Episode 210: TikTok's uncertain future in the US, criticisms of Session's safety, tons of political updates, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. 🔎 EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Surveillance Report! Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00...
Jan 21, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A209: What other private cell carriers exist aside from Mint Mobile? Should you use Bitlocker or Veracrypt on Windows? How can you shred old data effectively? Can you safely remove a car's modem? How was Henry's time in Vienna? 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and se...
Jan 16, 2025•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 209: A massive new data leak shows just how pervasive tracking via advertising is, Apple automatically opted users into AI analysis of their photos, Proton had a global outage, 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmy...
Jan 13, 2025•31 min•Ep 209•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A208: What's kind of password is best to use? What's the best way to get rid of mobile malware? Is government surveillance worse than surveillance capitalism and are they ever justified? Are there any options for private electric vehicles or steps to take to improve privacy? Does using a VPN with Tor ever make sense? 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 Q...
Jan 09, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 208: Apple settles a lawsuit over unintended Siri activations, Tesla reminds us how bad car privacy really is, Bitlocker has been broken again, 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuo...
Jan 06, 2025•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A207: A counter argument to the advice we gave last time about securing your password manager, where to get crypto without turning over ID, and the potential drawbacks of mass privacy adoption. 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: ...
Jan 02, 2025•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 207: Many people are making a serious mistake when selling their phones, Chrome is about to user tracking into the express lane, a government not only unlocked a journalist’s phone with Cellebrite but also planted malware on it, and much 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://liberapay...
Dec 31, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A206: Proper password manager protection, privacy-friendly VR headsets, thoughts on phones that come pre-installed with Custom OS's, who should airgap devices, and how to install Mac apps without the App Store. 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security. ❤️ Suppor...
Dec 20, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 206: Windows Recall remains riddled with problems (shocker), even many privacy enthusiasts aren't using good security techniques, Firefox kills Do Not Track, 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXG...
Dec 17, 2024•23 min•Ep 206•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A205: Do we have any suggestions for antivirus on Linux? What about physical home security? When does using a hardware crypto wallet make sense? 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod 💛 Suppor...
Dec 12, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 205: Bluesky posts were scraped to train AI, IVPN purchased Safing (makers of Portmaster and SPN), the FBI is now recommending encrypted messengers, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. 🔎 Easy Opt Outs is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com/. Thanks to the Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Su...
Dec 10, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A203: How do you undo all the information you've already shared before getting into privacy? How can you privately backup your mobile contacts? What are the latest RSS reader options? Do we still recommend Nitter? Does mass surveillance work after all? Does being different from everyone else offer any security? What about being the same as everyone else? Any suggestions for using voice assistants privately? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=ex...
Nov 28, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 204: Graykey's current phone-cracking abilities revealed, HDMI radiation can leak your screen, fake Bitwarden ads push a malicous fork, Brave ads a new privacy-protecting feature, 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32...
Nov 27, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 203: iPhones quietly got a major new security feature, Google is rolling out a new privacy feature for users, tons of FOSS updates, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. 🔎 Easy Opt Outs is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com/. Thanks to the Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Surveillance Report...
Nov 19, 2024•27 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A202: How can people better understand threat modeling? What are security concerns for custom Android ROMs? What are our favorite episodes of Darknet Diaries? Have we ever seen a website remove our 2FA without telling us? 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security...
Nov 06, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 202: More privacy & security issues in a popular exercise app, Apple Intelligence begins to roll out, Windows Recall delayed again, and more! Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. 🔎 Easy Opt Outs is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com/. Thanks to the Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Surveillance Re...
Nov 05, 2024•17 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A201: Tips to shop privately online with the holidays approaching, private investment funds entering the Monero space, and is your SSID trackable? 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 Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod 💛 Sup...
Oct 30, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 201: Security flaws found in popular cloud services, WhatsApp takes a step toward user privacy, lots of FOSS news, 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZ...
Oct 28, 2024•30 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A200: In this special episode, Henry & Nate answer a massive number of questions from Patrons, XMR Chat donors, and livestream viewers. 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 you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod 💛 Support u...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast 200 weeks of the privacy & security news has brought us to this..the LIVE news and Q&A livestream in SR's first-ever live episode! 🎉 Join us for our 200th episode, streamed live with all of you! https://www.youtube.com/live/-MPd3Brwsuw Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news. Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 02:36 Highlight Story (Web Tracking Research) 15:55 Data Breaches 32:34 Companie...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 199: New research on the privacy of Smart TVs, the Internet Archive is being attacked, America's backdoor was pried open, and more! 🎉 Join us for our 200th episode, streamed live with all of you! https://www.youtube.com/live/-MPd3Brwsuw 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 at https://jmp.chat! Th...
Oct 14, 2024•37 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast 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://liberapay.com/surveillancereport 🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD...
Oct 06, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest s...
Oct 02, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! Thanks to JMP for sponsoring us! Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Sponsor Segment 01:40 E...
Sep 29, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 you updated on the newest security & privacy news. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon....
Sep 25, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Techlore Website The New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 23, 2024•30 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast 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 dedicated IP Address worth it? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?v...
Sep 18, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! Main Sites Surveillance Report Odysee PeerTube Techlore Website The New Oil Website Hosted on Acast....
Sep 16, 2024•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod 💛 Support us on Liberapay: https:/...
Sep 11, 2024•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD Timestamps Sources 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Support Us! 01:23 Highlight Story (Yubike...
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