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Privacy Coins At Risk in Europe!

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Published: May 11, 2025 23:30

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!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest…

Q&A: Can Privacy Make You Easier to Track?

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Published: May 7, 2025 17:00

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 people talk about the risks of CDNs more? Is there any way to know what's going on in the RF around us? Join…

India is Trying to Block ProtonMail!

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Published: May 5, 2025 00:56

Episode 224: An Indian court has ordered a block of ProtonMail, Google Wallet is adding private age verification tech, millions of Apple Airplay devices are risk, a new private metasearch engine (free of AI summaries), and more!Welcome to the Surveillance…

Q&A: Do We Self-Host?

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Published: April 30, 2025 17:00

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 vs containers, Acrobat alternatives with OCR, and IPv6. Join our next Q&A on Patreon:…

Chrome Refuses to Crumble Third-Party Cookies

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Published: April 27, 2025 22:07

Episode 223: Google decides third-party cookies are here to stay in Chrome after all, Recall finally begins rolling out, good news from Threem and Tor, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on…

Q&A: Obtanium vs Play Store

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Published: April 24, 2025 01:45

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 Fedora-focused devices? What are the pros and cons of Appimages and Flatpaks? Do we have thoughts on Atlas…

Can Discord Be Trusted With Age Verification?

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Published: April 22, 2025 01:28

Episode 222: Discord has begun rolling out age verification in some countries, the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program barely escaped defunding, Ubuntu 25.04 has been released with lots of exciting new features, ChatGPT can figure out your…

Q&A: Does Legislation Matter in Privacy?

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Published: April 17, 2025 01:07

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 encryption really safe? Is a website more private than an app? Plus a hodgepodge of advanced security…

Evading Windows' New Online Account Requirement

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Published: April 14, 2025 02:12

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 UK is trying to bring Minority Report to life, an update in the Apple iCloud backdoor legal battle, and…

FOSS Is In Trouble!

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Published: March 31, 2025 01:58

Episode 220: Latest US government funding cuts directly impact important FOSS projects like Tor, Let's Encrypt, F-Droid, and more; Android takes development behind closed doors; Proton & Vivaldi team up; "Signalgate" (of course); and more!Welcome to the…