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WhatsApp Is Not Really Encrypted?

WhatsApp encryption is coming under scrutiny, French lawmakers are pushing an under-15s social media ban, TikTok’s privacy policy has gotten worse after it has been bought by American investors, and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #38.

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1h 55m
JAN 24

Why is Bitwarden Raising Prices?

Bitwarden is raising prices, Microsoft handed over encryption keys to the FBI, U.S. ICE agents are misidentifying people with facial recognition, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #37!

Jan 24

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1h 34m
JAN 17

Did Signal's Founder Create the Most Private AI?

Moxie Marlinspike has created a private AI alternative called Confer, Windscribe has helped form a privacy alliance, Threema got acquired by Comitis Capital, E2EE comes to RCS messaging on iOS 26.3, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #36!

Jan 17

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1h 47m
JAN 10

Is Google Abandoning Open Source?

Google is changing how they release Android Open Source Project code, California is introducing a way for people to mass opt-out of data brokers, cryptocurrency theft attacks are still being traced to the 2022 Lastpass breach and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #35!

Jan 10

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1h 56m
2025-12-06

Session Is Getting A Major Privacy & Security Boost!

Session Messenger is getting a major privacy & security upgrade, age verification laws are shifting responsibility onto App Stores, Apple rejects India’s government request to preload devices with a “cyber safety app”, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #30!

2025-12-06

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2h 3m
2025-12-27

Flock Exposes Mass Surveillance Cameras to the Internet

Happy holidays! Join us for This Week in Privacy #33!

2025-12-27

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2h 6m
2025-11-22

We've Hired Someone New!

Welcoming Nate Bartram to Privacy Guides! Also: WhatsApp is rolling out interoperable messaging in the EU, Windows 11 is rolling out an AI agent that scans your files and folders, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #28! Nate has been publishing resources at The New Oil for many years now, and is the former host of the Surveillance Report podcast. We’re really excited about our plans going forward into 2026, and we shared a bunch of them in this podcast!

2025-11-22

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1h 55m
2025-12-13

Can You Get Arrested For Wiping Your Phone?

A man is being charged for wiping his phone before being arrested, India is considering enabling GPS tracking on all mobile devices, a remote code execution vulnerability is exploiting over 30 organisations and 70k IP addresses, RAM shortages are causing massive increases in RAM costs, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #31!

2025-12-13

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1h 46m
JAN 3

What Will the EU Do Next?

Happy New Year! Join us for This Week in Privacy #34!

Jan 3

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1h 52m
2025-11-15

Firefox Just Got More Privacy Defences!

Firefox is rolling out additional anti-fingerprinting detection, Chat Control is back and is being pushed through the EU Government, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #27!

2025-11-15

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1h 43m

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