Surveillance Report

By Techlore & The New Oil

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 in

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How many episodes does Surveillance Report have?

The podcast currently has 292 episodes available.

Surveillance Report episodes:

March 31, 2025 FOSS Is In Trouble!
Episode 220: Latest US government funding cuts directly impact important FOSS projects like Tor, Let's Encrypt, F-Droid, and more; Android takes development behind closed doors; Proton & Vivaldi team up; "Signalgate" (of course); 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!

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:26) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts
(01:43) Highlight Story (FOSS Funding)
(11:38) Data Breaches
(18:25) Companies
(22:24) Research
(23:41) Politics
(29:22) FOSS
(35:27) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

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39min
March 26, 2025 Q&A: Keeping Passwords Safe From Malware
Q&A219: How can you keep your password manager safe from infostealing malware? Do we prefer Debian-based or RedHat-based Linux distros? How do we harden or customize our distros? How can you recreate Qubes' Disposable VMs on a non-Qubes device? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

Welcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.

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(00:00) Introduction
(00:31) Protecting Password Managers from Infostealers
(08:24) Debian vs RedHat
(12:58) AppArmoer, SELinux, and General Hardening
(14:11) Gnome vs KDE vs XFCE
(16:54) Disposable VM Ideas
(20:14) Security of Secrets

Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@surveillancereport:2
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
#privacy #security #news

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23min
March 23, 2025 Apple Put Your Passwords At Risk for 3 Months!
Episode 219: Apple's new Passwords app was putting users at risk, Cloudflare sees all your passwords (and they're not good), a new malware steals info from basically every popular app out there, and more!

Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.

🚫 SimpleX is the encrypted messenger that doesn't use unique identifiers for next-level privacy protection: https://simplex.chat. Thanks to the SimpleX team for sponsoring Surveillance Report!

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:20) Sponsor: SimpleX
(02:06) Highlight Story (Apple Passwords)
(09:34) Data Breaches
(13:05) Companies
(14:33) Research
(17:19) Politics
(20:24) FOSS
(23:22) Misfits
(28:33) Sponsor: SimpleX

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

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31min
March 20, 2025 Q&A: What Social Media Do We Use?
Q&A218: What social media apps are currently using the most? Questions about virtual machines and fingerprinting, as well as our recommendations for Android operating systems. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

Welcome 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
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(00:00) Introduction
(00:39) Most-Used Social Media
(01:52) Privacy-Focused Education Apps
(05:19) Instant, Private Crypto
(07:08) Qubes Usability Barriers
(11:17) Self-hosted OIDC
(12:17) Reliable News
(17:25) The Future of Peer-to-Peer
(19:38) Fingerprinting Strategies
(23:54) Our VM Strategies
(26:22) The Ubiquity of Fingerprinting
(27:49) Preferred Virtualization Software
(29:36) ROM Recommendations

Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@surveillancereport:2
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
#privacy #security #news

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34min
March 17, 2025 Amazon Echo Somehow Gets Worse
Episode 218: Amazon is removing one of Echo's few privacy-protecting features, Saudia Arabia bought Pokemon Go, Brazil is forcing Apple to allow iPhone sideloading, 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 Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Surveillance Report!

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:20) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts
(02:15) Highlight Story (Amazon Echo)
(09:37) Data Breaches
(10:55) Companies
(28:21) Research
(20:36) Politics
(26:35) FOSS
(29:49) Misfits
(34:01) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

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37min
March 10, 2025 Android Backdoor Exposed: 1 Million Devices at Risk
Episode 217: 1 million android devices have a secret backdoor, Apple is fighting the UK Backdoor order, and Canada’s privacy watchdog is probing X for its use of personal data in AI models.

Welcome to the Surveillance Report - featuring Techlore & The New Oil to keep you updated on the newest security & privacy news.

Get SimpleX Chat for a private, E2EE, free messenger without any unique identifiers: https://simplex.chat/
Thanks to the SimpleX for sponsoring Surveillance Report!

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:33) Sponsor: SimpleX Chat
(01:45) Highlight Story
(08:44) Data Breaches
(10:20) Companies
(16:32) Research
(20:02) Politics
(33:22) FOSS
(39:28) Misfits
(46:16) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

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49min
March 05, 2025 Q&A: Overcomplicated Privacy Tools
Q&A216: Are there any privacy tools we've ditched for being too complicated? Do we have any recommendations for privacy-focused VPS providers? Is it worth making new accounts periodically to avoid tracking? Is endpoint security being neglected? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

Welcome 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
(00:23) Overomplicated Privacy Tools
(05:44) Recommended VPS Providers
(07:53) Account Recycling
(11:20) Endpoint Security vs E2EE

Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@surveillancereport:2
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
#privacy #security #news

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18min
March 04, 2025 Is It Time to Ditch Firefox?
Episode 216: Mozilla's first ever Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for Firefox raises some concern, Sweden and France introduce their own efforts to backdoor encryption, updates from a number of FOSS superstars, 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 Easy Opt Outs team for sponsoring Surveillance Report!

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:21) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts
(01:43) Correction
(02:29) Highlight Story (Mozilla ToS)
(15:25) Data Breaches
(17:37) Companies
(20:10) Research
(22:15) Politics
(26:08) FOSS
(28:10) Misfits
(31:51) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

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35min
February 27, 2025 Q&A: Deciding on the Best Password
Q&A215: How do we decide on password criteria such as length, complexity, passphrases, etc? What cryptid would we be if we could pick? What do we think about the Simulation Hypothesis? How does Nate use Qubes? Are there any privacy benefits to hosting your own Monero node? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

Welcome 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
(00:43) Password Considerations
(05:15) Qubes Workflows
(09:49) What Cryptid Would We Be?
(12:24) Thoughts on the Simulation Hypothesis
(14:58) Running Your Own Monero Node

Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@surveillancereport:2
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
#privacy #security #news

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19min
February 24, 2025 A Critical Hit to Privacy & Cybersecurity...
Episode 215: The UK deals a serious blow to privacy & security worldwide, Signal makes the headlines (twice!) 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 Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport
🪙 Monero: 46iGe5D49rpgH4dde32rmyWifMjw5sHy7V2mD9sXGDJgSWmAwQvuAuoD9KcLFKYFsLGLpzXQs1eABRShm1RZRnSy6HgbhQD
❓XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

Timestamps

Sources
(00:00) Introduction
(00:22) Support us!
(01:24) Highlight Story (Apple Backdoor Update)
(13:21) Data Breaches
(15:59) Companies
(17:16) FOSS
(18:21) Misfits
(20:06) Support us!

Main Sites

Surveillance Report
PeerTube
Techlore Website
The New Oil Website

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does Surveillance Report have?

The podcast currently has 292 episodes available.

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