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 vulnerabilities
• Data breaches and cybersecurity incidents
• Surveillance technology and government overreach
• Big Tech privacy policies and practices
• Encryption and security standards
• Digital rights legislation and court cases
• Open-source software developments
• Corporate data practices and accountability
Whether you're a beginner trying to stay informed or a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report has been delivering weekly privacy and security news for years, and now continues as part of Techlore's mission to educate the world about privacy, security, and digital rights.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 vulnerabilities
• Data breaches and cybersecurity incidents
• Surveillance technology and government overreach
• Big Tech privacy policies and practices
• Encryption and security standards
• Digital rights legislation and court cases
• Open-source software developments
• Corporate data practices and accountability
Whether you're a beginner trying to stay informed or a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report has been delivering weekly privacy and security news for years, and now continues as part of Techlore's mission to educate the world about privacy, security, and digital rights.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 verification.
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00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report 245
00:29 WhatsApp's Phone Number 'Leak'
06:08 Surveillance Report Back @ Techlore Announcement
08:01 Google's Attacks on Android Freedom
12:48 EU Saga Part 1: Chat Control
15:56 EU Saga Part 2: Digital Omnibus
20:22 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!
21:50 EU Saga Part 3: Cookies Finally Crumble!
23:28 WhatsApp Interoperability Now Live
26:26 USA's VPN Ban
29:48 Cloudflare Outage
30:50 Data Breaches & Service Updates
34:18 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!
34:56 Final Words!
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