The Biggest Data Breach That Never Happened

Author: Techlore & The New Oil
Published: Tue 24 Jun 2025
Episode Link: https://surveillancereport.tech/

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!

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