Surveillance Report
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Surveillance Report
Techlore Surveillance Report is your weekly deep-dive into the privacy and security news that matters for your digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, analysis, a...
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VPNs Could Make You an NSA Target, North Korea's Supply Chain Hijack & the EU Kills Chat Control
The government told you to use a VPN, but are you actually making yourself a target for NSA surveillance in the process? This week's highlight story d...
Two iOS Exploits, Google's Android Lockdown & Instagram Drops Encryption
This week's Surveillance Report covers two sophisticated zero-click iOS exploit frameworks: Coruna and DarkSword hit hundreds of millions of iPhones i...
Password Manager Vaults Aren't Private, Google Threatens Open Android, & Apple's Global Age Verification
Password managers CAN see your vault (new research reveals attack vectors), Google threatens the open Android ecosystem, Apple rolls out age verificat...
3 Mac Attacks Explained, Discord Age Verification Goes Global & Hidden Hotel Cameras
No operating system is safe, and this week, Mac users got hit from three directions at once. We cover the attacks, Discord's messy age verification ex...
FBI Can't Crack iPhone Lockdown Mode, Age Verification Hits 3 Countries, And Chat Control 1.0 Extended
The FBI couldn't crack a journalist's iPhone because of one security feature, and we'll break down exactly how Lockdown Mode stopped them. Meanwhile,...
Microsoft Gave FBI Your Encryption Keys
This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft handing BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI, meaning your "encrypted" Windows data isn't as secure a...
Microsoft Copilot's Security Failures Are Putting Everyone at Risk
This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft Copilot's ongoing security failures putting users at risk, the FTC banning GM from selling driver loc...
Microsoft Just Removed Another Way to Activate Windows Offline
This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft removing offline Windows activation, California's new tool to delete your data from brokers, cryptocu...
Your ChatGPT Answers Are About to Get Sponsored
This week's Surveillance Report covers OpenAI's plan to prioritize sponsored content in ChatGPT answers, what to do if you're targeted by government s...
Federal Court Just Dealt a Major Blow to Age Verification Laws
A federal court just blocked Texas's age verification law—here's why that matters for the entire US. Plus: AI police cameras exposed to the internet,...
The Law That Protects Your Online Speech Is Under Attack
This week's Surveillance Report covers the internet's free speech protections under attack as a US Senator moves to repeal Section 230. Plus: ransomwa...
Your Age Is Now Required: Australia's Social Media Ban Explained
This week's Surveillance Report covers the dangerous reality that social media bans ARE age verification, India's push for even more invasive phone su...
India Backs Down From Forced Phone App
This week's Surveillance Report covers India’s attempt to mandate a potentially invasive app on everyone’s phone, Chat Control updates in the EU with...
Microsoft's Rare Confession: Windows AI Could Leak Your Data
This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft's AI Disaster getting worse on multiple levels as well as Google's AI, Malware is stealing E2EE messa...
WhatsApp Leaked 3.5 BILLION Numbers
Episode 245: This week's Surveillance Report covers WhatsApp's massive phone number enumeration flaw that exposed 3.5 billion users' data through poor...
Nate Steps Down + What Happens to Surveillance Report
After 4+ years, Nate from The New Oil is stepping down from co-hosting the pod, but Surveillance Report isn't going anywhere. Here's what's changing,...
AI Browsers Are Already Risky
Episode 244: AI browsers are here and already pose huge risks, Windows 10 finally reaches end of life, Ring is partnering with Flock, many ICE stories...
Q&A: Why Don't People Care About Privacy?
Q&A243: Why don't people care about privacy? Is it true Proton is accepting Monero? How can you get involved in the fight for privacy? And more! Join...
The UK's Apple Backdoor Fight: Round 2!
Episode 243: The UK has ordered Apple to insert a backdoor into their encryption for a second time, Microsoft has removed yet more workarounds to avoi...
Windows 10's Extra Year of Updates Has a Catch...
Episode 242: Microsoft offers an extension for Windows 10 users to get security updates longer (but there's a catch), LinkedIn will start using your d...
Proton Mail Account Suspensions Explained
Episode 241: ProtonMail allegedly banned journalist accounts, Plex had a data breach, leadership changes at the EFF, and more.
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Q&A: The Risks of Cloud-Based Password Managers
Q&A240: Are there any good reasons not to use a cloud-based password manager? Which phone should you use for a day job? What routers do we recommend?...
ChatGPT is Calling the Police on Users
Episode 240: ChatGPT is sending your messages to the police, X/Twitter is rolling out some end to end encrypted messaging that we’ll discuss, lotsss o...
Android Is Becoming the New iOS
Episode 239: Google is expanding their control over sideloading, Word documents will now save to the cloud by default, Bluesky is blocked in Mississip...
Q&A: Is Kagi Safe?
Q&A238: Our thoughts on Kagi and their Orion browser, navigating healthcare apps, thoughts on legal compensation for data breaches, and more on this w...
Are Your Passwords Safe From This New Exploit?
Episode 238: A new vulnerability affects nearly every major password manager on the market, a definitive resolution to the Apple/UK Backdoor saga, Moz...
Microsoft's Control Over Open Source Grows
Episode 237: Microsoft will integrate GitHub more deeply as GitHub's CEO resigns, data brokers were caught hiding their opt-out pages, important updat...
Q&A: Ways to Make Your Phone Private
Q&A236: A collection of phone-related questions, Cloudflare concerns, is Firefox still worth using with the recent ToS changes, and more on this week'...
Apple Has 4 Months, Google Has Just 14 Days...
Episode 236: Google and Apple are being forced to crack open their phones, the latest cascading data breach has arrived, uBlock Origin Lite arrives fo...
Q&A: Privacy Advice for Your Next Phone Upgrade
Q&A235: What phone should you get next? What's the best way to use custom domains and alias emails? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon....
Thinking of Trying a Custom ROM? Think Again...
Episode 235: Yet another blow to the Android custom ROM landscape, an nsfw data breach, age verification continues to tear across the net, and more.
Q&A: How Do You Avoid Amazon?
Q&A234: How can you avoid Amazon? Which music streaming service is the most privacy respecting? How do we balance our privacy lifestyle with other lif...
Dating Safety App Puts Thousands of Users at Risk
Episode 234: Tea - an app meant to keep users safe - doxes thousands of users with carless design, a Microsoft cloud vulnerability is burning through...
Q&A: Do You Really Need a VPN?
Q&A233: Does this Patron really need a VPN? Have we ever found any security vulnerabilities? Can you use YouTube premium privately? Plus a grab-bag of...
McDonald's Combines the Worst of AI & Job Hunting
Episode 233: McDonald's hiring chatbot exposed millions of job applications due to laughable password practices, Jack Dorsey created an encrypted mess...
Android 16 is Adding AI, Even if You Opted Out!
Episode 232: Android 16 makes it harder to avoid sharing your data with AI even if you opted out, an innovative new VPN enters the scene, how the cart...
Q&A: Top 3 Things We Wish We'd Done Differently
Q&A231: The top 3 things we wish we'd done differently in our privacy journeys, data as "the new gold" rather than "the new oil," defining privacy as...
Facebook's Latest Privacy Invasion: Now with AI!
Episode 231: Facebook wants access to all your photos, updates to the ongoing Android 16/Custom ROM situation, a critical vulnerability in popular pri...
The Biggest Data Breach That Never Happened
Episode 230: The headline-making data breach that isn't really a data breach, how the data broker industry enabled political assassination, Meta unvei...
Q&A: Is Windows Unfairly Hated?
Q&A229: Windows privacy, SMS/RCS privacy, KYC-free crypto, E2EE Discord alternatives, XMPP's potential, TSA prescreenings, self-hosting considerations...