Q&A227: Is RethinkDNS a good tool for easy traffic analysis? What are our thoughts on governmenet SSO services, like Australia's MyGov? What resources do we use to threat model? Do companies still sell phone location data, and how can users opt out? Are there any lessons to be learned from the way different governments treat 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

(01:00) Rethink DNS

(02:30) MyGov SSO

(05:06) Threat Modeling

(10:20) Cell Tower Tracking

(13:34) Impact of Political Systems on Privacy

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Episode 227: Your comments might reveal more than you think, LexisNexis (of all companies) had a data breach, some spicy political news, and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:17) Sponsor: EasyOptOuts

(01:47) Highlight Story (YouTube-tools)

(08:16) Data Breaches

(10:47) Companies

(13:43) Research

(16:06) Politics

(21:47) FOSS

(22:06) Misfits

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Episode 226: Google threatens FOSS by way of restricting Nextcloud, Mozilla actually appears to be focusing on Firefox again, New Orleans cranks the dystopia up to 11, and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:23) Sponsor: Proton Pass

(02:00) Highlight Story (Google Restricts Nextcloud)

(10:10) Data Breaches

(13:37) Companies

(22:03) Research

(28:55) Politics

(37:48) FOSS

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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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(00:17) 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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