This Week in Privacy

X.com has sent a cease and desist letter to Nitter, the privacy focused frontend for Twitter, demanding immediate takedown of the service and its repositories. This move brings into question whether other privacy frontends could also suffer the same fate, we'll discuss this and more on This Week In Privacy #68!

(00:00) - Intro

(00:39) - Start of podcast

(01:15) - X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping

(21:25) - Android 17 adds ECH support to make web browsing harder to track

(35:52) - Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash

(40:47) - Site updates

(47:09) - Meta agrees to pay $18 billion settle US lawsuit over children's social media addiction

(01:19:36) - Microsoft tests new privacy controls for Windows 11 desktop apps

(01:25:39) - Introducing Obscura VPN for Windows

(01:32:06) - Q&A

(01:45:09) - Outro

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Microsoft’s Copilot had a one-click vulnerability that let attackers quietly exfiltrate data, no user interaction required beyond a single click. Microsoft's AI push seems to be backfiring as security incidents continue to increase. Join us for This Week In Privacy #67!

(00:00) - Intro

(00:39) - Start of podcast

(01:40) - Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

(14:18) - Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

(23:15) - Forum Updates: Brave improves protections against GPU fingerprinting

(31:08) - Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels

(42:39) - Android 17 QPR2 adds App lock to Pixel

(50:02) - Site Updates

(58:06) - A billion searches a year, now built in: Startpage comes to Firefox

(01:14:02) - 'Unprecedented' number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators

(01:21:04) - Forum Updates: What current evidence suggests Apple is actually private

(01:37:25) - Q&A

(01:59:08) - Outro

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Google has announced it's new chip the Tensor G6 which brings serious security upgrades to the new Pixel 11 devices, is it a good idea to pre-order or should you hold off? Join us for This Week In Privacy #66

(00:00) - Intro

(00:40) - Start of podcast

(01:34) - Google's new Tensor G6 brings serious performance efficiency, and security upgrades to the Pixel 11 series

(16:40) - White House taps security firms for offensive hack-back operations

(25:23) - Site updates

(32:50) - Amazon will train on Twitch streamer's content by default, unless they opt out

(40:10) - Forum Updates: Proton VPN accused of running price sensitivity testing (A/B Testing) on their customers

(52:03) - Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure

(01:01:49) - More linked devices are on the table (and the Android tablet)

(01:09:01) - Introducing Automatic Key Verification

(01:13:42) - Signal is working on registration without a phone number. But what form will it take?

(01:19:55) - Q&A

(01:31:35) - Outro

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Researchers have discovered a host of issue's with Apple's iCloud Private Relay, namely one that allowed websites to see a user's hidden IP address, Linux market-share has just surpassed 10% in North America and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #65

(00:00) - Intro

(00:39) - Start of the podcast

(02:28) - Apple's 'Private Relay' Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses

(13:39) - Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Search His Car for Weed

(17:20) - Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers

(28:17) - Forum updates: Proton seems to be working on its own web browser

(44:51) - New Pass-ta-key attacks lets malware hijack Google-synced passkeys

(59:17) - Site updates

(01:04:51) - Nearly 1,400 Bitcoin Hacked from Coldcard Wallets

(01:15:48) - Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America

(01:25:06) - Q&A

(01:29:22) - Outro

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An activist has been charged with a felony for providing a "duress code" which wiped his GrapheneOS device, we'll be discussing the legal implications and the latest privacy & security news on This Week In Privacy #64!

(00:00) - Intro

(00:44) - Start of podcast

(02:15) - Activist charged with felony after giving borer agent "duress code" that wiped his phone

(43:32) - The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers

(46:56) - Facial Recognition at Madison Square Garden

(56:01) - Forum updates: Surveillance Cameras Can Now Be Retrofitted to Track Your Wireless Device Fingerprint

(01:05:58) - Site updates

(01:10:55) - Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers

(01:21:38) - Inside the dystopian world of Germany's free speech crackdown

(01:27:38) - eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019

(01:35:07) - Q&A Time: Ask us anything in the livestream chat and we'll do our best to answer!

(01:47:28) - Outro

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