on the App Store) pull out of Brazil, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Support us! 00:45 Episode 200 PSA 01:00 Highlight Story (WhatsApp Scrape)...

Q&A191: How do we protect against e-mail tracking in non-private providers and how do we handle tracking links embedded in emails? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded** Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://ww...

Episode 191: the data breach that leaked nearly every SSN, a vulnerable app that exposed nearly every Pixel device, exciting updates from Proton & SimpleX (separately), and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Support us! 01:15 Highl...

Q&A190: What search engines do we use? More of our thoughts on the latest data removal service research, stopping leaky cars, private stock brockerage platforms, how we learn new technical information, and Apple Music alternatives. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded** Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oi...

Episode 190: Hard (and disappointing) facts on data removal services, tons of DEF CON research, Signal blocked in Russia, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Support us! 01:16 Highlight Story (Data Removal Research) 10:24 Data Breac...

Q&A189: If we could donate $50m to any privacy org, who would we pick and why? Could existing IP laws be repurposed as consumer privacy laws? How can you see where all that Windows telemtry is going? Is there a way to reduce data collection in WhatsApp? With LocalMonero gone, how do we feel about Haveno? Does the new Apple Intelligence make iPhones better or worse for privacy? How do we feel a...

Episode 189: Dating apps could reveal your exact location to stalkers, Authy Desktop is no more, DuckDuckGo gets banned in Indonesia, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Support us! 01:55 Highlight Story (Dating Apps) 05:38 Data Bre...

Episode 188: Google’s decided to track you in two ways now, Twitter is autosubmitting your data to AI unless you opt out which we'll share how to do, US courts are preventing people at the border from peeking into your phone without a warrant in a massive win, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1e...

Q&A187: Are there any privacy/security laws that would make us consider emigration, our opinions on a bunch of other privacy tools, and why Nate doesn't keep email on his phone. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded** Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & pri...

Episode 187: Some insight into Cellebrite, Gemini AI might be scraping your private files, Proton's first venture into AI, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Support us! 00:49 PSA 02:01 Highlight Story (Cellebrite) 07:35 Data Breac...

Q&A186: This week we had only one question, what are our thoughts on user accounts vs apps like Shelter? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded** Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillance...

Episode 186: The latest massive AT&T data breach, Google's good week, Signal drama, and more! Support us on Patreon Support us on Liberapay Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Support us! 00:59 Highlight Story (AT&T Breach) 08:38 Data Breaches 12:51 Companies 15:13 Politics 16:35...

Q&A185: Why don't people care more about metdata? How dangerous are app plug-ins? How do we approach IRL privacy conversations? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded** Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.p...