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Surveillance Report
Weekly privacy and security news podcast - Presented by Techlore & The New Oil. The goal of Surveillance Report is keep the world updated on the latest privacy & security news to empower individuals to remain safe with the newest information. Join us for the ride! Hosted on Acast. See acast....
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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.
Welcome to the Su...
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...
Android 16's Dark Side Threatens Every Custom ROM
Episode 229: Android 16 is out but will make life harder for custom ROMs, passkey portability is in the works, a dating app based on your search histo...
How Companies Sidestep Protections to Spy on You
Episode 228: Meta & Yandex skirt around Android's sandboxing to violate your privacy even further, Apple turned over thousands of push notification da...
Q&A: Is RethinkDNS Any Good?
Q&A227: Is RethinkDNS a good tool for easy traffic analysis? What are our thoughts on governmenet SSO services, like Australia's MyGov? What resources...
Your Comments May Reveal More Than You Think...
Episode 227: Your comments might reveal more than you think, LexisNexis (of all companies) had a data breach, some spicy political news, and more!
Google's Latest Attack on FOSS
Episode 226: Google threatens FOSS by way of restricting Nextcloud, Mozilla actually appears to be focusing on Firefox again, New Orleans cranks the d...
Q&A: Cardinal Rules of Privacy
Q&A225: Are there any things in privacy where you can't ease in or make mistakes? How can a typical person do traffic analysis on phones? How do we ad...
Privacy Coins At Risk in Europe!
Episode 225: The EU intends to ban all privacy-coins and non-KYC wallets, education giant Pearson had a data breach, Peertube App v1 is out, and more!...
Q&A: Can Privacy Make You Easier to Track?
Q&A224: Can tracker blocking and other privacy techniques make you stand out more? Has Wayland fixed any of X's security shortcomings? Why don't peopl...
India is Trying to Block ProtonMail!
Episode 224: An Indian court has ordered a block of ProtonMail, Google Wallet is adding private age verification tech, millions of Apple Airplay devic...
Q&A: Do We Self-Host?
Q&A223: Do we self-host anything? What impact does cybercrime have on privacy in the public perception? Do PWAs put your other browsing at risk? VMs v...
Chrome Refuses to Crumble Third-Party Cookies
Episode 223: Google decides third-party cookies are here to stay in Chrome after all, Recall finally begins rolling out, good news from Threema and To...
Q&A: Obtanium vs Play Store
Q&A222: What are the pros and cons of Obtanium (and APKs) vs the Play Store? Do we think "Schnier's Law" can explain privacy apathy? Does anyone sell...
Can Discord Be Trusted With Age Verification?
Episode 222: Discord has begun rolling out age verification in some countries, the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program barely escaped defundi...
Q&A: Does Legislation Matter in Privacy?
Q&A221: Does legislation matter in privacy, or should we stick to focusing on technical solutions? Is lack of privacy being normalized IRL? Is quantum...
Evading Windows' New Online Account Requirement
Episode 221: Microsoft has removed a way to avoid their mandatory online accounts in Windows 11 (but a new loophole has already been discovered), The...
FOSS Is In Trouble!
Episode 220: Latest US government funding cuts directly impact important FOSS projects like Tor, Let's Encrypt, F-Droid, and more; Android takes devel...
Q&A: Keeping Passwords Safe From Malware
Q&A219: How can you keep your password manager safe from infostealing malware? Do we prefer Debian-based or RedHat-based Linux distros? How do we hard...
Apple Put Your Passwords At Risk for 3 Months!
Episode 219: Apple's new Passwords app was putting users at risk, Cloudflare sees all your passwords (and they're not good), a new malware steals info...
Q&A: What Social Media Do We Use?
Q&A218: What social media apps are currently using the most? Questions about virtual machines and fingerprinting, as well as our recommendations for A...