This Week in Privacy

Reddit is forcing users to login to view old.reddit.com, discontinuing it's RSS feeds and ending public API access killing privacy preserving third party clients. We'll be covering the latest in privacy & security news, so join us for This Week In Privacy #73! ★ Support this podcast ★

F-Droid just released their 2.0 update, the biggest update to the app in years, Discord is rolling out age verification once again, researchers have found a way to eavesdrop on headphones from 30 meters away and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #72. (00:00) - Intro (00:37) - Start of podcast (01:16) - F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom (19:22) - Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant has a serious 0-day (26:42) - Forum Discussion: Should Privacy Guides still have translations (32:06) - An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Month Later (42:03) - Site Updates (46:40) - DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioural Advertising (50:48) - Forum Discussion: Proton partners with Apertus, Switzerland's sovereign AI model (58:49) - Researchers found a way to eavesdrop on headphones from 30 meters away, and encryption can't stop it (01:09:06) - Q&A (01:13:35) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

Signal has rolled out registration without a phone number on Android in beta, Revolut breached customer data through fake law enforcement requests, X Chat has mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #71!Signal image in cover taken by About Signal: https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-registration-without-a-phone-number-now-available/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Apple's new watches are always listening with their new Live Rewind feature, GrapheneOS plans to overhaul all it's default apps, LG's TVs have been caught listening even when they're offline or on standby, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #70. ★ Support this podcast ★

The GrapheneOS team has discovered that the Pixel 11 devices appear to have a key security feature disabled, the feature then re-appeared in a later beta update but was still disabled. We'll explain everything you need to know, and cover the latest privacy & security news on This Week In Privacy #69! (00:00) - Intro (00:45) - Start of podcast (01:20) - GrapheneOS Unable to Complete Pixel 11 Port Due to Cut Security Feature (04:29) - Pixel 11 Has Hardware MTE Support, "May Still Be Usable" for GrapheneOS (17:07) - Forum Updates: 1Password wades into a right wing mess after funding a Linux project (37:16) - SIte updates (45:15) - Trump Goes After Anonymous Email Provider in Italy. The Real Target Is Free Speech in the US (01:00:54) - California's Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact (01:06:44) - Brave launches Email Aliases to keep your personal email address private from websites (01:14:41) - Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS: More Control, Fewer Distractions (01:21:09) - Q&A (01:23:13) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★