FOSS Is In Trouble!

Surveillance Report

Mar 31, 2025•38 min•Ep. 220

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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 Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:26) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

(01:43) Highlight Story (FOSS Funding)

(11:38) Data Breaches

(18:25) Companies

(22:24) Research

(23:41) Politics

(29:22) FOSS

(35:27) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

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