Surveillance Report
Weekly privacy and security news podcast - Presented by Techlore & The New Oil. The goal of Surveillance Report is keep the world updated on the latest privacy & security news to empower individuals to remain safe with the newest information. Join us for the ride!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 324
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
SR205: Bluesky posts scraped to train AI, IVPN buys Safing, and the FBI encourages encrypted messaging
Episode 205: Bluesky posts were scraped to train AI, IVPN purchased Safing (makers of Portmaster and SPN), the FBI is now recommending encrypted messengers, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Repor…
Q&A: Undoing Years of Not Caring About Privacy
Q&A203: How do you undo all the information you've already shared before getting into privacy? How can you privately backup your mobile contacts? What are the latest RSS reader options? Do we still r…
Another Phone Hacking Software Exposed!
Episode 204: Graykey's current phone-cracking abilities revealed, HDMI radiation can leak your screen, fake Bitwarden ads push a malicous fork, Brave ads a new privacy-protecting feature, and more!
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Apple's Unannounced Security Game-Changer!
Episode 203: iPhones quietly got a major new security feature, Google is rolling out a new privacy feature for users, tons of FOSS updates, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Tec…
Q&A: Understanding Threat Modeling
Q&A202: How can people better understand threat modeling? What are security concerns for custom Android ROMs? What are our favorite episodes of Darknet Diaries? Have we ever seen a website remove our…
Is Your Workout Compromising Your Privacy?
Episode 202: More privacy & security issues in a popular exercise app, Apple Intelligence begins to roll out, Windows Recall delayed again, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Tec…
Q&A: Private Shopping Tips for the Holidays
Q&A201: Tips to shop privately online with the holidays approaching, private investment funds entering the Monero space, and is your SSID trackable? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.…
Is Your Cloud Still Safe?!
Episode 201: Security flaws found in popular cloud services, WhatsApp takes a step toward user privacy, lots of FOSS news, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New O…
Q&A: Episode 200 Livestream!
Q&A200: In this special episode, Henry & Nate answer a massive number of questions from Patrons, XMR Chat donors, and livestream viewers. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collect…
How Easy Are YOU To Track Online? (Live)
200 weeks of the privacy & security news has brought us to this..the LIVE news and Q&A livestream in SR's first-ever live episode!
🎉 Join us for our 200th episode, streamed live with all of you! https…
Is Your Smart TV Your Biggest Privacy Risk?
Episode 199: New research on the privacy of Smart TVs, the Internet Archive is being attacked, America's backdoor was pried open, and more!
🎉 Join us for our 200th episode, streamed live with all of y…
Telegram's U-Turn: Years of Privacy Lies Exposed!
Episode 198: Telegram finally admits to sharing user data all along, researchers create real-time doxing glasses, Paypal opts users into data sharing, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Report - fe…
Q&A: Why Should People Use Signal?
Q&A197: Our Top 3 arguments for switching to Signal, for getting companies to comply with deletion requests, and favorite aspects of GDPR, our thoughts on Diode and Threema, how linkable are alias em…
Windows Recall Is Back! Did Microsoft Fix It?
Episode 197: Windows Recall is back with fixes, millions of cars were vulnerable to a simple exploit, Mozilla spends their money well for once, and more!
Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring…
Q&A: Security Through Obscurity
Q&A196: Is "Security Through Obscurity" actually bad? If we could help draft privacy regulation, what would we want to include? Can regulation help protect mainstream users? Join our next Q&A on Patr…
New Discord Feature is a HUGE Privacy Win! But...
Episode 196: Discord's new end-to-end encryption, LinkedIn scraped user data without warning, Mozilla is leaving the fediverse, and more!
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Q&A: Nate's Phone Literally Exploded. What Now?
Q&A195: Nate's phone literally exploded. What's the plan to replace it and how does we use our phones? What changes have we noticed in our personal lives as a result of our privacy journeys? How woul…
Google's New Feature Threatens Privacy & Freedom!
Episode 195: Sideloading at risk, Facebook scraping, airgapped vulnerabilities, and more!
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Q&A: The Mess of Private Cloud Options
Q&A194: What realtime file-sync options do we prefer? How do we navigate elitism in the privacy space? Would we ever sell merch? Do we ever disagree on privacy topics? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: h…
Are You Vulnerable To This New Yubikey Attack?
Episode 194: Yubikey vulnerability, escalating sextortion scams, Clearview fine, Bitwarden iOS overhaul, and more!
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