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Weekly security and privacy news - 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 t... more

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

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April 26, 2025 Q&A: Obtanium vs Play Store
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
Welcome to the Surveillance Report Q&A - featuring Techlore & The New Oil answering your questions about privacy and security.
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Why Nate's audio sucks this week: https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-nates-audio-127174985
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
Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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April 22, 2025 Can Discord Be Trusted With Age Verification?
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!
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!
Why Nate's audio sucks this week: https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-nates-audio-127174985
Sources: https://sr.url.lol/sources
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Sponsor: EasyOptOuts
01:46 Audio Disclaimer
02:30 Highlight Story (Discord)
10:30 Data Breaches
13:16 Companies
19:59 Politics
26:36 FOSS
28:31 Misfits
30:27 Sponsor: EasyOptOuts
Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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April 17, 2025 Q&A: Does Legislation Matter in Privacy?
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
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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❓ XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod
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
Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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April 15, 2025 Evading Windows' New Online Account Requirement
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!
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!
Sources: https://sr.url.lol/sources
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Sponsor: SimpleX Chat
02:18 Highlight Story (FOSS Funding)
10:19 Data Breaches
14:21 Companies
20:15 Politics
30:46 FOSS
34:53 Sponsor: SimpleX Chat
Main Sites
Surveillance Report: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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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!*
❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod
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❓XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod
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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: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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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.
❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/surveillancepod
💛 Support us on Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/surveillancereport
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❓XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod
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/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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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!
Sources: https://sr.url.lol/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: https://www.surveillancereport.tech/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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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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❓XMR Chat: https://xmrchat.com/surveillancepod
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/
PeerTube: https://apertatube.net/c/surveillancereport/videos
Techlore Website: https://techlore.tech
The New Oil Website: https://thenewoil.org/
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August 19, 2024 Did YOUR SSN Get Stolen In This MASSIVE Breach?
Episode 191: the data breach that leaked nearly every SSN, a vulnerable app that exposed nearly every Pixel device, exciting updates from Proton & SimpleX (separately), 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
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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Support us!
01:15 Highlight Story (National Public Data breach)
07:44 Data Breaches
08:39 Companies
11:21 Research
15:19 Politics
20:22 FOSS
23:08 Misfits
26:17 Support us!
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/
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August 13, 2024 Are Data Removal Services A Scam After All?!
Episode 190: Hard (and disappointing) facts on data removal services, tons of DEF CON research, Signal blocked in Russia, 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
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00:00 Introduction
00:16 Support us!
01:16 Highlight Story (Data Removal Research)
10:24 Data Breaches
12:02 Companies
15:30 Research
21:01 Politics
23:00 FOSS
24:10 Misfits
26:17 Support us!
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/
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FAQs about Surveillance Report:

How many episodes does Surveillance Report have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.