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Techlore Surveillance Report

Techlore Surveillance Report is your weekly deep-dive into the privacy and security news that matters for your digital freedom.Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode cuts through the noise to bring you carefully selected stories with the context, analysis, and historical perspective you need to truly understand what"s happening to protect yourself (and others!) in the digital space.Topics covered include:• Privacy tool updates and

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36:27

WhatsApp Leaked 3.5 BILLION Numbers

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/11/20

Episode 245: This week's Surveillance Report covers WhatsApp's massive phone number enumeration flaw that exposed 3.5 billion users' data through poor rate limiting - potentially the largest data exposure in history. I also examine Google's new Android sideloading restrictions threatening open app distribution, the EU's concerning Digital Omnibus proposal that could significantly weaken GDPR protections, and disturbing attempts in Wisconsin and Michigan to ban VPN usage under the guise of age

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4:22

Nate Steps Down + What Happens to Surveillance Report

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/11/20

After 4+ years, Nate from The New Oil is stepping down from co-hosting the pod, but Surveillance Report isn't going anywhere. Here's what's changing, what's staying the same, and how to continue listening to Surveillance Report! (Hint: Nothing changes here on the podcast!)Surveillance Report continues with the same mission: weekly privacy and security news to keep you, your family, and anyone new to digital rights informed without requiring you to monitor every RSS feed. The show is transitioning

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33:58

AI Browsers Are Already Risky

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/11/14

Episode 244: AI browsers are here and already pose huge risks, Windows 10 finally reaches end of life, Ring is partnering with Flock, many ICE stories, and more.Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.TimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:29) Highlight Story (AI Browsers)(09:31) Data Breaches(13:07) Companies(17:52) Research(23:10) Politics(27:25) FOSS(32:02) MisfitsMain SitesSurveillance

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33:30

Q&A: Why Don't People Care About Privacy?

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/11/01

Q&A243: Why don't people care about privacy? Is it true Proton is accepting Monero? How can you get involved in the fight for privacy? And more! 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 Ghost: https://surveillance-report.ghost.io/❤️ Support us on

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42:27

The UK's Apple Backdoor Fight: Round 2!

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/10/21

Episode 243: The UK has ordered Apple to insert a backdoor into their encryption for a second time, Microsoft has removed yet more workarounds to avoid creating an account in Windows 11, Amazon adds facial recognition technology to their Ring doorbell cameras, 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

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35:23

Windows 10's Extra Year of Updates Has a Catch...

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/10/11

Episode 242: Microsoft offers an extension for Windows 10 users to get security updates longer (but there's a catch), LinkedIn will start using your data to train AI (but you can opt out), OnePlus phones have a serious vulnerability, 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 Ghost:

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1:17:25

Proton Mail Account Suspensions Explained

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/10/06

Episode 241: ProtonMail allegedly banned journalist accounts, Plex had a data breach, leadership changes at the EFF, 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 Report!TimestampsSources(00:00:00)

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33:26

Q&A: The Risks of Cloud-Based Password Managers

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/09/24

Q&A240: Are there any good reasons not to use a cloud-based password manager? Which phone should you use for a day job? What routers do we recommend? These questions and more on this week's Q&A. 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 Ghost:

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33:57

ChatGPT is Calling the Police on Users

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/09/10

Episode 240: ChatGPT is sending your messages to the police, X/Twitter is rolling out some end to end encrypted messaging that we’ll discuss, lotsss of politics this week, and more!Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.Join our new ghost: https://surveillance-report.ghost.io/TimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:24) Support us!(01:14) Ghost announcement(02:16) Highlight Story(09:10) Data

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27:42

Android Is Becoming the New iOS

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/09/03

Episode 239: Google is expanding their control over sideloading, Word documents will now save to the cloud by default, Bluesky is blocked in Mississippi, 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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34:43

Q&A: Is Kagi Safe?

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/30

Q&A238: Our thoughts on Kagi and their Orion browser, navigating healthcare apps, thoughts on legal compensation for data breaches, and more on this week's record-breaking Q&A. 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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29:47

Are Your Passwords Safe From This New Exploit?

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/25

Episode 238: A new vulnerability affects nearly every major password manager on the market, a definitive resolution to the Apple/UK Backdoor saga, Mozilla finally refocuses on Firefox, and more.Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.📷 Ente is the zero-knowledge, cross-platform, and open-source photo management app you didn't know you needed: https://ente.sh/surveillancereport. Thanks to Ente for

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30:48

Microsoft's Control Over Open Source Grows

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/19

Episode 237: Microsoft will integrate GitHub more deeply as GitHub's CEO resigns, data brokers were caught hiding their opt-out pages, important updates from Debian, the Pinephone Pro, & Plex, 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

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40:59

Q&A: Ways to Make Your Phone Private

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/15

Q&A236: A collection of phone-related questions, Cloudflare concerns, is Firefox still worth using with the recent ToS changes, and more on this week's record-breaking Q&A. 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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37:02

Apple Has 4 Months, Google Has Just 14 Days...

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/13

Episode 236: Google and Apple are being forced to crack open their phones, the latest cascading data breach has arrived, uBlock Origin Lite arrives for iPhone, and more.Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.📷 Ente is the zero-knowledge, cross-platform, and open-source photo management app you didn't know you needed: https://ente.sh/surveillancereport. Thanks to Ente for supporting Surveillance

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18:24

Q&A: Privacy Advice for Your Next Phone Upgrade

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/07

Q&A235: What phone should you get next? What's the best way to use custom domains and alias emails? 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: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod💛 Support us on Liberapay:

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39:16

Thinking of Trying a Custom ROM? Think Again...

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/05

Episode 235: Yet another blow to the Android custom ROM landscape, an nsfw data breach, age verification continues to tear across the net, 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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43:54

Q&A: How Do You Avoid Amazon?

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/08/02

Q&A234: How can you avoid Amazon? Which music streaming service is the most privacy respecting? How do we balance our privacy lifestyle with other life goals? And more! Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepoddWelcome 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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53:12

Dating Safety App Puts Thousands of Users at Risk

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/07/30

Episode 234: Tea - an app meant to keep users safe - doxes thousands of users with carless design, a Microsoft cloud vulnerability is burning through hundreds of major organizations, Proton released their own AI chatbot, and more.Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.📷 Ente is the zero-knowledge, cross-platform, and open-source photo management app you didn't know you needed:

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43:00

Q&A: Do You Really Need a VPN?

Techlore Surveillance Report ·

2025/07/19

Q&A233: Does this Patron really need a VPN? Have we ever found any security vulnerabilities? Can you use YouTube premium privately? Plus a grab-bag of questions from our classic patron, David Johnson. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodveillancepodWelcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.❤️ Support us

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