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Surveillance Report

Techlore & The New Oil

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.com/privacy for more information.

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29:07

Facebook's Latest Privacy Invasion: Now with AI!

Surveillance Report ·

2025/06/30

Episode 231: Facebook wants access to all your photos, updates to the ongoing Android 16/Custom ROM situation, a critical vulnerability in popular printer brands, 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: https://easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring

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36:54

The Biggest Data Breach That Never Happened

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2025/06/24

Episode 230: The headline-making data breach that isn't really a data breach, how the data broker industry enabled political assassination, Meta unveils two new forms of enshittification, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.🔑 Protect yourself online with Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. With seamless hide-my-email integration powered by

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42:49

Q&A: Is Windows Unfairly Hated?

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2025/06/19

Q&A229: Windows privacy, SMS/RCS privacy, KYC-free crypto, E2EE Discord alternatives, XMPP's potential, TSA prescreenings, self-hosting considerations, EXIF data, and iMazing. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.❤️ Support us on Patreon:

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39:42

Android 16's Dark Side Threatens Every Custom ROM

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2025/06/16

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 history, 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: https://easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance

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29:43

How Companies Sidestep Protections to Spy on You

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2025/06/09

Episode 228: Meta & Yandex skirt around Android's sandboxing to violate your privacy even further, Apple turned over thousands of push notification data requests, billions of session cookies are for sale, Signal might be rolling out backup subscriptions soon, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.🔑 Protect yourself online with Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind Proton

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19:41

Q&A: Is RethinkDNS Any Good?

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2025/06/04

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 do we use to threat model? Do companies still sell phone location data, and how can users opt out? Are there any lessons to be learned from the way different governments treat privacy? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the

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27:32

Your Comments May Reveal More Than You Think...

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2025/06/02

Episode 227: Your comments might reveal more than you think, LexisNexis (of all companies) had a data breach, some spicy political news, 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: https://easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance

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46:37

Google's Latest Attack on FOSS

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2025/05/27

Episode 226: Google threatens FOSS by way of restricting Nextcloud, Mozilla actually appears to be focusing on Firefox again, New Orleans cranks the dystopia up to 11, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.🔑 Protect yourself online with Proton Pass, the open source password manager from the team behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. With seamless hide-my-email integration powered by SimpleLogin,

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11:31

Q&A: Cardinal Rules of Privacy

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2025/05/14

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 address printer privacy concerns? Is it safer to open a port in a VPN than a router? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and

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24:51

Privacy Coins At Risk in Europe!

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2025/05/11

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 security & privacy news.❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport🪙 Monero:

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15:26

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

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2025/05/07

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 our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about

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40:16

India is Trying to Block ProtonMail!

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2025/05/05

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 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:

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20:55

Q&A: Do We Self-Host?

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2025/04/30

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: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.❤️ Support us on

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17:53

Chrome Refuses to Crumble Third-Party Cookies

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2025/04/27

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 Tor, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.🚫 SimpleX is the encrypted messenger that doesn't use unique identifiers for next-level privacy protection: https://simplex.chat. Thanks to the SimpleX team for sponsoring Surveillance

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22:21

Q&A: Obtanium vs Play Store

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2025/04/24

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 Privacy? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your

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33:16

Can Discord Be Trusted With Age Verification?

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2025/04/22

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 location in photos (even without EXIF data), 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

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25:35

Q&A: Does Legislation Matter in Privacy?

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2025/04/17

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 ideas. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your

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36:43

Evading Windows' New Online Account Requirement

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2025/04/14

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 more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.🚫 SimpleX is the encrypted messenger that doesn't use unique identifiers for next-level privacy protection:

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38:14

FOSS Is In Trouble!

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2025/03/31

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.🔎 EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites:

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22:54

Q&A: Keeping Passwords Safe From Malware

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2025/03/26

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 harden or customize our distros? How can you recreate Qubes' Disposable VMs on a non-Qubes device? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about

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