Podcast Episodes

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

Episode 235

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 Tech…

Published on 2 months ago

Q&A: How Do You Avoid Amazon?

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: …

Published on 2 months ago

Dating Safety App Puts Thousands of Users at Risk

Episode 234

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 …

Published on 2 months ago

Q&A: Do You Really Need a VPN?

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…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

McDonald's Combines the Worst of AI & Job Hunting

Episode 233

Episode 233: McDonald's hiring chatbot exposed millions of job applications due to laughable password practices, Jack Dorsey created an encrypted messenger over the weekend, custom Android phones are…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Android 16 is Adding AI, Even if You Opted Out!

Episode 232

Episode 232: Android 16 makes it harder to avoid sharing your data with AI even if you opted out, an innovative new VPN enters the scene, how the cartels used surveillance to find a mole, and more

Wel…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Q&A: Top 3 Things We Wish We'd Done Differently

Q&A231: The top 3 things we wish we'd done differently in our privacy journeys, data as "the new gold" rather than "the new oil," defining privacy as a human right, Android hardening advice, and encr…

Published on 3 months ago

Facebook's Latest Privacy Invasion: Now with AI!

Episode 231

Episode 231: Facebook wants access to all your photos, updates to the ongoing Android 16/Custom ROM situation, a critical vulnerability in popular printer brands, and more!

Welcome to the Surveillance…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Biggest Data Breach That Never Happened

Episode 230

Episode 230: The headline-making data breach that isn't really a data breach, how the data broker industry enabled political assassination, Meta unveils two new forms of enshittification, and more!

We…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Q&A: Is Windows Unfairly Hated?

Q&A229: Windows privacy, SMS/RCS privacy, KYC-free crypto, E2EE Discord alternatives, XMPP's potential, TSA prescreenings, self-hosting considerations, EXIF data, and iMazing. Join our next Q&A on Pa…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago