Techlore Surveillance Report

This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft Copilot's ongoing security failures putting users at risk, the FTC banning GM from selling driver location data, California banning data brokers from reselling health information, Iran's internet shutdown reaching record lengths, the EFF's guide to navigating age gates, and more!🔎 EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.comThanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance Report!🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/microsoft-copilots-security-failures-are-putting-everyone-at-risk/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - INTRO00:46 - NEW COPILOT VULNERABILITY07:35 - GM PUT ON TIMEOUT12:24 - DATA BROKER PUT ON TIMEOUT15:56 - OUR SPONSOR: EASYOPTOUTS!16:54 - IRAN INTERNET SHUTDOWN22:30 - EFF AGE GATE GUIDE26:06 - THE DEFENSE BULLETIN📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft removing offline Windows activation, California's new tool to delete your data from brokers, cryptocurrency theft traced to the 2022 LastPass breach, France's social media ban for under-15s, and more!This week's Surveillance Report covers:- Microsoft continuing to remove more offline Windows activation options as well as what you can do (besides just switching to Linux!)- A deep-dive into California's new tool to remove you from data brokers and how I'm approaching this news as a Californian- More age verification scares coming out of France and other countries- LastPass data breach STILL impacting people to this day- Defense Bulletin: Threats, breaches, and service updates🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - INTRO00:40 - Highlight Story: Microsoft removing more Options05:48 - California's New Data Removal Tool13:24 - LastPass Data Breach Still Impacting People18:50 - Support Techlore!19:43 - More Age Verification in France, US, and more24:04 - The Defense Bulletin📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers OpenAI's plan to prioritize sponsored content in ChatGPT answers, what to do if you're targeted by government spyware, Meta's secret playbook for avoiding scammer accountability, and more!This week's Surveillance Report covers:- OpenAI prioritizing new monetization models with obvious problems- How to see if you're impacted by government spyware, and what to do about it.- Meta's secret playbook for enabling billions of fraudulent revenue- Defense Bulletin: Threats, breaches, and service updates🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/your-chatgpt-answers-are-about-to-get-sponsored/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro to Surveillance Report00:37 - OpenAI Sponsored Content05:20 - How to Handle Government Spyware12:38 - Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!14:15 - Meta Embracing Scammers22:02 - Defense Bulletin📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A federal court just blocked Texas's age verification law—here's why that matters for the entire US. Plus: AI police cameras exposed to the internet, massive data breaches, and why we're all returning to monke for the holidays.This week's Surveillance Report covers:- Federal judge blocks Texas age verification (and the precedent this sets)- AI super PACs and political manipulation- Flock's surveillance cameras exposed online- Major data breaches affecting millions- Defense Bulletin: Threats, breaches, and service updates🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/federal-court-just-dealt-a-major-blow-to-age-verification-laws/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:45 - Judge Blocks Texas Age Verification06:14 - AI Super PACs10:14 - Flock's Surveillance Cameras17:52 - Support Techlore18:34 - Return to Monke Holiday Message26:34 - The Defense Bulletin📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers the internet's free speech protections under attack as a US Senator moves to repeal Section 230. Plus: ransomware attacks escalate with React2Shell exploitation, India orders government access to encrypted messaging, AI "superintelligence" fear is being used to justify actual corporate manipulation happening right now, and Apple still refuses to comply with EU law.Support Techlore: https://techlore.tech/support TimestampsSources00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report00:40 Highlight Story: Section 230 Under Attack09:00 React2Shell Updates10:58 More Surveillance Attempts in India16:38 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!18:12 AI Hype Explained26:38 Apple is Breaking EU Law27:16 Global Attacks on Privacy Compilation31:44 The Defense Bulletin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers the dangerous reality that social media bans ARE age verification, India's push for even more invasive phone surveillance, a massive vulnerability actively exploited against major companies, the EU's new proposal to gut GDPR protections, Petco's escalating security disasters, border agents charging people for protecting their data, and more!Support Techlore: https://techlore.tech/support TimestampsSources00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report00:40 Highlight: Australia's Social Media Ban08:06 Vulnerability Hitting Countless Sites09:52 India's Surveillance Tech Continues13:30 Support Techlore!14:50 EU's Digital Omnibus19:56 Petco's Data Breach(es) Saga23:20 Man Arrested for Wiping Phone?27:20 Defense Bulletin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers India’s attempt to mandate a potentially invasive app on everyone’s phone, Chat Control updates in the EU with concerns still evolving, half of US states now being age verified, more AI Slop, butt to cloud encryption, and more! Correction: One of you caught my mistake! The poopinator device is $600 *with* a monthly subscription. Sorry about that!🔎 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!TimestampsSources00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report00:41 Highlight: India's Invasive App08:28 Some Quick Announcements09:50 Chat Control Updates14:19 USA Age Verification19:44 Our Sponsor: Easy Opt Outs!21:04 AI Slop Continues25:48 Butt To Cloud (B2C)32:38 Defense Bulletin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft's AI Disaster getting worse on multiple levels as well as Google's AI, Malware is stealing E2EE messages from people all around the world, and updates to Chat Control & other EU regulations, and more!Support Techlore: https://techlore.tech/supportTimestampsSources00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report 24500:29 WhatsApp's Phone Number 'Leak'06:08 Surveillance Report Back @ Techlore Announcement08:01 Google's Attacks on Android Freedom12:48 EU Saga Part 1: Chat Control15:56 EU Saga Part 2: Digital Omnibus20:22 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!21:50 EU Saga Part 3: Cookies Finally Crumble!23:28 WhatsApp Interoperability Now Live26:26 USA's VPN Ban29:48 Cloudflare Outage30:50 Data Breaches & Service Updates34:18 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!34:56 Final Words! 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.🔎 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!TimestampsSources00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report 24500:29 WhatsApp's Phone Number 'Leak'06:08 Surveillance Report Back @ Techlore Announcement08:01 Google's Attacks on Android Freedom12:48 EU Saga Part 1: Chat Control15:56 EU Saga Part 2: Digital Omnibus20:22 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!21:50 EU Saga Part 3: Cookies Finally Crumble!23:28 WhatsApp Interoperability Now Live26:26 USA's VPN Ban29:48 Cloudflare Outage30:50 Data Breaches & Service Updates34:18 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!34:56 Final Words! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 back to the Techlore umbrella. Follow Nate below to keep up with his future updates!Links:Surveillance Report YouTube Playlist: https://youtu.be/aUKIeeCskSU?si=-05DmAcmdoH05Ii4Follow The New Oil for what's next: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD(00:00) Introduction(01:03) Why Don't People Care About Privacy?(05:39) Privacy & Warranties(06:33) Is Proton Accepting Monero?(07:22) Quick PeerTube Plug(07:55) Getting Involved in the Privacy Fight(12:45) Who Will Make Graphene's Phones?(13:43) Voluntary Certifications as Incentives(19:39) Creating vs Exposing Privacy Problems(22:13) Redact's Data Broker Removal Service(23:07) Techlore Interview Idea(23:21) Privacy as a Public Figure(30:32) Temporary Ghost WorkaroundMain SitesSurveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videosTechlore Website: https://techlore.techThe New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance Report!TimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:21) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts(01:38) PSA(01:56) Highlight Story (UK/Apple)(08:25) Data Breaches(12:41) Companies(21:45) Research(25:19) Politics(32:42) FOSS(39:16) Misfits(40:47) Sponsor: EasyOptOutsMain SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: https://surveillance-report.ghost.io/💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD❓XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepodTimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:38) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts(01:09) PSA(01:48) Highlight Story (Windows)(06:47) Data Breaches(10:58) Companies(14:56) Research(22:45) Politics(29:14) FOSS(31:33) Misfits(33:17) Sponsor: EasyOptOutsMain SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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) Introduction(00:00:17) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts(00:00:40) PSA(00:01:16) Highlight Story (ProtonMail)(00:13:58) Data Breaches(00:24:04) Companies(00:39:45) Research(00:47:19) Politics(01:06:25) FOSS(01:13:30) Misfits(01:16:20) Sponsor: EasyOptOutsMain SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: https://surveillance-report.ghost.io/❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD(00:00) Introduction(00:48) Cloud-Based Password Mangers(07:01) Non-Stigmatized Encrypted Email(09:28) Work Phones(11:57) Nate's SIMless Life(14:25) Why Henry Prefers Synology(16:58) Old Account Cleanup Strategies(19:55) Reliable Crypto Resources(24:13) Private RSS Without Patreon(28:03) Router RecommendationsMain SitesSurveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videosTechlore Website: https://techlore.techThe New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Breaches(13:04) Companies(17:18) Research(19:44) Politics(26:10) FOSS(29:58) Misfits(32:20) Support us!Main SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Report!TimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:21) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts(01:34) PSA(02:36) Highlight Story (Sideloading)(10:40) Data Breaches(13:54) Companies(18:05) Politics(22:10) FOSS(25:23) Sponsor: EasyOptOutsMain SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD(00:00) Introduction(00:35) Thoughts on Kagi/Orion(04:05) Smartwatch Recommendations(05:47) Mandatory Healthcare Apps(08:13) Legal Harms of Data Breaches(11:01) Medical Identity Theft(12:08) Infostealer Spread Methods(13:52) Password Managers On-Screen Keyboards(15:49) PeerTube Considerations(20:34) Ecosystems vs Separate Services(24:45) Pay-As-You-Go International eSIM(24:41) Claims of XMR Control(27:12) Thoughts on Linux Phones (Again)(29:25) How We Use XMR Chat(29:59) Can XMR Be Chain-Analyzed(30:04) NanoGPT Plug(31:55) SMS vs Google RCSMain SitesSurveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videosTechlore Website: https://techlore.techThe New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 supporting Surveillance Report.TimestampsSources(00:00) Introduction(00:31) Sponsor: Ente(01:48) Highlight Story (Password Managers)(08:59) Data Breaches(13:24) Companies(16:20) Research(18:19) Politics(25:18) FOSS(27:49) Sponsor: EnteMain SitesSurveillance ReportPeerTubeTechlore WebsiteThe New Oil Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.