Episode 245: This week's Surveillance Report covers WhatsApp's massive phone number enumeration flaw that exposed 3.5 billion users' data through poor rate limiting - potentially the largest data exposure in history. I also examine Google's new Android sideloading restrictions threatening open app distribution, the EU's concerning Digital Omnibus proposal that could significantly weaken GDPR protections, and disturbing attempts in Wisconsin and Michigan to ban VPN usage under the guise of age verification.

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00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report 245

00:29 WhatsApp's Phone Number 'Leak'

06:08 Surveillance Report Back @ Techlore Announcement

08:01 Google's Attacks on Android Freedom

12:48 EU Saga Part 1: Chat Control

15:56 EU Saga Part 2: Digital Omnibus

20:22 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!

21:50 EU Saga Part 3: Cookies Finally Crumble!

23:28 WhatsApp Interoperability Now Live

26:26 USA's VPN Ban

29:48 Cloudflare Outage

30:50 Data Breaches & Service Updates

34:18 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts!

34:56 Final Words!

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