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

About this episode

This episode discusses the risks of using VPNs in relation to NSA surveillance, North Korea's cyber attacks, and the EU's decision to end Chat Control legislation.

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 TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ 🔗…

People in this episode

Host: Techlore

Topics covered

• VPNs and NSA surveillance
• North Korea cyber attacks
• Android malware
• EU legislation
• Child protection
• Digital privacy

Keywords

• VPN
• NSA
• North Korea
• Android malware
• EU
• Chat Control
• FISA
• digital privacy
• child protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NSA, North Korea, EU Parliament, Apple, Meta

Products: VeraCrypt, Android, NoVoice

Books & works: Axios

Places: UK, Singapore, South Korea

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