Techlore Talks

The government collects data & metadata from Apple & Google push notifications, exciting announcements from the Tor Project, Simple Tools sold out, my involvement at the Bitwarden open source security conference, and more!

📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO
• Jonah's Tor w/ VPN Video: https://youtu.be/vo22D-dUeCA

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00:00 Government spying on push notifications
16:06 Tor Project Announcements
23:14 Simple Tools Sells Out
28:50 Henry Bitwarden Conference Talk

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Apple dealing with green messages via RCS and what it means for you, Signal messenger usernames, accusations against Tuta (previously Tutanota), and more!

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:04 Apple RCS, E2EE, security, and more! 
05:08 Signal usernames and other signal discussions
09:04 Final iMessage chats & contact key verification
11:54 Accusations against Tuta
18:16 Sending love to the brilliant people behind services
19:28 Hidden Signal features
22:06 WhatsApp competing with messengers
23:14 New forum themes! (And rambles about Craigslist)
30:20 Insomnia cookies 🍪
32:10 Mullvad x Tailscale integration and my experience
33:56 Our favorite fast food
39:02 Forum updates!!
39:40 Final words

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Welcoming Matthias Kirschner on Techlore Talks to discuss the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) and how they are empowering the future of free & open source software!

Thank you to Tuta for being the first ever Techlore Gold Video Sponsor, check out their open source, privacy-respecting email service on their site: https://tutanota.com/create-email-account/?t-src=tech

📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO
• Check out his book for an amazing way to spread FOSS to people around you: https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann/
• About Matthias: https://fsfe.org/about/people/kirschner/kirschner.en.html
• Matthias Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@kirschner

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Introductions!
00:01:46 About Matthias Kirschner
00:02:06 About the FSFE & their relationship to FSF & open source
00:06:50 How the FOSS movement thrives in Europe
00:12:36 Is the FOSS movement too extreme? What's FSFE's approach?
00:18:10 FSFE's Successes—Public Money Public Code
00:28:14 What's preventing wider open source adoption?
00:31:24 How software regulates our lives every day!
00:44:32 First steps for people new to free & open source software
00:53:46 When open source seems 'worse' than proprietary alternatives
01:01:08 Matthias's Book & Final Words
01:05:06 Final Closing Words

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Several Google stories, other privacy discussions, and a live Q&A for this Techlore Talks :)

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Google Pixel event w/ 7 years of security updates, Nextcloud's conference, Punkt Pigeon update, Element X, Tailscale x Mullvad, and a lot more!

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Quick Intro
00:18 Google Event Highlights for Us
04:20 My Experience @Nextcloud conference
05:54 Punkt Pigeon Update + Minimal Device workflows
09:50 Element X Matrix Client
10:28 New Tailscale/Mullvad Integration
13:38 Privacy is not just about private software
18:18 Google's lackluster project management
25:54 Samsung's Ecosystem?
29:00 Just talking phones and other retro tech :)

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It's been a couple months and we wanted to start with some recent positive privacy news. We also cover tons of other events like Google removing saved links, Debian turning 30, Punkt, Signal, app store malware, Red Hat, and more!

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:48 Some positive privacy wins!
07:50 Google removing saved links?
09:50 Issues with cloud providers and how they can screw you over.
11:36 Debian turned 30!
13:03 Punkt, Signal, Matrix, and E2EE
17:30 Fake Signal/Telegram Malware on Play Store
20:18 Google Authenticator is STILL a meme
24:28 Jonah is annoyed with Apple
27:30 Red Hat saga, Fedora, Corporate influence and more
32:07 Privacytests.org has a self-testing tool!
34:00 Jitsi Meet shut down anonymous registration
35:08 Fairphone 5, Purism Librem 5, PinePhone, iPhones, and more!

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Welcoming Arthur Edelstein, developer of privacytests.org on Techlore Talks to chat about his open source browser testing tool, his history with web browser development, privacy & security of web browsers, the future of web browsers, and a lot more!

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
PrivacyTests: https://privacytests.org/

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introductions
01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave
06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?
07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he does?
16:42 What browsers surprised Arthur throughout his testing?
18:58 How do his tests work on a technical level? How are sites tracking us?
23:26 PrivacyTests being objective data instead of using recommendations
28:24 Conflict of Interest with Brave
29:50 Will privacytests.org scan browser telemetry someday?
31:18 The privacytests.org contributors
32:02 Which browsers does Arthur use in his life?
33:18 Arthur's experience at Tor & Mozilla
38:18 Which browsers Arthur is excited for in the future
40:38 Why should people care about Chrome's privacy?
44:04 Thoughts on Apple Dropping WebKit & Introducing Web Apps
46:24 Final Words

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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.

Update: After recording this, Proton updated the headline to read: "Apple can see much of what you store in iCloud" - which is much better, but hopefully our points still speak to this recurring issue. Read it for yourself: https://proton.me/blog/apple-icloud-privacy
Read the original headline: https://social.lol/@hen/110508848689896511

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
Techlore Clips: https://youtube.com/@techloreclips

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Setting the Scene
00:00:58 How Reddit threatened every client & bot
00:12:28 How YouTube threatened Invidious
00:20:50 How Google threatened Aurora
00:28:58 What needs to happen to make this stop
00:36:58 How Techlore is already (mostly) independent 
00:39:46 Debian 12 Release Overhyped?
00:47:06 Techlore Clips - Our New Channel
00:49:22 Proton's Marketing Has Gone Too Far
01:04:20 Final Words

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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.

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
Our Website: https://techlore.tech
Jonah's New Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jonaharagon

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
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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Welcoming Jón von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Browser on Techlore Talks to chat about privacy, security, history of Vivaldi, control, open source, federation, and a lot more!

🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
Vivaldi Browser: https://vivaldi.com/

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
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 Model 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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