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This Week in Privacy

A weekly live podcast from Privacy Guides - We cover updates on what we’re working on, privacy news from around the industry, and anything our community wants to share. Privacy Guides is a non-profit, impartial organization that is focused on delivering the best online privacy advice and building a strong privacy community.

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116:22

Is Google Abandoning Open Source?

This Week in Privacy ·

2026/01/10

Google is changing how they release Android Open Source Project code, California is introducing a way for people to mass opt-out of data brokers, cryptocurrency theft attacks are still being traced to the 2022 Lastpass breach and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #35!

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112:12

What Will the EU Do Next?

This Week in Privacy ·

2026/01/03

Happy New Year! Join us for This Week in Privacy #34!

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126:08

Flock Exposes Mass Surveillance Cameras to the Internet

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/12/27

Happy holidays! Join us for This Week in Privacy #33!

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137:47

The West Is Trying To Destroy The Internet

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/12/20

The US is moving towards implementing unprecedented surveillance bills, Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch, UK lawmakers are targeting VPNs in the Online Safety Act debate, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #32!

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106:23

Can You Get Arrested For Wiping Your Phone?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/12/13

A man is being charged for wiping his phone before being arrested, India is considering enabling GPS tracking on all mobile devices, a remote code execution vulnerability is exploiting over 30 organisations and 70k IP addresses, RAM shortages are causing massive increases in RAM costs, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #31!

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123:08

Session Is Getting A Major Privacy & Security Boost!

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/12/06

Session Messenger is getting a major privacy & security upgrade, age verification laws are shifting responsibility onto App Stores, Apple rejects India’s government request to preload devices with a “cyber safety app”, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #30!

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89:52

GrapheneOS Desktop Mode is Here!

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/11/29

GrapheneOS now has expanded desktop mode features in beta, X (Twitter) has been doxing user’s locations, Android’s Quick Share is now compatible with Apple’s AirDrop and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #29!

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114:36

We've Hired Someone New!

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/11/22

Welcoming Nate Bartram to Privacy Guides! Also: WhatsApp is rolling out interoperable messaging in the EU, Windows 11 is rolling out an AI agent that scans your files and folders, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #28!Nate has been publishing resources at The New Oil for many years now, and is the former host of the Surveillance Report podcast. We’re really excited about our plans going forward into 2026, and we shared a bunch of them in this podcast!

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103:25

Firefox Just Got More Privacy Defences!

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/11/15

Firefox is rolling out additional anti-fingerprinting detection, Chat Control is back and is being pushed through the EU Government, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #27!

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100:07

Data Brokers Leak Location Data of Top EU Officials?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/11/08

EU officials’ location data is up for sale, the United States declines to join the UN Cybercrime treaty, Chrome can now autofill your passport and drivers license, Tinder is scanning user’s camera rolls with AI to get to know them better, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #26!

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68:37

NOYB files criminal complaint against Clearview AI

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/10/31

Our top stories this week:NOYB files criminal complaint against Clearview.ai Denmark withdraws mandatory chat control proposal due to lack of support. Apple to implement ads into Apple Maps in 2026, but warns that App Tracking Transparency could be disabled in the European Union Police use Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse Denver woman of theft Signal President Meredith Whittaker claims that AWS servers are

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111:41

OpenAI's Creepy All Seeing Browser

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/10/25

Our top stories this week:OpenAI launches Atlas Browser for macOS AWS shutdown shutters Signal and smart beds alike Wisconsin lawmakers introduces VPN ban Apple removes Tea and TeaOnHer on the App Store https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2025/10/25/openai-launches-creepy-ai-browser-aws-shutters-signal-and-smart-mattresses-u-s-states-introduce-vpn-ban-bills-and-more/

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118:17

Who is Building the Official GrapheneOS Phone?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/10/18

Our top stories this week:GrapheneOS confirms that will support a non-Pixel flagship phone in 2026 with the Snapdragon SOC Eclypsium, an embedded security firm, reports that Framework laptops are vulnerable to a Secure Boot bug affecting around 200,000 devices Mozilla implements Google Lens and Perplexity AI into Firefox Researchers disclose a proof-of-concept attack called “Pixsnapping”, which allows hackers to steal 2FA codes without additional

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105:52

The End of Windows Local Accounts?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/10/11

Our top stories this week:Microsoft blocks the ability to bypass online accounts on Windows 11 Germany confirms its opposition to Chat Control; the European Union withdraws the proposal due to insufficient support. Hackers breach Discord support tickets, leaking 70,000 age verification documents A group of American investors have acquired the NSO Group, giving a lifeline to the spyware firm after a series of crippling lawsuit

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102:29

Could This Be the End of F-Droid?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/10/04

Our top stories this week:F-Droid warns that Google’s mandatory developer registration would destroy the project. Google confirms that there will be free and paid tiers for developer registration. However, FOSS developers may need to pay after a certain number of downloads. Apple receives another technical capabilities notice by the UK to implement a backdoor into iCloud’s Advanced Data Protection Program. This time, it will only target British users. AMD and Intel CPU were discovered to be

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62:09

Who Really Owns Your TikTok Data Now?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/09/27

https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2025/09/27/who-really-owns-your-tiktok-data-now/Our top stories this week: A new report reveals that a TikTok deal has been signed. Oracle will hold a controlling stake and manage security of U.S. customer data despite concerns over their CEO’s supportive statements on mass surveillance. Firefox 143 for Android will introduce DNS-Over-HTTPS, finally matching their desktop counterparts. Microsoft cuts off Azure access to an elite Israeli military

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111:57

Governments Tie Your Account to Your ID, Free Speech...

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/09/19

Governments are all trying to tie your accounts to your ID. Critics of Charlie Kirk are being doxxed, showing the problems with real name identification online and how it threatens free expression. Microsoft is forcing Microsoft Copilot onto every Windows PC, ChatGPT might soon require your ID, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #19!

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101:35

Tor VPN and Signal Backups Beta Released

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/09/12

The Tor Project has officially released a new app called Tor VPN, Signal has released chat backup now in beta, Bluesky is caving to new age verification laws, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #18!

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80:24

Proton is Launching Another Product Already?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/09/05

Proton is rolling out Proton Meet to visionary subscribers, with a public release coming soon. Google avoids getting broken up in their anti-trust case but must share search data with competitors, Switzerland is creating their own “ethical” AI model and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #17!

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74:57

Could This Be the End of Android Sideloading?

This Week in Privacy ·

2025/08/29

Google is planning to require developers to verify their identity before their apps can be side-loaded. The FTC is warning tech giants not to bow to encryption backdoor pressure. A huge amount of malicious apps have been discovered on Google Play and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #16!

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