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Techlore Talks

Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of privacy, security, and digital rights. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode features meaningful discussions with the people building, researching, and advocating for digital freedom. From cybersecurity researchers and privacy tool developers to open-source advocates and digital rights activists—if they"re shaping how we protect ourselves online, they"re on

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31:56

Escape Big Tech With NextcloudPi - James Sundquist...

Techlore Talks ·

2024/02/19

Techlore Talks Interview: James Sundquist, a volunteer community manager and documentation manager for NextcloudPi. NextcloudPi is a preinstalled, preconfigured Nextcloud instance to make Nextcloud easier to use! Join us as we talk about data ownership, Nextcloud, privacy and security.—Timestamps:00:00 Interview Preview01:08 About James & About NextcloudPi03:04 The Nextcloud Conference!03:58 Options for NextcloudPi Installation07:26 Nextcloud Privacy & Security10:26 Future of NextcloudPi12:34 Having

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40:15

WTF APPLE!

Techlore Talks ·

2024/01/26

Episode #18. Apple's unexpected response to Europe's DMA, sideloading, default web browsers, more browser engines, and more! Apple really dropped the ball and showed everyone their cards.Jonah's Blog: https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/apple-is-incredibly-salty-about-the-digital-markets-act/Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Intro to Apple DMA01:05 Alternative App Stores / 'Sideloading'11:55 Alternative browser engines...17:00 Option for third-party browsers19:32 Apple's annoying situation

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48:59

Was Apple Exploit a Backdoor?

Techlore Talks ·

2024/01/13

Episode #17. What are backdoors? How should we define them? What is spyware? Google privacy sandbox & Manifest v3, and more!Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 What are backdoors, intentional vs non-intentional?14:26 How do we define spyware? What's the issue of calling everything spyware?20:42 Wickr Died, & no one cares?22:48 Google's 'Privacy' Sandbox & Manifest v327:58 Is it harmful when companies advertise 'privacy'?34:48 Facebook's E2EE vs Telegram's E2EE38:14 Signal Messenger

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35:12

Apple Confirms Government Spies on Notifications!

Techlore Talks ·

2023/12/14

Episode #16. The government collects data & metadata from Apple & Google push notifications, exciting announcements from the Tor Project, Simple Tools sold out, my involvement at the Bitwarden open source security conference, and more!Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Government spying on push notifications16:06 Tor Project Announcements23:14 Simple Tools Sells Out28:50 Henry Bitwarden Conference Talk—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito

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41:11

Apple is finally resolving its green messages problem.

Techlore Talks ·

2023/11/22

Episode #15. Apple dealing with green messages via RCS and what it means for you, Signal messenger usernames, accusations against Tuta (previously Tutanota), and more!Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:04 Apple RCS, E2EE, security, and more! 05:08 Signal usernames and other signal discussions09:04 Final iMessage chats & contact key verification11:54 Accusations against Tuta18:16 Sending love to the brilliant people behind services19:28 Hidden Signal features22:06 WhatsApp competing

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67:07

Matthias Kirschner on FSFE's Open Source Journey

Techlore Talks ·

2023/11/19

Techlore Talks Interview: Matthias Kirschner, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. Welcoming Matthias on Techlore Talks to discuss the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) and how they are empowering the future of free & open source software!—Timestamps:00:00 Introductions01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he

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71:56

Disappointing Updates From Google!

Techlore Talks ·

2023/11/17

Episode #14. Several Google stories, other privacy discussions, and a live Q&A for this Techlore TalksJoin our ForumOur Patreon—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Get full access to Techlore Dispatch at dispatch.techlore.tech/subscribe

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42:41

Exciting Updates from Google!

Techlore Talks ·

2023/10/15

Episode #13. Google Pixel event w/ 7 years of security updates, Nextcloud's conference, Punkt Pigeon update, Element X, Tailscale x Mullvad, and a lot more!Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Quick Intro00:18 Google Event Highlights for Us04:20 My Experience @Nextcloud conference05:54 Punkt Pigeon Update + Minimal Device workflows09:50 Element X Matrix Client10:28 New Tailscale/Mullvad Integration13:38 Privacy is not just about private software18:18 Google's lackluster project

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48:56

Marking a Few Victories for Privacy!

Techlore Talks ·

2023/09/03

Episode #12. It's been a couple months and we wanted to start with some recent positive privacy news. We also cover tons of other events like Google removing saved links, Debian turning 30, Punkt, Signal, app store malware, Red Hat, and more!Join our ForumOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:48 Some positive privacy wins!07:50 Google removing saved links?09:50 Issues with cloud providers and how they can screw you over.11:36 Debian turned 30!13:03 Punkt, Signal, Matrix, and E2EE17:30 Fake

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48:00

How PrivacyTests Works - Arthur Edelstein Interview

Techlore Talks ·

2023/06/15

Techlore Talks Interview: Arthur Edelstein, developer of the browser privacy tool privacytests.org. Welcoming Arthur on Techlore Talks to to chat about his open source browser testing tool, his history with web browser development, privacy & security of web browsers, the future of web browsers, and a lot more!—Timestamps:00:00 Introductions01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?07:52 What's the scope of the tests

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66:22

The Internet's Broken, Not Just Reddit

Techlore Talks ·

2023/06/13

Episode #11. Front-ends and third-party services still dependent on big tech companies are falling like flies - Reddit, Twitter, Invidious, Aurora - here's why and what we need to do about it! We also discuss Debian 12, Proton's (insane!) marketing, and Techlore Clips.—Timestamps:0:00:00 Setting the Scene0:00:58 How Reddit threatened every client & bot0:12:28 How YouTube threatened Invidious0:20:50 How Google threatened Aurora0:28:58 What needs to happen to make this stop0:36:58 How Techlore is

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53:00

All Privacy Updates From WWDC 2023!

Techlore Talks ·

2023/06/07

Episode #10. All Apple privacy & security updates from WWDC 2023 and more! As well as some BTS on our recent Synology review, and how we're managing our forum.Join our ForumJonah's New ChannelOur Patreon—Timestamps:00:00 Welcome to TT1000:38 Apple's WWDC 202301:04 Safari's New Privacy Protections01:24 iOS/iPadOS Photo Permission Revamp?02:28 Communication Safety Scanning06:28 Passkey Sharing via iCloud Keychain09:24 Lockdown Mode Improvements12:16 Safari Profiles & WEB APPS!20:10 Some Thoughts on

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65:21

Reclaim Control with Vivaldi Browser - Jón von...

Techlore Talks ·

2023/06/03

Techlore Talks Interview: Jón von Tetzchner, CEO of the web browser Vivaldi. Welcoming Jón on Techlore Talks to chat about privacy, security, history of Vivaldi, control, open source, federation, and a lot more!—Timestamps:00:00:00 Introductions00:00:56 About Jón & Vivaldi Browser00:02:00 History of Opera Browser & Vivaldi00:04:13 Opera and Vivaldi Philosophy Differences 00:06:26 Vivaldi Browser in Cars00:09:16 Vivaldi's Target Audience00:12:25 Vivaldi's Business Model00:15:14 Prior/Historical

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41:57

Google Authenticator is a Literal Meme

Techlore Talks ·

2023/04/29

Episode #9. Google Authenticator's new (meme-worthy) sync functionality, some updates to the privacy/security of security keys like Yubikeys, our experiences so far with Proton Pass, and more!—Timestamps:00:00 Google Authenticator's Cringe Update08:29 Story behind our recent Yubikey review09:59 Is keeping security keys plugged in insecure?14:58 Are security keys a privacy concern?18:37 Insight into our Proton review20:53 Proton Pass First Thoughts!29:00 Brave Search Goes 100% independent35:21 On

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55:00

How to Crush Data Brokers with Rob Shavell from DeleteMe

Techlore Talks ·

2023/03/31

Techlore Talks Interview: Rob Shavell, CEO of the privacy deletion service Abine DeleteMe. How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites.DeleteMe Kickback LinkStandard DeleteMe Link—Timestamps:00:00 Introducing Rob01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites'04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist?06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone

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39:39

Linus Tech Tips Hacked, What Happened?

Techlore Talks ·

2023/03/24

Episode #8. LTT got hacked, general chit-chat on what we think went wrong, as well as other discussions regarding general security issues recently, with some Linux security bits.→ Update blog (We got a LOT right!)—Timestamps:00:00 LTT Hack11:38 When I Met Linus14:41 More on YouTube security and LTT22:31 Jonah's hatred for tech27:28 Recent security issues (Google Vulnerabilities)30:30 Fedora's 5 year security plan & hardcore security takes38:36 Final words—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS

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41:06

Here's Why Monero is So Powerful w/ Seth For Privacy

Techlore Talks ·

2023/03/15

Techlore Talks Interview: Seth For Privacy, Host of Opt Out. Chatting with Seth about Monero, privacy, and more! Please keep in mind this interview was done last year.—Timestamps:00:00 Introductions00:36 Who are you and how does privacy tie into what you do?02:47 Why are you focused on Monero over other cryptocurrencies?06:28 Why do we need to involve cryptocurrencies for private finances?12:07 Economic & monetary benefits to decentralized systems14:23 Does the volatility of Monero hold it back from

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40:33

Quad9 vs Sony, & The State of Linux Phones

Techlore Talks ·

2023/03/12

Episode #7. We didn't have one topic to cover, so here are many in a single episode. Enjoy! NOTE: This was never published here, so apologies for the delay.—Timestamps:00:00 Introduction 00:25 Bluesky, Facebook's Federated Platform, & others03:27 Librem 5 Refund, & State of Linux Phones08:05 Cerebral selling private health data09:21 A lot on HIPAA....15:11 Browser profiles, & Jonah's Arc experience19:11 South Park Worldwide Privacy Tour episode21:12 F-Droid getting faster repo updates21:36 Quad9 vs

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62:34

Escaping Financial Surveillance with Tools Like...

Techlore Talks ·

2023/02/28

Techlore Talks Interview: Douglas Tuman, Host of Monero Talk.We're pleased to have Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk back again to discuss Monero, private forms of payment, cryptocurrencies, and more. If you have questions revolving around privacy implications of cryptocurrencies, you’re in the right place!—Timestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:31 What are the selling points of tools like Monero?00:04:38 What is fungibility and why is it important?00:07:15 Privacy implications of Monero & other

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45:43

Is There an Oversaturation of FOSS Projects?

Techlore Talks ·

2023/01/13

Episode #6. Are there too many open source projects? Or too many of the wrong type? Or is everything a-okay? Today we chat about what feels like the oversaturation of FOSS.Our DispatchOur Forum—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Get full access to Techlore Dispatch at dispatch.techlore.tech/subscribe

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