Q&A225: Are there any things in privacy where you can't ease in or make mistakes? How can a typical person do traffic analysis on phones? How do we address printer privacy concerns? Is it safer to open a port in a VPN than a router? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:26) Privacy Cardinal Rules

(02:49) User-Friendly Mobile Traffic Analysis

(05:16) Printer Privacy Concerns

(07:22) Port Forwarding in VPNs vs Routers

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Episode 225: The EU intends to ban all privacy-coins and non-KYC wallets, education giant Pearson had a data breach, Peertube App v1 is out, and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:17) Support Us!

(01:42) Highlight Story (Privacy Coins)

(07:08) Data Breaches

(10:50) Companies

(14:41) Research

(16:52) Politics

(18:18) FOSS

(21:26) Misfits

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Q&A224: Can tracker blocking and other privacy techniques make you stand out more? Has Wayland fixed any of X's security shortcomings? Why don't people talk about the risks of CDNs more? Is there any way to know what's going on in the RF around us? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:47) Blocking as Fingerprinting

(06:37) X vs Wayland Security

(08:02) Risks of CDNs

(12:00) RF Analysis

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Episode 224: An Indian court has ordered a block of ProtonMail, Google Wallet is adding private age verification tech, millions of Apple Airplay devices are risk, a new private metasearch engine (free of AI summaries), and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:24) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

(01:51) Highlight Story (India blocks ProtonMail)

(09:51) Data Breaches

(13:59) Companies

(23:02) Research

(32:32) Politics

(33:47) FOSS

(36:43) Misfits

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Q&A223: Do we self-host anything? What impact does cybercrime have on privacy in the public perception? Do PWAs put your other browsing at risk? VMs vs containers, Acrobat alternatives with OCR, and IPv6. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:32) Do we self-host anything?

(06:17) Cybercrime and public privacy awareness

(10:29) PWAs and Other Browsing

(12:40) Virtual Machines vs Containers

(15:02) Adobe OCR Alternatives

(16:51) IPv6 Concerns

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Episode 223: Google decides third-party cookies are here to stay in Chrome after all, Recall finally begins rolling out, good news from Threema and Tor, and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:17) Sponsor: SimpleX

(02:16) Highlight Story (Third-Party Cookies in Chrome)

(06:29) Data Breaches

(09:44) Companies

(11:49) Politics

(12:52) FOSS

(13:55) Misfits

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Q&A222: What are the pros and cons of Obtanium (and APKs) vs the Play Store? Do we think "Schnier's Law" can explain privacy apathy? Does anyone sell Fedora-focused devices? What are the pros and cons of Appimages and Flatpaks? Do we have thoughts on Atlas Privacy? Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:39) Obtanium vs Play Store

(07:18) Explaining Privacy Apathy

(10:09) Fedora-optimized Workstations

(12:33) Flatpaks vs AppImages

(16:17) Atlas Privacy

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Episode 222: Discord has begun rolling out age verification in some countries, the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program barely escaped defunding, Ubuntu 25.04 has been released with lots of exciting new features, ChatGPT can figure out your location in photos (even without EXIF data), and more!

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Sources

(00:00) Introduction

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(01:46) Audio Disclaimer

(02:30) Highlight Story (Discord)

(10:30) Data Breaches

(13:16) Companies

(19:59) Politics

(26:36) FOSS

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Q&A221: Does legislation matter in privacy, or should we stick to focusing on technical solutions? Is lack of privacy being normalized IRL? Is quantum encryption really safe? Is a website more private than an app? Plus a hodgepodge of advanced security ideas. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/415684?view=expanded or XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:38) Our thoughts on laws that impact privacy

(02:39) Does the privacy community focus too little on legislation?

(05:52) Can we really influence laws?

(06:22) Engagement trends in our posts

(06:41) How to get involved

(07:51) Have we ever had a professional pen-test us?

(09:35) Thoughts on the NitroWall

(10:34) Webclipping Apps

(11:06) Enterprise-level Security Tools at Home

(11:52) Is iVerify trustworthy?

(12:50) Website vs apps

(16:34) Normalization of lack of privacy

(18:16) Is KYBER secure?

(22:35) I2P vs Tor

(24:01) SimplifiedPrivacy

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Episode 221: Microsoft has removed a way to avoid their mandatory online accounts in Windows 11 (but a new loophole has already been discovered), The UK is trying to bring Minority Report to life, an update in the Apple iCloud backdoor legal battle, and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

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(02:18) Highlight Story (FOSS Funding)

(10:19) Data Breaches

(14:21) Companies

(20:15) Politics

(30:46) FOSS

(34:53) Sponsor: SimpleX Chat

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