Episode #11. Front-ends and third-party services still dependent on big tech companies are falling like flies - Reddit, Twitter, Invidious, Aurora - here's why and what we need to do about it! We also discuss Debian 12, Proton's (insane!) marketing, and Techlore Clips.

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0:00:00 Setting the Scene

0:00:58 How Reddit threatened every client & bot

0:12:28 How YouTube threatened Invidious

0:20:50 How Google threatened Aurora

0:28:58 What needs to happen to make this stop

0:36:58 How Techlore is already (mostly) independent

0:39:46 Debian 12 Release Overhyped?

0:47:06 Techlore Clips - Our New Channel

0:49:22 Proton's Marketing Has Gone Too Far

1:04:20 Final Words

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Episode #10. All Apple privacy & security updates from WWDC 2023 and more! As well as some BTS on our recent Synology review, and how we're managing our forum.

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00:00 Welcome to TT10

00:38 Apple's WWDC 2023

01:04 Safari's New Privacy Protections

01:24 iOS/iPadOS Photo Permission Revamp?

02:28 Communication Safety Scanning

06:28 Passkey Sharing via iCloud Keychain

09:24 Lockdown Mode Improvements

12:16 Safari Profiles & WEB APPS!

20:10 Some Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro

29:00 Apple Dropping Device Support Early

32:46 Techlore Synology Review Behind-The-Scenes

39:30 Our Recent Forum Push

50:32 Jonah's New Channel!

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Techlore Talks Interview: Jón von Tetzchner, CEO of the web browser Vivaldi. Welcoming Jón on Techlore Talks to chat about privacy, security, history of Vivaldi, control, open source, federation, and a lot more!

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00:00:00 Introductions

00:00:56 About Jón & Vivaldi Browser

00:02:00 History of Opera Browser & Vivaldi

00:04:13 Opera and Vivaldi Philosophy Differences

00:06:26 Vivaldi Browser in Cars

00:09:16 Vivaldi's Target Audience

00:12:25 Vivaldi's Business Model

00:15:14 Prior/Historical Business Models for Browsers

00:17:06 Vivaldi's 1st-Party Privacy Protections

00:20:30 Vivaldi's 3rd-Party Privacy & Security Protections

00:23:23 Vivaldi's Browser Engine & Decision Behind Chromium

00:28:46 Quick Plug

00:29:30 Vivaldi's Open Source/Source Available Situation Explained

00:35:19 Vivaldi's Community

00:38:49 Vivaldi's Mastodon Homeserver, Social Networking, & The Fediverse

00:45:54 Vivaldi Security Update Speed

00:47:57 Vivaldi on iOS, WebKit in light of EU regulations, and the Digital Markets Act

00:57:28 Contextual vs Surveillance Ads, FLOC, Manipulation, and Digital monetization

01:03:23 Where to reach Jon & Vivaldi

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Episode #9. Google Authenticator's new (meme-worthy) sync functionality, some updates to the privacy/security of security keys like Yubikeys, our experiences so far with Proton Pass, and more!

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00:00 Google Authenticator's Cringe Update

08:29 Story behind our recent Yubikey review

09:59 Is keeping security keys plugged in insecure?

14:58 Are security keys a privacy concern?

18:37 Insight into our Proton review

20:53 Proton Pass First Thoughts!

29:00 Brave Search Goes 100% independent

35:21 On AI

40:00 Closing thoughts

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Techlore Talks Interview: Rob Shavell, CEO of the privacy deletion service Abine DeleteMe. How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites.

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00:00 Introducing Rob

01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites'

04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist?

06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone books?

13:27 Where does all this data come from?

18:17 How do these sites correlate data to an individual?

22:04 How do people investigate themselves? Is this a wordwide problem?

25:05 The emotional, personal, and 'real' side of privacy

29:05 What options do people have to address the problem?

34:22 Covering preventative measures

36:38 Covering automatic profile deletion & services like DeleteMe

38:41 What's the scope of what DeleteMe deletes?

41:05 Is DeleteMe available outside of the US?

42:18 What's the long-term solution to this problem?

47:03 Does privacy regulation impact DeleteMe effectiveness?

49:52 The story behind Rob, privacy, and DeleteMe

53:17 Closing Words

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Episode #8. LTT got hacked, general chit-chat on what we think went wrong, as well as other discussions regarding general security issues recently, with some Linux security bits.

→ Update blog (We got a LOT right!)

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00:00 LTT Hack

11:38 When I Met Linus

14:41 More on YouTube security and LTT

22:31 Jonah's hatred for tech

27:28 Recent security issues (Google Vulnerabilities)

30:30 Fedora's 5 year security plan & hardcore security takes

38:36 Final words

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Techlore Talks Interview: Seth For Privacy, Host of Opt Out. Chatting with Seth about Monero, privacy, and more! Please keep in mind this interview was done last year.

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00:00 Introductions

00:36 Who are you and how does privacy tie into what you do?

02:47 Why are you focused on Monero over other cryptocurrencies?

06:28 Why do we need to involve cryptocurrencies for private finances?

12:07 Economic & monetary benefits to decentralized systems

14:23 Does the volatility of Monero hold it back from being a day-to-day tool?

18:18 How do you get started with Monero? What can you expect?

24:00 What are the drawbacks of Monero from a privacy perspective?

29:09 What got you into privacy?

32:44 What led to your podcast and blog?

38:00 Words of wisdom from Seth

39:10 Where can people find you?

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Episode #7. We didn't have one topic to cover, so here are many in a single episode. Enjoy! NOTE: This was never published here, so apologies for the delay.

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00:00 Introduction

00:25 Bluesky, Facebook's Federated Platform, & others

03:27 Librem 5 Refund, & State of Linux Phones

08:05 Cerebral selling private health data

09:21 A lot on HIPAA....

15:11 Browser profiles, & Jonah's Arc experience

19:11 South Park Worldwide Privacy Tour episode

21:12 F-Droid getting faster repo updates

21:36 Quad9 vs Sony court ruling

23:48 Twitter not publishing transparency reports

26:09 Brave News not syncing across clients!

29:50 Brave's BAT, & Signal's MobileCoin

31:08 SimpleX VC funding, & comments on messengers

34:27 Throwback to CTemplar, & Project Sustainability

36:47 HP locking out third-party ink on printers

37:27 GitHub making 2FA mandatory

38:03 Signal's recent blog, and the UK anti-encryption bill

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Techlore Talks Interview: Douglas Tuman, Host of Monero Talk.We're pleased to have Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk back again to discuss Monero, private forms of payment, cryptocurrencies, and more. If you have questions revolving around privacy implications of cryptocurrencies, you’re in the right place!

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:31 What are the selling points of tools like Monero?

00:04:38 What is fungibility and why is it important?

00:07:15 Privacy implications of Monero & other cryptocurrencies

00:09:08 Are there Monero alternatives for privacy?

00:12:18 Network effect & real-world tools utiilizing Monero

00:19:14 Why are dark markets used as a gauge of effectiveness for privacy tools?

00:22:27 Numbers Go Up & Hype Culture in Cryptocurrencies...

00:33:03 Are cryptocurrencies a scam? And how's it different from Venmo?

00:46:06 Importance of privacy and privacy tools in our world

00:47:26 Is there a less-extreme option than Monero?

00:54:46 Monerotopia the conference

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Episode #6. Are there too many open source projects? Or too many of the wrong type? Or is everything a-okay? Today we chat about what feels like the oversaturation of FOSS.

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