This Week in Privacy

Motorola has announced the pricing for their Signature 27 device which supports GrapheneOS, and it's $1600 USD. Is this overpriced or actually justified, we'll discuss all the details! Join us for This Week In Privacy #78!Episode sources: https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/11/06/would-you-pay-1600-to-degoogle/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Google has updated it's privacy policy to allow for data from Gmail and Google Photos to be used for personalized advertising, Bitwarden has made a controversial license change to it's published applications, Proton is allegedly 're-interviewing' staff about AI, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #77.Episode sources: https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/10/30/google-is-using-your-emails-for-targeting-ads-again/ (00:00) - Intro (00:41) - Start of podcast (01:15) - Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising (12:06) - Forum Discussion: Bitwarden dual license model (21:49) - French Court's Site-Blocking Orders Drive Quad9 Out of France (33:36) - Site updates (37:56) - Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns (47:05) - Forum Discussion: Linux GUI vs CLI Updates (51:23) - Proton Expose (01:32:22) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

The internet goes on high alert as 8 TLS certificates are compromised to due weak private keys, allowing anyone to mint browser and app credentials for any site on the internet, a leaked Cellebrite document describes a breakthrough 0day vulnerability that could compromise any iOS device and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #76 Episode sources: https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/ (00:00) - Intro (00:39) - Start of podcast (01:13) - PHP ships emergency patches for critical PHP2Shell flaws (20:21) - Forum Discussion: Kim Dotcom, Signal has US gov backdoor (29:43) - Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison (45:36) - Site Updates (51:10) - The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs (01:02:26) - Forum Discussion: Does Google "Plan for your digital legacy" actually delete your account? (01:08:40) - Is Cellebrite sitting on an iPhone radio 0day? (01:20:50) - Q&A (01:22:49) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

Ledger devices distributed through a reseller, were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' crypto wallets, Google is silently linking your phone number to all your logged in accounts, Fridges across France have been disabled in a mass hacking incident and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #75Episode sources will be live when the stream starts:https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/10/16/the-ledger-wallet-hack-is-not-just-a-crypto-problem/ ★ Support this podcast ★

Leaked internal documents show that Meta's Muse AI agent is building dossiers on your friends, family and you, even if you've never used it before, Kagi is ending Orion browser development on Linux and open sourcing it, and AI glasses are facing their first major government crackdown. Join us for This Week In Privacy #74.Episode sources:https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/10/09/muse-is-collecting-your-data-even-if-you-dont-use-it/ (00:00) - Intro (00:36) - Start of podcast (01:12) - Meta's Muse Is Building Dissiers on Your Friends and Family, Even If They Never Signed Up, Internal Files Reveal (17:20) - Forum Discussion: How do I know I can trust an app? (34:38) - AI glasses face their major government crackdown (45:57) - Forum Discussion: Google randomly disabled one of my accounts (53:29) - Site updates (57:50) - Kagi End Orion Browser Development for Linux, Will Open-Source It (01:09:00) - Forum Discussion: Do I really need a VPN all the time? (01:17:27) - Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services (01:28:35) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★