Podcast Episodes

Proton Mail Account Suspensions Explained

Episode 241

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 …

Published on 2 hours ago

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

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…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

ChatGPT is Calling the Police on Users

Episode 240

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 Sur…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Android Is Becoming the New iOS

Episode 239

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 -…

Published on 1 month ago

Q&A: Is Kagi Safe?

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 P…

Published on 1 month ago

Are Your Passwords Safe From This New Exploit?

Episode 238

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.

Welco…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft's Control Over Open Source Grows

Episode 237

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 mo…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Q&A: Ways to Make Your Phone Private

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 Patre…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

Episode 236

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 Re…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Q&A: Privacy Advice for Your Next Phone Upgrade

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: …

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago