Techlore Surveillance Report

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Techlore Surveillance Report is your weekly deep-dive into the privacy and security news that matters for your digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, analysis, and historical perspective. Topics include: privacy tool updates and vulnerabilities, data breaches, surveillance technology and government overreach, Big Tech privacy policies, encryption standards, digital rights legislation, and corporate data accountability. Whether you're just starting to take privacy seriously or you're a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report delivers the weekly news you need. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and join the community at techlore.tech

  1. VPNs Could Make You an NSA Target, North Korea's Supply Chain Hijack & the EU Kills Chat Control

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    VPNs Could Make You an NSA Target, North Korea's Supply Chain Hijack & the EU Kills Chat Control

    The government told you to use a VPN, but are you actually making yourself a target for NSA surveillance in the process? This week's highlight story digs into a letter from six US lawmakers pressing intelligence officials to answer whether Americans using commercial VPNs risk losing their legal protections and being treated as foreign nationals under Section 702 of FISA. Also this week: North Korea's methodical, weeks-long social engineering attack that briefly hijacked the Axios open-source JavaScript library; Android malware called NoVoice that infected 2.3 million devices through the Google Play Store that survives a factory reset; Apple's device-level age verification expanding to the UK, Singapore, and South Korea; and the EU Parliament's dramatic vote to kill Chat Control, plus Patrick Brayer's five-point action plan for genuine child protection that doesn't require mass surveillance. The Defense Bulletin is packed: VeraCrypt's developer locked out by Microsoft, a rare Apple iOS 18 backport patch, Meta losing a child exploitation lawsuit, Apple Maps ads incoming, and more. 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ 🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/vpns-could-expose-you-to-nsa-spying-north-koreas-open-source-hijack-android-malware-hits-2-3-million-devices-via-google-play-and-the-eu-ending-chat-control/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (01:18) - HIGHLIGHT STORY: NSA VPN SPYING (08:24) - NORTH KOREA HACKS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (10:30) - GOOGLE HOSTING MALWARE ON PLAY STORE (15:00) - AGE VERIFICATION ADVANCES EVERYWHERE (26:12) - END OF CHAT CONTROL & WHAT'S NEXT! (31:00) - DEFENSE BULLETIN 🎥 VIDEOWatch on YouTube 📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

    55 min
  2. Microsoft Just Removed Another Way to Activate Windows Offline

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    Microsoft Just Removed Another Way to Activate Windows Offline

    This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft removing offline Windows activation, California's new tool to delete your data from brokers, cryptocurrency theft traced to the 2022 LastPass breach, France's social media ban for under-15s, and more! This week's Surveillance Report covers: - Microsoft continuing to remove more offline Windows activation options as well as what you can do (besides just switching to Linux!) - A deep-dive into California's new tool to remove you from data brokers and how I'm approaching this news as a Californian - More age verification scares coming out of France and other countries - LastPass data breach STILL impacting people to this day - Defense Bulletin: Threats, breaches, and service updates 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - INTRO 00:40 - Highlight Story: Microsoft removing more Options 05:48 - California's New Data Removal Tool 13:24 - LastPass Data Breach Still Impacting People 18:50 - Support Techlore! 19:43 - More Age Verification in France, US, and more 24:04 - The Defense Bulletin 📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ★ Support this podcast ★

    41 min

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Techlore Surveillance Report is your weekly deep-dive into the privacy and security news that matters for your digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, analysis, and historical perspective. Topics include: privacy tool updates and vulnerabilities, data breaches, surveillance technology and government overreach, Big Tech privacy policies, encryption standards, digital rights legislation, and corporate data accountability. Whether you're just starting to take privacy seriously or you're a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report delivers the weekly news you need. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and join the community at techlore.tech

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