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This week's noteworthy stories: WhatsApp's blatant lies, Ring is piloting E2EE (think of the children!), and a couple secure messaging app comparison charts. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20210117.html

This week I talk about WhatsApp's new privacy policy and privacy label, hardware authentication keys, and a ton of great articles worth reading. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20210110.html

Happy New Year! We made it! This week: the return of data breaches, censorship, and facial recognition gone wrong. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20210103.html

Last episode of the year. This week, I talk about the Facebook vs Apple privacy debate, the push to use digital data to calculate your credit score, and lots of good, hopeful news for 2021. Full notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201227.html

It's a Christmas miracle, Charlie Brown! No data breaches this week! Also I share what we know so far about the SolarWinds hack and more good news than usual. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201220.html

This week: I am apparently psychic and accurately predicted rampant data abuse by government agencies, getting hacked once means you're probably gonna get targeted again, and two lists of privacy-respecting alternative softwares you can share with your friends and family. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201213.html

This week: Germans courts order Tutanota to monitor user emails, the CIA controlled a second Swiss encryption firm, and Christmas comes early as Ajit Pai announces plans to step down as FFC chair. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201206.html

In this week's shorter-than-usual episode, I discuss Amazon Sidewalk and Amazon Pharmacy, a cybersecurity company's inability to be digitally secure, cheap network devices have backdoors (shocker!), a rant on Home Depot's 2014 data breach, and an update on the first ever death-by-ransomware. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201129.html

Lots of stories this week. Firefox 83's "HTTPS-only Mode," Ghostery's new private browser, the US Military tracking Muslims via a prayer app, a quick backtrack on Mac OS 11 "Big Sur," and more. Full show notes: https://thenewoil.xyz/20201122.html